Local notes highlight Ottumwa residents and visitors
Louis Kennedy of Ottumwa visits the city while numerous locals travel for visits and events. Names include Maude Baker Mingo Miss Spence Cedar Rapids Gantz Abingdon and Mt Vernon relations, with travel to Mt Pleasant Donnelly Wis and Washington DC. A club funds magazine drive for Camp Dodge and a Cross Lanes play is moved to Abingdon next Wednesday. A Mt Vernon trench wounded soldier Karl West appears in casualty notes.
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Cross Lanes
France
Abingdon
Karl West
Mt Vernon
Iowa
West
Bertha West
Fairfield High School
Men Leaving for Camp Pike Notified Before Monday
Induction notices are being sent to ninety two men and numerous alternates from Jefferson county who will depart next Monday for Camp Pike Arkansas by a local draft board. A large contingent boards a special train at 1 15 p m with other county groups joining at Mt Pleasant Keokuk Burlington and Wapello as part of the cross county departure totals.
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Camp Pike
Ark
Jefferson County
Henry County
Nivecty
Mt. Pleasant
Ottumwa
Knoxville
Des Moines County
Burlington
Washington County
Keokuk
van Buren County
Keosauqua
Louisa County
Wapello
Countess Alexandra Scheele Arrested as Dangerous Alien
New York report says Countess Alexandra Scheele, alleged to have links with German propaganda figure Dr. Friedrich Strensch, was arrested as a dangerous alien by U S Justice Department agents. Scheele, claimed to be an actress, arrived in the United States in the fall of 1914.
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Alexandra Viarda Scheele
New York
Friederich R. A. Strensch
Department of Justice
Countess Scheele
United States
Wilson Signs Wire Control Resolution
President Wilson signed the wire control resolution authorizing the government to take over the nation’s telephone and telegraph lines for the duration of the war.
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Washington
Wilson
Wilson Greets Boy Scouts During Washington Visit
Wilson shakes hands with 28 Boy Scouts from Pittsburgh Virginia who rode to Washington on bicycles bearing a greeting from Major Babcock.
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Wilson
Boy Scouts
Washington
President Wilson
Pittsburgh
Major Babcock
Bryan and Dewey Enlist in United States Marine Corps
Kansas City men William Jennings Bryan George Dewey and John Hopkins joined the Marine Corps. Lieutenant Horn Botsel in charge seeks Woodrow Wilson to enlist. Berven from Waxahachie Texas weighs 183 pounds described as a perfect specimen of manhood. Dewey from Niobrara Nebraska acted after a Marine poster quoting Admiral Dewey. Hopkins denies relation to the famous Hopkins name.
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Kansas City
William Jennings Bryan
George Dewey
John Hopkins
United States Marine Corps
Hornbotsel
Woodrow Wilson
Beryen
Waxahachie
Tex
Dewey
Niobrara
Neb
Admiral Dewey
Marine Corps
Hopkins
Faffens Medical College
Decatur Farmer Kicked by Horse Injured
Albert Braner, a prominent Decatur county farmer, was kicked by a horse and thrown ten feet, suffering abdominal injuries in the incident. Greenberg and Sod. are noted in the report alongside Braner.
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Greenberg
Albert Braner
Decatur County
Garment Shop at Masonic Hall Closed for August Quotas
The Red Cross announces the Garment Shop at Masonic Hall will be closed until the August quotas of work are received.
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Masonic Hall
Household goods sale at I D B Jones residence
For sale options include household goods from the late residence of I. Db. Jones at 706 East Burlington Street. The sale is scheduled for Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. The estimated price is £25.
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I. Db. Jones
East Burlington Street
New Wheat Prices for Iowa Set by Food Administration
The Iowa food administrator reports new government price bases for several wheat grades as freight rates rise. No 1 grades are set by regional markets with changes reflecting railway and freight shifts, while No 2 is three cents lower and No 3 is seven cents lower than No 1.
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J. F. Deems
United States
Iowa
Railroad Administration
Food Administration
Grat Corporation
Senhoard
Stor
New York
Y Vuiss
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Newport News
Orleans
Cs Cin
Sseaes
Ace Suva Sblemian A
Strikers Repudiated in Oakland Wage Dispute
Federal officials and labor leaders expect immediate resumption of work in slipbuilding plants after the iron braces council repudiates the Leitermakers action and orders a return to work. The dispute centered on wage adjustments and involved the San Francisco bay district trades.
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Oakland
Cal
Iron ‘Braces’ Council
San Francisco Bay District
Leitermakers
Food prices rise in United States 8 percent April to May
Retail food prices increased eight percent from April 1 to May 14 according to the bureau of labor statistics. For the year ending May 15 prices rose across items with beef 82 percent higher, corn 30 percent, milk 26 percent, and pork chops 20 percent, while vegetables generally declined. Over five years ending May 15 there was an average food price rise of about 65 percent.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Statistics
Lumber Director Chosen for Emergency Fleet Service
Washington July 16 J H Kirby of Houston Texas has been appointed lumber administrator of the Emergency Fleet corporation to oversee all shipbuilding program lumber production and storage activities.
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Washington
J. H. Kirby
Houston
Tex
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Censor debate on scientific information in press details
A La Liberte writer condemns indiscriminate publication of technical science material by the press including French Academy of Sciences proposals to add savants for screening. He cites details on German long range artillery tests and claims shells and gun plans have been publicly disclosed.
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Boche Gerial
Tion Popar Eclenre
Cinemy
French Academy of Sciences
la Liberte
Academy of Sciences
Academy
Neglgence
Geverance
M. Charles le Golfe
France
Football Team Enlists at British-Canadian Mission
Thirteen Diviols miners all British subjects enlisted at the local British-Canadian Recruiting Mission headquarters. They form the membership of the rural American Football club of Mpitug Geld TM.
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Enilists
St. Louis
rurinsh-American Football Club
Mpitug Geld
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Louis Kennedy
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Mrs. Mac Davis
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Maude Murphy of
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G. W. Niegla
Bernice
Mrs. Lorenzo Heston
Beckwith
Lizzie Lindburg
Muscatine
S. N. Traxler
Mr. Pleasant
Ernest VanPatten
Lela
Gladys McCleary
Libertyville
Gladys Poster DeGood
Margaret Whitmore Gantz
Mise Myrtle Coop
Washington, D. C
Eva
Agnes Zillman
Warner Stallman
Wichita Falls
Texas
Jefferson Country Teachers’ Club
Camp Dodge
Myra Montgomery
Sadie Dill
Helen Hafferty
Cedar Falls
Calvin Doughty
Hoston
M. T. Doughty
la Courneuve
Paris
American Red Cross
U.S
Bryan -and
United States Marines
RED Cross
Drayman
William Cox
F. D. Kerrick
Tribune
San Francisco
Union
Sceenge News
Wallace Nutting
H. East Side
Cc. Be. Anderson
Yeoman Hall
Machine Shop
North Fourth Street
Acai
Sh River Cruise
Minneapolis
Helm Blair Fas
Davenport
Northern Steamboat Co
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