Local News Briefs From Davenport Visitors And Residents
Mrs L C Graber of Davenport visits city parents. Will McClelland of Chicago visits friends Sunday. Rollin Sheets of Batavia in the city yesterday. Mr and Mrs S A Bell visiting Ottumwa. Mrs R H Spence leaves for Mt Pleasant and Burlington. Elizabeth Collins of Batavia visiting. Grace Young to Lake Okoboji for remainder of summer. Ina Crone visits Washington with parents. C hriswolds return to Allerton after visit. H Mercer of Victor guests of daughter Mrs E B Le Beau. Frank Oriez returns from Washington visit. A J Devereux of Chicago visiting his mother Mrs James Bailey. Edgar Lewis returns from Jefferson county hospital after tonsil/adenoid removal. Maude St John of Sioux City acts as temporary manager of Western Union. Mrs Wm C Carswell Jr and Betty Jane of Topeka return from extended visit. Fred Comingore located in Kansas City renewing Fairfield acquaintances. E G Casady of Carrollton Mo returns after visit. Mrs B C Riley of Cedar Rapids arrives for visit. Gertrude Gilchrist and Louise return from Des Moines via Camp Dodge. Mr and Mrs D W Thompson return to Moville after visit with Lafe Safe Coop family. A H Cassady returns from visit at Norvell home. Mr and Mrs John Bellowe and daughter Cecil of Washington attend Roy Coop farewell party before Marines. L E Whitney family return from Breckenridge Mo. They’re joined by Mrs Hanks visiting T F McNew home. P McLaughlin stays in Monmouth for two weeks with grandparents. Patrick Mc Laughlin stays two weeks with grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd West
Oklahoma
James Barthlow
Weltha
Colorado Springs
Laura Quesnay
Los Angeles
Jessie Wray
Fairfield
H. D. Davis
Loving
Son
Otcumwa
Rank Colton
Raymond Peebler
Glotfelty
Waterloo
Ivy
Anna Petzinger
New London
Abe Schwartz
Hattie Milton
Fern Riniker
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Harry Mills
Jeffferson County Hospital
Sadie McClain
Emry Pearson
Ottumwa
Henry County Fair keeps admission prices steady this year
The Henry County Fair association did not raise charges. Ground and amphitheater fees remain unchanged from previous years. A single admission ticket costs 25 cents for Tuesday and Friday and 50 cents for Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County Fair Association
Exemption Board Notes From Local Draft Operations
William P. Melinski, who went to Camp Pike Arkansas on July 22, failed the physical there and will be sent home. The local board now must file daily reports to the adjutant general on the number of men in Class 1 and any changes since the prior day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Melinski
Camp Pike
Ark
Adjutant General’s Office
Libertyville Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits
Libertyville residents report visits from relatives across Iowa and Colorado Springs. Attendees include Mrs. H D Davis and Miss Jessie Wray from Fairfield, plus Miss Sadie McClain and Mrs. Emry Pearson in Ottumwa. The Epworth League fair earned $125, and various families planned weekend hospitality as guests arrived from Mt. Pleasant and Richland.
Choate Answers Impertinent Question With Witty Deflection
In a Swiss dining room Choate, a versatile American, deflects a question from an English guest about his profession. The guest lists clergy actor and lawyer. Choate replies he trains in all three and calls himself an American lawyer who preaches food, cattle, and law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antes
Switzerland
Willian V. Rowe
Joseph H. Choate Hiad
Mr. Choate
Prison for Pacifist Brent Dow Allinson 15 Years Hard Labor
Brent Dow Allinson a poet and conscientious objector was sentenced by a military court martial to fifteen years hard labor for desertion. The tribunal said he would presumably serve at Portae federal prison and forfeit pay. The case drew wide publicity and featured criticism from critics and his father T W Allinson of the Henry Booth Settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent Dow Allinson
Rockford, T
Allinson
Port Ae Federal
Washington
Marie-Odile
Hero
T. W. Allinson
Henry Booth Settlement House
National draft training plan unveiled by security league
A nationwide plan to train men for the draft will be launched immediately by the National Security League through its 281 branches. Backed by Provost Marshal General Crowder and Maj. Gen. J Franklin Bell, it will run under a committee on preliminary training draft with classes in military tactics by retired officers and in moral and physical development by clergymen and physicians. Armories parks and playgrounds will be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Security League
League
General Crowder
J. Franklin Bell
Dan Cupid at Orpheum Tuesday August 6
Acclaimed musical comedy Dan Cupid tours the western states and arrives at the Orpheum theater Tuesday evening August 6. The show features over 20 performers, star acts, and a Morocco inspired plot with song and dance numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dan Cupid
Orpheum Theater
Cooks’ Sisters
Lady Quartette
Stuarts
Commodore Shevey
Gibson Girls
Morocco
Orient
Jefferson Jones
Hudson
Bob Owens
Isabel
Bob
Silverman
New York
Orpheum
Eagles Service Flag To Bear Eighteen Stars
Fairfield Aerie of Eagles reports seventeen members enlisted with H. P. Mullenix to begin service tomorrow. The flag will carry eighteen stars signaling strong local participation, with fourteen percent in uniform from Major to private across service branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Aerie of Eagles
Uncle Sam
H. P. Mullenix
Aerie
Jefferson County Divorce Petition Seeks Decree in 1918
The district court in Jefferson County Iowa holds a petition by Fred J Aldrich seeking a divorce from Helen Aldrich citing abandonment for over two years. Helen must appear by the next term or default and decree will be entered. An associated note calls for an intensive war time campaign for Camp Library Books at the Public Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jefferson County
Iowa
Fred J. Aldrich
Helen Aldrich
Fairfield
Town
Twenty Soldiers Hurt in Missouri Train Wreck Report
Twenty or more soldiers were injured, some seriously, when a Missouri freight train collided with a troop train near Sedalia. Two railroad workers were reported in titles. the crash occurred on the Kansas and Texas line near Clifton City, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
Missouri
Kanes & Texas
Clifton City
Sargasso Sea Named for Floating Seaweed Banks
The Sargasso Sea lies in the central North Atlantic between latitudes 20 and 25 North and longitudes 75 and 40 West. It features vast banks of Sargassum seaweed carried by currents like the Gulf Stream, with almost no surface circulation shaping its unique drift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic Ocean
Sargasso Sea
North Atlantic
Mid-Ocean
C B and Q Fast Mail Time Schedule Fragments
Fragmentary notes show Chicago to Peoria and Chicago to Burlington routes with times such as 12:58 am and 6:47 am for Fast Mail and Fast Train services. Mentions include West Bound No 5 and Passenger trains with various arrival and departure times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peoria
Burlyton-Ash
Denver
Chief
Fast Mail
McCook
Ottawa
Durington
Creston
Omaha
Olive Tablets as Liver and Bowels Aid
Dr Edwards promotes Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy to improve digestion and energy. Advertised as a safe calomel substitute, they claim to cleanse the liver, stimulate the bowels, and restore buoyant health. Sold in boxes at two cents per pill as a year’s supply.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mery
Will McClelland
Friends
City
Rollin Sheets
Batavia
Mrs
S. A. Bell
R. H. Spence
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Elizabeth Collins
Grace Young
Lake Okoboji
Miss Ina Crone
Mrs. T. S. Crone
Mrs. C. Chriswold
Allerton
Frank Oriez
A. J. Devereux
James Bailey
Edgar Lewis
Jefferson County Hospital
Wm. C. Carswell, Jr
Betty Jane
Topeka, Kans
Wm. FP. Schaefer
Fred Comingore
Kansas City
E. G. Casady
Carrolton, Mo
C. S. Norvell
B.C. Riley
Cedar Rapids
John Sessler
Gertrude Gilchrist
Louise
D. W. Thompson
Moville
Mrs. Lafe
A. H. Cassady
Milton
Norvel
West Adams Street
John Bellowe
Cecil
Roy Coop
Marines
H. P. McLaughlin
N. C. Anstead
Monmouth
Abingdon
Ill
McLaughlin
Patrick McLaughlin
Henry County Fair
Libertyville
Sadie Lewis
Rebekah Club
Francis Pearson
Samuel Lewis
Richland
Charles Grime
Chariton
Hague
Floyd Heston
Eagle Service
W. F. Kopp
Spurgeon’s
Georgette
C.B. & Q. West Bound
C.R. 1
P. West Bonnd
Formu
Brassieres
W B
Informconcr
W.b. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
Wm. S. Cox
John T. Davies
George P. Loesch, L. E
West
Burlington St
Kerrick
Tribune
Minneapolis
W. A. Blair
Davenport
Ioowa
Minneapelia
Northern Steamboat Co
Davenport, Lows
Out
McIntire Dray Line
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