Social notes from Ottumwa and surrounding towns
Long list of residents and visitors including Mrs. A S Grace from Chicago pianist for May Festival at Parsons College and Rev L E Koenig attending the Presbyterian General Assembly in Dallas Texas. Birth of a girl to Mr and Mrs George Manley. local moves, visits, licenses, and a court acquittal in a chicken stealing case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.S. Grace
Chicago
Franks. Boies
Grace
Columbia School of Expression
Parsons College
Rev. L. E. Koenig
Presbyterian General Assembly
Dallas
Texas
George Manley
Marshall Chilcott
Iowa City
Albert Swanson
Ottumwa
Squire D. B. Wilson
W. H. Nylander
Liberty Township
Squire Wilson
Cook
Jack Edler
Fairfield arrestee nicknamed Lizzie in odd city case
The Mt Pleasant News recounts a Fairfield woman described as Lizzie who visited here to canvass corsets. After a chain of social missteps she was jailed for wearing clothes not belonging to her sex and fined $25 by Mayor Mills. The report notes the alleged arrest relates to a man from Fairfield later identified as Mr Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Pleasant
Fairfield
Lizzie
Pixley
South Jefferson Street
Sheriff Shepherd
Ford
Mr. Pleasant
Mills
May Festival Promises Finest Campus Event At Fairfield
Senior examinations start tomorrow continuing through vacation. The May Festival on campus at six thirty promises a sight worth seeing for Fairfield residents. After the festival the College Orchestra with Milton Blaul will perform in the chapel around eight o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Milton Blaul
Burlington
Mrs. Thos Shevlin to Wed in New York May 17
The engagement is announced of Mr. Thomas Shevlin, widow of Yale football star Thomas Shevlin, to Marshall Russell of Winchester Virginia. The couple plans a wedding in New York on May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Shevlin
New York
Thomas Shevlin
Yale
Marshall Russell
Winchester
Marshal Kills Burglar in Murphysboro
In Murphysboro Illinois on May 17 an unidentified burglar was killed after a confrontation with Duff Cady the town marshal at Grand Power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Ill
Grand Power
Duff Cady
Cleaned Suits Offered for $1 in New Chicago
Pearl McGill invites locals to bring last season's clothes for a brand new look. Suits cleaned and pressed for $1 at 726 in New Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Chicago
Pearl McGill
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J. E. Bowermaster
Richland
K E. W. Woolums
Packwood
W. C. Spaulding
W. W. White
A. F. Greet
Hi. L. Braine
Long Grove
M. J. Rodabaugh
E. Lamberson
Martha Darbyshire
Dorothy Wallace
Helen Wilson
Washington
BE. J. Clinkenbeard
Craig Kirkpatrick
Keota
Louisa Kaska
Pleasant Plain
George M. Ball
Joel Turney
Jefferson County Hospital
C. D. Greeson
J. K. Bowermaster
Buford Murray
Peoria
Pauline Clinkenbeard
L. E Linkenbeard
Fred McClain
Davenport
John Crawford
Stockport
O. A. Banta
Fairfielder
Panamas
L. E. Clinkinbeard
College
J. C. Bradshaw Furniture CO
Men
Athletic Union
Ladies Union
Boys Union
Misses Union
Che
Gaumer Bros
Autstedler & Baker
Banta’s
North Fourth Street
Just
Stovall’s
J.w.oliver&son
Gray & Davis
Peace Machine Shop
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