Local Briefs include illnesses and travels across communities
Miss Mamie Doughty is ill at home on East Briggs Street. Dr. H A Mosser has returned from the East. C L Reeder of Lockridge was in the city on business. The Iowa Electric Co gas rate hearing is set for February 5 in Iowa City. Prof E E Watson will speak at a Teachers meeting in Columbus Junction. Joe Morrison of Ottumwa is spending the day in town on business. Miss Mary Chidister, ill with influenza, has been moved home from Jefferson County Hospital. Mr and Mrs A H Neller and daughter Rowena have returned home from hospital. Mr and Mrs Ben M Stortz and son Robert returned from a two week visit in Brighton. Private Edgar C Davison of Brighton died of wounds October 20. Emery Veatch sold his farm east of town to McLain & Carter of Fairfield, price about 25000, possession next fall. John Stever toppling straw stack caused death of three steers, a milch cow and eight sheep. Paul Crawford discharged from Lord Strathcona’s Horse en route from Alliance Nebraska to Lancer Saskatchewan. G Catlin of Fairbury Neb visiting family. attending Ford dealer school in Des Moines. staying over weekend. News from Santa Barbara California says Mr and Mrs E E Braden and son William improving after influenza and double pneumonia. former residents of the city. Mrs Braden formerly Elizabeth Henry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Catlin
Fairbury
Neb
Catlin
Des Moines
Herring Motor Co
E. E. Braden
William
Santa Barbara
California
Braden
Elizabeth Henry
Wm. Henry
Mrs Mary J Glaze Dies At Home Of Daughter
Mrs Mary Josephine Glaze dies this morning around nine at her daughter Mrs E G Grove's home on North Fourth street after a brief illness from indigestion and liver congestion. She was about seventy five and had lived with her daughter for years. No funeral arrangements yet, awaiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Josephine Glaze
E. G. Grove
North Fourth Street
College News Notes as Exam Week Ends
The campus opens to a natural look after the removal of the wire fence surrounding the barracks and mess hall. Examinations run Monday to Thursday, with registration Friday January 24 and classes resuming Monday morning February 34. A college hymnology course led by Prof. Mountain enhances the Friday chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain
Rev Warren Phillips Dies in Reading Mass at 1919
The Rev Warren Phillips died at his Reading Massachusetts home on January 2 1919 from influenza He had been pastor in West Burlington Iowa for five years later studied at Boston Theological Seminary and Harvard winning a scholarship He is survived by his wife a daughter Marinan his parents a sister Amy Veatch and two brothers Arlow and Charles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Phillips
Reading Mass
Harvard
Harvard College
Reading
Mass
Boston
Marinan
H. C. Phillips
Stockport
Amy Veatch
Arlow
Charles
Drake Clothing Co Offers 20 Percent Off All Items
Drake Clothing Company announces a 20 percent discount on mufflers and flannel shirts for a limited period. Shoppers may save on winter essentials at the store location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake Clothing Company
Britons Demand 40 Hour Week For Workers
The national federation of general workers representing nearly a million people voted to demand a 40 hour working week. A conference of employers and the engineering trade reached an agreement that workers will resume duties while next week’s session considers the grievances of the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Federation of Workers
London
National Federation of General Workers
Texas Senate Passes Statewide Antipool Bill
The Texas Senate approves a state-wide antipool and billiard hall bill by 22 to 5. A house vote is expected to pass. if approved, all public paper and billiard balls will be outlawed in Texas after May 1, 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Austin
Tex
Texas
Poles May Be Recognized by Peace Conference in Paris
Paris dispatch says recognition of Poland's new government is expected soon at the peace conference in Paris. Washington report notes rice added again to the list of restricted imports by the War Trade Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Poland
Washington
War Trade Board
2568 Troops Return as Mercy and Orizaba Reach New York
The transport Orizaba landed 2,568 troops in New York on January 24, with about 380 sick or wounded. It brought the Fifty-second ammunition train and twelve casual companies of signal corps and chemical warfare service. The hospital ship Mercy arrived from France with 890 sick or wounded, accompanied by the Suriname and thirty-six officers. The battleship Louisiana, carrying troops, was expected to reach today, with the battleship New Hampshire also anticipated to arrive with more troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Orizaba
Signal Corps
Chemical Warfare Service
Army
Brest
Mercy
France
Suriname
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Drake Clothing Co Sale Advertises Discounts
A Drake Clothing Co ad offers a 20 percent discount on fur and cloth caps with 661 potatoes at 1.40 delivered. A J Boyd Pasne 2763 appears in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake Clothing Co
A.J. Boyd
Life of James L. Hull
James LaFayette Hull born March 2 1868 on a farm near Douds Leando Iowa son of Daniel and Siphrona Hull. He married Mary Eveline Pool September 4 1888 at Keosauqua Iowa and had fourteen children six of whom died in infancy. He survived by his second wife Hilda Hull married April 17 1917 and by many relatives. He worked as a sand blaster for Louden Machinery Co. in Fairfield until fall 1917 when ill health ended his factory labor. He died January 23 at his residence in College Addition with funeral January 24 at Evergreen cemetery unmissed by family and friends.
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James LaFayette Hull
Daniel
Siphrona Hull
Douds-Leando
van Buren County
Iowa
Douds
Mary Eveline Pool
Kilbourn
Keosauqua
Elizabeth Harper
Carrie V. Thomas
Fairfield
Alice Bevans
Ottumwa
Maggie Harper
Emma Harper
Davenport
Abigah Hull
Mt. Pleasant
Elsie
Fern
Chester
John Hull
Lebanon
Harriet Staggers
Margaret Jane Elder
Carrie Channel
Hilda Hull
Hull
Louden Machinery Co
College Addition
Evergreen Cemetery
Army of Occupation Adopts Insignia for Third American Army
Washington January 24 report that a red circular insignia with a white letter A has been adopted for the Third American army based in Coblenz. All officers and enlisted men of the army of occupation may wear the insignia on the left sleeve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Coblenz
Army of Occupation
Third Army
Drake Clothing Co. Offers Shirts at 98e
Fairfield Iowa listings show work shirts priced at 1.50 and 1.25 at The Drake Clothing Co East Side. The dealer Sanford Zeigler & Son 606- is also noted along with 651 sprayed apples for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake Clothing Co
East Side
Fairfield
Iowa
Sanford Zeigler & Son
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mamie Doughty
East Briggs St
Dr. H. A. Mosser
East
C. L. Reeder
Lockridge
Iowa Electric Co
Iowa City
E. E. Watson
Columbus Junction
Joe Morrison
City
Mary Chidister
Jefferson County Hospital
A. H. Neller
Rowena
Ben. M. Stortz
Robert
Brighton
Edgar C. Davison
168Th Infantry
Emery Veatch
McLain & Carter
Birmingham Enterprise
John Stever
Paul Crawford
Lord Strathcona
Royal Canadians
Alliance
Nebraska
Lancer
Saskachewan
Canada
Mary J. Glaze
College News
Daily Journal
Post Office
James L. Hull
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
W.B
W. B. Reduso
Wenoarten Bros., Inc
Matinee
Orpheum Cremona Pipe Organ
Dorthy
Dalton
Wm. Russell
Hobbs
Yeoman Hall
New Lake
Burlington Brand
Sunbright Cleanser
Willbur
Mattle
J. D. Scothorn
John J. Davies
Frank D. Kerrick
Tripune
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