Local News Briefs From City Readers
Mrs Nitia Peck is ill at her home in Birmingham. Several residents from Mt Pleasant Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids visit the city today for business or family reasons. A Lutheran prayer service is planned at 7 30 pm at 202 W Madison. Short Course in Ames draws Rev Campbell. Rock Island depot assigns Joseph Colton as ticket agent. Family visits join at Powersville and Keota. Ray Yeager in France with Forestry Service. Mid week prayers at 305 West Adams and Mrs Verne Speers returns home after illness.
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Joseph Colton
Trenton, Mo
Charles Belding
Rock Island Depot
Iowa political heat rises as petitions flood state races
Des Moines reports a surge of petitions as candidates for state and judicial offices enter the race. Supreme court judges Byron W. Preston Truman S. Stevens and Frank R. Gaynor seek renomination while others from secretary of state to district judges begin filing. Numerous names circulate across counties, signaling a crowded GOP and party contest ahead.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Supreme Court
Byron W. Preston
Oskaloosa
Truman S. Stevens
Hamburg
Frank R. Gaynor
le Mars
Stevens
H. E. Deemer
Dwight N. Lewis
Railroad Commission
Lewis
T. S. Waud
Mount Vernon
Charles Webster
E. D. Chassell
Webster
W. C. Ramsey
Belmont
Ramsey
C. C. Pugh
W. S. Allen
Frank S. Shaw
Edwin H. Hoyt
H. M. Havier
Robert E. Long
Moulton
A. M. Deyoe
Deyoe
Frank D. Joseph
John J. Clarke
Bedford
Taylor County
L. M. Enger
Decorah
H. CC. Leach
Bloomfield
Davis County
W. M. Walker
Keosauquay
Ralph Otto
Iowa City
Seneca Cornell
Ottumwa
O. W. Vermillion
Centerville
D. M. Anderson
Albia
Humboldt
KE M Warner
Muscatine
William Mulvaney
Cherokee
Charles Dewey Washington
B. F. Flick
Iowa First to Report in Shipbuilder Enrollment Drive
Iowa led the nation by reporting 200 men signed up on the opening day of a three week campaign for voluntary enrollment of 250000 shipbuilders. The total represented over 8 percent of Iowa’s workforce as of Monday night.
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Washington
Iowa
Thc Department of Labor
Clinton Lodge No. 15 to Meet Thursday Evening
A notice announces a Clinton Lodge No. 15 meeting Thursday evening for work in the Third degree. The session will proceed as scheduled and members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Lodge
Fairfield Athletic Association Bill Notice
All persons having bills against the Fairfield Athletic association are requested to present them at once to R. G. Walker, secretary. 923
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Athletic Association
R. G. Walker
Parsons College Faces Fuel Shortage and Upcoming Game
The fuel supply at Parsons College remains tight after chapel and Bible buildings closed to save coal. The gym may follow if steam constraints worsen. Coal from southern mines resumed after a storm and breakdown, leaving about a one day reserve. Next game pits Parsons against Penn College. Y M C A and Y W C A meetings were held this morning.
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Parsons
Brighton Social Notes and Church Union Plan
Mr and Mrs D W Pringle and two children visited Woolson. Vivian Barrow and Russel visited Eldon friends. Mrs D C Kilgore appointed knitting chair for local Red Cross. Dr and Mrs H L Gordon and child arrived from Kirksville Missouri after osteopathy course. Eugene Peterson of Kansas City will visit his sister Mrs Dr Parks. Mrs May McCoy and children staying with sister Mrs W F Hamilton at Oskaloosa. Rev Merley accepts charge near Davenport. Mrs FE M Friend travels to Chicago to visit mother Mrs Kate Swisher and brother Gilbert. Brighton churches may hold union meetings to save fuel and light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Pringle
Mr. Pringle
Woolson
Vivian Barrow
Russel
Eldon
D. C. Kilgore
Red Cross
H. L. Gordon
Kirksville
Gordon
Eugene Peterson
Kansas City
Dr. Parks
May McCoy
W. F. Hamilton
Oskaloosa
Merley
The
Presbyterian Church
Davenport
FE. M. Friend
Chicago
Kate Swisher
Gilbert
Brighton
Notice to Public by Desertion in 1917
Notice declares wife deserted on October 1 1917 and disclaims responsibility for any bills she incurs, signed by Carlos G Hanshaw.
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Carlos G. Hanshaw
Fairfield Athletic Association to Close Quarters
Secretary R G Walker says the Fairfield Athletic Association quarters in the Armory will close until further notice due to a fuel shortage. The group formed by Fairfield business and professional men about two months ago and has offered member recreation and several basketball games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Walker
Fairfield Athletic Association
Fairfield
Eighth grade exam set for February at court house
The Eighth grade examination will be held at the court house Wednesday and Thursday February 20 and 21 at nine o'clock. If roads are bad, the state superintendent has called an August examination so you will still have two trials left. There will be a Negro Minstrel at Brookville Church Friday evening February 1, admission 15 or 25 cents. Money to loan on improved city property. Call 4274 taxi service also advertised.
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Court House
America Club
Brookville
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Nitia Peck
E. J. Hall
Birmingham
J. Rossell
Mt. Pleasant
Dennis Moroney
Karl Kirkhart
Ada Linn
Germanville
Clara Carmichael
City
John A of
Lockridge
H. L. Copeland
Libertyville
Jos. James
Cedar Rapids
Marcia James
Albert Larson
Fred Stansberry
K. of Pledge
Elizabeth Banfield
Ollie Riddle
Powersville, Mo
H. E. Wisecarver
W. Madison
W. S. Campbell
Ames
Frank Bowermaster
J. W. Bowermaster
C. FE. Luper
Jefferson County Hospital
South D Street
J. C. Yeager
Ray Yeager
France
Forestry Service Division
Lester Chambers
Keota
Presbyterian
Charles W. Wade
West Adams Street
Verne Speers
D. T.leech
East Lowe Street
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Penn College
E. E. Watson
Helen Stever
Athletic Association
June Chidester
Gaumer Bros
Arlo McPeek
Thoma & Thoma
A. F. Carlson
J. Engel
Scheffel
Music
James Hughes
Ous Saumer Bros
Reduso
ISO
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
Cual Prey
Pwa Hussawase
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