Local wartime notices and social visits fill town page
Col W C Knight arrives from overseas and many residents, including Robert Walker and Osro Jewett, plan visits and travel. Local families note illness and recoveries, exams, and recent relocations. Camp Fire girls return from a ten day trip while younger groups depart for a five day outing, with numerous relatives visiting and hosting in Ottumwa area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacajewea Camp Fire
Anderson Park
Keosauqua
Camp Fire
Ten Billion Dollars Value Of Iowa Farms
Des Moines reports Iowa farm lands valued at about ten billion dollars at market, with assessed farm land value totaling 3.197 billion and average 69.34 per acre, while current market values reach 200 to 400 per acre. Taxes on land will average 1.73 cents per acre per mill, and the analysis notes statewide livestock value at 236.22 million and credits at 457.89 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Land
Local visitors travel through Batavia on Montana trip
Henry Green and family of Glen dive Montana and Homer Sharp of Omaha visited Batavia and stayed overnight with W. G. Robinson en route to Washington to see relatives. A. H. Miller of Libertyville bought an interest in Walker and Peeber grain and coal business, signaling a consolidation with his Libertyville elevators and a new one at Agency. The Batavia Brick and Tile Co. directors planned to restart the factory after overhauling machinery. A barn fire on 3. A. Sterner’s farm northwest of Batavia destroyed hay and equipment. insurance partially covered losses. A Ford driven by Fre Heston and Miss Mabel Black collided with a large touring car. no serious injuries. A Ralph Crawford and Jack Stephens collision at Abingdon injured three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Green
Glendive
Montana
Homer Sharp
Omaha
Nebraska
W. G. Robinson
Washington
A. H. Miller
Libertyville
Walker & Peeber Grain
Batavia
Miller
Agency
Be Walker, Peebler & Co
A. Sterner
Batavia Brick & Tile Co
Ford
Fre Heston
Mabel Black
Ed Parrett
Harry Mitchell
Packwood
Care
Ralph Crawford
Jack Stephens
Fleener
Abingdon
Fairfield Ordinance Appropriates Funds for 1919 1920
City of Fairfield Iowa adopts a comprehensive budget ordinance allocating funds across departments for 1919 and 1920. It specifies amounts from the general, fire maintenance, police, sanitary, water, sewer, road dredging, and other funds, plus bond and improvement allocations, with approval by Mayor Ralph H. Munro on May 20, 1919. The item concludes with notices of land seeking travel aid and a church event in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Iowa
Police Department
Sanitary
Aoin Blue Dragging
8. C
P. P
Fairfield Journal
Fire destroys barn and oats crop near Veo
A barn on Mahlon Roberts farm near Veo burned yesterday afternoon along with the recently threshed oats crop. Hay and corn were lost as flames spread before rescue. The cause is unknown as the threshing machine had just departed. Insurance partially covers the loss.
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Mahlon Roberts
Veo
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Walker
Mediapolis
Osro Jewett
New York City
L. R. Fleener
J. W. Fleener
Katherine Louden
Frances Root
Ottumwa
Theresa Chandler
Pack‘wood
Dr. Moss
Maretta
C. D. Leg
S. J. Morris
Mt. Pleasant
Loren Andrews
Burlington
Merrell Banta
Alex Peterson
Frank Kean
George W. Swain
Camp Merritt
New Jersey
Andrew Parsons
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Brother
W. G. Parsons
Lloyd Fry
127Th Engineers
Federal Service
Jas, Fry
Jessie Winn
Lake Elmo
Minnesota
Mrs. W. W. Bennett
Eldon
Douds
W. W. Bennett
Brookville
H. T. Bradfield
W. H. Bedell
South Main Street
Lieut
Mrs. White
City
Etta Clarke
Lieut. White
Overseas
John Magee
Erma Magee
Rock Island, Ilinois
Frank D. Kerrick
Trivune
Jcen T. Davies
Emma Novakova
Ameria
Prague
Alice Masaryk
Ralph H. Munro
City Cork
Kansas
Oklahoma
Q. G. Bowers
Worthern
Dakotas
R. T. Duncan
Orpheum
Wm. Faversham
Norma Talmadge
Winningirl
Carlson Hardware
East Side
Square
Fairfield Properties
Fairfields
South Second
Jefferson Co. Abstract & Loan Co
Fairfield, la
United States Railroad
Colorado
Rocky Mountain Vacation Land
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