City Notes and Local Visits Chronicle Daily Life
A compendium of city visits and arrivals includes FAS guest Laurence Strauss and J W Fleenor of Abingdon on business, H L Waters of Centerville in town yesterday, and Robert Collins of Abingdon today. Other items note births, school appointments, military discharges, stamp price changes, and a piano recital by 11 year old Irma Droz with local assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Fleenor
Abingdon
H. L. Waters
Centerville
Robert Collins
Irma Droz
North Fourth Street
Florence Loehr
Whistler
Winnetka Hansen
Miss Droz
Iva Sheffel
Three Horses Wreck Train Near Waterloo Iowa
A Rock Island train from Minneapolis to Chicago and St Louis struck three horses at a cattle guard north of Washburn. Two men were killed, five injured. The dead are engineer Fred Tisdale of Cedar Rapids and baggageman C A Horton of Minneapolis. Injured include Tedd Reese A M Stewart Water Mellon Herr fireman Cedar Rapids McCreary Cedar Falls and L H Peck Olin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Rock Island
Minneapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
Washburn
Fred Tisdale
Cedar Rapids
C. A. Horton
Tedd
Reese
A. M. Stewart
Water Herr
McCreary
Cedar Falls
L. H. Peck
Olin
168th Band to Play Battle Music at Armory Friday
The 168th Infantry Band, praised by notable leaders and veterans, performs two concerts at the Armory in Fairfield. French martial music and captured German tunes feature, with the Regimental Quartet in French Blue Devils uniform. A brief lecture on wartime experiences accompanies the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory
Marshall Foch
General Pershing
Admiral Sims
Clemenceau
Petain
King Albert
Prince of Wales
168Th Infantry
Fairfield
France
Iowa
Blue Devils
Plan Wet March on Capitol at AFL Convention
Atlantic City June 12 Prohibition dominates AFL sessions with several resolutions. One proposes light wines and beers stay allowed, another calls for a mass march to Washington by special train for a labor demonstration in front of the Capitol. A separate measure asks Wilson to remove Postmaster General Burleson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Capitol
Wilson
Burleson
E. J. Gainer
National Association of Letter Carriers
T. F. Flaherty
National Federation of Federal Employees
E. J. Ryan
Railway Mail Association
For Sale Almost new house in fine Jefferson County area
For sale a near new five room house with bath and modern features located five blocks from square in a fine Jefferson County area. Priced to sell quickly through Jefferson County Abstract & Loan Co at 419-12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Abstract & Loan Co
Dunne to Talk to Wilson on Irish Delegates
Paris June 11 Frank P Walsh and ex Governor Dunne Illinois representatives of Irish societies in the United States have secured an appointment with President Wilson for today They will seek a definite statement of his attitude regarding permission for the Irish Sinn Fein delegates to appear before the peace conference. They will also urge the president to personally present Ireland’s case to the council of four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Frank P. Walsh
Dunne
Illinois
United States
Wilson
Sinc Fein
United States Senate
Messrs
Walsh
Ireland
Council of Four
2000 Germans Go Home From U S Vessels
About 2,000 former German officers and sailors held after wartime ship seizures will be released starting July 1. They are confined at Forts McPherson and Oglethorpe. Forty more enemy aliens, initially interned at Panama, will be returned next week to Panama before heading to Germany and Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
United States
Forts McPherson and
Oglethorpe
Panama
Austria
Also Mentioned on This Page
FAS
Laurence Strauss
D. N. Lyon
Packwood
Harry G. Wetherell
Mildred Axelson
Burlington
Mark Whitney
Keosauqua
L. E. Whitney Home
William Chambers
Davenport
Ralph King
State University
Iowa City
W., P. Ferrell
Francis Russell
Sherryville
James C. Bean
Boston
358Th Infantry
Burl Stephenson
Birmingham
Fred Simmons
Camp Dodge
J. C. Browning
Clarinda
California
Albert Nelson
349Th Artillery
C. E. Keltner
Omaha
Neb
Mae Marsh
Barbara
Sennett
Charlie Chaplin
T Store
Kaiser's
G. V. H. Schantz, D. V. M
Elder
Iowa State College
A. V. Frazey
Lost Infantry
of the Rainbow Division
Jefferson County
Blue Devil
Gaumer Bros
the Home Outfitters
C. Bradshaw Furniture Co
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