McClure Letters From France Describe Army Training and Life
Ernest McClure writes from France about ocean voyage, rest camp near a beauty city, front line proximity, Y.M.C.A. support, and artillery school. He details horse riding drills, equitation classes, bicycle trips, and weekly baths while noting language quirks, mail delays, and hopes for reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest McClure
France
States
Frace
Verey
Wresele
Usua
Poe
Sommers
Evans
Des Moines
Belding’s
McClure
U. S
Camp Merritt
Loire
Personal Notices From Bonaparte To Fairfield
Local readers learn of family visits and travel plans including A V Frazey and son Ellis in Bonaparte and Stockport, Capt W C Smith and Kathryn arriving from Deming NM, Myrtle Coop returning from Washington DC and heading there, and Ted Lewis visiting from Augusta GA along with other brief movements and a for rent or sale cottage on North Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. V. Frazey
Ellis
Bonaparte
Stockport
W. C. Smith
Kathryn
Fairfield
Deming
New Mexico
Albert Coop
Roy
D. W. Thompson
John Belville
Myrtle Coop
Gust A. Flinspach
Washington, D. C
Harden Farmer
Camp Dodge
G. A. Flinspach
North Main Street
J. E. Hickenbottom
W. D. Garmoe
Hazel Turner
Dora Elizabeth Bean
Ainsworth
Ralph Rigby
Frank
Kirkpatrick and
Baby
Keota
Ted Lewis
Augusta
W. D. King
Berkley
Cal
New York
Bertha Linder Pumphrey Remembered For Art And Charity
Bertha Linder Pumphrey, beloved by friends and community, is mourned after her passing. A artist and poet, she drew inspiration from the Iowa River and her Iowa City upbringing, collaborating with husband Henry on paintings and songs. Her works honored soldiers and local life, and she welcomed many into her Sunny Side Park home. She now rests beside her mother near their old home.
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Iowa River
Mother Linder
Iowa City
Bertha Linder Pumphrey
Henry
Ben Davis
Sunny Side Park
Iowa
For Sale Items and Local Classifieds
A Ford touring car in good condition for sale. Call 502 North Third or phone 1708. A combination gas range almost new for sale with inquiries at the Journal office. Missouri land offered by R White & Son Macon from 35 to 85 dollars per acre in tracts 40 to 240 acres. Also a good Jersey cow for sale, call 2577 after 6 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Third
Journal Office
Missouri
R. White & Son
Macon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tar City
Mrs. Astorbilts
Orpheum
George Welch
Enid Bennett
Frank’s Orchestra
Margarette Clark
Jiji
Jane Katherine Lee
Mrs. Pumphrey
Ee People's
Hartman Ice Cream Co
Oliver Typewriter
Brandall
Tribune
West Side
M. M. Allender
Ringlespach Farm
Chas
Rodabaugh & Beans
Presbyterian Church
Chautauqua
Israel Zangwill
Ali
Ee Richland Chautauqua
Hufstedler & Baker
C. M
St. P. Ry
Witherspoon-Englar CO
Grant Smith and Company
Ottumwa, Iowa
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
W. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
Chicago
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