Local Social Notes and Travel Updates
Glen Grant traveled to Kansas City Missouri. Mr and Mrs Carl Stanford returned from Rochester Minnesota. Mrs Walter Roth and daughters Rosemary and Betty from Cedar Rapids visited the M W Roth home. Mr and Mrs Charles Raines returned from Toledo and Cedar Rapids. Mrs J M Hammer left for Chippewa Falls Wisconsin to visit her brother. Clinton McGahan had appendicitis surgery at Jefferson County Hospital. Miss Enolia King returned from Davenport and Rock Island. Bay W S 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Roth
Rosemary
Betty
Cedar Rapids
M. W. Roth
Charles Raines
Toledo
J. M. Hammer
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Enolia King
Davenport
Rock Island
Bay W. S
Local Briefs Highlight City Visits and Travel
Chicago guest Charles McKee stays with grandparents Mr and Mrs C H MacClellard. Mrs Fred Bates and son return from Davenport visit. Miss Lizzie Lindberg visits Muscatine. Art Nelson family and Gladys Nelson visit Joseph Bucher home. Arnold Murray Jr vacations with father in Ottumwa. Various city residents host or visit relatives in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns. George McCumber leaves White Tea clerical post for rail job in Galesburg Illinois. Mrs Karl Carter and son of Davenport arrive for Fourth of July time with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Nelson
Ruch
Gladys Nelson
Birmingham
Joseph Bucher
Karl Carter
Davenport
City
Mr. Carter
Community Notes From Birmingham And Surroundings
Gladys Nelson returns from Chicago with sisters to spend summer on parents farm. Obituary notes Mrs. David Rodabaugh died in Libertyville Iowa and buried at Bethel cemetery with funeral by Rev Stodghill. Local clergy conduct quarterly Free Methodist meeting. Clyde Hall weds Susie Spees at Presbyterian Manse with Rev Peter Bock. Local visits include Charles Hall Good Hope Illinois and families. Sam Hewitt and Sam Rail from Batavia. Naomi Waters of Seymour visiting L M Cain. Walker families from Fairfield visiting N L Calhoun. Stanley Manning of Keosauqua transacted business here. Advertisements note children’s wash suits at Drake Co. and special prices on boys knee pants. Public notice thanks from M B Humphery for primary support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Nelson
Chicago
J. A. Moelhring
A. R. Derrickson
David Rodabaugh
Will Swartz
Libertyville
Iowa
Bethel Cemetery
Stodghill
M. FE
Sam Hewitt
Sam Rail
Batavia
Camp Dodge
Naomi Waters
Seymour
L. M. Cain
Charles
Ernest Walker
Fairfield
N. L. Calhoun
Stanley Manning
Keosauqua
War Savings Clubs Form in Township Communities
A War Savings Society formed at No. 10 Penn Township with Miss Esther Gilbert as president and Miss Beatrice Coop as secretary. Charter members include Bernice Coop Maurice Coop Gladys Coop Dorothy Gilbert Ralph Gilbert Eunice Gilbert Beatrice Coop and Mary Gilbert with Mrs Daisy Gilbert and Mrs Wate Coop as associates. No 4 Cedar Township organized a society last week with fifteen charter members and five associates. officers are President Miss Iola Chappins Secretary Miss Mary Keller and Sergeant Miss Clara Fry. Most children earn funds for Thrift stamps by selling butter and eggs and other tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
No. 10
Penn Township
Esther Gilbert
Beatrice Coop
Bernice Coop
Maurice Coop
Gladys Coop
Dorothy Gilbert
Ralph Gilbert
Eunice Gilbert
Béatrice Coop
Mary Gilbert
Daisy Gilbert
Wate Coop
Cedar Township
Iola Chappins
Mary Keller
Clara Fry
Zone System Deemed Ill Advised By 1911 Commission Head
Charles E Hughes who led a 1911 commission on second class mail called the zone system for newspapers and periodicals ill advised and backward looking. He testified before the house ways and means committee as publishers opposed the zone act saying it unjustly barriers information and favored letters over periodicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Hughes
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hughes
Fairfield Retailers Open Evening Before Fourth
The Drake Clothing Co will open tomorrow evening to serve Fourth of July shoppers. Fairfield retail stores will close all day July 4 with evening hours July 3. A lost Aerdale Terrier named Rags with initials 7a.M. on a collar. reward offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake Clothing Co
L. Q. Keesey
Fairfield
Fairfield Golf Club Schedules Two July Fourth Tournaments
The Fairfield Golf Club lists two events on July Fourth. A morning 18 hole medal play handicap match starts at 9:30 with small entry fees funding prizes. In the afternoon a Red Cross tournament begins around 3 PM, with a $1 entry benefiting local Red Cross and headquarters, first prize a gold medal and second a certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Golf Club
National
Red Cross Asociation
Red Cross
Iowa Women Honor Heroic Iowa War Dead
Chicago tribute highlights Iowa women leaders at the State Council of Defense convention. Editors praise Iowa’s fallen National Guards and celebrate mothers wearing gold stars as part of wartime morale, with ongoing Sunday photo features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Chateau ‘Hierry
Chicago
Iowa National Guards
Light Brigade
State Council of Defense
Chicago Herald and Examiner
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Glen Grant
Kansas City, Mo
Carl Stanford
Rochester, Minn
Clinton McGahan
Jefferson County
OCAL
Charles McKee
Mr. C. H. MacClellard
Belle Sampson
Lockridge
Fred Bates
Lizzie Lindberg
Muscatine
Arnold Murray, Jr
Ottumwa
John Mulrine
Rose Derrickson
Francis
Bernard O'Neil
Mt. Pleasant
Miss Grace Herman
Miss Agatha Thompson
Harry Beatty
Denver, Colo
W. G. McClelland
Fernane Marguerite
John A. Raines
Mable Gantz
Frank Gantz
Brookville
Laura Dues
Fort Madison
J. D. Ebert
Perry King
Wayland
Edna
Bertha Sears
Cross Lanes
H. H. Moyer
Mrs
N. H. Kocher
Marshalltown
Elizabeth Blackwood
Mrs. H.'s Moyer
H. O. Brownlee
Faith
Long Grove
D. BE. Ebert
J M. Ebert
L. H. Banley
Fr. Madison
D. E. Ebert
Rolland
Arthur Schwarm
Scott McCormick
Eorge McCumber
Galesburg Ilinois
W. S
Drake Clo. Co
M. B. Humphery
Drake Clo, Co
Golf Club
E. Hemstead
Gobble & Heer’s
Meyer
Florshein
West Side
Georgette Wais
Spurgeon
John Vocelsang
Griffith
Fairfield, Iowa
Pierson
Iowa State Savings Bank
C.E. Haynes
Kerrick
Tribune
Chas. Lyon
Edwards
Machine Shop
North Fourth Street
Cruise
Minneapolis
W. A. Blair
Northern Steamboat Co
Wm. S. Cox
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