Local social notes and events from Ottumwa area
Batavia resident J. B. Trent visits Ottumwa while Clarence Mitchell from Packwood and other locals are seen in the city. A marriage license is issued for Harvey Donald and Gladys Webber of Stockport. Various visits, church events, and a Red Cross funding notice appear among routine society notes and upcoming recitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Trent
Batavia
City
Clarence Mitchell
Packwood
Harvey Donald
Gladys Webber
Stockport
Ottumwa
Claude Whitmore
Esther Baird
Letters from Robert Anstead in France Describe Village Life
Robert Anstead writes from Unit R in France detailing travel between villages near their barracks. He describes picturesque yet dirty Peasant-era towns, front-line losses, and wartime impact on a 120-person village. He visits Base 18 and a German prison camp, finds fellow Minnesotans, and thanks Fairfield supporters for music donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Anstead
Robert
France
Logan
Fairfield
America
U. S
Red Cross
Hun Kaiser
Uncle Sam
Southhampton
Eng
Base 18
John Hopkins
Minneapolis
Witherow
Jefferson County to Send One Negro Soldier August 1
Iowa mobilizes 195 black recruits who will report at Camp Judge over five days starting August 1. Jefferson County quota is one. Henry County contributes one. Lee County twelve. Van Buren one. Washington one. Wapello seven. Des Moines County four.
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Iowa
Camp Judge
Jefferson County
Henry County
Lee County
van Buren
Washington
Wapello
Des Moines County
Raincoat graft plot widens in New York fraud case
National defense council agencies target a broad bribery scheme over Army raincoats. Harry E. Lazarus and Charles L Fuller are held, with 17 officers and factory managers under arrest or under investigation for bribery, fraud, or conspiracy related to defective raincoats sent to soldiers in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Council of National Defense
Harry E. Lazarus
Defense Councils
Department of Justice
Charles L. Fuller
War Department
Army
District of New York
Quartermaster’s Department
France
Washington
Local Notes on Willis Knight and Salt Lake Boys
A brief missive mentions locating Willis Knight and the Salt Lake boys, ending with a courteous good night. The fragment suggests a personal update or social note among locals.
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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. Location unspecified. Contact 843 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Stever
Big Chicken Pie Dinner at Bethel A M E Church
The Bethel A M E Church ladies host a big chicken pie dinner on Thursday July 25. Dining runs 5 p m to 8 p m in the former Emrr Royal Blue Shoe store building on the east side of the square. Dinner price is 35 cents. Pastor B F Hubbard. 849
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel A. M. E
Emrr Royal Blue Shoe Store
B. F. Hubbard
Henry County Fair Set for Mt Pleasant This August
The Henry County Fair at Mt Pleasant runs August 12 13 14 15 and 16 with full racing program and daily events. The Association reports big preparations and a busy four day schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County
Mt. Pleasant
Machinery Repair Terms From an Industrial Scribe
A compact note lists work on grinding sickles and adding sections guard plates Pitman boxes and forearm straps rods and oxy welding castings. It also mentions general repairs and aligning engines and related tasks.
Go 400 Miles in Balloon Off Halifax
Three American aviators from Chatham Massachusetts were picked up ten miles off Halifax after drifting three days along the North Atlantic in a dirigible balloon. The crew W Briscoe W B Griffin and A Upton were unharmed. the craft remained in good condition. Estimated straight line distance traveled about 409 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Chatham
Mass
North Atlantic
W. Briscoe
W. B. Griffin
A. Upton
Massachusetts
CHECK FLOUR PROFITEERING
Washington announces fixed price controls to curb profiteering in flour and milling products. The Food Administration sets seaboard base prices for 1918 1919 crop year with local prices reflecting freight deductions. Robbers' prices capped 25 to 50 cents per barrel over delivered cost. retailers' prices capped at $1.20 per barrel over cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
The
Food Administration
Seaboard
For Sale Notices In People’s Column
Eight room house on North Third street offered for sale within 30 days. Phone 2351. Dining room table set and kitchen items also for sale with contact 806 West Grimes. White rabbits offered at 1.00 per pair, contact 56 North Third or phone 1708. Ford touring car listed with incomplete details or model.
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North Third Street
West Grimes Street
North Third
Food and Bullets Supplied by Air Across Ponvey Front
Paris reports a French battalion cut off near Ponvey received three days of food and ammunition from airmen. A thousand loaves of bread and 800 tins of beef plus cartridges were dropped. The piece notes German planes used Allied markings to deceive allied air forces, including an observation plane allied with Americans that attacked its former squadron, then fled, followed by a pursuit plane using the same ruse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ponvey
Marne
Reims
British Destroyer Maine Sinks German Submarine
London July 24 The British destroyer Maine sunk a German submarine. An official statement issued by the British admiralty confirms the sinking in the ongoing naval patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Maine
Admiralty
Navy Reaches Over Half Million in Budget Count
Washington July 24 Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced that the navy has surpassed the half million mark in its budget figures. He stated the financial progress reflects growing naval strength and readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
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Miss Dahl
Des Moines
Mrs. Frank Higby
West Washington Street
Elmer King
Robert of
Davenport
Bertha Murphy
Jess Murphy
Lockridge
F. M. Hunter
Frank Higby
Libertyvile
W. H. Lloyd
Georgia Lloyd
Brighton
S. E. King
Burlington
Helen
Bernice Bennington
Toluca, Ill
C. M. Machesney
Esther Millhouse
Prairie Chapel
James Turner
James Bean
Fance
Agnes Buchanan
Margaret Snyder
Yeterday
Spaulding & Kearns
Iowa State Bank
W.F. Gorman
Dan Murphy
Julia Herrick Schwendholm
Oxford
Winifred Easton
Herring
Charlotte Pierson
Prof. Moorhead
R. H. Robinson
Fort Morgan
Colo
F. J. Morris
Y. M. C. A. Work
Mr. Robinson
Parsons College
Jefferson County Red Cross
County Council of Defense
Robert Anstead
Morgan
Schearer
Elizabeth Stewart
Mess
Defense Council
John T. Davies
George P. Loesch, L. E
West
Burlington St
Machine Shop
North Fourth Street
Tan
LA Eee
United States Food Administration
People’s Column
E. McClain
Fairfield Real Estate and Loan Company
Orpheum
Libertyville
Jefferson
Missouri
P. H. Fisher & Co
Harvey South
Journal
R. White & Son
Macon
Hartman ‘Ce Cream Co
Oliver
Brandall
Tribune
West Side
J. E. McClain
Fairfield Real Estate and Loan Co
North Main Street
J. E. Hickenbottom
W. D. Garmoe
Journal Office
M. M. Allender
Ringlespach Farm
Chas. Green
M. M. Allenfor
W. A. Blair
Lows
Northern Steamboat Co
Kerrick
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