Personal notices list visits and local movements
Mrs F Schaff of Keota visits daughter Mrs Geo H Lee. George and Helen Lee improve at home on North Main. Kenneth Thorpe of Des Moines visits grandmother Mrs D P Stubbs. Jesse Ketcham of Mt Pleasant in the city on business. John Axelson returns from Missouri. Mrs F E Dickey of Reliance SD visits parents Mr and Mrs Frank Simpson Sr. Everett Fry home from Libertyville. Mrs Stewart Laughlin and daughter visit Libertyville. Mrs Harley Gossing and Miss Grace Rogers visit Ottumwa. J Q Adams from Centerville plans improvements in the city. Mrs Wm Gifford visits relatives in Libertyville. Miss Sarah Frush leaves for Kansas City. Mrs F A Cushman and children visit at Mrs John Lindblooms. to Waterloo next. W H Galbraith to Floris on business. H P Campbell of Bloomfield in city. Mrs A P Cannon of Keithsburg Ill visits daughter Mrs W H Parker. Rev Glenn Schillerstrom returns to North English after visit. H L Waters returns to Davenport after short stay. Earl Dennison of Centerville visits friends. Charles Sanger of Parsons College goes to New London on business. Vern L Hague visits Libertyville on business. Mrs W H Galbraith returns from Des Moines. Bert Bowermaster goes to Ottumwa on business. News of birth: baby girl born to Mr and Mrs W F Porter at Prairie Grove AR. Mrs Porter earlier known as Anna Hoch of Birmingham Enterprise. Mrs Demp Ebert of Fairfield cares for her father Foster Anderson sick at the hotel. he had been visiting, living with Mrs Ebert for the past year.
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Birmingham
Demp. Ebert
Fairfield
Foster Anderson
Moose Banquet Highlights Local Lodge Event At Night
A large turnout from the Moose lodge and friends attended the first annual banquet in the lodge rooms. Roy Erickson directed a four course feast with music by Mrs. Gaumer and Paul Bishop. Recitations by Miss Pauline Woelhaf and Edison phonograph entertainment preceded talks and socializing. The issue promises a second annual gathering next year.
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Moose
Roy Erickson
Iowa Cafe
G. W. Gaumer
Paul Bishop
Pauline Woelhaf
Erickson
Payroll Robbery Nipped Near Benton
Two bandits Roy Davis and W J Tindell were captured after a running battle with a posse near Benton Illinois. Constable Joseph Adams was shot in the shoulder. The men allegedly planned to rob a payroll of two weeks pay at the Middle Form mine after delaying McCreery. They exchanged over 200 shots. their horses were shot and they surrendered. Davis and Tindell are jailed in Benton. A previous hold-up netted $80 and a revolver from Stewart Hogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Joseph Adams
Roy Davis
W. J. Tindell
Eldorado
Ill
Davis
Tindell
Mac McCreery
Middle Form
McCreery
Stewart Hogan
Treason Talk Is Punished in Marinette
Ewald Mans a German is jailed and banished from Marinette Wisconsin for alleged disloyal remarks. Municipal Judge C C Daily sentenced him to five days in jail and ordered him to leave the city for a year with a ban on return until the term ends. Mans said he would return after banishment.
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Marinette
Wis
Ewald Mans
C. C. Daily
Mans
Hallen
Sailors Shot During Clash Aboard Kronprinz Wilhelm
Two sailors of the interned German raider Kronprinz Wilhelm were shot and wounded by United States marines at the Philadelphia navy yard during a deck fight. Navy yard hospital and the commandant’s office denied the report and would not discuss it.
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Philadelphia
Mar
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Philadelphia Navy Yard
United States
Navy Yard Hospital
Methodist Ladies Hold Evening Meeting at Mrs Parks Home
The Methodist church group conducted its regular business and social gathering at Mrs. E. S. Parks home last evening with the committee of Mesdames M. A. R. Kelly TI. A. Workman F. M. Biddle F. Baker A. Long and M. Shaefer in charge. After a business session with fifty one attending a program followed. The St Patrick theme appeared in decorations and refreshments carried out the color scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Nieman
N. I. E. Club
South Main Street
St. Patrick
J. W. Price
South Third Street
Methodist Church
E. S. Parks
M. A. R. Kelly
TI. A. Workman
F. M. Biddle
F. Baker
A. Long
M. Shaefer
Swedish Lutherans Seek Pastor for Immanuel Church
Immanuel Swedish Lutheran church members aim to secure a pastor. Rev. P. O. Bersell will conduct meetings in Fairfield and Lockridge to call a pastor for Immanuel of Fairfield and Trinity English Lutheran of Lockridge. Bersell and C. W. Johnson were appointed to prepare preliminary plans for a Stanton home administration building estimated at about $20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Lutheran Church
Presbyterian Church
J. A. Huglin
Cecil Johnson
Oscar Larson
Harry Canterbury
Winn Howell
Jack Swan
Gus, Schillerstrom
A. H. Anspach
Evge
Immanual Swedish Lutheran Church
Ottumwa
Fairfield
Lockridge
Immanuel
Trinity English Lutheran Church
Stanton
Iowa Lutheran Orphans Home Board
Iowa Lutheran Conference
Stanton Home
P. O. Bersell
C. W. Johnson
Chariton
Bill proposes $50 per drink penalties for sales to minors
Springfield ILA March 15 Relatives of minors or habitual drunkards could collect up to $1,000 for liquor sold to those warned against sale under a bill by Rep Clarence Jones of Springfield. The bill also allows relatives to collect $50 for each drink sold to such persons.
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Springfield
Ila
Clarence Jones
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lady Jane
F. Schaff of
Keota
Geo. H. Lee
George
Helen Lee
Nrth Main Street
Kenneth Thorpe
Des Moines
D. P. Stubbs
Jesse Ketcham
Mt. Pleasant
City
John Axelson
Missouri
F. E. Dickey
Reliance
South Dakota
Frank “F. Simpson
Mrs. Everett Fry
Libertyvlle
Stewart Laughlin
Libertyville
Harley Gossing
Grace Rogers
J. Q. Adams
Centerville
Wm. Gifford
Sarah Frush
Kansas City
John Lindbloom
Waterloo
W. H. Galbraith
Floris
H. P. Campbell
Bloomfield
A. P. Cannon
Kiethsburg, Ill
W. H. Parker
Glenn Schillerstrom
H. L. Waters
Davenport
Earl Dennison
Charles Sanger
Parsons College
New London
Vern L. Hague
Bert Bowermaster
W. F. Porter
Prairie Grove
Arkansas
L. L. Vernon
West Kirkwood Street
First Methodist Church
The
Wesleyan Bible Class of the
Benton, Ini
Wisconsin
St. Patrick’s
Stubbs
Nemo
J. C. Thorne & Son
Kayser
Fitrite
of the Church
Rev. P. O. Bersell
Armand
Complexin
Pwder
Gaumer Bros Jewelry
Brunswick Phonograph
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Roy L. Emry
Selz Shoes
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