Local News Briefs from Ottumwa and Surrounding Areas
Ottumwa resident Louis Kennedy visits the city. Twin girls born to William and Mrs Brant northeast of the city. J W Schafer couple visit Mt Pleasant. Maude Baker guest of Mrs Parks in Mingo. Frances Spence returns from Burlington. Mrs James and child in Cedar Rapids visiting relatives. Mrs Glotfelty travels to Donnelly Minn. Maude Murphy shops in the city. G W Niegla and daughter Bernice visit Mt Pleasant. Lorenzo Heston visits Beckwith. Lizzie Lindburg returns from Muscatine. Traxlers from Mt Pleasant return home. Ernest VanPatten to stay a week. Lela and Gladys McCleary guests from Libertyville. Mrs Foster DeGood and Mrs Gantz become teachers at Abingdon. Myrtle Coop to Washington DC after visits. News of a death by attempted suicide via lye. survivor improving. Eva and Agnes Zillman leave for Wichita Falls Texas. Jefferson County Teachers club funds magazine program for Camp Dodge. Cross Lanes talent show “Somewhere in France” to be repeated in Abingdon next Wednesday. Myra Montgomery Sadie Dill Helen Hafferty return from Normal school Cedar Falls. Calvin Doughty on furlough from radio school near Houston with parents. Karl West of Mt Vernon listed among wounded in yesterday’s casualty list. he is Bertha West’s brother and was in the trenches.
Men bound for Camp Pike notified and departure planned
Induction notices go to ninety two men and alternates from Jefferson county who will depart next Monday for Camp Pike Arkansas. A special train at 1 15 p m will carry the group with contingents from Henry Ottumwa Knoxville Keokuk Van Buren and Louisa counties. In total eight hundred ten men leave the first district with 209 Des Moines county men joining Burlington at 9 p m and Washington county contingent of 161. The trip proceeds via Keokuk and Burlington with dinner in Burlington before proceeding south.
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Camp Pike
Ark
Jefferson County
Henry County
Mt. Pleasant
Ottumwa
Knoxville
Des Moines County
Burlington
Washington County
Keokuk
van Buren County
Keosauqua
Louisa County
Wapello
Countess Alexandra Scheele Arrested as Enemy Alien in New York
U S agents arrest Countess Alexandra Scheele in New York on suspicion of links to German propaganda. The actress arrived in the United States in 1914 end of 1914 era noted for possible associations with Dr. Fried erich R. A. Strensch.
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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 War Powers Expanded
President Wilson signed the wire control resolution, granting authority to seize and operate the nation's telephone and telegraph lines for the duration of the war. This action centralizes communications under federal control to support war efforts.
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Washington
Wilson
Wilson Greets Pittsburgh Boy Scouts on Bicycle Visit
President Wilson shakes hands with 28 boy scouts from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania who rode to Washington on bicycles bearing a message of greeting from Major Sabcock.
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Wilson
Washington
President Wilson
Pittsburgh
Paa
Major Sabcock
Bryan and Dewey Enlist in Marine Corps Action
Kansas City recruits William Jennings Bryan and George Dewey joined the United States Marine Corps. Lieutenant Horn Botsel oversees the unit as Hopkins explains his motive, saying he can fight and he wants to serve. Bryan hails from Waxahachie Texas and weighs 183 pounds. Dewey is from Niobrara Nebraska and inspired by a marine recruiting poster. Hopkins disclaims relation to the famed Admiral namesake.
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Kansas City
William Jennings Bryan
George Dewey
John Hopkins
United States Marine Corps
Hornbotsel
Woodrow Wilson
Bryan
Waxahache
Tex
Dewey
Niobrara
Wneb
Admiral Dewey
Marine Corps
Hopkins
Medical College
Farmer Albert Bruner Injured by Horse Kick
Albert Bruner, a prominent Decatur County farmer, was seriously injured when kicked by a horse. He was knocked ten feet by the blow, which struck his abdomen.
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Greenberg
Ind
Albert Bruner
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, pausing operations and volunteer activities pending supply.
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Masonic Hall
Sale of Household Goods at Jones Residence
For sale items from the late I. D. Jones home at 706 East Scene Street offered Saturday at 2:00 PM for 25 dollars.
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I. D. Jones
East Scene Street
Drayman resumes service after several days away due to accident
The drayman announces return to duty and readiness to handle hauling and dray work. He offers services for customers contacting him at Phone 1722 for desired drayage.
New Wheat Price Basis Set for Iowa by Food Administrator
J F Deems Iowa Food Administrator announces new government price basis for several wheat grades due to railroad freight rate changes. Basis adjustments aim to reflect freight costs and grading shifts, with higher grades expected to be more represented under revised standards.
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J. F. Deems
United States
Iowa
Railroad Administration
the Food Administration
Northern Springs
The
Grain Corporation
Dug Ori
Philadelphia
Newport News
New Orleans
Haneas Guy
Ship Strikers Repudiated In Oakland Cable News
Federal officials and labor leaders expect immediate resumption of work in three large Oakland shipyards after an agreement on boilermaker wage demands. The Iron Trades' Council of the San Francisco bay district repudiated the boilermakers action and ordered a return to work at once.
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Oakland
Cal
Boliefmakers
Iron Trades’ Council
San Francisco Bay District
Food Prices Up Sixty Three Percent
Retail food prices in the United States rose 2 percent from April 14 to May 15 this year per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the year ending May 15 there were large increases in roiling beef up 82 percent, cornmeal 30 percent, milk 26 percent, and pork chops 20 percent, with vegetables largely declining. Over five years ending May 15 the average increase was 65 percent.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Statistics
Lumber Director Chosen in Emergency Fleet Role
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
French Academy urged tighter science censorship
In Paris a La Liberte critique warns that popular science reporting helps the enemy by revealing details from high level research. The piece notes the French Academy of Sciences proposes adding savants to judge secrecy and criticizes editors for publishing sensitive material about long range artillery experiments and shell plans.
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Paris
Nlow
Popular Sciences
French Academy of Sciences
la Liberte
Academy of Sciences
Academy
M. Charles le Goffic
France
Football Team Enlists at British-Canadian Mission
Thirteen Illinois miners and all British subjects enlisted in a body at the local British-Canadian Recruiting Mission headquarters. They comprise the membership of the British-American Football club of Springfield, Ill.
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St. Louis
Illinois
Springfield
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William Brant
J. W. Schafer
Miss Maude Baker
Mingo
E. 8S. Parks
Frances Spence
Mrs
Joseph James
Cedar Rapids
City
Ed. Glotfelty
Mrs. Mac Davis
Donnelly, Minn
Maude Murphy
Lockridge
G. W. Niegla
Bernice
Lorenzo Heston
Beckwith
Lizzie Lindburg
Muscatine
S. N. Traxler
Mr. Pleasant
Ernest VanPatten
Lela
Gladys McCleary
Libertyville
Gladys Foster DeGood
Margaret Whitmore Gantz
Abingdon
Myrtle Coop
Washington, D. C
Eva
Agnes Zillman
Warner Stallman
Wichita Falls
Texas
Jefferson Country Teachers’ Club
Camp Dodge
Cross Lanes
Myra’ Montgomery
Sadie Dill
Helen Hafferty
Cedar Falls
Calvin Doughty
Hoston
M. T. Doughty
Karl West
Mt. Vernon
West
Bertha West
Fairfield High School
la Courneuve
American Red Cross
U.S
Bryan and
United States Marines
RED Cross
Drayman
William Cox
F. D. Kerrick
Tribune
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Union
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Obi
Wallace Nutting
East Side
C. FE. Anderson
Yeoman Hall
Machine Shop
North Fourth Street
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W. A. Blair
Davenport
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