Ottumwa Guests and Commencement Items Reported
Miss Susan Walker visits Ottumwa as J M Harper returns from Minnesota. Parsons College commencement events feature visitors from Chicago Keokuk and Kahoka while Rev R D Kearns to give the commencement address. A Wool Growers meeting is postponed to June 7 at the Court House due to rain. Mrs Will Ross and Mrs Ralph Rigby return from Burlington and Mt Pleasant. The Des Moines township school board meets to discuss new school laws. Mr and Mrs Scott Howell visit for college events. Sears buys Henry Rider farm at 300 an acre. Edna and Mildred Wilson visit from Chicago. Charles Zorbaugh arrives from Cleveland for a parental visit. Doris Fryer returns from California. Mrs Elsie Haifley travels to Hershey Nebraska to visit relatives. Miss Jean Bonar attends Parsons College commencement in the city.
Verne Samuelson Elected City Clerk in Fairfield
At last evening’s city council meeting Vern S Samuelson was chosen to succeed F J L Black as city clerk of Fairfield. A former county recorder he recently worked at a New London bank and is praised as a capable young official. The council also passed a paving resolution for Maple on Highland avenues and a block on Adams street linking them to Burlington Street and Jefferson County Hospital.
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Vern S. Samuelson
Fairfield
F. J. L. Black
Samuelson
New London
Highland Avenues
Adams Street
Burlington Street
Jefferson County Hospital
Merchants Hear Sulley on Modern Retail Methods at Victory Theatre
More than 200 merchants and salespeople attended G. W. Sulley of Dayton Ohio at the Victory Theatre for a talk on retail merchandising using stereopticon slides and motion pictures. He stressed continuous newspaper advertising, clear messaging, and practical store presentation, linking better methods to success. The evening featured a $30 000 Essanay-NCR film showing how modern methods rescue a failing business and turn it into prosperity, with “America” sung via stereopticon slides.
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Victory Theatre
G. W. Sulley
Dayton
Ohio
National Cash Register Company
Sulley
Mr. White
350th Infantry En Route to Des Moines for Demobilization
New York June 4 The 350th Infantry now on its way to Des Moines for demobilization. Readily identified among the 88th division troops in New York were 28 southeast Iowa men from the 349th Supply and support units. The list includes Brady Long West Liberty Charles Peel Centerville Ernest D. Carr West Liberty Ellis J. Burnes Farmington and others from Ottumwa Burlington Keokuk and Oskey areas.
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New York
88Th Division
Gallory
Iowa
349Th
349Th Infantry
20Th Engineers
349Th Field Artillery
350Th Infantry
Des Moines
Farms for Sale Near Fairfield With Various Acres
The Jefferson County Abstract And Loan Company lists multiple farm parcels for sale near Fairfield. Options include 11 acres at $200 per acre with no improvements, 69 acres of black prairie corn land at $250, 80 acres with a modern house at $300, and 67 acres near Fairfield with a good house at $235 per acre.
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Cor
Fairfield
Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Company
No Nationwide Telegraphers Strike Avoided
Washington report cites S J Konenkamp denying any date for a nationwide telegraphers strike and describing Atlanta walkout as local. Postmaster General Burleson says dismissed Atlanta telephone operators linked to unions would be reinstated and officials disciplined.
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Washington
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Atlanta
Keanenkamp
Burleson
Aanta
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Card of Thanks and Farm Sale Note
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for neighbors and friends during the mother's sickness and death. Henry Rider sold a 121 acre prairie farm north of Fairfield for 300 dollars per acre to Mrs. Frank Sears through Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Co. Includes hotel hat cleaning ad.
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Dan Stout
Tom Stout
Charlie Stout
Henry Rider
Fairfield
Frank Sears
Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Co
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Oxfords
Tate
Susan Walker
Ottumwa
J. M. Harper
Minnesota
Des Moines Township
Will Ross
Burlington
Edmund Hunt
Ralph Rigby
Mt. Pleasant
Farmington
Velmer Bell
Jodie Bell
Elsie Haifley
Hershey, Nebr
Jean Bonar
Pennsylvania
Parsons College
F. M. Wilson
Edna
Mildred
Chicago
Charles Zorbaugh
Cleveland
Mrs
Conrad Zorbaugh
Ray Hook
Kahoka, Missouri
Iona Miller
Scott Howell
Keokuk
City
F. P Sears
O. F. Fryer
Doris
California
R. D. Kearns
BE. G. Groves
Rev. Kearns
Wool Growers Association
Court House
Verne Samuelson
America
United States
C. H. Schmidgall
Peoria
Konenkamp
Telegraphers’ Body
A. V. Frazey
H. G. Postel
Court Hotel
Vudor
VADOR
H. P. McLaughlin CO
Fairfield, Iowa
Constance Talmadge
Madge Kennedy
Mack Sennett
Ul Yivia Spaensley
Mrs. Wiggs
the Cabbage Patch
Sunnova
Lamb
Vocalion
H. P.mclaughlin CO
Formu
Brassieres
W.B. Ween
W. B. Reduso
Weingarten Baros., Inc
Erie
Uffalo
Cleveland— Daily
Burraco
Buffalo
Niagara
Intet
Alec Ark
Our
Bae Praite
Com
Bhritwreh
Burra
Ula
Sul
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