Boy Scouts Annual Picnic Beset by Transport Arrangements
The Boy Scouts plan their annual picnic on Monday July 30 two miles southwest of Mt Zion on the Des Moines River. Scouts will depart at six from the south side quard with autos assisting morning breakfast at Brown Fox Island. If roads fail, the event moves to Sunnyside Park with free swimming and boats.
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Quard
Brown Fox Island
Mt. Zion
Des Moines
Rail & Brown
Phone No. 110
Henry Pumphrey
Recruiting Takes Big Jump in U.S. Army Enlistments
Washington reports a surge in regular army enlistments with 2,294 men joining on the latest day and 159,902 since April 1. Officials estimate volunteers may nearly fill the quota before the draft ends.
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Washington
Peteréiail
Local residents on visits and travels in Iowa towns
Walter Erickson returns to Boston after visiting his mother in Ottumwa area. Several residents, including Charles Maxwell and Miss Martha Fulton, travel to see relatives. Marriage licenses issued to R. M. Hickenbottom and Mabel L. Kauffman. Numerous locals and visitors noted in Ottumwa area with minor trips to Monmouth, Keosauqua, Bentonsport, Omaha, Danville and Chicago connected by short visits and business.
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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
Bessie Hite
J. “. Clarke
Omaha
Neb
Sadie Dill
Mr. Pleasant
Mildred Humphreys
Always Norris
Kenneth Thorpe
Washington
D. P. Stubbs
Robert Gumm
M and M Trot Classic Won by Busy's Lassie at Detroit
The M and M trot at the grand circuit meet in Detroit drew eleven rivals to chase the 10 060 purse. Busy's Lassie driven by Cox won the event in two heats amid a large crowd, with restrictions keeping spectators from learning the outcome until the finish.
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Detroit
Mich
Busy
Lassie
Cox
Ovation for the 13th Engineers as they leave Chicago for France
Lt Col N L Howard leads 767 enlisted men and 25 officers of the 13th Engineers National Army en route to France. Five railroad company staffers, including 50 women from Great Western Railroad, cheerfully decorate troops with carnations. Mrs S G Taylor, mother of Captain F W Taylor, carries a silk flag and offers encouragement. Messages of support come from railroads Chicago Great Western, Milwaukee St Paul, Chicago North Western and Santa Fe.
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The
Burlington Gazette
13Th Engineers
Chicago
France
Thirteenth Engineers
National Army
City
Chicago, Great Western Railroad
Company C
Michigan Boulevard
Adams Street
N. L. Howard
Great Western
S. G. Taylor
F. W. Taylor
Howard
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Northwstern
Santa Fe
Charles Blaul
Nathaniel Howard
War Department changes location for Second Officers' Training Camps
Notice states the camp site moves from Iowa Fort Riley to Fort Snelling. Rollin Wilson listed in official notice.
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The
War Department
Iowa
Fort Riley
Fort Snell- Rollin Wilson
For Sale Classified Notices In People's Column
Various listings offer property for sale including a large house with four acres at 904 West Burlington, gas range and refrigerator, and five six room houses nearby. Also offered are a Velie automobile, a seven room house near the square, and rebuilt typewriters direct from manufacturers at substantial discounts with trial, cash or easy terms. Contact J. E. Hickenbottom EH. G. Myrick Thoma & Thoma or Journal for details.
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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 Machine Co., Inc
South Dearborn, Street
Chicago
Wanted Three Girls at Fairfield Steam Laundry
Wanted three girls at once at the Fairfield Steam Laundry. Wanted reliable colored janitor. Apply at Fairfield Motor Co 968.
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Fairfield Steam Laundry
Fairfield Motor Co
Monument Dealers Indicted in Sherman Antitrust Case
Baltimore Missouri July 25 An indictment returned in the U S court against the National Retail Monument Dealers association of America its officers and board members for alleged Sherman antitrust act violations investigated as a trust accusation in the monument trade esposits.
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Monument
Baltimore
United States
National Retail Monument Dealers’ Association of America (Incorporated
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BOY Scouts
SIG M
People’s
Mee
No. 9
Buchanas
Charles Hisel
Paul Coleson
Fairfield Theater
East Broadway
Matinew
Irving Cummings
Dan Russell
Edith Roberts
Thomas Jefferson
Marc Fenton
Peggy Custer
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Michigan Celery
Heinz
BAIN
ORME
Walter Baker
Prince Albert
Logan
Plymouth Rock
North Side Sq
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