Local News Briefs Span Travel Illness and Appointments
Ottumwa resident Richard Gentry visits friends in town while Rollie Alexander from Ames is in the city. Spanish influenza illness strikes Mrs J W Oliver and Miss Grace Boies. Travellers include John M Harper, S S Crane, Mrs J B Wilson, Ed Bottwill, Mrs Frank Kirkpatrick, and Mrs Jeanette Bryan heading to Missouri California and Davenport. Government appointees include Paul Junkin named Iowa Vote Commissioner. exchanges note C L Sheward ill in Birmingham. Simeon Snyder returns from overseas service.
Winners at Jefferson County Stock Farm Show Highlight
The Jefferson County stock and farm products show at the fairgrounds crowned champions across divisions. Awards went to Frank Ogden and Morris Bros in multiple horse categories, Cal Estes Packwood earned belgians honors, and J F Mann plus M M Allender led cattle divisions with championship bulls and cows. Other notable wins included Jersey and Poland China classes, with Trail Bros. and Hague & Girton dominating hog divisions and the Boys Club prize noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Frank Ogden
D. B. Hedge
Morris Bros
Stockport
J. Lewis McCleary
Libertyville
A. W. Hisel
J. E. Prinze
C. J. Kessel
Charles Hisel
J. E
Prince
J. Kessel
F. E. Miksch
Scott McCormick
F. B
Miksch
CC. J. Kessel
Frank Orden
Fairfield
Frank Ogden & Son
Mrs Edith Farnham Dies in Freeport Ill
Relatives here were stunned by word of the death of Mrs Verne E Farnham at her Freeport Illinois home at 415 this morning cause of death Spanish influenza and pneumonia She was formerly Edith McConnell daughter of Mr and Mrs J E McConnell of this city and lived here before her marriage She is survived by an infant child her parents several sisters and a brother Remains will be brought here for burial with funeral services likely Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verne E. Farnham
Freeport
Farnham
Edith McConnell
J. E. Mc@Connell
German State of Austria Formed in Breakup of Empire
German Austrian deputies in Vienna create a German state of Austria aiming for German autonomy, with Karl Seitz as president. A provisional assembly will govern, negotiating peace and debt, seeking Adriatic access and international ties while a 20 member legislature handles internal affairs. The move pledges peace and minimal misery for German Austrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basel
Austrian
Reichsrath
Austria
Karl Seitz
Adriatic Sea
Herr Seitz
Amsterdam
Poland
Vienna
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Olive Tablets promote clear skin and buoyant health
Dr Edward s Olive Tablets, a vegetable compound with olive oil, act on the liver and bowels like calomel without dangerous after effects. They start the bile, overcome constipation, and are sold in 0c and 25¢ boxes with a nightly dose of one or two tablets.
British and Belgian Forces Press German Lines in Belgium Front
Allied dispatches report British Third and Fourth armies advancing southeast from Valenciennes to the Scheldt region with Belgian and French forces fighting near Ghent. British gains include a crossing of the Scheldt canal and 2,000 German prisoners amid heavy combat from Valenciennes to Le Cateau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Valenciennes
Solesmes-Le Cateau
Scheldt Canal
Scheldt
Nivelles
St. Amand
le Cateau
Ghent
Lys
Laon
Serre
Vouziers
Grand Pre
France
Belgium
Holland
Romeries Captured as Allied Forces Break Through Near Solesmes
In dawn fog Allied infantry charged enemy defenses with heavy gunfire concentrated behind a crash bar. Germans offered stiff resistance from machine guns while artillery appeared moved east to the Hermann line. Romeries fell early, advancing about two miles northeast of Solesmes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romeries
Solesmes
Red blooded vitality with iron and phosphates promoted
A promotional note extols red blooded men and women as top in life and happiness, claiming iron and phosphates in Phospated Tron improve blood quality, energy, appetite, and nerves. It urges use of capsule form sold by Gaumer Bros and leading druggists, with a doctor’s quote supporting the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peronio
Gaumer Bros
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Monson
Real
Ocal News
Richard Gentry
Ottumwa
Rollie Alexander
Ames
City
Mra. J
W.oliver
Ian Til
Jefferson County Hospital
John M. Harper
Souther
Kansas
Crane
St. Joe, Missouri
A. R. Wilson
Ed Bottwill
Cameron, Missouri
Ray L. Simmions
Joel Turney
F. Gill
S. Angeles
Califoria
Reuben Gilbert
Des Moivez
Motor Transport Corps
Frank Kirkpatrick
Keota
Myrick
East
Washington
Jeanette Bryan
Los Angeles
California
Ben Liblin
Davenport
Grace Boies
Mt. Pleasant
Simeon D. Snyder
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Moultry
Harding
Paul Junkin
Creston
Iowa
Madison Barracks
Camp Mills
Camp Upton
New York
C. L. Sheward
The
Birmingham Enterprise
M. D. Hope
Birmingham
G. B. Phillips
G. W. Workman
Birmingham Enterprisee
Port
Cal Estes
Packwood
J. Shanstrom
Maire
J. BE. Prince
J. E. Prince
Frank Ogden and Son
J. Shanstrom Ist
H. V. Culberteen
M. Selser
Jane Reitvelt
D. Selser
Edith Reitvelt
Hazel Whitacre
Mann and Koch
J. Mann
G. H. Koch
Frank Chalupa
Mann & Koch
J. PF. Mann
J. F. Mann
Hereforas
C. C. Free
Gilbert Bros
M. M. Allender
Chas. Hisel
Chas Hisel
M. M. Allen
Charles Hise
Jerseys Bulls
Hunkydory Jersey Farm
Heaton
Bulls
Guernseys
Grant Enlow
Chinas Boars
Trail Bros
Charles Jones
M. B. Humphreys
Hague & Girton
A. S&s. Heaton
Beswick
Archibald
Low
tTrail Bros
Beswick & Archibald 3d
Hague and Girton
M. M Allender
Vaonata Prince Ist
Edith Farnham
Freeport, Ill
Teuton
Hans
le Cateau and
Cross Canal
Selzade
Telegraaf
Sasvangent
Selzaete
Minneapolis
Charles Lyon
Building
Kodak
West Pocket
Gaumers’ Deeg Store
A. W. Switze
N. Third St
Frank D. Kerrick
Tribune
Blue Grass Tire Shop
J. L. Smith
West
Burlington Street
John T. Davies
F. M. Hunter
Paul Coleson
Muscatine
J. Goldman
Cedar St
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