Iowa prepares second draft quotas and city strain
Washington signals a second draft likely before January 1. Iowa counties face a population based quota shift with Des Moines Sioux City Davenport and Dubuque expected to bear larger shares. Exemptions may exceed 50 percent and some districts could reach 75 percent delaying exemptions and assessments. The draft work starts in earnest early this week with local boards operating from Des Moines Tuesday and state-wide measures expected from Washington.
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Washington
Guy A. Logan
Iowa
Des Moines
Sioux City
Davenport
Dubuque
Regular Army
National Guard
Iowa Guard
Jefferson County Delegates Named for Farm Congress
Jefferson County will be represented at the National Farm Congress to be held in Peoria Illinois in September 1925. Delegates named are Paul McLean Elmer Schwartz welter B Culbertson Walter Stewart and Z T Moore.
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Jefferson County
National Farm Congress
Peoria
Ill
Paul McLean
Elmer Schwartzwelter
B. Db. Y. Culbertson
Walter Stewart
Z. T. Moore
Grace returns from Louisiana visit with relatives
Mrs Grace returned from a month long visit with relatives in Louis iana Missouri. She was accompanied by Etta Louise Jackson who will visit Emil Grove Jr Mr and Mrs Hugh Shriner and children spent yesterday with relatives in Libertyville.
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Mrs. Grace
Louisiana, MO
Etta Louise Jackson
Emil Grove, Jr
Hugh Shriner
Libertyville
Fairfield Chautauqua set for August 15 to 24 as tickets go on sale
The Fairfield Chautauqua opens August 15 with a Canadian Kitties concert and ten days of entertainment. Season tickets are on sale at local stores and via township directors, with seat reservations for Chautauqua and the Elman concert next Monday at Jericho Eastons.
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Fairfield Chautauqua
Suninyside
Chautauqua
Jericho & Easton's
Miss Bertha Freshwater Returns to Work After Vacation
Personal items note Miss Bertha Freshwater returning to her work in Lead after a two week vacation. Various visits and small travels are listed including Leona Thomas in Hedrick and Masers Wm Kennedy and Hugh Gaumer with friends in Burlington.
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Bertha Freshwater
The
Leader
Leona Thomas
Hedrick
R. McKeen
Trenton
Masers
Kennedy
Hugh Gaumer
Burlington
McGiffin
Marinette
Wis
Wm. Gifford
Bloomfield
Charles Maxwell
Ottumwa
May
Lillian Sadler
Muskogee
Okla
H. H. Nieman
Tent Size Compared To 10x14 Ridge Pole Structure
A description notes 10x12 tents with three foot walls and a ridge pole support, drawing a comparison to a 10x14 tent. The focus is on construction differences and stability implications.
Isaac Pence Dies After Illness at Home
Isaac Pence longtime resident of the city died Sunday morning at 8 40 at his North Fifth Street home after a year long illness with dropsy and heart trouble He leaves his wife two children W H Pence and Mrs Sarah A Pade five grandchildren and three great grandchildren The funeral was held at the home with Rev R H Polly and burial followed at Mt Maria cemetery near Douds Leando by auto
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Isaac Pence
North Fifth Street
W. H. Pence
Sarah A. Pade
McCook
Neb
R. H. Polly
Mt. Maria
Douds- Leando
Fairfield Boy Scouts Picnic at Fox Island
An automobile procession started from Fairfield at six this morning heading for Fox Island on the Des Moines river. The Fairfield Boy Scouts began their camp at Fox Island near Kilbourn. Messrs. J. M. Hammer and Floyd Laughlin left yesterday for Centralia Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Wood and Silas M. Wright of Chicago visited the Louis Easton home Saturday.
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Fairfield
Fox Island
Des Moines
Fairfield Boy Scouts
Kilbourn
J. M. Hammer
Floyd Laughlin
Centralia
Frank L. Wood
Silas M. Wright
Chicago, I
Louis Easton
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Kiltie Band
Wm. C. Wiggins
Leon Smith
Iowa City
A. H. Sumner
Smith
Ralph Parrett
Jeff Pence
James Freshwater
Freshwater
Jas. B. Painter
Belknap
Ralph Peebler
BOY Scouts
Unkrich’s
Serwear
Unkrich’s Dry Goods Store
Roth & CO
Voiles, Crepe de Chines, Georgette Crepe
Fairfield Steam Laundry
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