Local residents and visitors arrive in the city今日
Local figures from Sigourney Libertyville Birmingham and beyond visit the city on various errands. Rev Atchinson of Chesley Canada meets his daughter in town. Several Fairfield men attend a Shriners meeting in Burlington and a parade marks Cranmore Gage’s picnic honor.
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H. S. Atchinson
Chesley
Canada
Bruce Gobble
Fairfield
Burlington
Leo Thoma
Chester Fordyce
W H. Bangs
Charles Ross
John, Manatry
William McGiffen
William Neibert
George Robertson
C. W. Benn
R. K. Benn
Wallace Gage
Margaret Zimmerman
Billy
Chicago
Cranmore Gage
Old Settlers Park
Tomorn
Bryon Funeral This Afternoon for John Bryan
Funeral services for John Bryan were held at 2:00 PM from the family residence led by Rev. C. L. Tennant. Burial followed in Evergreen Cemetery. Born November 18, 1862 in Jefferson County, he spent most of his life there except four years in Colorado and Nebraska. He married Anna Copeland on February 13, 1894 and they had three children, Ray, Zella, and Harold. Surviving are his wife, three children, mother Mrs. Jeanette Bryan, two sisters, and three brothers.
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John Bryan
C. L. Tennant
Evergreen Cemetery
Newton Bryan
Jefferson County
Colorado
Nebraska
Anna Copeland
Ray
Rock Island
Zella Smith
Des Moines
Harold
Jeanette Bryan
City
Eva Scott
Fairfield
Winnie West
Clarks
Alfred
Creston
Frank
Independence
Kansas
James
Los Angeles
California
Penrose Named Senate Finance Chairman in Republican Caucus
Washington May 28 Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsylvania was chosen chair of the Senate finance committee by 34 Republican votes with 8 progressives opposing. The selection, seen as likely to pass, came after Idaho's Senator Borah warned it could split the party as progressives nationwide might reject Penrose's leadership on financial legislation.
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Republican Caucus
Penrose
Finance Committee
Borah
Washington
Boies Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senate
Senate Borah
Idaho
Fairfield Recital Shines by Prof Allen Bacon
Prof Allen Bacon gave a piano lecture recital in Barhydt Chapel to a large Fairfield audience. He impressed with MacDowell concert etude and Erdica Liszt, and Paderewski Crocavienne Fantastique played masterfully. Bacon, soon head of Parsons College Conservatory piano and organ, plans to make Fairfield home and elevate the program.
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Fairfield
Allen Bacon
Barhydt Chapel
Bacon
Parsons College Conservatory
St. Louis
Two Big Houses Assured for Fine F. H. S. Senior Play
Tickets are selling fast for the Senior class play And Home Came Ted at the F. H. S. auditorium on Friday and Saturday evenings May 30 and 31. Friday tickets nearly sold, Saturday in strong demand. Mrs. Alice Booker coaches the cast, with all members participating. The three act comedy will feature several specialties.
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Ted
Alice Booker
Boy Scouts to Decorate Graves in France on Memorial Day
Washington May 28 Graves of American dead in France will be decorated on Memorial Day with wreaths provided by boy scouts their chief Colin Livingstone announced President Wilson asked to arrange for the placing of the wreaths each boy scout contributed 2 cents The story notes the voluntary effort led by the Boy Scouts and the presidential involvement in honoring fallen soldiers.
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Washington
France
Colin H. Livingstone
Wilson
Explorer Escapes From Jail In Bellevue Hospital
New York May 28 Captain Fritz Duquesne, African explorer and world traveler, who faced extradition to England on murder charges, escaped Bellevue hospital prison ward by sawing through window bars after feigning paralysis left him unguarded.
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New York
Fritz Duquesne
England
Bellevue Hospital
88th Division Units Will Land Today Des Moines May 28
Des Moines reports the first unit of the 88th division will reach New York today with C. B. Walker advised by Asst. Adjutant General Kerr. Units will arrive daily in New York and New Port News, Va, until June 2 when all 11,000 officers and men travel to Camp Dodge for demobilization. Some units may parade in Dodge and Des Moines. many will land by June 2 and parade in Des Moines on arrival.
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Des Moines
New York
Walker
Adj
Kerr
88Th
New Port News
Camp Dodge
Dodge
W. L. Harding
L. G Lasher
War Department
Washington
Army to Curtail Parades of Returning Troops
The War Department orders a policy change to reduce delays in troop train returns. Units en route from sea to home camps may stop for a day to be paraded. The announcement says some circumstances will require trains to stop in cities en route to demobilization.
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Washington
War Department
Seaboard
Italian Troops Quit Sokia and Retreat to Transports
Italian troops that occupied Sokia in Asia Minor 50 miles southeast of Smyrna have been embarked on transports and handed control to Turkish authorities. The Turkish government protested the landing at the peace conference and regretted Greek occupation of Smyrna, warning that joint Allied occupation would have been wiser. The protest feared trouble as the interior advance continued.
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Paris
Sokia
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Smayrna
Reliable Piano Tuning in Ottumwa Iowa
Careful piano tuning offered with emphasis on standard pitch. Leave orders with Unk Rich, Jeweler, or A. J. Petrie, piano tuner, Ottumwa, Iowa. Contact numbers 279-17,21,23,28,30.
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Unkrich
A. J. Petrie
Ottumwa
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