Local News Briefs from Ottumwa and Surrounding Areas
Ottumwa visitors and residents are listed with short notes on travel and illness. Names include Harry Turner C W Trowbridge I N Biddle Rev H A Anspach Dr W H Bailey Delmer Frazey Harry Gantz Earl Simmons Adam Sinn Mrs H E Snyder and daughter Miss Anna Bucher Miss Anna Gippons George Clapp Mrs Henry Pickard Mrs Phillip Sauer Jr Rev W L Clapp Benj Gallaher Louis Dyer Charles Jordan Arthur Cooper Royal Gallaher and Private Reuben Oats with updates on travels illnesses injuries and a wartime wound report.
County Teachers Institute Opens With Noted Speakers
The institute began this morning at 8 30 in Fairfield high school. Principal speakers include Professor Macy Campbell of Cedar Falls and Professor H F Carson a Nebraska reform figure. Campbell will address the Women's Relief Corps War Savings club this afternoon. a musical program is set for two o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Institute
Fairfield’ High School
Macy Campbell
Cedar Falls
H. F. Carson
Nebraska
Macey Campbell
State Teachers College
Womens Relief Corps War Savings Club
Sacrifice to Buy Liberty Bonds at Verdun Heroism
The piece extols wartime sacrifice and lauds bravery in buying Liberty Bonds. It contrasts frontline courage with civilian cowardice and cites Captain Cochin who died at Verdun for prioritizing God country and family. The call is for greater personal sacrifice, urging five or ten bonds.
Liberty Bonds Promote Prudence Amid Wartime Caution
A brief wartime ad from Reveille exhorts readers to buy Liberty Bonds and promotes national safety as a civic duty. The slogan urges daily vigilance and steady support for the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Women Leaders of the World Celebrate Iron Phosphates Cure
An advertisement extols iron and phosphates as the key to strength, health, and beauty for women and men. It claims phosphated iron restores vitality, nerves, and happiness, urging readers to demand genuine capsule form and avoid substitutes.
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Benng
Parsons Notes on Midweek Athletics and S A T C Supplies
Government orders shift Wednesday afternoons to athletics at Parsons college. Twenty five men join football practice as squad races and soccer draw energy. S A T C supplies arrive including 150 blankets 75 cots and 150 bags. Blankets cots and mattresses expected. mess hall to open with potatoes already delivered.
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Parsons
Parsons College S. A. T. C
What Your Liberty Bond Buys for the Fighting Fourth
The article explains the costs of ships and submarines for the Fourth Liberty Loan. It notes a battleship at 23 million dollars and a battle cruiser at about 25 million, with other vessels and arms rushing to arm soldiers. It emphasizes that every Liberty Loan subscriber helps fund war matériel and staple supplies for the army.
Presbyterian chicken supper offered this Thursday evening
Church plans a chicken supper at the Presbyterian church Thursday October 17 from 6 to 8 PM. The Rogers City Bus Line is up for auction Saturday October 12 at 1 PM in Washington Iowa. Also notes on plumbing repairs and shoe repairs by local tradesmen.
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Reuben Oats
France
Oats
Co. M
Presbyterian Church
Rogers City
Washington
Iowa
Potatoes for Sale at $150 a Bushel by A J Boyd
Notice of potato sale by A J Boyd offering potatoes at 150 dollars per bushel. Orders taken by phone 2763 with sacks to be brought to the car on track. Address 211 1f.
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A. J. Boyd
Railroad Time Tables C B and Q No 5 Chicago to McCook
Rail timetable lists eastbound and westbound trains between Chicago and Denver McCook and Omaha with numbers 2 4 6 8 9 12 17 and 18 and departure and arrival times across the day. Local Peoria Burlington Creston Ottawa and Omaha connections are noted along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Chicago
McCook
Ottawa
Burl
Creston
Peoria
Omaha
Also Mentioned on This Page
OCAL
Harry Turner
Ottumwa
C. W. Trowbridge
I. N. Biddle
H. A. Anspach
Snyod
Burlington
W. H. Bailey
Pleasant Plain
Harry Gantz
Brookville
Earl Simmons
Harvard, Il
Irvin Simmons
Adam Sinn
Germanville
City
Will Cook
Clarence Emry
F. A. Brown
H. E. Snyder
Arriet
Kirksville
Board of Supervisors
John F. Loehr
C. M. Redick
Er. G. Groves
Anna Bucher
Abingdon
Jefferson County
Teacher’s Institute
Anna Gipbons
Enid
George Clapp
Alley, Missour
Henry Pickard
Phillip Sauer, Jr
Ankeney
W. L. Clapp
Benj. Gallaher
Fred Flinspeh
North Court St
Boston
Hfe
Massachusetts School of Technology
Louis Dyer
Charles Jordan
Ottumway
Tuesaday
Arthur Cooper
Jefferson County Hospital
Grant Galliher
Miss Ivy
Iowa City
Royal Galliher
County Teachers’ Institute
Pach
Erigan RP
C. E. Haynes
Lrd Door North Savings Bank
W. L. Lambert
Boyd's
New Chicago
Eaton
Grey Kid
Boots
Meyer Shoe Store
West Side Square
Over Hub
Frank D. Kerrick
Tribune
Djer Kiss
West Side
Fairfield
de Pnr
Ana Rae
Copenhagen
Children’s Cotton Union
Corsens
M. H. Cuddy
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