Personal notices and local civic updates
Ottumwa residents attend funerals and weddings in the city including Albert Swanson and Lloyd Edgington with others from Davenport and Mt. Pleasant. Marriage licenses issued for Quick Johnson Raney and McKenney Laurene. Local honors include a four percent Masonic Temple dividend and Prof. C A Gregory's move to the University of Oregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Swanson
Ottumwa
Forrest Clinkenbeard
Julius Tappert
Davenport
City
Chas. H. Heer
Messrs
Lloyd Edgington
Harry King
Carl Copeland
Iowa University At
Iowa City
Edward Quick
Lockridge
Laurene Johnson
Fairfield
Ellery M. Raney
Toronto
Canada
Margaret McKenney
C. A. Gregory
Department of Education
Parsons College
University of Oregon
Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Co seeks farm mortgages
A personal letter from the Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Co of Fairfield Iowa urges farmers to secure five to six percent farm loans with high value loans possible. It promotes quick money at five percent on prairie farms under sixty dollars per acre and larger loans at fifty percent security. It also notes abstracts available on real estate in Jefferson county and mentions a questionable proposal to unite Jefferson and Van Buren counties into a new county with shared roads and rail access. The letter is signed by E R Smith president. Also brief classified items advertise milk for sale eye glasses lost house for sale and other loan offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Jefferson County Abstract and Loan CO
Fairfield
Iowa
E. R. Smith
van Buren County
Jefferson
van Buren
Big County
Grand County of
New van Buren
E. &. Smith
Stone Opposes Rail Bill Before Commerce Committee
Washington January 24 W S Stone grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers testified before the houses commerce committee opposing the Adamson bill. The bill would create a special investigating commission to study railroad labor disputes and would deem strikes and lockouts unlawful during its deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone
Washington
W. S. Stone
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Houses
Commerce Committee
Senate votes to repeal antitipping law in Iowa
Des Moines Iowa January 24 the state senate approved the Caswell bill to repeal the antitipping law by 27 to 6 after a jocular debate it now goes to the house. The law was enacted two years ago but has not been generally enforced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Senate
Caswell
House
Salina Presbyterians Keep Church Going Strong
Salina Presbyterian Church members report ongoing efforts to engage the community and advance their causes. After recent evangelistic meetings yielded four converts, they plan a Rural Life Conference in Cedar Rapids on January 31, 1917, with speakers including Dr. Scott W. Smith, Rev. Campbell, and Rev. Michel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salina
Rural Life Conference
Cedar Rapids
hipStaff
Scott W. Smith
Campbell
Libertyville
Michel
Argil
Grant nurse, 102, dies in Illinois hometown
Mrs Thedora Morgan known to General Grant as French Mary died in Streator Illinois at age 102. A Civil War nurse she tended General Grant's children in a Chicago hotel after Lincoln's funeral and voted in the last presidential election. Her first husband died of yellow fever in the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thedora Morgan
Chicago
Streator
General Grant
French Mary
Ill
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Lincoln
Morgan
Bulgaria outlines war aims in interview with Danish paper
London January 24. In an interview with the Lokal Anzeiger Bulgaria’s parliamentary president states Bulgaria seeks Dobrudja to the Danube, parts of Macedonia, Moravia river territory to Serbia, and Monastir, as the terms of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lokal Anzeiger
Eee
Exchange Telegraph Company
Copenhagen
Bulgaria
Dobrudja
Danube
Macedonia
Moravia River
Serbia
Monastir
High School Baseball League Uses Textbooks as Players
Fort Dodge Iowa introduces a novel curriculum game where recitation groups become players and classes act as teams. Each day equals a game, weekly work equals a game, and batting averages are the average grades of recitation groups. Blakely leads 400 students in an engaging motivational scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
W. A. Blakely
School Review
University of Chicago Press
Commercial
Swedish Steamer Kama Sunk, Lloyds Reports
Lloyds reports the Swedish steamship Kama of 1516 tons gross was sunk. The January 24 London bulletin notes the loss, with details limited to the vessel's nationality and tonnage.
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London
Lloyds
Kama
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Wm. Eaton
Jesse Ketcham
Mt. Pleasant
Ed. Rains
Glen
Batavia
Wm. Dexter
Fairfield Masonic Temple Association
J. M. Speer
Jefferson County Hospital
West Hempstead Street
George Cupp
Keota
Letha
Roll Stansberry
J. A. Huglin
Ray Lamansky
Rock Island
Fred Bowermaster
W. W. Dyer
Ottungwa
Emma Lamansky
Pleasant Plain
Alex Oliver
Harry Jolly
Creston
Malleable Iron Works
McCord
J. L. King
Logan School
D. Garmoe & Son
Huglin & Rorick
Orpheum
Santox
Gaumer Bros
Grant
Roumania
Kansas University
Lawrence, Nkan
John M. Shea
University
Grand Rapids
Shea
Calaboose
Wapello
Shelley Reynolds
Joseph Wilson
Dows
Smith & Reed
Iowa Electric Co
Tegrity
Res Brerye
Gentlmen
Dows, Smith & Reed
John Wheeler
Odd Fellows
E. B. Kracht
C. E. Anderson
fouGet
Peynte
Agypthe Malted Mink
Wis, U.S .Me
UTE
Tommmigcat
Orpheum Orchestra
Mme. Petrova
Metro
Valeska Suratt
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