Local G A R Meeting and Wide Range of Community News
The G A R plans a regular session in the hall on Monday evening March 4. Numerous residents including Miss Howard Lane and Prof C O Dice are ill with measles. Mrs Dean Taylor and son James return from Meadville Pa where her father John Minneley died. Several residents visit Libertyville, Des Moines and other nearby towns. Various local figures including George Mullen, Gale Carter, Mrs Elizabeth Gilliam and Rev C C Davis are noted for illness or travel. Court action grants widow pensions to three women, and many residents visit relatives or attend meetings in Keosauqua Libertyville and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Taylor
James
Meadville, Pa
John Minneley
Iowa's First National Army Quota Put In Service
Des Moines reports Iowa's first quota of the national army is now in service with 300 men reporting to Camp Dodge. The state has supplied about 13,000 troops, with over 15,000 selectives, some transferred to Camp Cody and Camp Pike, some going to Pacific camps or aviation units, and a few to France with the 20th engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
National Army
Camp Dodge
Minneapolis
Minn
Camp Cody
Camp Pike
Pacific Coast
France
20Th Engineers
Tuscania
88Th
Four Hundred Fourth Signal Battalion
Thirty-ninth Field Artillery
Minnesota
Illinois
North Dakota
Sam
Funeral for Mrs Stephen Lewis Held in Libertyville
Funeral services for Mrs Stephen Lewis held this afternoon at 2 oclock from the West home in Libertyville. Rev W E Stodghill of the Methodist church conducted the rites. Burial followed in Fell cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Lewis
Floyd West
Libertyville
West
W. E. Stodghill
Methodist Church
Fell Cemetery
Edna Goodrich Stars in $50,000 Jewels Film Drama
Miss Edna Goodrich leads the Mutual production Who Loved Him Best at the Fairfield theatre tomorrow night. She wears a $50,000 jewel set including a $13,000 diamond tiara as Donna Dane and Mary Queen of Scots in key scenes with Hebert Evans Frank Otto and Miriam Folger supporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Goodrich
Miss Goodrich
Donna Dane
Mary Queen of Scots
Goodrich
Hebert Evans
Frank Otto
Miriam Folger
Fairfield Theatre
Soldier at Camp Dodge Describes Daily Life and Meals
The account details a soldier laundering his own clothes and preparing meals. He notes plentiful food including meat, potatoes, tea or coffee, soup, and army bread. Initially he uses a regulation mess kit, then joins comrades in purchasing more elaborate mess outfits. He expects three meals a day and a 10 to 15 pound weight gain in six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dodge
Ottumwa YMCA Team Defeats Logan in City Grade Match
Ottumwa YMCA Y M C A defeats Logan eighth grade 26 to 17 at the College gym. Logan won the city tournament held last Saturday at the High school with standings noted. Substitutions included Sheehan for Tyler and Stewart for Winters with referee Harry Frank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Logan
College Gymnasium
For Sale Strictly Modern Home on East Burlington
For sale a strictly modern home on East Burlington Street Fairfield Indiana with hot water heat. Enquire of N. C. Anstead. 984.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Street
Fairfield
N. C. Anstead
Harper's Brushes at the Fair
An advertisement promotes Harper's Brushes offered at the fair for 2.25 dollars. It emphasizes ease and value for buyers seeking a painting tool set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Southeland
Howard Lane
A. J. Riniker
City
C. O. Dice
George Mullen
Lee
Roy Hartman
South Main Street
George Speers
Blakesburg
Phillip Sauer, Jr
Wm. Stuckey
J. Lindauer
Jefferson County
Eugene Prince
the City
Stansberry
Gale Carter
Last Adams Street
Elizabeth Gilliam
Lucian Marcy
Rev
C. C. Davis
Platte City, Mo
H. C. Davis
Jessie Winn
George Stephenson
Lockridge
June Chidester
R. J. Wilson
Jefferson County Court
Cornell
Jane Salts
Mabel Bridges
Sarah Treon
C. S. Bishop
Glasgow
John Tuman
Waterloo
Mary Gorman
Keosauqua
Ben West
Birmingham
A. Peebler
Sam Peebler
Jos. Valentine
Greenfield
Creston
Mrs. W. E. Richardson
Delta
Robert Lawson
Clelia Whitehead
Mexico, Mo
Wm. Wallace
Sterling, Col
Wm, Wallace
Ruth
Lois
Nature
Meyer Shoe Store
Ottumwa “Y
YMCA
Tyler Porug
Rites
Gran
Winters Sheehan
Tyler
Stewart
Winters
Dempsey
Jewett
Frank
John Buchanan, W. A. Elder
W. H. Penge Mach. CO
Battery Department
Main Street
Gilbert
W. A. Elder
Fhone
J. Engel
Chicago
Scheffel’s Music House
James Hughes
Willard
Fairfield Battery CO
North Court Street
J. M. McKain
South Third Street
Gaumer Bros
Keltner
J.w.oliversson
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Burlington
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