Local Briefs From City and Surrounding Areas
Brooklyn Iowa resident D A Long is in the city for a visit while business travels keep Ray Baker in Burlington. Batavia’s C E Niekirk and Des Moines visitor J F Donica were here recently on business. Ottumwa’s Richard Gentry joined friends for an evening out. Des Moines leaders William Long and Senator George W Ball stay for short visits. Hospital reports note births and operations at Jefferson County Hospital. A marriage license issued to Norman Fuller and Lemma Hewitt. Various residents travel or visit relatives in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Wiley
Batavia
Norman Earl Fuller
Lemma Rhea Hewitt
Richland
Major Clarke Reports From French Front Near Verdun
Major J F Clarke recounts a February 11 departure plan and a recent trip from Contrexeville to St Mihiel Verdun and the Citadel. He describes digging into Verdun's underground city, front-line observations near the Argonne and Hindenburg lines, camouflaged roads, trenches, dugouts, and war-worn streets with vivid, non-graphic detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Contrexeville
Verdun
Keokuk
Fairfield
Neufchateau
Toul
St. Mihiel
Gen. Pershing
Christ
Argonne Forest
Sedan
No Man’s Land
Hindenburg
Hindenberg
Canvay
Fairfield township road labor bids due March 8 1919
Fairfield Iowa February 25 1919 center township board of trustees invites bids for road maintenance labor for 1919. bids must show wages for operating a tractor and a tractor grader and identify the responsible man. bids to be sent to Elmer G Carlson township clerk with right to reject any bid. trustees C D M Raines W H Hudgel R H Stever. plus unrelated theater notice of Patsy From Dakota at Methodist church 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Iowa
Center Township Board of Trustees
G. Carlson
C. D. M. Raines
W. H. Hudgel
R. H. Stever
Also Mentioned on This Page
All Ireland
D. A. Long
Brooklyn
Ray Baker
Burlington
C. E. Niekirk
J. F. Donica
Des Moines
Richard Gentry
Ottumwa
City
Harry White
Brighton
William Long
George W. Ball
W. H. Pedrick
Jefferson County Hospital
Ehter
Fito
Libertyville
Frank Boies
R. C. Leggett
Prost
Mrs. Kutz
Highland Avenue
W. N. Mintonye
George Is ‘Mintonye
John Dillon
Albia
Heald
Charles Rodibaugh
W. C. Spaulding
Los Angeles
California
E. E. Howard
Chicago
C. C. Clark
Ward Lamson
Lillian Gilchrist
Birmingham
T. F. McNew
East Adams Street
Mrs. L. #. Whitney
Keosauqua
Don McGregor
Kirksville, Mo
J. 8. Gantz
North Third Street
Carl Head
Elfion Blakeway
Danville
South Main Street
Albert Swanson
Creston
Harper-Scott
Borea Grinstead
Jefferson Hour Hospital
J. F. Clarke
Havana
Trustees
Rere
Elmer G. Carlson
Patsy
Dakota
Methodist Church
Methodist
DR. Hess
Poultry
Stuckey-Gossick
SV ES
Washington
Ottumwa Girls
Orpheum
Matinee
Oene
Orpheum Cremona Pipe Organ
Dustin Farnum
Yeoman Hall
Lufstedler & Baker
Hufstedler & Baker
Nash Bix
Dodge Bros
Jefferson County
Ajax Tires
Kelly-Springfield
Goodrich
Goodyear
Portage
Gillespie Bros
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