Local Briefs Highlight Visits and Illness Around City
Local items note Prof J W Howard in Ottumwa on business and Nora Bean visiting from Ainsworth. Miss Jessie Black returns to Council Bluffs after weeks here. Several residents visit Des Moines and Morning Sun, while Verne Voorhies is seriously ill with Danish influenza in Leridge. David McIntyre's eyes burned at Malleable Iron Works and may be saved at Jefferson County Hospital.
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Verne Voorhies
Leridge
Jessie Black
Council Bluffs
Grace Boise
Mt. Pleasant
Frank Boies
David McIntyre
Jefferson County Hospital
Mrs. M. H. Westenhaver Dead At 79 In Jefferson County
Mrs. M. H. Westenhaver died Saturday night at 10 30 at 502 South Third street after years of poor health. Born November 7 1838 in Richland County Ohio she moved to Iowa in 1842 and lived in Jefferson County most of her life. She married M. H. Westenhaver May 27 1891 in Fairfield and is survived by brothers H. E. Snook Crs. C. I. Moseet and Dr. W. H. Snook among others. Funeral Tuesday at 2 30 from the South Third Street home with Rev. H. A. Mosser. burial Evergreen cemetery.
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M. H. Westenhaver
South Third Street
Lucinda Westenhaver
Henry
Amy Snook
Richland County
Ohio
Novemer
Iowa
Jefferson County
Presbyterian Church
Salina
Perlee
Fairfield
H. E. Snook
W. H. Snook
Madris
Oregon
Crs. C. I. Moseet
H. A. Mosser
Evergreen Cemetery
Escaped Yanks to Fight Washington War Report
The War Department announced that officers who escaped from German prison camps will depart Berne Switzerland immediately for France to report for duty. Lieut George W Puryer of Memphis Tennessee Lieut Harold Willis of Newton Massachusetts and Lieut N Y Isaacs of Portsmouth Virginia are named.
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Washington
War Department
Berne
Switzerland
France
George W. Puryear
Memphis
Tenn
Harold Willis
Newton
Mass
N. Y
Classifieds urge bargains and rentals in busy town
A flood of small ads lists for sale of a eighty acre farm a Shrop shire ram a cooking stove heaters and furniture plus various rentals including furnished rooms a modern four room flat and a no 1 Chester white hog Also jobs wanted including steady farm work sewing and cooking assistance with Parsons college Ballard Hall apply by phone or in person
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Chester
Ohio
N. C Street
Rhode Island Red Roosters
C. J. Gavin
North Main Street
Joe Hickinbottom
Ballard Hall Parsons College
Wounded Arrivals Return From Expeditionary Forces
For the week ended October 25 there were 1,859 sick and wounded men received in the United States from the American expeditionary forces. The total landed in October reaches 4,339.
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Washington
United States
Prague renames Graben to Wilson Street
A Prague dispatch reports the Graben, Prague’s premier business street, has been renamed Wilson Street according to the Tageblatt of Berlin. The change reflects a new street naming in the city and affects local navigation and addresses. Wilson Street now serves as the main commercial corridor in Prague.
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Amsterdam
Prague
Tageblatt
Berlin
Graben
For Rent Four Room House at 203 West Madison Street
For rent a four room house at 203 West Madison Street with gas and electricity. Readable text ends abruptly prior to full listing details.
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W. Briggs
West
Madison Street
Lost and Found notices from the Journal
Lost riding crop with silver band and engraved initials. Finder please notify the Journal office. Also lost a Rug on Hallowe'en night. Call 13815 for reward. John Vogels practical piano tuner. Phone 2412.
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Hallowe
John Vogels
Important Mail Subscriptions Reminder
Mail subscriptions are paid in advance per government ruling. Subscribers who do not wish to miss any papers should ensure their subscription does not lapse.
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Mail
Why You Should Vote for Neibert for Sheriff
Democratic candidate Glenn Neibert urges support from all voters. He cites qualified deputy experience under his father and deep county knowledge, arguing public offices deserve men of character over party labels.
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Glenn Neibert
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J. W. Howard
Ottumwa
Ira Smith
Vern White
West Washington
Gilbert Mumper
Rock Island
Nora Bean
Ainsworth
Charles Bogle
Des Moines
H. G. Petersen
San Francisco
E. C. Ball
East Kirkwood Street
C. T. Reynolds
Mrs
Mark Whitney
Keosauqua
L. E. Whitney
South Court Street
Ruth Garber Strausse
Mount Pleasant
Frank E. Spiers
Agnes and Everett
Phillip Sauer Jr
Ankeny, Iowa
Francis Hutchinson
Hiteman
Bert L. Cowan
Uniontown
Kansas
Edna McClaren
N. W. Labagh
Mystic
Fort Riley
Kas
William Fenner
Itner
Carrie Brimm
Goddard
Anamosa
James Turner
Miss Hazel
Walter Bean
People's
Beighty Acre
W. T. Kennedy
Russell Smith
Jack Vanatti
E. Adams
W. F. Bevering
Walter Harris
Republican
Neibert
Sanford Zeigler Jr
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