Local social notes from Libertyville and area
Residents and families from Libertyville Dudley North English Keosauqua Packwood Keosauqua Osceola Centerville and Centralia host and visit kin. Highlights include scarlet fever recovery of J W Fulton son Albert, visits by the Thure Lundgren Felman party, and the Epworth League County Fair set for Friday July 20.
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Bert Elder
Richard Allen
Keokrk
Harold Swanson
Les Moines
Harlie Yost
G. F. Swanson
Oakland Mills
Rey
Hebner and Son
North English
J. W. Th
Ralp
Gearhart
Independence
Packwood
Bert Morrison
Keosauqua
Albert
J.vv. Fulton
Thure Lundgren
Albert Felman
Centerville
Elizabeth Cornell
Rue Davis
Goehring
Osceola
Iowa
Rank Colton
Ottumwa
Kilzer
Nebraska
Epworth League
Local News Briefs Highlight City Visits and War Efforts
Mrs. David Metzler of Packwood visits the city while David Gilchrist and family travel from Libertyville to relatives here. David Ricketts travels to Ames as a delegate from the local post office convention. John W. Lovedy of Pierce underwent eye tumor surgery. The Fairfield post office crew 21 workers all joined the Red Cross and bought Liberty bonds. Mrs. David Haynes and baby of Burlington visit parental home. Elsie Young breaks both bones in right arm. The W F M 8 of the M E B church host the Mt Zion and local ladies for a Tuesday gathering with a mite box opening. A J U G canning club forms with Elsie Hoffman as president and Nellie Bennett and Mary Tweedy in leadership.
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Fairfield Post Office
Delive
Red Cross
David Haynes
Baby
Burlington
Boyd
Elsie
H. KE. Young
M. EB
Mt. Zion
Pichereau
Ft. Mativon
J. U. G. Club
The Town Slouch by Bellis M Clarke
Sired in verse by Bellis M Clarke about modern auto party schemes and neighbors with cars. The poem notes social lines blur as people buy cars and join the auto pool. It critiques one sided reciprocity from sellers and the shift in status through ownership.
War tax shortfall noted in per capita target
A World War era notice says the tax amounts to 33 dollars per person while the current total is 32 dollars short. It remarks on soldiers potentially being sent to France and makes a Japanese whisker joke tone about the situation.
Food Man Hoover Urges Plain Diet amid Bills Hint
Quote from Hoover dismissing repeated hints from grocery bills while urging simple eating habits. Herb is asked to provide fresh information beyond familiar grocery bill cues.
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Hoover
Herb
Death of Theola Mitchell in Galesburg at age twelve
Theola Mitchell died last night at her home in Galesburg after a six month illness with tuberculosis. Her death prompted Mrs. Pearl McGill of this city and Mrs. Phillip Rushing of Washington to travel to Galesburg. She is survived by her father, four sisters and one brother along with other relatives.
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Pearl McGill
Phillip Rushing
Washington
Galeburg
Theola Mitchell
Seek Backer of Slackers in Rockford Slackers
Federal agents seek W. Crog han, former secretary of the I. W. W., on statements of Rockford slackers in the bridewell that he financed them. Authorities believe aliens inspired the 112 slackers serving 366 days at hard labor who deposited over $1,000 with prison officials.
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Chicago
W. Croghan
Rockford
Bridewell
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Libertyviile
David Metzler
David Gilchrist
Norris
V.i 1E
Liberty
Ville
David Ricketts
Ames
John W. Lovedy
Peirce
W. J. Fickle
Melissa Wiblin
Washington and Maccatine
Elsie Hoffman Lee
Nellie Bennett
Canningy
Mary Tweedy
Seller
Tee Hee
Cy Dawkins
France
Galesburg
W. W. Head
V. Frazey Verle
Frazey
A. V. Frazey & Son
Orange
Jooj
Forrest City Bot
Tling Works
Rise Wills
Walter Baker
Pacer
Prince Albert
Logan
Yacht Club
K. C
North Side Sq
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