Local residents guests and travels noted in city column
A string of social items records visits and trips around the area. Miss Etta Miser spends days in New London while C. C. Brown travels to Burlington on business. Ed Allender takes a two week vacation from the Fair store. Pearl Gardner of Ainsworth visits Mrs. G. W. Gaumer as Ot tumwa relatives come to town. Mr. and Mrs. X. C. Nady return from Davenport. Mrs. Lester Chambers and child visit her mother in Keota. C. W. Wade visits Litchfield Illinois. C. M. Graham recovers at the Hub store after illness. Roe Fresconi and Batavia friends drop by. Katherine Konfield leaves for Cedar Falls summer school. Mrs. C. W. Stewart returns from a graduation recital in Washington. Helen Murphy to Mt. Pleasant for summer study. Mrs. O. E. Kirby and son Jack visit relatives. Mrs. Wm Horton and daughter Gladys visit in the city. Dr. J. F. Clarke returns from Des Moines and Ames on business. June Miller back from Mediapolis after commencement and visiting Eva Mitchell. Charles Hibbard enlists as truck driver. to report in St. Louis. Charles White recovers from appendicitis and goes home. Grace Rogers leaves for two weeks in Council Bluffs then Huron. Mary Harkness returns from New Orleans to spend summer with parents. A small wood shed blaze at Theodore Despain home is quickly extinguished. Mrs. R. M. Day of Bagley visits Chicago before returning home.
Illinois Farmers Hunt Lion in Champaign County
Eastern Champaign county farmers pursue a lion found early morning near a carnival through Champaign. A lion trainer from a traveling carnival is called to lead the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnival Company
Champaign
Ilil
Champaign County
Brazil Defends Ship Requisition Policy in German Note
Brazil replies to Germany over ship requisitions, stating the republic acted within the law as Germany interprets it. The reply says German ships are used after German torpedoing of Brazilian merchants to provide immediate restitution and align with German law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
Republic
Germany
Lumber industry asleep urges new uses for wood
W B Greeley assistant government forester told the Southwestern Lumbermen's association at the Hotel Muehlebach that the lumber trade has fallen behind as substitutes like cement and steel replace wood. He cited the safety movement and building codes as factors harming the industry and urged innovation to keep lumber in demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
W. B. Greeley
Southwestern Lumbermen's Association
Muehlebach
Kansas City Star
Mysterious 8 Mark Appears on California Catch
Los Angeles dealer Cliff Oliver reports a strange catch off the Santa Monica area all from Japanese and Russian fishermen. He says hundreds of tons have been taken but every hali but and sole bears a clear numeral eight on its back. Oliver wonders if a new species has appeared or if the mark is something else.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Cliff Oliver
Santa Monica
State Employes Tate $44 250 Ponds Albany June 7
State engineers department workers subscribed 44 250 dollars to the liberty seat in Albany New York with officers noting the campaign drive began on June 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Liberty
Sunday School Ball Leagues Form In Fairford
Six Sunday schools including A M E Baptist Lutheran First M E New Chicago Mission and Presbyterians plan a league with a finance committee to raise funds. The Board elected W W Luke as president Ernest Bailey as vice president H A Anspach as secretary and C V Pool as treasurer. Players must enroll as regular Sunday school members and keep at least 50 percent attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairford
Baptist
Lutheran
First M. E
New Chicago Mission
Presbyterians
Rev. L. E. Kuhns
C. V. Pool
E. E. Rorick
Emanuel Greenup
C. W. Wade
W. W. Luke
Ernest Bailey
H. A. Anspach
Merich Agency Contact for John & Son Wholesale Grocers
G A Merich identified as agent and saw man for John and Son Wholesale Grocers Chicago with address 204 South Main Street and phone number 553 for communications and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Merich
John &Ton & Wholesale Grocers
Chicago
South Main Street
Local Briefs Highlight City Visitors and Activities
Dr. P. Shirlock of Lockridge visits the city. Miss Bertha Hall returns from Bloomfield. E. B. Rorick back from a North Dakota business trip. Miss Georgia Trent and Mrs. Don L. Teal copy registration cards at the court house. Miss Alice Clinkenbeard to Cedar Falls for summer school. Mrs. R. B. Gobble and children and Miss Alice Atchison to Pittsburg visit. Harry Cook resigns from Fairfield Dry Cleaning Works. Ray Cupp to replace him. Mrs. E. G. Wheeler home from Des Moines hospital stay in weak but mobile condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Trent
Batavia
Don L. Teal
Court House
R. B. Gobble
Alice Atchison
Pittsburg
Penn
Harry Cook
Fairfield Dry
Fairfield Engine Works
Ray Cupp
Italians suffer reverse on Trieste front as Austrian gains
Vienna reports Austrian forces recaptured ground south of Jamiano near Trieste and captured over 6,500 Italians. Dispatches from Rome say Italian line above Trieste withdrew slightly amid the fighting. In Michigan a cyclone left three dead, one dying and at least twenty injured as it moved from Battle Creek to Salem in Washtenaw County.
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Vienna
Jamiano
Trieste
War Office
Rome
Michigan
Detroit
Mich
Battle Creek
Calhoun County
Salem
Washtenaw County
Home Cooking Benefit by Baptist Ladies at Lewis Market
The Baptist Ladies present a cooking and baking sale at Lewis meat market on Saturday June 9 for community support. Proceeds benefit local church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Piano Teaching Resumes at 801 South Second Street
Leland R. Holgate announces he will resume piano lessons at his home from June 1. Contact numbers 246 or 1268 to arrange a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Second Street
Leland R. Holgate
Piano Lessons Offered at 301 South Sixth Street
Frances Hutchinson offers piano lessons at her home starting after June 16th. Contact information 808.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sixth Street
Frances Hutchinson
The Great Seven Social at the Christian Church Parlor
A 1917 social event titled The Great Seven Social is planned for June 7 at 7 27 p m in the Christian Church Parlor. Admission is ten cents with supper also ten cents and every seventh attendee entering free. The program features seven items and seven sprightly waiters plus a seven minute speech on seventy times seven by a man, with seven sprightly spinsters and a seven year old speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church Parlor
Food Sale At Simpson Meat Market By Swedish Lutheran Ladies Aid
A food sale is planned at Simpson Meat Market this Saturday organized by the Ladies Aid of the Swedish Lutheran Church. Proceeds support church activities and community help programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson Meat Market
Ladies Aid
The
Swedish Lutheran Church
Union Labor Meeting Schedule by Local and Month
Union and trades union meetings listed by month and local. Includes Second and Last Fridays for Trades and Labor Assembly, Wednesday weekly for Federal Labor Unions, and specific dates for Barbers Local 368, Carpenters Local 1804, and Cigar Makers Local 490.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades and Labor Assembly
Federal
Also Mentioned on This Page
MAPLE
Oxford
Han T Treland
Etta Miser
New London
C. C. Brown
Burlington
Allender
Miss Pearl Gardner
Ainsworth
G. W. Gaumer
Mrs. C. C. Conner
Ottumwa
City
Mrs. X. C. Nady
Davenport
Litchfield, Il
Zeno Jr. Reeves
C. M. Graham
Hub
West Monro Street
Roe Fresconi
Katherine Konfield
Cedar Falls
C. W. Stewart
Washington
Miss Mildred
Helen Murphy
Mt. Pleasant
O. E. Kirby
Jack
Wm, Horton
Gladys
Glendale
J. F. Clarke
Des Moines
Ames
June Miller
Mediapolis
Eva Mitchell
Charles Hibbard
John Hibbard
St. Louis
Birmingham Enterprise
Charles White
Jefferson County Hospital
North Eighth Street
Grace Rogers
Oscar Rogers
Council Bluffs
Huron
South Dakota
Ruth Pinch
Mary Harkness
New Orleans
R. A. Harkness
Theodore Despain
R. M. Day
Bagley
Minn
W. E. Harris
Carl Harris
Illinois
Forester
California
P. Shirlock of
Lockridge
Bertha Hall
Bloomfield
E. BE. Rorick
North Dakota
Alice Clinkenbeard
E. G. Wheeler
Wheeler
Choice Oxfords
C. E. Anderson
K. C. C. Conner
Ottumwn
Baker’s
Barbers
Carpenters
A. V. Frazey
Frazey Hone
A. V. Frazey & Son
C.G. Taylor
Highland
Gaumer Bros
Ture
Fairfield
Frank D. Kerrick
Embalmer & Funeral Director
Iowa State Savings Bank
Cummings
F.S. Cummings
Flrhere
United States
J. W. Howard
Mgr
Modern Business College
Junkin Block
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