Local News Briefs Highlight Visits and Travel
Local residents return from Des Moines and Des Moines area visits. Notable notes include births, engagements, and many relatives visiting Cedar Rapids Ottumwa and Morning Sun. The itemized list also mentions attendance at Lib erty Loan events and workplace changes such as Miss Celeste Howlett resigning for a Western Union post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Mosser
S. A. Power
A. V. Frazey
Pleasant Plain
Liberty Loan
Salem
Oregon
Christian Turner
Guy Burrows
Davenport
H. H. Jones
Arkansas
Wm. Slattery
Stella Monfort
Cedar Rapids
Shellsburg
Ottumwa
Hovey Hootman
Nellie Sadler
Douds
C. S. Bogle
Anna Miller
Muscatine
J. W. Beggs
Keosauqua
Celeste Howlett
Western Union Telegraph Office
L. R. Fresconi
Batavia
Willis Strong
Des Moines
Mary Marshall
Fairbault
Minn
S. S. Stewart
Clara Reno
Greenfield
S. E. Goddard
West Briggs Street
Ida, Peace
Lee County
Edith van Nostrand
A. B. van Nostrand
Monta Vista
Col
L. W. van Nostrand
West Broadway
Mrs Dana Hosts N I B Club At North B Street
Mrs George Dana entertained the N I B Club at her North B street home with fancy work and conversation. Refreshments were served and the next meeting will be with Mrs W B Holcomb on November 1. The L T L Girls planned a reading at Hattie Webber’s 304 West Monroe street with a program and a Frances McKibben letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dana
N I. BE. Club
North B Street
Dana
W. B. Holcomb
South Third Street
Hattie Webber
West Monroe Street
Frances McKibben
Ohio
Burlington Hawkeye
E. C. Bock
L. H. Weimer
Madison Avenue
Selma
Paul Schaefer
Lesher
Frank Thmas
Billy Foehlinger
Emma Erb
William Erb
Los Angeles
Ada Lambach
Robert Kramer
Chicago
Chas, McChesney
Aledo, Ill
Edwin Bock
Fairfield
George Earp
Monmouth
M. G. Griffith
Rock Island
Gram
Perkins Avenue
Siesta Club
Victor Bates
West Jackson Street
Germans on Half Rations
Recently released German weekly food ration figures show the amount far below what is needed for health and vigor. The caloric value is less than half of the amount the food administration considers sufficient for a sedentary person, signaling serious permanent effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Food Administration
Krupp Workers Face Theft Trial in Essen
The Krupp firm prosecutes 62 people for large thefts of high speed steel. A special court in Essen will conduct the trial, with many accused being Krupp employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Krupp
Frankfurter Zeitung
Essen
Douds and Leando Post Office Drops Leando Name
The State Line Democrat notes the post office has changed the name to Douds, ending the twin town label. Tension rose after the consolidated school building was placed in Lean do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
Douds-Leando
Postoffice Department
Leando
Postoffice
Douds
Lean. Do
Civil War veterans reach destination safely
Relatives report Civil War veterans left Sunday for Vicksburg Mississippi reached there Tuesday noon. They were met by cars and taken to view old battlefields and later met the state governor. They endure very warm weather and do not care to wear coats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Miss
Card of Thanks for Mrs. John DeMarsh
The family of Mrs. John DeMarsh thanks friends for kindness during her death and for the floral offerings. John DeMarsh and Mr. and Mrs. C. B. E. Sappenfield express gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John DeMarsh
C. BE. Sappenfield
Notice to file bills with Old Settlers association secretary
All persons having bills against the Old Settlers association are asked to file them with WM. L. Long 428 secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Settlers’ Association
WM. L. Long
Fairfield Theater to postpone Sunday showing amid new arrangements
Notice states the Fairfield Theater will not open for Sunday showings as other arrangements are being made and to be announced later. The item appears with a meeting notice from the 4 S chapter and a hostess serving refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Hugh Bennett
Mer
Parsons College Auxiliary Rummage Sale slated for Oct 25 26 27
The Parsons College Auxiliary announces a rummage sale set for October 25 26 and 27 in the building north of the Iowa State Savings Bank. Proceeds benefit college activities and student programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons College
Iowa State Savings Bank
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Criefs
Graham
L. J. Morrison
City
Mitchell Boynton
Howard Park Gage
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Gage
Marvy Mitchell
Esse Bucher
Pauline Woelhaf
Peter Bucher
Beckwith
Mary Cochran
Joseph Shelton
May
Sara O’brien
Bert Smith
Menry Schlarbaum
Gladys
Mt. Pleasant
Dooley
Winnie Turkington
Crawfordsville
Otto Busse
Gardena
Cal
J. P. Allen
Danville
Oscar Thomas
Bonaparte
Chas, S. Bogle
Frank Farrow
Gorman
South Second Street
Mabel Lindstrom
Omaha
Neb
Howard Leedham
J. B. Trent
Sarah Perrine
Mt. Zion
T. L. Workman
South Main Street
U. 8. Food Administration
4. S
Masonic Hall
Hill & Martin
Browning
Orpheum Tonight
Orpheum Orchestra
Mutual Film Corp
Marjorie Rambeau
William Russell i
the Love
Frank D. Kerrick
Tribune
Satmer Bros
Orpheum Theater
William Fox
The
Gods
Annette Kellerman
New York
London
Jericho & Easton Drug Store
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Stortz & Taglaeur
Ford
Dodge
Buick
Stortz & Taglauer
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