Local Briefs Highlight Visits and Travel
Miss Mable McPherson leaves for Rome to visit relatives. Mrs. George Fleenor returns to New London after visiting daughter Mrs. Robert Despain. C. J. Fulton back from Des Moines trip. Mrs. Arthur Mitchell of Lenox visiting Mrs. Despain. Mrs. E. G. Spencer and granddaughter Elizabeth McKee travel to Des Moines for a few days. Miss Bernies Walker returns from Storm Lake Endeavor convention. 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 depart for two weeks in Chicago. Richard Gentry of Ottumwa visits relatives. Miss Mary Ackerman goes to Carroll for vacation. Mr. and Mrs. A. McCarty and daughter of Brighton visiting. William Gudgell of Galesburg visits grandparents. Mrs. Clifford Hisel and son return to Davenport. John Ross departs for Camp Pike Little Rock Ark as Dental Corps staff officer.
Local men transferred to class one in draft calls
Several Jefferson county men have been transferred from deferred to Class 1 in the draft. Many will enter the next call between July 22 and 26. Preclassified names include Hopkirk Lockridge Kurtz KE 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 Batavia Heston Fairfield Glass Fairfield Teeter Fairfield Hildebrand Lockridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
David A. Hopkirk
Lockridge
William Kurtz
Pleasant Plain
Roy T. Alverson
Batavia
Otto Hood
Verl C. Smith
Albert Wilson
Fairfield
Ray W. Cornell
Gilbert A. Wycoff
Brighton
Harry S. Bennett
W. C. Beecher
Clinton B. Cleasby
Libertyville
Benjamin I. West
Earl Broders
Forest C. Johnson
George Brown
Lorenzo Heston
Clarence L. Glass
Verle A. Teeter
Emil J. Hildebrand
Wilbur E. Keesey Students Offer Recital Tonight
Wilbur E. Keesey piano pupils perform in Prof Moorhead's studio at 7 30 PM with a featured violin number by Hugh Israel and Harry Fred Israel. The program includes Morning Greeting James Winter Katherine Davis Nanette Waltz and other pieces by Kohler Bridges Lamme Childs Song and Flight of the Swallows Duo. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Moorhead
Wilbur E. Keesey
Hugh Israel
Harry Fred Israel
Gurlitt
Lange Katherine Davis
Tre Cig “Choe Oees
Eveline Whitmore
Miniature Capitol Display At Jericho & Easton Drug Store
Passersby admire a soap crafted miniature national capitol built from 5000 cakes of Royal Cuticle soap. The window display features national colors as a backdrop. A soap sale begins tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jericho & Easton Drug Store
National Capitol
Royal Company
America
Fairfield
Jericho & Easton
Royal Cuticle Soap
National Capital Building
Jericho
Easton
Jefferson County
Drake Clothiers Offers Shoes at Cost as Stock Sells
The Drake Clothing Company advertises remaining shoes at cost price with limited quantities left, urging quick purchase before stock is exhausted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake Cla. Co
Purchase Ad Prompting Return of Tool and Sale Items
A brief classified notice requests the return of a darkly painted lawn mower labeled with C. M. Leather on the handle to Pence's Machine Shop. It also advertises a Saturday sale featuring seven men’s blue chambray sport shirts at 69 cents, Drake Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Leather
Pence
Chambray
Drake Clo
Parsons College urged to enroll 100 for government military units
Fairfield and Jefferson county residents are asked to enroll Parsons College students aged 18 to 21 to form college military units under government direction. The appeal cites the need to secure training equipment and keep students in college while preparing for national defense and leadership roles after the war. R Ames Montgomery signs the call.
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 divided as follows: Five killed in action ten died from wounds two from disease one from accident and other causes 26 wounded severely one wounded slightly and 23 missing in action. Thirty five casualties in the marines attached to the American expeditionary forces were announced at marine corps headquarters divided as follows: Thirteen killed in action four died from wounds received in action and 18 several wounded in action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Marine Corps
Also Mentioned on This Page
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
Yeterday
Mrs
Bert Allen
Keo Starr
Dora Snyder
Chicago, Ill
Richard Gentry
Ottumwa
Mary Ackerman
Carrol
Mrs. A. McCarty
City
William Gudgell
Galesburg, Ill
R. J. Gudgell
Clifford Hisel
Davenport
John
Ross
Camn Pike
Little Rock
Ark
The
Dental Corps
J. S. Ross
D R. C
Dental Infirmary
Camp Pike
James Winter
Watherine Davis
Nanette Waltz
Bohm
Ee Ee
Kohler
Harriett Bridges
Maypole
Blythe Lamme
Bernard
Dless
Josephine ‘Ball Minuet de Menth
Capitol
President Montgomery
R.ames Montgomery
U. S
Daily Journal
jIn
Square A
West Side
Jf, Bradshaw
Kerrick
Tribune
Machine Shop
North Fourth Street
Vaca
Minneapolis
W. A. Blair
Lows
Northern Steamboat Co
Airdome
Wier
Phoe i
Jericho & Haston’s
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