Local briefs addroam people visiting the city from various towns
Numerous visitors and residents are noted in Crie and Ottumwa area briefs. Names include Joseph Curray, Theodore Spray, Miss Mabel Roberts, Mrs. W. S. Greenfield, Robert Walker, Emery Sterling, Miss Ethel Brier, Miss Pearl Tucker, Mrs. Henry Pickard, Donald McGiffin, and many others. Activities span hospital stays, business visits, family visits, and upcoming reunions. Notable items include typhoid fever cases, an orchestra trip to Batavia, and a Third Iowa Cavalry reunion in Leon.
Social happenings from Jefferson County Hospital and town events
In 1917 and 1915 probationers at Jefferson County Hospital dine with Dr. J Fred Clarke. Philathea Bible Class members plan a Sunday School convention with transport by autos. The Woman's Home Missionary Society hosts a Kensington at Mrs L T Gobble's home. Forest City Lodge Moose Club opens with wives and daughters invited and Mrs Yeoman of Ottumwa to speak. Jeff County Hospital girls host graduating class at Miss Mabel Roberts’s home with a Dixie entertainment. A surprise birthday for Mrs Frank Higby at West Madison Street is described. Miss Hazel Wedel and Mr Gilbert Bates wed at the home of Frank E Weston with friends in attendance. The couple will live in north Mt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Hospital
J. Fred Clarke
Clarke
Philathea Bible
Methodist Church
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Kensington
L. T. Gobble
South Main Street
Forest City Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Mabel Roberts
Yeo
Frank Higby
West Madison Street
Pleasant
Hazel Wedel
Michael Wedel
Donnelson
Gilbert Bates
Louis Bates
Frank E. Weston
First Baptist Church
Lee County
Henry County
Mt. Pleasant
Librarian Receives Free Pamphlet Series for Library Distribution
Librarian Dysart has acquired fifty copies of a pamphlet titled Manual for Home Storage Pickling Fermentation and Salting Vegetables. It provides directions for potato starch fruit pastes butters and related practices. The pamphlets will be distributed free at the public library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Mrs Cora Smith Dies at Jefferson County Hospital
Mrs Cora Effen Smith wife of N L D Smith of near Batavia died yesterday morning at eight at Jefferson County Hospital after treatment. The remains were taken to her home yesterday accompanied by her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Verne Parker of Bladensburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Effen Smith
N. LD. Smith
Batavia
Jefferson County Hospital
Verne Parker
Bladensburg
Prohibitory Amendment Election Urgency in Iowa County
A 1917 Jefferson County plea urges a vote for the Prohibitory Amendment on October 15. The notice frames the ballot as vital for sobriety, decency, and moral governance, claiming success would elevate the state while defeat would taint counties and trigger jubilation among opponents. Voters are urged to register and participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Jefferson County
Union
Church
Rim
Ladies Hair Combing to Switches and Puffs
Classified notice offering hair combing services transformed into switches and puffs with twenty five years of experience in Chicago and Philadelphia. Located at 514 South Depot Street, first door east of Boyd's Store. Call 215.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Philadelphia
South Depot Street
Boyd's
Fried Chicken Supper Wednesday at THE KOZY
The Kozy will serve a fried chicken supper on Wednesday evening. Local notes highlight community ads and a column about results.
Kozy hosts $ meal fundraiser with Spence as treasurer
Od Ist district faces penalty taxes as R H Spence, the county treasurer, reports a fried chicken supper at the Kozy on Wednesday evening to raise funds. Local residents are urged to attend and support the event.
Ely's Cream Balm Relieves Cold and Catarrh Fast
Relief comes as Ely's Cream Balm soothes inflamed mucous membranes in the nose and throat. A small application clears air passages and eases breathing for cold or catarrh sufferers. Use as directed for instant relief from stuffed nose and sinus discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Penalty taxes effected Ist R H Spence Co Treasurer
Ist. R H Spence, the county treasurer, reports penalty taxes have been effected. The note details levy actions affecting taxpayers and outlines collection steps. No further names or places are provided in the readable fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Spence, Co. Treas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hantieland
Criefs
Joseph Curray
G. C. Unkrich
Ottumwa
Theodore Spray
Glasgow
C. EB. Keltner
Abingdon
Mrs. W. S. Greenfield
Birmingham
The
City
Robert Walker
Mediapolis
Samuel Billingsley
Emery Sterling of
Farson
Mrs. G. D. Flagge of
Myehton
Dave Ricketts
F. S. Phillips of
Des Moines
Chas. Sperry
South Dakota
Ethel Brier
Washington
Miss Pearl Tucker
Henry Pickard
Pleasant Plair
Donald McGiffin
Atlantic
Kingus N. Gevock
J. W. Burden
J. C. Way Home
J. C. Way
Samuel Bell
Smithfield
Ohio
Wade Fairchild
Los Angeles
Cal
Fred Westerfield
B. F. Craft
Samuel Creek
Leon
Third Iowa Cavalry
Myra Grebe
Libertyville
Christian Church
Ralph Stout
M. W. Roth
Cond
R. C. Objarini
Mopambin, Il
H. P. McLaughlin
Aurora, II
Rock Island
Ella Redman
Craig, Mo
Ed. Peaman
Corning
J. EB. Wilson
Frances Spence
Centerville High School
R. H. Spence
Joseph Morrison
Jake Raines
Fred Raine
Mabel Gantz
Mary Sears
Brookville
Ed. Pequignot
Waterloo
A. Pequignot
Beatrice Huddleston
Joseph Farmer
Kansas City
Glen Peasley
Chariton
Levi Peasley
J. R. Sidoreus
Princeton
J. B. McClain
Ted Kocher
Messrs
John Facer
Phillip Sauer, Jr
Illinois
Sargeant
Harry Higby
South
Eleanor Helvick
P. J. Witkoski
Cleveland
Cora Smith
KOZY
C. E. Anderson
Denning
Charles Lyon
Coeke
Boot and Shoe Hospital
Gaumer Bros
Fairfield Theater
Marion Swayne
Jack Mulhall
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Pure Life Insurance
National Life Assn
W. B. Parrett
James F. Wilson Jr
Agts
Fairfield, Ia
Frank D. Kerrick
Iowa State Savings Bank
Banta’s
North 4Th
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