Local Happenings Across Ottumwa and Surroundings
Ottumwa residents and visitors are noted in a town roundup. J E Smith visits at the Phillip Sauer home while W G Knight travels from Rock Island to see relatives. Fred Gage from Chicago arrives for Cranmore Gage’s first birthday picnic. Margaret White of Chicago will sing in a forthcoming oratorio. J C Yeager sold a 352 acre farm northeast of the city to Wheatley of Mt. Pleasant for 190 an acre. Omar Cathey’s son reports arrival in Josey City from overseas aboard the U S S Imperator and will take more troop transfers home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Yeager
City
Mr. Wheatley
Mt. Pleasant
W. H. Cathey
Omar
Josey City
N. J
American Legion Organizing Effort Under Way in Jefferson County
John J. Seeley Jr. of Burlington and T. L. Brookhart of Washington plan a campaign starting June 7 to organize the American Legion in First Iowa district. They will work to form chapters in towns and counties using Company M, 168th Infantry as a nucleus. William J. McGiffin leads local organizing work in Jefferson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Seeley, Jr
Burlington
T. L. Brookhart
Washington
Iowa
American Legion
Seerley
Brookhart
St. Louis
Chicago
Chicago University
Jefferson County
168Th Infantry
Thora Courtney Graduation Recital Tonight at Barhydt Chapel
Miss Thora Lenora Courney will present a graduation recital this evening at Barhydt Chapel with ensemble and solo performances. Participating musicians include Mrs. Mertie Pooler Mercer cello Miss Winnetka Hansen contralto Charles W. Mountain tenor Harold Ball violin Miss Pauliné Case soprano Harold Marsell baritone and Miss Dora Caldwell accompanist. The program features works by Mendelssohn Rachmaninoff Mascagni and more with students Wynken Blynken and Ned and other selections for mixed voices and instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thora Lenora Courney
Barhydt Chapel
Courney
Mertie Pooler Mercer
Winnetka Hansen
Charles W. Mountain
Harold Ball
Pauliné Case
Harold Marsell
Dora Caldwell
Hayden
Local Briefs Note Visits and Shop Ads
Mr and Mrs M F Black of Creeton guest at CW Gage home Lowe Berger of Winfield visits college friends in city Mrs Clarence Hall of Eldon visits sister Miss Lucile Lambergon Panamas straw hats at Drake Clothing Co East Side Hats and caps your style at Drake Clothing Co Poll tax collector will call 29 31 F J L Black Justin Ladies Everwear hose Drake Clothing Co
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F Black
Creeton
CW. Gage Home
Lowe Berger
Winfield
City
Clarence Hall
Eldon
Lucile Lambergon
Drake Clothing Co
East Side
F. J. L. Black
Fourth eee ha Band Concert Program in the Park Tonight
The city park concert features marches overtures waltzes and solos by Raymond Davis and other musicians amid titles such as Cavalry Soldiers Rockenshie and William Tell. A note urges orderly conduct from children and mentions June to August library Sunday closings starting June first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma
Awakening
Bach
Raymond Davis
Bever Poet
Pocket book theft notice from post office
A fragment notes a theft at the post office on a Tuesday. It requests the person who took a pocket book to contact at the listed numbers and mentions underwear for men and boys as part of the ad.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oxfords
J. E. Smith
Ottumwa
Phillip Sauer
W. G. Knight
Rock Island
Fred Gage
Cranmore Gage
Margaret White
Verne CC. White
D. E Dill
Lockridge
W. B. Campbell
Marion
Mrs. Homer Walcott and Son
Packwood
W. K. Cathey
Frank Duncan
Alden
J.B. Duncan
Walter Duncan
Clarence Switzer
Rev
Wm. Schuler
Northnowgnda, New York
Joseph Stever
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Elinor Turney
Charles Lamson
Katherine Lamson
Ames
Mr. Seerley
Rainbow Division
Wm. J. MecGiffin
Dalle
Tae
Thora Courtney
Miss Courtney
Seiler
Rachmaninoff the
Spross
Courtney
Angel’s Serenade
Miss Courtney Viloin
Mrs. Mercer
Ball
Wilbur Keesey
Serenata
Miss Courtney Tosti Arditi
Foster
Courtney Wynken
Blynken
Ned
Case and Hansen
Messrs
Mountain and
Marsolf
Nevin
Justin Ladies Everwear
Raymond
Lustspiel
William Tell
Buster Brown
Montgomery
Browning
C. B. Cleasby & Co
Libertyville, Fa
D. W. Griffith
Lloyd
Laos
RYZON
Charles A. Herring Co
West Side
Hart Schaffner & Marz
Chas. Lyon
Young Men’s Fabrics
Young Men’s Service
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Cuddy
Hart Schaffner & Ps Clothes
Manhattan Shirts
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