Local News Briefs from Fairfield City and Surroundings
Laurence Droz of Camp Dodge visits relatives in the city. Wim Eaton of Ottumwa is in town. John F. Riggs of Des Moines is a business caller. Longwell family moving to Foot & Crail farm east of the city. William Glotferty and daughter Nel lie of Batavia visit yesterday. Martha Garber leaves for Corning to visit her sister. Edward Woods has arrived in France. Virginia Devan returns from Ottumwa. HK Hendershott and two children from Monroe visit J. G. Maasdam's. Lucile Shadle of Shenandoah and Louis Easton go to Washington for county W C T U convention. Gus Schillerstrom returns from Ottumwa. Dillion Grécian and daughter of Richland visiting. W B Parrett family motor to Birmingham. A R Wilson and Walter Hilyard return to St Joe after visiting Fairfield. Lat ia Goodman leaves for Columbus Ohio to join daughters. Charles McGuire returns to Des Moines after visiting W Byczek home. H D Minster and children return from Brighton. J F Wilson Jr and Frances visit in Des Moines. Walter Roth of Cedar Rapids and Edward Roth of Tulsa go fishing in Oakland. R C Wilson and wife visiting Cedar Rapids area. Stout from Clipton visiting J E Wilson Dome. Harry Elder and baby return from Davenport. Traer sisters Margaret Nellie Kathryn visit Fairfield. Orlando Flower from Ft Collins reports crops fine despite scarce farm help. six dollars per day for alfalfa stackers. warm weather with highs near ninety. Mrs Flower in poor health since Fairfield visit last August.
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Ft. Collins
Col
Orlando Flower
Fairfield
Jefferson County Men to Join Colors in Next Call
Des Moines dispatches report 86 Jefferson County registrants will leave for Camp Pike Arkansas during a five day period starting July 22. The total draft for the county is part of Iowa's broad mobilization with Camp Gordon Griffin Pike and Camp Forrest among the destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Des Moines
Lo- Fan
Louisa County
Uik
Leo
Aig
Pgs
Caret
Henry Counesy
Washington County
Loyota
Lafl
Pike
ID Gordon
Iowall
Camp Forrest
Iowa
Camp Gordon
Georgia
American Railway Association
Camp Dodge
Adj
Logan
Senate panel returns telegraph bill to committee after protest
Republican senators led by Penrose of Pennsylvania force a return of the administration telegraph and telephone bill to the Interstate Commerce Committee on a point of order. The bill was reported to the floor after under two hours of consideration with only four of seven attending voting to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Committee
Senate
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Silk shirts at Drake Club for evening wear
Silk shirts in all colors and sizes featured at the Drake Club showcasing elegant evening wear and fashion options for social events.
We Save Food Here For Our Soldiers Over There
A wartime appeal argues food control in Great Britain and the United States is driven by duty to keep soldiers, sailors, and airmen well fed. It contrasts civilian rationing with front-line needs and stresses national effort to sustain fighting forces abroad.
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Great Britain
United States
Local Notes Cover Ames Residents and Holiday Visits
Ames area residents and relatives are noted visiting and traveling over the Fourth of July. Names include Mrs. Hannagralt, Miss Josephine Hilfott, Mr. and Mrs. Davenpike, Mr. and Mrs. Slimmer, S. K. Hoffman and family, and Roy Price from Omaha. Other readers visit Mt. Pleasant, Des Moines, Kansas, Oklahoma, Fairfield, Moline, Camp Dodge, Davenport, Davenport friends, and Iowa City as well as Thomas Oklahoma to see relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Price
Omaha
Wise
Fairfield
Paul Roland
Moberly
Margaret Fulton
Thomas
Okla
Lawrence Nobie
Sanathy Bertha
Utah
Ehurch
R. M. Slimmer
George Thompson
Camp Dodge
Howard Harshman
Earl Stewart
Floyd Harshman
Iowa City
Pekin Buries Victims as River Disaster Death Toll Grows
Bodies of nine victims from the Columbia disaster are buried in Pekin while coroner says 100 are missing. Funeral aid comes from Red Cross as Kingston Mines residents receive services. Federal and local investigators continue hull searches as divers probe the wreck. The Marne front reports a renewed air battle with multiple American successes and German losses.
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Pekin
Illinois River
Columbia
TL. D. Clary
Alvin Jacobs
Theresa Canion
Clarence Hill
Pekin Pekin
Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Lancaster
Kingston Mines
Gra Barnevelt
H. F. Mehl
Earl R. Barnevelt
Baptists Rally for Mission Funds Tops Million Dollar Mark
In New York on July 9 the campaign to raise 1,045,000 for Baptist war work and mission deficiencies succeeded, announced by Rev. Fred P. Haggard. The drive mobilized Baptist support across the denomination to meet the target and strengthen financial foundations.
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New York
Fred P. Haggard
Ladies' Silk Hose on Sale at Drake Clo. Co.
Silk hose available in all colors for one dollar per pair at the Drake Clothing Company. Public notice promotes affordable hosiery with a wide color range for shoppers.
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Drake Clo. Co
Tiger Man with William S Hart at the Orpheum
William S Hart stars in The Tiger Man directed by Hart and supervised by Thomas H Ince. J G Hawks wrote the scenario for a desert gold rush tale filled with drama and thrills. Hawk Parsons leads the desperadoes as a train wreck and a preacher's wife trigger a pivotal transformation.
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William S. Hart
Mr. Hart
Hart
Thomas H. Ince
J. G. Hawks
Artcrest
Orpheum
Hawk Parsons
Hawk
Tizer
Belgian ace Olieslagers downs sixth German plane
Belgian air hero Jan Olieslagers, once a top Belgian aviator and record setter, is credited with downing his sixth German aircraft. A former racing motorcyclist, Olieslagers has led Belgian air fighters since the war began.
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Jan Olieslagers
Olieslagers
Start of Alien Property Sales Set for August First
Washington reports millions of dollars of alien owned property to be offered at public sales. The Orenstein Arthur Kopple company at Kopple Pennsylvania leads the series with an August 15 sale. The Kopple concern with Pittsburgh offices and a large lumber firm are among the only German firms never incorporated in the United States.
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Washington
Orenstein-Arthur Kopple Company
Kopple
Pittsburgh
United States
Senate panel backs prohibition bill in U. K. style note
The senate agricultural committee agreed to legislation to ban sale and distribution of liquor wine and beer after January 4 1919 and to bar manufacture of wine and beer after November 1 next.
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Agricultural Committee
Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Straw Hats for Men and Boys at Drake Glo
Straw hats for men and boys in all shapes and braids priced from $1.00 and up at The Drake Glo. Ce: Te, aE.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Laurence Droz
City
Wim. Eaton
Ottumwa
John F. Riggs
Iw. B. Longwell
Foot& Crail
Wm. Glotferty
Nellie
Batavia
Martha Garber
Walter Mallock
Corning
F. E. Woods
Edward
France
Virginia Devan
A. W. Jaques
Hk B
Hendershott
Monroe
J. G. Maasdam
Lucile Shadle
Shenandoah
Louis Easton
Gus Schillerstrom
Dillion Grécian
Richland
W. B. Parrett
Birmingham
A. R. Wilson
Walter Hilyard
St. Joe, Mo
Latalia Goodman
Columbus
Ohio
Charles McGuire
W. Byczek
H. D. Minster
Brighton
J. F. Wilson, Jr
Frances
Walter Roth
Cedar Rapids
Edward Roth
Tulsa
O. E. Kirve
Oakland and
Huis
R. C. Wilson
Cedar Re
Mrs. Stout
Clipton
J. E. Wilsom
Harry Elder
Baby
Davenport
Margaret, Nellie
Kathryn Traer
Administration
Drake Clo
Libertyville
Bury Boatictims
Columbia Lata
Iecieres
Yankee Airrhen
Marne Front
Marne
James A. Meisner
Brooklyn
Hamilton Coolidge
Boston
Sumner Sewall
Bath
Mouthiers
Sewall
James Wooten
Tenn
Lieut
Cowart
Stephen Noyes
Harvard
Goodale
William
Downs
Kee
Pri
Choler
Wolf’s
Prid Not
Roup Canker
Pip
Aumont
Carl
Wolf
Centralia
the Wall Chemicalo
Syriner & Johnson
Start Hun Property Sales
U. K
Hawkeye Rebekah
Joseph Stuckey
J. M. Club
West Briggs Street
The
Knights of Pythias
Louis
Vici
Oxford
Meyer
West Side
Kerrick
Tribune
HO River Cruise
Minneapolis
Helen
W. A. Blair
Northern Steamboat Co
Pence Machine Shop
North Fourth Street
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