Local News Briefs Highlight Travel and Visits
Miss Vera Sammons travels to Lockridge for a short visit. J. M. Newberry of Batavia visits the city. Rev and Mrs Edwin Oliver and family from Stoughton Wis visit Mrs Oliver's mother. Charles Taylor leaves for an extended Manitoba Canada visit. Ethel Rizer returns home to Glendale after a city visit. Beryl Fleming heads to Burlington for a few days with friends. M D Rodabaugh and relatives visit Downing Mo. Mrs George Dixon returns to Tulsa after a city visit. Z Lockhart Moncton arrives for an extended visit with daughter Mrs F S Bonnell. Floyd Steele and daughter and Harris Steele of Riverside visit S T Cavineys. Bernard O Neil leaves for Des Moines to enlist in the navy. Anna and Elsie Bucher return from Lockridge. Mrs Wilson Reed of Des Moines visits her parents. Mrs Clarence Emry returns from Madison S Dak. Carl E Carlson and J P Adam Des Moines inspectors arrive for county officers annual inspection. Mary Mrsden, millinery trimmer at Leader, returns to Ottumwa. G W Hendricks informed Earl is transferred to Camp Merritt N J. they will sail for France.
St Mary's Church to Raise Service Flag Thursday
St Mary's Catholic Church will dedicate and raise a service flag Thursday at 8:30 p.m. Twenty one church members will be honored. Rev W L Hannon of St Ambrose College will give a talk. A children procession, choir music, and patriotic songs will follow, with an ice cream social on the parsonage lawn hosted by the young ladies society.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
America
Young Ladies Society
Notice from Lund telegram to Astrid Torsten son
A cablegram sent to Lund Sweden addressed to Astrid Torsten son and signed Arvid announces a call at the Western Union office to “BUY W. S. 8.” The notice mentions a display in the son’s Art Store gifts and a window display at Wil-704.
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Lund
Sweden
Astrid Torstenson
Arvid
Western Union
Tson
City Poll Tax Due Now Under New Ordinance
City announces road and poll tax is due with rate increased from two dollars to three dollars by ordinance. All men aged twenty two to forty five must pay. C. I. Gilly 722 Street Commissioner.
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C. I. Gilly
The Unbeliever at Fairfield Theater
A midweek film feature titled The Unbeliever in Fairfield follows Phillip Landicutt, a conflicted American volunteer with the Marines in France and Belgium. He encounters Virginia, a Belgian survivor, endures No Man’s Land, and returns home with renewed faith and purpose.
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Fairfield
Phillip Landicutt
United States
Phil
France
Belgium
Virginia
No Man’s Land
Dixmude
Mary R. Ss. Andrews
Local Social Notes and Death in Burlington Area
Libertyville Lieut Frank Fulton rests between drains from Morrison Va to a Washington camp. Burlington residents visit kin including Mrs Milton Fry and Mrs Clara Corbitt. Nancy Rodabaugh dies after lingering illness at daughter’s home. Ottumwa wedding of Jacob Glotfelty and Sarah Temple noted. many visits and travel mentions amid wartime.
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Frank Fulton
Morrison
Washington
Milton Fry
Burlington
Hattie Scovel
Jacob Glotfelty
Sarah Temple
Douds
Ottumwa
Cora Watkine
Deg Moines
Nancy Rodahaugh
Rank Colton
Margaret
Oleman
Star Garage Opened by Local Men
A new auto repair shop, Star Garage, opened on East Washington Street in the former Vernon blacksmith shop. R. S. McNarlen and J. B. Allender, formerly with Fairfield Motor Co., own the business and guarantee all repair work.
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R. 8S. McNarlen
J. B. Allender
Fairfield Motor Co
East Washington Street
Vernon Blacksmith Shop
Star Garage
McNarlen
J. E. Allender
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OCAL
Vera Sammons
Lockridge
J. M. Newberry
Batavia
Toay
Cdwin Oliver and
Stoughton, Wis
J. W. Oliver
Charles Taylor
Manitoba
Canada
Ethel Rizer
Glendale
City
Beryl Fleming
M. D. Rodabaugh
Downing, Mo
George Dixon
Tulsa
Okla
Z. Lockhart Moncton
New Brunswick
F. 8. Bonnell
Floyd Steele
Harris Steele
Riverside
8. T. Cavineys
Bernard O'Neil
Des Moines
Navy
Misses Anna
Elsie Bucher
Wilson Reed
Joseph Bradley
Clarence Emry
Madison
South Dakota
Carl E. Carlson
J. P. Adam
State Examiners
Mary Mrsden
Leader
G. W. Hendricks
Earl
Deming
N. M
Camp Merritt
New Jersey
ST. Mary’s Church
Anthony P. Burke
Joseph A. Duffy
Egnus N
Gevock
Louis Ipsan
Victor Kessel
Leo Kilroy
Edward F. Kurka
John Kurka
Glen McKee
James O'Connor
Leo O'Neill
Victor J. O’brien
Leo
A. O’brien
James Russell
John F. Ready
Clarence Slattery
Leonard RF
Stone
Anthony E. Turner
Charles F. Thys
August van Oyen
Cyril van Lantschoot
Iowa
Chicago
LaFayette
Chicago Herald
W.ss
W. S
Libertyville
Frank Wes
Clarks
Neb
Will Greson
Rihinker
Morris, Minn
Messell
Son Earnest
Concordia
Kansas
Jessie Winn
Clara Corbitt
Nancy Rodabaugh
J. W. Hurst
Albia
Hurst
Alva Schwartz
Camp Dodge
New Mexico
S Journal
John Vodelsang
Fairfield, Towa
Minneapolis
Nelen Glair Fas
Davenport
Northern Steamboat Co
Wm. S. Cox
East Broadway
H.P. McLaughlin Company
Climax Grocery
Southside
GRO. R. H. Maxwell Cery and Market
John T. Davis
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Burlington Street
Sumer
Unkrich’s
East Side Square
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