Local News Briefs Highlight City Visits and Appointments
Miss Lena Eckland joins the Fair store millinery department while Miss Bueklah Gray also takes a millinery post. Various residents travel, visit relatives, or attend events in Ottumwa and Libertyville, with paths including Kearns, Elliott, Nady, Hafferty, and Clinkinbeard noted. Military service updates mention Grimsley’s aviation role in the U.S. Army and Victor O’Brien awaiting Navy orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lena Eckland
Fair
T. J. Moss
Libertyville
Ted Holton
Mt. Pleasant
Chester Kearns
Paul
Donald
California
Bueklah Gray
H. D. Davis
City
Frank Light
Florence
Ottumwa
Sarah Elliott
Columbus Junction
B. H. Elliott
East Adams Street
Jefferson County to Be Organized for Big Planting
About fifty Fairfield business and professional men attended a noon luncheon at the Leggett House to hear J. C. Cunningham of Ames, state war emergency garden leader. He urged rapid food production, urged using existing groups, and proposed five department heads to organize land, plowing, seeds, canning, and publicity and finance.
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Fairfield
Leggett House
J. C. Cunningham
Ames
Cunningham
Amercia
Mary A. Locke Dies After Illness of Ten Days
Miss Mary Locke of Cedar township Jefferson county died yesterday morning at her home after a ten day pneumonia illness. She was about sixty, daughter of John and Mary McDowell Locke, and lived with her sister Jane. Survived by sister Elizabeth Stonebraker and brother Sam Locke. Funeral tomorrow at 1 30 PM from the home, burial in Smith cemetery.
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Mary Locke
Jefferson County
Cedar Township
Mary A. Locke
John
Mary McDowell Locke
Miss Locke
Jane
Elizabeth Stonebraker
Stockport
Sam
Birmingham
Smith Cemetery
Prisoners of Iowa to Work on Big Farms This Year
Des Moines reports that 1,190 acres near Anamosa state reformatory have been leased for farming by the board of control. In total about 1,500 acres will be farmed by inmates at Anamosa, with a 500 acre farm operated at Fort Madison. Officials say prison farm work helps outdoor conditions and reduces confinement.
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Des Moines
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Board of Control
Treat
Fort Madison
Her Hour a Strong Feature at Fairfield Theater
Rita Castle resists an amorous floor walker at Fairfield Theater as she continues her work. The floor walker and manager confront her, and she is paid. The article promises the rest of the story at Fairfield Theater tonight.
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Fairfield
Rita Castle
Rita
the Fairfield Theater
Notice of debt responsibility voice
Notice states that the writer is not responsible for any debts contracted by wife after this date and is signed by Rollie H. Nott.
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Rollie H. Nott
Jewell's Band to Play at Orpheum Monday Night
Jewell's Band will perform at the Orpheum Tuesday? The notice states Monday night only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell
Orpheum
Engineer Bert Tracy Dies in New Mexico Explosion
A message from Clovis New Mexico reports the death of Bert Tracy an long time Santa Fe railroad engineer in New Mexico when his engine exploded near Albuquerque No details are available here. Tracy son of Mr and Mrs Marion Tracy of Brookville will be buried in Evergreen cemetery. Mrs Tracy and John P McMurray will accompany the body. Funeral plans await arrangement at the home of Mrs H I Ball in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Tracy
Clovis
New Mexico
Albuquerque
N. M
Tracy
Marion Tracy
Brookville
Santa Fee
Evergreen Cemetery
John P. McMurray
Mr. Tracy
H. I. Ball
PLAN TO CLOSE THE COLLEGE EARLY
Parsons College will end one week earlier than planned by dropping spring vacation this year and continuing classes through graduation. The change aims to let students join farm work or national service, moving graduation to May 29 from June 6.
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Parsons College
Board of
Slacker in Jefferson County to Join Army Soon
Jefferson county exemption board received word from Hinton G. Claybaugh of Chicago that Ea Greene colored of Fairfield is in Class One. He was among the first to be sent, and arrangements will place him in the army immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Uncle Sam
Hinton G. Claybaugh
Exemption Board of
Chicago
Ea Greene
Fairfield
Henry County to Honor Its First War Victim
The funeral of private Johnson of Rome, Henry county's first war casualty, is set for tomorrow at two o'clock in the Iowa Wesleyan College chapel. The body arrived from Virginia yesterday and lies in state at Krane's parlors in Mt. Pleasant. Civil War veterans and visiting brothers will have special seating, with Rev. Frank E Weston and city ministers officiating.
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Johnson
Rome
Henry County
Iowa Wesleyan College
Virginia
Krane
Mt. Pleasant
Wm,c. ‘Wan
Frank KE. Weston
Special Added Attraction at The Orpheum
The Orpheum presents Jewell's Band as a new featured attraction on Monday promising lively music and entertainment for patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum
Jewell
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X. Nady, Jr
G. Taylor
Frank Glotfelty
Walter Harlan
Sam Bell
Harlie Yost
Lester
Mattie Workman
Eli Lewis
Cayuga
North Dakota
David Thornberry
Fred Wray
Bertha Hafferty
Margaret Elder
M. J. Clinkinbeard
Charles Newton
Charles
County Line
Stever
East Stonestret
K. J. Reiste
Katherine Black
Hiteman
W. A. Hook
J. B. Trent
Batavia
H. P. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
M. W. Brady
St. Mary's Church
Perry Lewis
W. F. Kopp
Mt.Pleasant
Fairfield Order of Eagles
al Talmadge
Mr. Pleasant
Charles Riggs
W Grimsley
5. L. Grimsley
Davenport
Aviation Department
U 8. Army
San Diego
Cal
Victor J. O'Brien
The
U.S. Navy
Iowa
Meyer Shoe Store
Alfred
Bergen
Che
Dong
Xeeital
Barhy
Gaumer Bros
Keltner
Beullikx
J.w.oliversson
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Burlington Street
Fairfield Theater
World Film Corp. Presents
Kitty Gordon
Orrow
Ramsey & Cline
Dorothy Gish
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