Local Notables Take Short Visits Across Town
A flurry of local visitors and departures fills Ottumwa scenes: Mrs. L C Graber of Davenport visits her parents, Will McClelland from Chicago stops by friends, Rollin Sheets of Batavia in town, and many pairs join relatives in various towns including Mt. Pleasant Burlington and Washington. Edgar Lewis returns home after tonsil and adenoid removal. Maude St. John acts as temporary Western Union manager. several families travel to Camp Dodge and Des Moines for visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd West
Oklahoma
James Barthlow
Weltha
Colorado Springs
Laura Quesnay
Los Angeles
Jessie Wray
Fairfield
H. D. Davis
Loving
Son
Ottumwa
Rank Colton
Raymond Peebler
Glotfelty
Waterloo
Lillian Hannawalt
Mt. Pleasant
E. W. Stodghill
Ollie Smith
McDonough
Creston
Stokes
H.D. Davis
Wray Riggs
Albia
Ivy
Anna Petzinger
New London
Abe Schwartz
Hattie Milton
Fern Riniker
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Harry Mills
Jeffferson County Hospital
Sadie McClain
Emry Pearson
Henry County Fair Admission Prices Stand
Henry County Fair association did not raise charges this year. Ground and amphitheater fees remain unchanged. General admission remains 25 cents on Tuesday and Friday and 50 cents on Wednesday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry County Fair Association
Exemption Board Notes On Local Draft Changes
William P. Melinski who went to Camp Pike Ark July 22 failed the physical there and will be sent home. The local board now must file daily reports to the adjutant general listing Class 1 numbers and daily changes since yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Melinski
Camp Pike
Ark
Adjutant General’s Office
Community Notes on Visits and Local Events in Libertyville
Libertyville residents report visits from relatives and friends across Iowa Colorado and California. Social gatherings include Epworth League fair earnings of 125 dollars and Rebekah Club hosting plans. Francis Pearson recovers after hospital stay and local families host guests from Richland Chariton Ottumwa and Des Moines areas.
American Choate Defines Himself in Swiss Dinner
In a Swiss hotel during a summer visit, Joseph H Choate explains to an Englishman that he combines roles as preacher actor and lawyer. He says he preaches acts and practices law, thus is an American lawyer, pleasing the inquirer with a witty self description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Willian V. Rowe
Joseph H. Choate
Sventleman
Mr. Choate
Prisoner Poet Dow Allinson Sentenced to Fifteen Years
Brent Dow Allinson a pacifist poet and conscientious objector was given fifteen years hard labor by a military court martial in Rockford Alabama for desertion. The sentence likely includes dishonorable discharge forfeiture of pay and confinement at hard labor. His notoriety stemmed from publicized defiance of the draft and clever avoidance tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent Dow Allinson
Rockford
Allinson
Wortes Federal
Washington
Marie-Odile
Hero
T. W. Allinson
Henry Booth
Speed Draft Training Plan Aims to Save Government Time
New York July 30 A plan to save the government time and money by training men in the draft will be launched by the National Security league through its 281 branches nationwide. Endorsed by Provost Marshal General Crowder and Maj. Gen. J Franklin Bell the plan will operate under a committee on preliminary training draft with instruction in military tactics by retired officers and in moral and physical development by clergy and physicians. Armories parks and playgrounds will be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Security League
League
Crowder
J. Franklin Bell
Dan Cupid at Orpheum Tuesday Aug 6
Acclaimed musical comedy Dan Cupid from Chicago arrives at the Orpheum for one night on Tuesday August 6. The cast features over 20 players plus the Cooks Sisters and the Commodore Shelley with 25 songs and dances. The plot follows Bob Owens and Miss Isabel amid a Morocco bound fortune hoax and a princess intrigue.
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Chicago
Dan Cupid
Orpheum Theater
Cooks’ Sisters
Morocco
Orient
Jefferson Jones
Hudson
Bob Owens
Isabel
Bob
Silverman
New York
Orpheum
Eagle Service Flag Now Bears Eighteen Stars
Fairfield Aerie of Eagles reports seventeen members in service to date with H P Mullenix enlisting tomorrow. The service flag will bear eighteen stars reflecting diverse ranks from Major to private and all branches represented. The group notes fourteen percent of members wear uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Aerie of Eagles
Uncle Sam
H. P. Mullenix
Aerie
Divorce Petition in Jefferson County Iowa
In Jefferson County Iowa Fred J Aldrich sues Helen Aldrich for divorce stating they are spouse and deserted for over two years. The petition seeks general relief and a decree of divorce. Helen Aldrich must answer by the start of the September 9 1918 term or default and judgment will be entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Aldrich
Jefferson County
Iowa
Earnse
Fairfield
Town
Campaign to Stock Camp Library Books Continues
The intensive drive to equip Camp Library is a continuous wartime effort aimed at the Public Library. Citizens urged to deliver books for the library to aid soldiers and readers during the conflict.
Wreck Injures Soldiers in Missouri Collision
July 29 reports two Missouri Kansas & Texas freight crewmen killed and twenty or more soldiers injured when a southbound freight train collided with a troop train near Clifton City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalia
New Clifton City
Sargasso Sea Bounded by Latitudes and Meridians
The Sargasso Sea is a large area in the middle of the north Atlantic named for Sargassum bacifery seaweed. It lies roughly between 20 and 25 north latitudes and 40 and 75 west longitudes, with minimal surface currents causing drifting weeds to accumulate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Atlantic Ocean
Sargasso Sea
North Atlantic
Mid-Ocean
Trains Schedule Brief for West Bound and Through Lines
A clipped timetable lists west bound No 5 from Chicago to McCook at 12 58 am and No 12 fast train at 8 23 am plus No 30 passenger. through lines include No 8 from Chicago to Denver at 6 47 am and No 9 from Chicago to Denver at 3 56 pm and No 7 Fast Mail with No 179 Peoria Local at 12 44 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
McCook
Denver
Fast Mail
Peoria
Ottawa
Burl
Creston
Omaha
Olive Tablets for Health and Bright Eyes
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable liver and bowel remedy. It claims the product eases yellow skin pallor, coated tongue, and constipation, offering a calomel substitute with no dangerous after effects. Sold by druggists for 25 cents per box with a nightly one or two tablets dosage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaz
St. Edwards
Edwards
Ake
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L. C. Graber
Davenport
The
City
Will McClelland
Friends
Rollin Sheets
Batavia
Mrs
S. A. Bell
R. H. Spence
Burlington
Elizabeth Collins
Grace Young
Lake Okoboji
Ina Crone
Mrs. T.S. Crone
Mrs. C. Chriswold
Allerton
H. Mercer
Victor
E. EF. le Beau
Frank Oriez
A. J. Devereux
James Bailey
Edgar Lewis
Jefferson County Hospital
Wm. C. Carswell, Jr
Betty Jane
Topeka, Kans
Wm. F. Schaefer
Fred Comingore
Kansas City
KE. G. Casady
Carrollton, Mo
Norvell
B. C. Riley
Cedar Rapids
John Sessler
Gertrude Gilchrist
Louise
D. W. Thompson
Moville
Mrs. Lafe
A. H. Cassady
Milton
West Adams Street
John Bellowe
Cecil
Roy Coop
Marines
A. E. Whitney
Mary
Harry
Breckenridge
Hanks
T. F. Mc- New
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
Fred J. Aldrich
W. F. Kopp
John T. Davies
George P. Loesch, Leu
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Burlington St
Kerrick
Tribune
Tan
Spurgeon’s
Just
Georgette
Cheer Ees
FE Dalley Corpch
C. B. & Q. West Bound
C. R. 1 & P. West Bound
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
W. B. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
Wm. S. Cox
Jon Ipson the
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Dday
Cruise
Minneapolis
W. A. Blair
Northern Steamboat Co
Out
McIntire Dray Line
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