Box Car Thieves Nabbed in Ottumwa Yard Chase
Ottumwa Iowa June 2 8 Special Agent A E Mullen and Night Yardmaster John Graham captured Lester Patsey and John Custer as they looted a car. Patsey fled but was chased by Graham and Custer, who was wounded with a gun used in the pursuit. Police found coffee sugar and shoes at Custer and Ben Patsey’s homes and recovered more stolen goods when searching Ben Patsey’s residence. Some merchandise may have been burned. officers secured warrants and continued inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Graham
William Despain
Burlington Railroad
A. E. Mullen
John Jrahkam
Lester Patsey
John Custer
Patsey
Custer
Railroad Street
Dahlonega
Young Patsey
Ben Patsey
Justice Jones’ Court
Mullen
C. B. Hamilton
Cremer
South Ransom Street
Recruiting for Officers Second Training Camp at Fairfield
Special notice states recruiting for officers second training camp in Fairfield until July 15 1917. Camp located at Fort Riley Kansas. For blanks to apply see Rollin J Wilson Branch Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Fort Riley
Kansas
Rollin J. Wilson
Expressive Rhythm classes start at Parsons College Gym
Mrs. Elsie Zichy Boies organizes two Expressive Rhythm classes at Parsons College Gymnasium for six weeks beginning Tuesday July 8. Children meet at 2 30 p m and adults at 3 30 p m. inquiries to Mrs Boies or call 2740. Also offered is a sale listing with a galvanized tank, tub and wringer, steam boiler, pony, wagon, line shaft and pulleys, piping, and valves. contact J P Howle at 683 or 901.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Zichy-Boies
Parsons Collerge Gymnasium
J. P. Hfowle
Notable Local Notices and Social Updates in Libertyville
Names of residents visiting relatives, travel to Chicago and Iowa City, church events, picnics, and community gatherings are listed. Quarantine notices for smallpox mark public health concerns. Social visits include Eyestones, Linders, Petzinger, Lundquist, Rollett, Glotfelty, and others with mentions of trips to Albia, Mt. Pleasant, Cedar Township, and Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Eyestone
Campbell
Ethel Lundquist
Pleasant Plain
Dorothy Rollett
Harriett Glotfelty
Garber
Albia
Whitely
Bonaparte
W. W
I. W. College
Eli Comingore
Shenandoah
Marion Davis
Fairfield
J. W. Hurst
Harry Hurst
Centerville
Hurst
C. R. Swanson
H. D. Davis
Ira Peebler
John Peebler
Howard Ferrell
Chicago
Lew Fordyce
A. P. Thompson
Ebeneezer Church
Cedar Township
Hannawalt
Lillian
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa City
Stodghill
Roscoe Riggs
Udell
Minneapolis
Phineas Vaughn
Blue Grass
Iowa
C. W. Leppo
Rev. Burdine
Montezuma
Ebeneezer
Big Sisters
L. L. G. Club
Carl Riggs
Epworth League
M. E. Parsonage
Fairfield Man Backs Tanlac After Restful Sleep Return
In Fairfield Gaumer Brothers drug store a customer praises Tanlac after recovering from long illness and poor sleep. J R Spray of 608 West Jefferson shares his tale of renewed strength and energy after taking Tanlac, urging others to try it. The store notes many customers swear by the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaumer Bros
Fairfield Drug Store
Tanlac
H. EF
Gaumer
Ferson Street
Fairfield
Taniac
Gaumer Brothers
The Town Slouch by Ellis M Clarke
A humorous column uses playful yesteryear voice to comment on people, social habits, politics, and rural life with wry lines about locals, Haiti Germany relations, and girls canning clubs, framed in a folksy newspaper voice.
Output Pressure at Shipping Board Sparks Debate
The article notes the Shipping Board still disagrees over its output and stresses the need for ships rather than words. It contrasts past methods with modern shortages, joking that 6,000,000 pumps could have solved milk supply in earlier times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Shipping Board
Uncle Sam
Also Mentioned on This Page
Libertyville
George Moore
Albion
Neb
Boy
Boley
Gus Kelly
Edythe
S. K. Hoffman
Clara Stanford
Clydena
Hayglen Doughty
D. T. Boley
Thoma
J. R. Spray
West Jef
Ellis M. Clarke
Cy Dawkins
Georgia
Haiti
Germany
South Third Street
Joseph Hudges
Iowa State Savings Bank
Stone Streets
D Street
North Ninth Street
Frank Berard
J. P. Manatrey
West
Jefferson Street
O. K
O. R. Corey
Julius Standaert
West Side Grocery
Wm. Parsons
E. M
West Briggs Street
Raymond Culp
East Stone Street
White ‘Jt’ Store
Cable Lumber Co
Forest City Bottering Works
Jersey
Willowvale
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Frank D. Kerrick
New Cody Gateway
Buffalo Bill
Great Cody Road
Yellowstone National Park
America
Cody Gateway
Grand Canyon
Sylvan Pass
Shoshone River
Gardiner Gateway
Cody
Burlington
Yellowstone, Glacier
Rocky Mountain National Estes
Leaver
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
W. C. Harrel
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