Local Briefs From Packwood and Nearby Towns
Local notes record Charles Edmund of Packwood and J B Trent of Batavia visiting the city. Axell Hanel of Lockridge and John P Booth Jr. of Batavia were in town on business. Mrs David Cox visited Ottumwa. C L Webber returned home from Fort Riley after honorable discharge. Mr and Mrs Ralph Wirhy left for Tobias Nebraska to visit relatives. W L Long and Senator Ball spent the weekend in the city before returning to Des Moines. Mrs Carter Collins and daughter arrived from San Diego for an extended visit. Mrs P C Gaumer and Blanche Gaumer recovered from influenza to return home. John Frasher will return to Camp Dodge after a furlough. Ben Durfee ill with influenza at Camp Merritt improving. Wayne Hamilton of Camp Sheridan, Alabama, recently visited his aunt. L L Barthelow and wife headed to Colorado Springs for a new position with Broadmoor Hotel. County Clerk Zeigler issued several marriage licenses in January. A quilt by Lynn school pupils on display at the Fair Store window will be raffled to raise funds to adopt a war orphan. Charles Angstead, aboard the U S S President Grant, injured at Brest while coal loading is treated in Navy Hospital Brooklyn.
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Lynn School
Pleasant Plain
Ethel Landquist
Orpheum Feature Teases Strong Seven Reel War Drama
The Orpheum bills a seven reel feature Til I Come Back to You produced by Cecil B De Mille for Artcraft. It portrays Belgian King Albert and the war’s psychological facets with Bryan Washburn Florence Washburn and Mr Hall in leading roles.
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Orpheum
Artcraft
Albert
Cecil B. de Mille
Bryan Washburn
Florence Washburn
Mr. Hall
Belgium
Amazing attitude of Huns toward peace and ships use
The correspondent notes German attitudes toward peace and the war, counting hundreds in Berlin planning to reach England and America as boats resume service. Officers seek to join allied forces, while officers from other powers face repeated refusals, with a mission printing forms to reject them.
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Teriin
Berlin
England
America
Germany
Paris
Rhine
Knoxville Institution To Receive Feebleminded Children
Dr. M. C. Mackin, superintendent at Knoxville, says by mid February the Inebriate hospital will become a home for feebleminded children. He cites 300 sub normal children waiting at Glenwood and over 500 more statewide who would join Knoxville within two to three years.
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Knoxville
Iowa
M. C. Mackin
Mackin
Glenwood
Notice on Recovered Items Near Gilber's Feed Barn
A notice reports a doubletree and single tree taken from a wagon just south of Gilber's Feed Barn. The thief is known. Return the items to avoid trouble. the sheriff will call if not recovered. Contact 628-21.
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Gilber
Apples for Sale by Sanford Zeigler & Son
Sprayed apples offered for sale by Sanford Zeigler and Son at 606. Good sound fruit available for prompt purchase.
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Bbd
Sanford Zeigler & Son
Kaiser precedent cited in U S on war crimes
Paris Jan 22 Leon Bourgeois former French premier cites Henry Wirz case as precedent for punishing Germans of all ranks convicted of violation of the laws of war. Wirz was court martialed and executed after the Civil War for cruelties at Andersonville Georgia.
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Paris
Leon Bourgeois
League of Nations
Matin
Henry Wirz
Empire
Andersonville
Russian Revolution figure predicts strong people’s rule in Russia
Catherine Breshkovsky, famed as the grandmother of the Russian Revolution, told reporters in Seattle that Russia will not be ruled by autocrats again. She argued that from the wreck of Russia a strong government of the people will emerge.
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Seattle
Wash
Russia
Catherine Breshskovskaya
Nere
Rioters killed in Hamburg in renewed disturbances
Paris March 21. Reports from Zurich describe violent clashes in Hamburg connected to protests over the imprisonment of sailors by the government. Several people are dead and others wounded as demonstrations continue.
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Paris
Tan
Tisorders
Hamburg
Zurich
Wilson Consoles King Over Prince John’s Death
President Wilson sent a telegram of sympathy to King George upon the death of his youngest son Prince John, noting the shared sorrow felt by the nations. The message arrived as Britain and its allies mourn the loss and reflect on the royal family’s tragedy.
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Prince John
London
Wilson
King George
Tom Price Returns With Seven Reels At The Orpheum
Tom Price announces he is back to stay and presents seven reels at the Orpheum tonight with no advance in admission price. Leave orders for general house cleaning packing and crating at his house 3349.
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Orpheum
Tom Price
Zemo claims clear skin with 25c drugstore price
Advertises Zemo as a clear antiseptic liquid for pimples blackheads blotches eczema ringworm and skin clearing. Sold at drug stores for 25c and extra large bottle for $1.00. L. V. Rose Co. of Cleveland, Ohio backs the product as non sticky non greasy and dependable.
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L. V. Rose Co
Cleveland, O
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Charles Edmund of
Packwood
J. B. Trent
Batavia
Axell Hanel
Lockridge
John P. Booth Jr
David Cox
Ottumwa
C. L. Webber
Ft. Riley
Ralph Rirhy
Tobias, Neb
W. L. Long
Des Moines
George W. Ball
Carter Collins
San Diego
Calif
City
D. C
P. C. Gaumer
Blanche Gaumer
John Frasher
Camp Dodge
George H. Frasher
Camp Merritt
New Jersey
Ben Durfee
Wayne Hamilton
Camp Sheridan
Montgomery
Alabama
Mrs
Goldie
L. L. Barthelow
Colorado Springs
Col
Mr. Barthelow
The
Broadmore Hotel Co
Sanford Zeigler Jr
Homer E. Edwards
LaVaun J. Kunce
Fairfield
Carl Daering
Edith Gowey
Richland
Hayes W. Parsons
Lucy H. Larimer
Russell Ia
Charles Angstead
Grant
Navy Hospital
Brooklyn
N.Y
Brest
France
Orpheum Bill
Knoxville Institution
Kaiser
U. S
Leon
Bourgeois
Cites
A. V. Frazey
J. C. Bradshaw
King
Kluistedler & Baker
Boy’s Summer Union
Ladies Summer Union
Matinee
Orpheum Cremona Pipe Organ
Paramount Production
Cecil B. DeMille
Bert Lytell
Boston
Metro
Yeoman Hall
Formu
Brassieres
W.B. Tires — Res Lace
W. B
W. B. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
Chicago
Aji
Lak
Cascara
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