Ottumwa Local Visitors and Social Roundup
Paul Gosick visits Ottumwa. Harold Voorhies calls on friends in New London. Ina Farmer spends Sunday near Bernhart. J C Campbell of Birmingham visits Ottumwa. Albert Swanson visits friends. Ethel Brier travels from Washington to see Pearl Tucker. Frank Bruggemeyer stops by from Washington. McCampbell of Co M visits home. Gibbons and Early of Burlington spend Sunday with Francis O’Neil. Whitney and Brown head to Missouri on business. Colyns travels to Fremont to visit Dr. Collins. Ronald Ball returns from Stockport visit. Witkoski family visits relatives in Birmingham. Barnes attend Odd Fellows Memorial in Libertyville. Rumer motor to Burlington for auto races. W W Dyer and C Jordan visit relatives. Lewis visits Ottumwa. Louden family motor to Burlington. Campbell family returns to Central City Neb. Gavin and daughters visit Mt. Pleasant. George Leggett from Rush Medical College arrives on vacation. Jerichos from Mt. Pleasant and Moline visit F W Jericho. McCarty and Andren visit with Kisling of Stockport. Mrs. Bush takes two week vacation at Fair store. Josie Ball returns home to Kewanee after visit. Minta Hoagland heads to Batavia for a few days. Wohl family and Goddard visit Murphy home in southeast county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gustison
Erickson
Harold
Sherlock
Willis Green
Virginia
Mike Demm
Bernard Damm
Burlington
Frank Davis
Fairfield
H. Heaton
Council Bluffs
Heaton
County Association
Homecoming at Ebenezer Church Promises Community Event
Harold Gustison sustained scalp injuries after falling in a cellar while visiting Erickson family. Parishioner Rev. William Burdine has led Ebenezer church as pastor for seventeen years, with the annual Home Coming Festival set for Sunday June 24th. Other locals attend auto races in Burlington and visit relatives in Fairfield and Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebenezer Church
William Burdine
Jefferson County
Ella Litton
Earl
Selonka
Indiana Gas Association asks lower caloric standard for gas
The Indiana Gas Association petitioned the Public Service Commission of Indiana to reduce the heating unit requirement from 600 to 550 B T U. The filing, backed by a committee and covering 29 Indiana companies, cites gas material scarcity and rising costs as reasons to ease the standard. Classified Ads are Winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Gas Association
E. Mulholland, Co
N. Chubb
J. D. Forrest
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Public Service Commission
Indiana
Duma Calls for Immediate Offensive as Congress Ratifies Grimm Expulsion
In Petrograd on June 18 the Duma voted to press an immediate Russian offensive in close cooperation with allies. The Pan-Russian congress endorsed the provisional government’s expulsion of Swiss Socialist Robert Grimm amid reports of Germany seeking a separate peace. American diplomats, led by Elihu Root, planned meetings with Russian cabinet ministers and visits to Moscow Kiev and Odessa during a three to four week stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Duma
Councils of Workmen’s and
Russia
Robert Grimm
Germany
Kimm
N. C. Tcheidse
Elihu Root
Alexander J. Guchkoff
Francis
Moscow
Kiev
Odessa
Roumania
Glennon
Scott
Grimm
Stockholm
Social Demokraten
A. Hoffman
Federal Council
Norddeuvtsche Allgemen: Zeitung
von Bethmann
Accidentally Shot Self At Guards Camp
Hansell Fields, son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Fields of Rome, was accidentally shot while handling a 22 revolver at a National Guards detachment camp. He was taken to Jefferson County Hospital with the bullet not yet located, believed to be just below the heart. No blame is attached to anyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Hansell Fields
Jesse Fields
National Guards
Jefferson County
As Men Love big bill at Orpheum tomorrow
House Peters and Myrtle Stedman star in As Men Love at the Orpheum tomorrow. The drama follows two boyhood friends whose bond strains when one’s wife falls for the other man and ends with reconciliation after a child’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum
House Peters
Myrtle Stedman
Brush Works Beat Mission 11 to 9 in Humorous Showdown
On Saturday at 2:30 Brush Works defeated Mission 11 to 9 in a high spirited game. Batteries were Simons Williams and Randall for Brush Works and Olinger Lanam for Mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s
Brush Works
Simons
Williams and Randall
Mission
Olinger and Lanam
African Jubilee Singers at A M E church concert
The African Jubilee Singers will perform at the A M E church on Tuesday evening to raise funds for the Sunday School ball team. Refreshments will be served by the church ladies and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
African Jubilee Singers
Professor Mountain Announces Ten Week Summer Voice Course
Prof C W Mountain returns from vacation and starts a ten week summer term of voice and theory at once. Assignments available Monday Thursday or Friday. To arrange voice or harmony call 3484 or visit 205 North 5th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Mountain
North 5Th Street
Union Meetings By Month And Local Lodges
Union groups schedule regular meetings including Trades and Labor Assembly on the second and last Fridays each month and Federal Labor Unions on Wednesdays weekly. Barbers Local No 368 meets on the 38th Monday, Carpenters Local No 1804 on the first and third Tuesdays, and Cigar Makers Local No 490 on the first Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades and Labor Assembly
Carpenters
Italians Take Stronghold at Coro Cavento
Rome reports Italian forces seized Coro Cavento, a fortified Austrian position in eastern Trentino, according to an official war department statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Coro Cavento
Trentino
Italian War Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anita
Paul Gosick
Ottumwa
Harold Voorhies
New London
Ina Farmer
Bernhart
J. C. Campbell
Albert Swanson
Ethel Brier
Washington
Frank Bruggemeyer
Charles McCampbell
Co. M
Thomas Gibbons
Joseph Early
Francis O'Neil
L. E. Whitney
C. C. Brown
Missouri
Russ
Colyns
Fremont
Dr. C. M. Collins
Ronald Ball
Dr. Graber
Stockport
Frank Witkoski
Birmingham
Charles Barnes
Odd Fellows Memorial
Libertyville
John Rumer
W. W. Dyer
Charles Jordan
Charles Lewis
Gituniwa
W. C Bail
R. B. Louden, Sr
Frank Campbell
Central City
Neb
W. C. Ball
George Leggett
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Messrs
John Jericho
Gus Jericho
Mt. Pleasant
Ernest Jericho
Moline
Ill
F. W. Jericho
J. H. McCarty
Andren
John Kisling
Josie Ball
Kewanee, Ill
Minta Hoagland
Batavia
Joe Wohl
George
Bb. Goddard
John Murphy
Glendale
John Larson
Sheldon, North Dakota
Brother Charles
Andrew Samuelson
Association Asks Service Commission
Eaders Russ
Root Commission
For Safety of
Root Meets
Guchkoff
BRUSH
A. M. E. Singers
Federal
Barbers
C. C. Conner
Ottumwn
Baker’s
Gaumer Bros
C. E. Anderson
Service
CPE
Fairfield Pure Ice Company
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