Local Happenings In Ottumwa And Surroundings
Martin Edwards visited friends in Ottumwa. Miss Helen Hammon of Eldon spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs John Hammoned. Arthur Greer returned from New York City. Will Junkin of Chariton spent Sunday at Don McGiffin home. James Baugher of Trenton Missouri visited relatives yesterday. Miss Mildred Eshelman left for a two week visit with relatives at Leon. Mrs Manly Caviness and two children of Afton are visiting relatives in the city. Paul Allman of Eldon visited friends yesterday. James Parrett and Lester Olson visited friends in Ottumwa Saturday. Mr and Mrs J W Kidlebaugh and children and Earl Chanpe of Bidwell are guests of Mrs Elsie Haifley and family. Mr and Mrs Greely Mullenix and daughter Elizabeth arrived from Des Moines and will make their home here. B F Ford, recently here, went to Des Moines for a several days trip. The R N A of A will hold the regular meeting Wednesday at 8 o'clock. members urged to be present. Mr and Mrs B H Mitchell and two sons of Valley Junction visiting Rooy Simmons on West Burlington. All Modern Woodmen urged to attend a special business meeting at the F A U hall tonight as a referendum vote will be taken.
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Greely Mullenix
Elizabeth
City
Des Moines
B. H. Mitchell
Valley Junction
Mrs. Mitchell
Rooy Simmons
West
Burlington Street
F. A. U. Hall
Governor Harding Invites War Secretary to Review 88th Division
May 24 Des Moines The 88th division is slated for a final review at Camp Dodge before Secretary of War Baker, six state governors, and two major generals if the patriotic committee’s plans are approved by war department officials. A limited earlier viewing option is planned for those unable to attend. Governor Harding has invited Baker to attend but has not yet received a reply.
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Harding
Secretary OF War
Baker
Camp Dodge
Camp Boodge
68Th Infantry
Mail flyer dies at Cleveland in fatal flight attempt
Frank McCusker of New York, pilot of a mauila airplane, leaped from the burning craft at about 300 to 400 feet and died after being pulled to a police patrol car. Witnesses saw smoke and the plane plunge. McCusker, formerly in the British naval flying corps, had announced an attempt to set a Chicago flight record. NC-4 still weatherbound at Ponta Delgada with no immediate start possible to England due to unfavorable weather. The seaplane is secured inside the breakwater with a guiding steam launch and searchlights.
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Cleveland, O
Frank McCusker
New York
Chicago
de Haviland
McCusker
British
Naval Flying Corps
de Haviland Airplanes
Elizabeth
N. J
United States Aviation
Antwerp War Effort Shifts to Port as Dockers Return
Antwerp sees a surge in work as 66,000 Belgian civilians are employed since January on camp construction and 6,300 more on ammunition handling. The move follows the transfer of British and American bases from Rotterdam, easing local complaints about Rhine army basing and dockyard unemployment.
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Antwerp
Rotterdam
U S Starts Thrift Campaign to Teach Value of a Dollar
The government opens a national thrift education drive to encourage regular saving, wise buying, and reinvestment. Five departments treasury labor commerce agriculture and the interior coordinate to promote financial responsibility with the goal of enabling citizens to own their homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury, Labor, Commerce, Agriculture
the Interior
Army cops in Paris target joy riders with plainclothes patrols
Paris May 26 American army officers launch a campaign against joy riders using military cars. Plain clothes police will monitor race tracks restaurants dance halls and theatres while counting arriving army vehicles. They also inspect suburban districts for errant cars and civilian passengers.
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Paris
Housegieds Champs’ Dlyaces
Boils Bouwdene
Five Die In Texas Storm Causes Widespread Damage
A severe storm across southeastern Texas and Louisiana left about five dead and many injured. Beaumont Orange and Port Arthur suffered heavy property damage as oil derricks toppled and tanks ignited by lightning. The Magnolia Petroleum 55,000 barrel tank burned into the night.
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Beaumont
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Orange
Port Arthur
Magnolia Petroleum Company
French Aviators Land in Morocco on Transatlantic Try
French flyer Roget landed at Kenitra near Rabat after 12.5 hours covering 2170 kilometers on the first leg toward a Dakar to Brazil flight. His machine was slightly damaged. Captain Coli, aiming for the same route, landed at Rabat with a bruised shoulder after his craft overturned. he will return to France by steamer.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Roget
Paris
Dakar
Brazil
Kenitra
Rabat
Coli
France
Reenlistment Terms Relaxed for Regular Army Veterans
Washington on May 26 reports the war department revoked the three year reenlistment limit for men enlisted before April 2 1917 allowing reenlistment for one or three years at the option of the applicant Orders will also end the seven year reserve requirement and permit immediate reenlistment for a new three year period after active service Affected are men drafted who failed to respond and later reported as willing to serve and will have money deducted for rewards reimbursed to their pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Dunne and Walsh leave Paris over Irish hearing prospects
Former Illinois Governor Edward F. Dunne and Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City depart Paris as British authorities show no sign of granting a hearing for Edward de Valera and other Irish republic representatives. Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia returns home to organize mass meetings urging President Wilson to recognize the Irish Republic.
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Paris
Edward F. Dunne
Illinois
Frank P. Walsh
Kansas City
United States
Edward de Valera
Michael J. Ryan
Philadelphia
Ireland
Touraine
Wilson
Trish Republic
Navy restores desering doughboy to duty in probation
Frank Wesley Alles of Springfield Missouri will not be punished as a deserter from the navy. He deserted from the U S S North Carolina to join the infantry in France and fought in major battles. After his army discharge he surrendered as a navy deserter and has been in the brig two months. Navy orders restore him to duty on probation for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Ill
France
Frank Wesley Alles
Springfield
Navy
Alles
U. S. S. North Carolina
Infantry
Navy Department
Esthonians Take Peterhof Near Petrograd
London May 26 dispatch from Copenhagen says Esthonians have captured Peterhof nineteen miles west of Petrograd on good authority. A Helsingfors paper also reports Lenin has offered an armistice to Admiral Kolchinsky to consider peace terms with anti Bolshevik forces.
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London
Exchange
Copenhagen
Peterhof
Petrograd
Helsingfors
Moscow
Nikolai Lenine
Admimral Kolelnik
Lutsk Captured by Polish Forces in Volhynia
London a May 26 report says Polish troops seized Lutsk in Volhynia northeast of Lemberg from Ukrainian forces. Central News, via Bertin, notes 2,000 prisoners were taken along with a large number of guns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volhynia
London
Lutsk
Volhynias
Lemberg
Bertin
Richest Negress Madame C J Walker Dies in New York
Madame C J Walker, reputed to be the wealthiest colored woman, died at her Livingston home after weeks of illness. Death resulted from a complication of diseases. Her fortune sprang from the manufacture of toilet preparations popular in her race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston-on-Hudson
N. Y
C. J. Walker
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Mildred Eshelman
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Manly CavViness
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Paul Allman
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Lester Nicholson
J. W. Kiidlebaugh
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