Local Briefs Note Visitors and Movements Across Cities
Batavia resident J. B. Trent and Packwood visitor Clarence Mitchell were in the city. Des Moines guest Miss Dahl stays with Mrs. Frank Higby on West Washington. Davenport visitors Mrs. Elmer King and son Robert with relatives here. Lockridge duo Miss Bertha Murphy and Jess Murphy visit. Ottumwa judge F. M. Hunter was in town on business. Verle Frazey and family toured Lockridge for business. Mrs. Frank Higby returned from Libertyville. Brighton visitors Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lloyd and Mrs. Georgia Lloyd. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. King depart for Burlington. Toluca guests Misses Helen and Bernice Bennington stay with C. M. Machesney near Packwood. Marriage license issued to Harvey Donald and Gladys Webber of Stockport. Ottumwa resident Miss Esther Millhouse visits. Prairie Chapel social postponed to Friday. Mrs. James Turner learns her brother James Bean arrived safely in France. Agnes Buchanan leaves for Washington and Des Moines after visiting Miss Margaret Snyder. Concrete work begins on vaults for Iowa State Bank by Spaulding & Kearns. Mrs. W. F. Gorman and Mrs. Dan Murphy return from Mt. Pleasant funeral in Oxford for Julia Herrick Schwendholm. Winifred Easton accepts clerical job at Herring's grocery. Mrs. Charlotte Pierson's students plan a recital at Prof. Moorhead's studio. Rev. R. H. Robinson of Fort Morgan on way to New York to sail for France with Y M C A work. Robinson, a 1904 Parsons College graduate, will depart soon. Jefferson County Red Cross directors urge township chairmen to report financially able but noncontributing residents to County Council of Defense.
Anstead Letter From Unit R France Describes Life
Robert Anstead writes from Unit R in France about village life near barracks, war impact on a 120-person village with 25 at the front, the Red Cross effort, and Liberty Loan support. He visits Base 18 Johns Hopkins unit, sees diverse soldiers, and notes a German prison camp and packing piano gifts from Fairfield neighbors.
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N. C. Anstead
Robert
France
Logan
Fairfield
America
U. S
Red Cross
Uncle Sam
Southhampton
Eng
Base 18
John Hopkins
Minneapolis
Witherow
Gay
Jefferson County Schedules Negro Soldier Deployment
One hundred ninety five African American men from Iowa will report at Camp Dodge for military service during the five day period starting August 1. Jefferson county's quota is one. Henry county provides one, Lee county twelve, Van Buren one, Washington one, Wapello seven, Des Moines county four.
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Iowa
Camp Dodge
Jefferson County
Henry County
Lee County
van Buren
Washington
Wapello
Des Moines County
Raincoat graft case hints at wider US defense fraud network
New York July 24. Harry E. Lazarus and Charles L Fuller head a broad scheme to bribe government inspectors and army officers to win raincoat contracts. Dozens of officers and manufacturers face charges of bribery and conspiracy as justice agents reveal a widespread, multi million dollar fraud tied to soldiers’ raincoats used in France.
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New York
Council of National Defense
Harry E. Lazarus
Defense Council
Department of Justice
Charles L. Fuller
War Department
Army
District of New York
Quartermaster’s Department
France
Washington
Local Epistle Reaches Lengthy Conclusion
A long message notes Willis Knight and the Salt Lake Boys, ending with a late night sign off.
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Willis Knight
Salt Lake Boys
Notice to prosecute blackberry pickers trespassers
Ralph Stever warns that anyone picking blackberries or trespassing on his farm will be prosecuted. Fine stated at $43.
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Ralph Stever
Big Chicken Pie Dinner by Bethel AME Church
The Bethel AME Church ladies host a big chicken pie dinner on Thursday July 25 in the former Emrr Royal Blue Shoe Co. building on the east side of the square. Dinner runs from 5 to 8 PM and costs 35 cents. Pastor B F Hubbard. 845
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Bethel A. M. E
Emrr Royal Blue Shoe Store
B. F. Hubbard
Henry County Fair at Mt Pleasant Four Day Racing Program
The Henry County Fair at Mt Pleasant will run four days with a full racing program. The association reports strong preparations and daily events planned for August 12 14 15 and 16.
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Henry County
Mt. Pleasant
Farms and Town Property for Sale in Fairfield Area
J E McClain of Batavia now with Fairfield Real Estate and Loan Co in the Orpheum building Fairfield Ia offers bargains in real estate. Includes seven room Libertyville home and many Fairfield area properties. Also lists town farms in Jefferson county and Missouri bargains. Call or write P H Fisher & Co phone 47 for listings and farm city property. A team of shipping horses, eight room North Third Street house, dining room set and other items offered for sale.
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J E. McClain
Batavia
Fairfield Real Estate and Loan Company
Orpheum
Fairfield
Libertyville
Jefferson
Missouri
P. H. Fisher & Co
Harvey South
North Third Street
West Grimes Street
North Third
Go 400 Miles in Balloon Halts Off Halifax
Three American aviators from Chatham Massachusetts were rescued ten miles off Halifax after drifting for three days and nights along the north Atlantic coast in a dirigible. The crew W C Briscoe W B Griffin and C A Upton were unharmed and the craft remained in good condition. Their estimated course, if straight, was about 400 miles.
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Halifax
Chatham
Mass
North Atlantic
W. C. Briscoe
W. B. Grifin
C. A. Upton
Massachusetts
CHECK FLOUR PROFITEERING
Washington announces flour and milling product prices to curb profiteering. National basic seaboard price governs crop year 1910. local freight deductions set local prices. robber baron margins capped at 20 to 50 cents per barrel over delivered cost and retailer margins not more than $1.20 per barrel over cost.
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Washington
United States
The
Food Administration
Seaboard
Food and Bullets by Air A French Battalion Supplied
Paris reports a French battalion cut off near Pougey was supplied for three days by air, receiving a thousand loaves of bread and 800 tins of beef with carridges. German planes attempted deception with false markings, while an observation plane joined an allied squadron and attacked American craft before fleeing.
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Paris
Pougey
Marne
Reims
U Boat Sunk by British Destroyer Maine
London July 24 The British destroyer Maine sunk a German submarine according to an official admiralty statement.
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London
Maine
Admiralty
Navy Passes Half Million Mark, Navy Secretary Announces
Washington July 24 The Secretary of the Navy announced that the naval force exceeds five hundred thousand personnel. The statement marks a significant milestone for the service as it expands readiness and manpower.
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Navy
Washington
Daniela
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. B. Trent
City
Clarence Mitchell
Packwood
Miss Dahl
Des Moines
Mrs. Frank Higby
West Washington Street
Elmer King
Robert of
Davenport
Bertha Murphy
Jess Murphy
Lockridge
F. M. Hunter
Ottum, Wa
Frank Higby
Libertyvile
W. H. Lloyd
Georgia Lloyd
Brighton
E. King
Burlington
Helen and
Bernice Bennington
Toluca, I
C. M. Machesney
Harvey Donald
Gladys Webber
Stockport
Esther Millhouse
Ottumwa
Prairie Chapel
James Turner
James Bean
Fance
Agnes Buchanan
Margaret Snyder
Yeterday
Claude Whitmore
Esther Baird
Spaulding & Kearns
Iowa State Bank
W. F. Gorman
Dan Murphy
Julia Herrick Schwendholm
Oxford
Charlotte Pierson
Prof. Moorhead
R. H. Robinson
Fort Morgan
Colo
F. J. Morris
Mr. Robinson
Parsons College
Jefferson County Red Cross
County Council of Defense
Robert Anstead
Morgan
Schearer
Elizabeth Stewart
People’s Column
JALZ
Journal
Missouriand
R. White & Son
Macon
United States Food Administration
Saner's
Flartman
Ee Cream Co
Oliver Typewriter
Brandall
Tribune
West Side
J. E. McClaine
Fairfield Real Estate and Loan Co
North Main Street
J. Be, Hickenbottom
W. D. Garnive
Journal Office
M. M. Allender
Ringlespach Farm
Chas. Green
John T. Davies
George P. Loesch
Burlington St
Fourth Street
Ritaga II
Tri River
He River Cruise
ANT
W. A. Blair
Northern Steamboat Co
F. D. Kerrick
Golor
Edwards
Olive
Edward Fier
Pe Edwards
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