Local Briefs Note Visits and Trips Across Towns
Chester Fulton and Oscar Corey spent Sunday in Ottumwa. Mrs. Charles Ricksher went to Des Moines for a week's visit. Mr. and Mrs. George Allen returned from Merrimac. Baby girl born to Leo Thoma. Mrs. Octavia Stephens returned from Seymour. Mrs. Gaumer to Jefferson County hospital with a broken hip. Beavan family and daughter from Merrimac visited. Clyde Norris returned from Ottumwa. Roy Emry visiting Ottumwa. Mrs. E L Maddix and LaVerne visiting in New York en route to Los Angeles. George Uhkrich on business trip to St. Louis. Graham Pickin of Brighton visited Levi Peasley home. Ernest Peasley left for St. Louis. Mrs. Lawrence Strauss and Martha Garber returned from Pleasant Plain. Jack Facer and M J Clinkinbeard motor to Ottumwa. Don Gerber visited relatives in Laos. J A Steart of Libertyville in city. Rachel Carter returned from Peoria. Nora Bean of Ainsworth visited James Turner. Dusenberry guest of Basham on East Madison. Jeanete Bryan returned from Mt. Pleasant. S H Raines and son Houston of Mt. Pleasant visited. Hazel Daggett teaching at McCallsburg expected home. Mintoneye couple home from Des Moines and other points. Courthouse closed. officials and board of supervisors escorted Roy Spence to depot for train to Columbus Barracks.
Willis Corbitt Letter From France July 1913 Homeward Thoughts
Willis Corbitt writes from France about four weeks in a town during World War I duties. He details local foods and customs, bakery absence, fruit canning by wine bottes, hunting for letters from home, July Fourth celebrations with peas and garden visits, and daily life with soldiers and a French landlady.
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Usband
Mother
Don McChesney
Helen
Elanor
Noth
C. E. Newton O. A. C
Washinton
Monsieur Corbitt
Monsieur Corbett
Beaucoup
Beaucoup Lelen
Plumbing and Heating Repair Advertising Notice
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Chester Fulton
Oscar Corey
Ottumwa
Charles Ricksher
Des Moines
George Allen
Merrimac
Leo Thoma
Octavia Stephens
Seymour
S. G. Gaumer
Jefferson County Hospital
Wm. Beavan
Clyde Norris
Roy Emry
W. E. Harris
E. L. Maddix
LaVerne
New York City
Los Angeles
California
George Uhkrich
St. Louis
Graham Pickin
Brighton
Levi Peasley
Ernest Peasley
Lawrence Strauss
Martha Garber
Pleasant Plin
Jack Facer
M. J. Clinkinbeard
Don Gerber
Laos
J. A. Steart of
Libertyville
Rachel Carter
Her Daghter
Peoria Illinois
Nora Bean
Ainsworth
James Turner
Even Dusenberry
Joliet, Montana
Frank Basham
East Madison St
Jeanete Bryan
Keesey
Mt. Pleasant
S. H. Raines
Huston
Hazel Daggett
McCallsburg
C. W. Mintoneye
Rock Island
Board of Supervisors
Roy Spence
Burlington
Columbus Barracks
Columbus
Ohio
Willis Corbitt
France
Frace
Dianer
White
Union
Art Carr
Sis
Marsh
Elanor Owen
O. K
Paris
Olr
Adler
Rochester
Felo’s
and Menalder
Mallory
Emery
the Drake Clothing Co
Kodak Finishing
West Pocket
Faela
Kiev
A. W. Switzer
Grandpa
Beaver Soap Company
Daytona, Ohio
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