Boy Scouts Annual Picnic on Brown Fox Island
The Boy Scouts plan their annual picnic Monday July 30 starting at six am from the south side of the ark. Scouts will cook breakfast at seven on Brown Fox Island and some may stay overnight returning Tuesday. Attendees should bring provisions and utensils with auto aid offered by local families. If bad roads arise the event shifts to Sunnyside Park with free swimming and raft use.
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the Ark
Brown Fox Island
Zell Brown
Pr. S
Sunnyside Park
Henry Pumphrey
Recruiting Takes Big Jump in Regular Army
Washington reports a nationwide surge in re enlistments with 2,294 men joining the regular army as the system nears draft end. The service shows a gain of 359,07 men since April 1, with volunteers expected to near the quota before the draft ends.
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Washington
Petersiail
Local Social Notes Highlight Visiting Friends and Couples
Walter Erickson returns to Boston after visiting his mother Mrs Ma linda Erickson in Ottumwa area. Numerous townsfolk and relatives appear in short notes including marriages licenses for R M Hickenbottom and Mabel L Kauffman, visits by Charles Maxwell and others, and trips by families to Oskaloosa Des Moines and Danville Indiana.
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Walter Erickson
Boston
Mass
Malinda Erickson
West Broadway
Charles Maxwell
Co. M
Martha Fulton
Libertyville
R. M. Hickenbottom
Lockridge
Mabel L. Kauffman
Fairfield
O. H. Gearhart
Ottumwa
Osborne Tracy
New Sharon
F. D. Kerrick
Quincy
N.L. E
Whitney
Keosauqua
Elmer Fieagle
Lieut. Fleagle
Grace
Bessie Kempt
Bentonsport
Gladys Norris
Corning
Creston
Fontanelle
Iowa
Fred Weserfield
Monmouth
Ill
Anna Tanner
Chicago
Roy L. Emry
F. E. Lange
Chicago University
Bessie Hite
J. “. Clarke
Omaha
Neb
Sadie Dill
Mr. Pleasant
Mildred Humphreys
Kenneth Thorpe
Washington
D. P. Stubbs
Robert Gumm
Warren Gumm
James B. Bailey
Chas
H. Heer
Fred Spielman
J. G. Browning
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
George Edick
Danville
Indiana
Thirteenth Engineers in National Army head to France
The Burlington Gazette reports the 13th Engineers departure from Chicago for France. Four companies totaling 767 enlisted men and twenty five officers moved out, led by Lt. Col. N. L. Howard. A playful intervention by 50 female Great Western Railroad workers halted the unit with flowers. Mrs. S. G. Taylor and relatives sent off words of encouragement as messages from railroad management wished them well.
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The
Burlington Gazette
13Th Engineers
Chicago
France
Thirteenth Engineers
National Army
City
Chicago, Great Western Railroad
Michigan Boulevard
Adams Street
N. L. Howard
Great Western
G. Taylor
F. W. Taylor
Howard
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Northwstern
Santa Fe
Charles Blaul
Nathaniel Howard
For Sale Classified Ads Mix of Homes Cars and Goods
Multiple sale notices list properties for sale including a four acre house at 904 West Burlington with cash terms, a gas range base burner and a new refrigerator, three six room houses and contact J. E. Hickenbottom, a Velie automobile two phone numbers, a seven room house near the square in a bargain, Thoma & Thoma realty, and a range of rebuilt typewriters from the American Writing Machine Co Inc at 329 South Dearborn Chicago with cash easy terms and a five day trial.
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Burlington
P. L. Fulton
J. E. Hickenbottom
G. Myrick
Thoma & Thoma
Typewriters
Remingtons
Monarchs
L. C. Smiths
Royals
Ask the Journal
American Writing Macabbe Co., Inc
South Dearborn, Street
Chicago
Ill
War Department changes location for Second Officers' Training Camps
The War Department moves the Second Officers' Training Camps from Iowa Fort Riley to Fort Snelling, Rollin Wilson announced. The change affects training site and logistics for officers in formation.
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The
War Department
Iowa
Fort Riley
Fort Snelling
Rollin Wilson
Busy's Lassie Wins Big M. and M. Purse in Detroit
In Detroit on July 26 Busy's Lassie driven by Cox won the M. and M. trot, the harness classic with a $10,500 purse. Eleven horses started as the big stake was contested across two heats, drawing a large crowd at the grounds.
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Busy
Lassie
Detroit
Mich
Groun
Ron
Cox
Monument Dealers Indicted in Sherman Antitrust Case
Baltimore Maryland July 25 An indictment returned in the U S court here charges the National Retail Monument Dealers association of America incorporated its officers and board members with alleged Sherman antitrust act violations.
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Monument
Baltimore
United States
National Retail Monument Dealers’ Association of America (Incorporated
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Irving Cummings
UNCLE
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Edith Roberts
Thomas Jefferson
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Peggy Custer
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Fairfield Motor Co
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Buchanas
Charles Hisel
John T. Davies
George Q. Loesch
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Heinz
Walter Baker
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