Local men moved to Class 1 in draft calls
Several Jefferson county residents have been transferred from deferred classes to Class 1. Most will enter the next call between July 22 and 26. Preclassified include Hopkirk Lockridge. Williams Kurtz E Pleasant Plain. Alverson Batavia. Hood Batavia. Smith Batavia. Wilson Fairfield. Cornell Fairfield. Wycoff Brighton. Bennett Fairfield. Beecher Lockridge. Cleasby Libertyville. West Fairfield. Broders Fairfield. Johnson Fairfield. Brown Hatavia. Heston Fairfield. Glass Fairfield. Teeter Fairfield. Hildebrand Lockridge.
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Jefferson County
David A. Hopkirk
Lockridge
Williams J. Kurtz
E. Pleasant Plain
Roy T. Alverson
Batavia
Otto Hood
Ver C. Smith
Albert Wilson
Fairfield
Ray W. Cornell
Gilbert A. Wycoff
Brighton
Harry S. Bennett
W. C. Beecher
Clinton B. Cleasby
Libertyville
Benjamin F. West
Earl Broders
Forest C. Johnson
George Brown
Hatavia
Lorenzo Heston
Airfield
Clarence L. Glass
Verle A. Teeter
Emil J. Hildebrand
Local People and Travels in Briefs Across the Region
Miss Mable McPherson leaves for Rome to visit relatives. Mrs. George Fleenor returns to New London after a visit with her daughter. C. J. Fulton returns from Des Moines. Mrs. Arthur Mitchell of Lenox visits Mrs. Robert Despain. Mrs. E. G. Spencer and granddaughter Elizabeth McKee travel to Des Moines for a few days. Miss Bernies Walker attends a Christian Endeavor convention at Storm Lake. Azora Bishop and daughter Prudence shop in the city. Born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Allen, a baby girl. Miss Keo Starr and Dora Snyder head to Chicago for a two week visit. Richard Gentry of Ottumwa visits relatives. Miss Mary Ackerman goes to Carroll for vacation. Mr. and Mrs. A. McCarty and daughter of Brighton visit today. William Gudgell of Galesburg visits grandparents and relatives. Mrs. Clifford Hisel and son return to Davenport after a visit. John S. Ross goes to Camp Pike Arkansas to join the Dental Corps. Lieutenant J. S. Ross listed as Dental Infantry No. 1 at Camp Pike.
Wilbur E Keesey Students Recital Tonight
Nanette Waltz presents a recital by Wilbur E Keesey piano pupils in Prof Moorhead's studio at 7 30 pm. A featured violin number by Hugh Israel and Harry Fred Israel accompanies with Flight of the Swallows and Maypole among varied pieces. Public invited.
Miniature Capitol Soap Display At Jericho & Easton
Passersby admire a soap sculpture of a national capitol built from 5000 cakes of Royal Cuticle soap with the national colors as background. The display is part of a soap sale starting tomorrow morning at the Jericho and Easton Drug Store.
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Jericho & Easton Drug Store
National Capitol
Royal Company
America
Fairfield
Jericho & Easton
National Capital Building
Jericho
Easton
Jefferson County
Easton Jericho
Drake Clo Sells Shoes At Cost As Stock Sells Out
Drake Clo company advertises remaining shoe stock at cost price with only two pairs left. The notice notes clearance sale and limited quantities, urging customers to act quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake Clo, Co
Missing Boy Seeks Return Of Painted Lawn Mower
A note requests the boy who took a lawn mower painted dark with C. M. Leather's name on the handle to return it to Pepee's Machine Shop. An unrelated ad line for a blue chambray shirt indicates a special price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Leather
Pepee
Parsons College urged to enroll in government military units
An appeal to Fairfield and Jefferson County citizens urges enrollment of at least one hundred young men aged eighteen to twenty one at Parsons College to form government military units. The letter argues college units will receive training and equipment, support national needs, and keep students in school while preparing for wartime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
United States
Parsons College
Fairfield
Iowa
95 in U S Casualty List
Washington July 12 sixty casualties in the American expeditionary forces were announced by the war department with five killed in action ten died of wounds two died of disease one due to accident and other causes 26 severely wounded one slightly wounded and 23 missing in action. Thirty five casualties in the marines attached to the expeditionary forces were announced at marine corps headquarters with thirteen killed in action four died of wounds and eighteen wounded in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Marine Corps Headquarters
Also Mentioned on This Page
Amet
KOCAL
Mable McPherson
Rome
George Fleenor
New London
Robert Despain
C. J. Fulton
Des Moines
Arthur Mitchell
Lenox
E. G. Spencer
Elizabeth McKee
Bernies Walker
Christian Endeavor
Storm Lake
Azora Bishop
Prudence
City
Yeterday
Bert Allen
Keo Starr
Dora Snyder
Chicago, Il
Richard Gentry
Ottumwe
Mary Ackerman
Carrol
Mrs. A. McCarty
William Gudgell
Galesburg, In
R. J. Gudgell
Clifford Hisel
Davenport
John 8. Ross
Camp Pike
Little Rock
Ark
Dental Corps
J. S. Ross
D R. C
Dental Infirmaéry No
Wilbur E. Keesey
Kohler
Josephine “Ball
de Menth
Hugh Israel
Flight of the Swallows
Lange Katherine Davis
OG “Chae
James Winter
Harris
Etka Nevin Evaline Whitmore
Capitol
Chambray
President Montgomery
U. S
The
Daily Journal
Square A
West Side
Kerrick
Tribune
Pence Machine Shop
North Fourth Street
Minneapolis
W. A. Blair
Lows
Northern Steamboat Co
Airdome
Jericho & Haston’'s
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