Local residents and service members visit or depart in brief notices
Mrs Ruth Work of Washington spent yesterday in the city. Mrs L M Donahoe of Chicago visits friends here. Mrs Elizabeth Snyder of Denver visits relatives. Mr Otto Fritz of Brighton visited. Mrs C F Bowermaster leaves for Virginia to join her stationed husband. Guy Gilliam returns to Camp Dodge after a visit. Wendell Glotfelty of the Albatross visits his mother. Mrs M Chilcott leaves for Oskaloosa for the State Sunday School Convention. Merril William Banta arrives overseas. Mr and Mrs Harry Green return from Idaho to Roberts. Mr and Mrs William Ebbert and Dollie Ebbert leave for San Francisco to settle. Frank Pierson, at Camp Jackson, promoted to first lieutenant. John R Glen visits daughter in Pleasant Hill. Mrs A A Raymond leaves for Warren, Ohio after a visit with daughter. Mrs Jessie Winn moves to city for future home. Mr and Mrs P R Laughlin of Cross Lanes visit city on business. Mrs John Hull and son guests at C P Moburg home. Sr O'Brien returns from Michigan. Mrs Frank Jacobs of Ottumwa visits sister Mrs C P Moburg. Mrs Bruce Russell in Omaha for sister Kate Smith’s illness. Charles L Angstead of Great Lakes Training School visits before sea. Mary Smith, Winifred Tullis, Owen Smith and B E Copeland accompany Mrs B E Copeland’s body for burial. Truman Greenfield visits from Washington. Edgar Sellers motor to Oskaloosa for Sunday school convention. Dr E G Myrick leaves for Fort Riley KS to enter officers training.
France Dispatch of Unit A Volunteers in War’s Quiet Front
Dr J F Clark recounts daily life of Unit A in France, detailing roles from legal work to hospital supply, kitchen toil, and hospital care. He highlights the quiet courage of cooks, sargeants, clerks, and laundry staff, who sustain wounded soldiers while longing for front line duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unit A
Letter from Private Ben H. Adkins in France
A letter received by Henry Adkins from his son Private Ben H. Adkins of Company M in the Rainbow Division in France. Ben reports bunkmates Shorty Goddard and Happy, rough conditions in the woods, warm weather, and a wish to hear from home. He mentions a warm dinner of vegetable soup and plans to cool off in the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Adkins
Ben H. Adkins
Company M
Rainbow Division
France
Father Ad Brothers
Shorty
Goddard
Notice of Social Event Cancellation and Vulcanizing Services
The social at Mrs. Chas Nowell's is called off on Friday. For used casings and tubes contact Smith the vulcanizer at Star garage. Vulcanizing also via Smith at Star garage. Safe as the United States Buy Liberty Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Nowell’s
Smith
Star Garage
United States
New Wheat Conservation Rules Allow Victory Mixed Flours
Iowa adopts Victory Mixed Flour with specified blends of wheat and barley corn and rye. Rules require labels listing ingredients, price parity with standard flour, and mandatory substitutes in certain ratios. Retailers may stock a 60 day supply and must follow the 80-20 substitution framework nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory
What Liberty Bonds Can Do
Liberty bonds provide numerous wartime purchases. A $50 bond covers food, equipment, medical aid, and supplies for soldiers, sailors, and units, including shells, weapons, clothing, vaccines, and hospital needs. A $100 bond funds ammunition, arms, bombs, medical gear, and feeding a company for a day.
American Women Called Into Country's Service
Mrs Antoinette Funk as vice chairman of the Woman's National Liberty Loan Committee urges American women to join the war effort by purchasing Liberty Bonds and supporting national defense through the Liberty Loan program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antoinette Funk
Woman’s National Lib
War speech urges American women to back resources effort
Count von Hertling remarks on censorship changes as World War I mobilizes women. The article shifts to U.S. roles, praising American women for financing the war through Liberty bonds and urging continued sacrifice in labor and consumption to support munitions, food, and clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
McAdoo
Women of
America
Probate of Will in Jefferson County Iowa
Notice that an instrument purporting to be the Last Will of Charles C. Cummings is on file in Jefferson County District Court. A proof and final hearing are set for September 28, 1918 at 2:00 p.m. in the September Term 1918. Witness dated September 26, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Jefferson County
Charles C. Cummings
District Court
Ship Emergency Fleet Seeks Additional Steel Ship Funds
Washington on October 2 reports Ed ward N. Hurley president and Charles Piez vice president of the United States Shipping Emergency Fleet corporation asked the House appropriations committee for more than 400 000 dollars for extra steel ship construction. The appeal comes as the agency seeks to expand production for wartime tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward N. Hurley
Charles Piez
United States Shipping Emergency Fleet Corporation
House Appropriations Committee
Auto tops repaired and sold by C. B. Cleasley & Co
Notice announces repair and sales of auto tops at C. B. Cleasley & Co shops in Libertyville Iowa with phone contact 71.156-1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Libertyville
Iowa
C. B. Cleasley & Co
Japs Disarm Hun Prisoners at Heiho Action
War office reports that fifteen thousand Austrian and German prisoners from Blagovestchensk were brought to Heiho on September 18 and disarmed. Japanese and Chinese units along the Amur river entered Blagovestchensk with the main Japanese cavalry during the city’s seizure by Allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Odt. le
Blagovestchensk
Heiho
War Office
Amur
Fehrenbach to Succeed Von Hertling as Imperial Chancellor
President Fehrenbach of the Reichstag is to replace Count von Hertling as imperial chancellor, according to a wireless press report received in London on October 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Fehrenbach
Reichstag
Count von Hertling
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ruth Work
City
Elizabeth Snyder
Denver, Colorado
Otto Fritz
Brighton
C. F. Bowermaster
Virginia
Guy Gilliam
Camp Dodge
Wendell Glotfelty
U. S. 5S. Albatross
Mrs
Elizabeth Glotfelty
A. Banta
Merril William Banta
Harry Green
Arthur Green
Roberts, Idaho
William Ebbert
Miss Dollie
San Francisco
Frank Pierson
Camp’ Jackson
Columbia, S. C
John R. Glen
Pleasant Hill, Missouri
George Mart
A. A. Raymond
Warren
Ohio
A. W. Taylor
Jessie Winn
P. R. Laughlin
Cross Lanes
John Hull
Little Son of
Sr. O’brien
Points
Michigan
Frank Jacobs
Ottumwa
C. P. Moburg
Bruce Russell
Omaha
Neb
Kate Smith
Kate Griffith
Charles L. Angstead
Great Lakes
Mary Smith
Winifred Tullis
Owen Smith
B. E. Copeland
Davenport
This
Truman Greenfield
Edgar Sellers
Oskaloosa
E. G. Myrick
Fort Riley
Knsas
Officers Training School
J. F. Clark
the Red Cross
Glmor
Unit
Ben Adkins
Erty Loan Committee
HUNS
von Hertling
Amsterdam
Count von Tertling
Charlies Piez
House
BUICK
E. Broadway
J. E. Cohagan
Germany
Frank D. Kerrick
Tribune
C. B
Minnesota
Julius Standaert
John T. Davies
Kodak
West Pocket
N. Third St
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