Numerous Local Residents Travel and Visit in Nearby Cities
Local residents including Joseph Curray in Batavia and Theodore Spray in Glasgow are seen on visits. Ottumwa business trips involve G C Unkrich and Miss Frances Spence returns to Centerville High School. A county hospital typhoid case and a Third Iowa Cavalry reunion in Leon are noted among many social calls and short trips around Birmingham, Atlantic, Jefferson County and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Spence
Centerville High School
R. H. Spence
Local Society Notices Highlight Meetings and Dinners
Jefferson County Hospital probationers from the 1917 and 1915 classes dine with Dr. and Mrs. J. Fred Clarke tonight. Philathea Bible Class plans a Sunday School convention gathering at 7 pm with transport provided. Woman's Home Missionary Society hosts a Kensington at Mrs. L. T. Gobble’s home Friday afternoon. Forest City Lodge 1491 Moose opens its meeting Thursday with wives and daughters invited. Mrs. Yeoman of Ottumwa will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County Hospital
J. Fred Clarke
Clarke
Philathea
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
Prohibitory Amendment Election Urgency in Iowa
October 15 1917 cited as a pivotal ballot in Jefferson county urging all voters to support the Prohibitory Amendment. The piece links passage to state sobriety, morality, and government integrity, warning of stigma if defeated and celebrating potential reforms if approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Jefferson County
Union
Church
God
Rim
Mrs. Cora Smith Dies at Jefferson County Hospital
Mrs. Cora Ellen Smith, wife of N. D. Smith of near Batavia, died yesterday morning at eight at Jefferson County Hospital after treatment. Her remains were taken to the family home yesterday, escorted by her daughter and son in law Verne Parker of Bladensburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Grebe
Libertyville
Jefferson County Hospital
Ralph Stout
Ella Redman
Craig, Mo
Ed, Peaman
Corning
J. E. Wilson
J. E. McClain
Batavia
Ted Kocher
Eleanor Helvick
P. J. Witkoski
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank Higby
West Madison Street
Cora Smith
Cora Ellen Smith
N. D. Smith
Ysterday
Verne Parker
Bladensburg
Ladies Hair Combs Made Into Switches Puffs
Advertisement for a hairwork craftsman offering conversion of ladies hair into switches and puffs, noting twenty five years of experience in Chicago and Philadelphia and other eastern cities. Contact at 514 South Depot street, first door east of Boyd's Store. 215
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Philadelphia
South Depot Street
Boyd’s
Fried Chicken Supper at THE KOZY Wednesday
Fried chicken supper planned at THE KOZY for Wednesday evening signals a community gathering. Readers are reminded to check local notices and ads for times and any potential variations.
Od Ist R H Spence Co Treas 252 Eat Fried Chicken Supper
Penalty taxes affect Od Ist. R. H. Spence, county treasurer, invites the public to a fried chicken supper at the Kozy on Wednesday evening. Proceeds go to tax collection efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Spence, Co. Treas
Librarian Dysart Receives Fifty Free Pamphlets
The librarian Dysart has received fifty copies of a pamphlet titled Manual for Home Storage Pickling Fermentation and Salting Vegetables with directions for potato starch fruit pastes butters and more. The pamphlets are for free distribution at the public library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Ely's Cream Balm relief for cold and catarrh
Fragrant antiseptic cream claims to clear clogged noses from colds or catarrh. Applied in the nostrils it soothes swollen mucous membranes and provides instant relief, promising easier breathing and less nighttime congestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Aly
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Flantircland
Joseph Curray
G. C. Unkrich
Ottumwa
Theodore Spray
Glasgow
Cc. E. Keltner
Abintion
Mabel Roberts
Yeo
Mrs. W.S. Greenfield
Birmingham
The
City
Robert Walker
Mediapolis
Mrs. G. D. Flagge of
Rehton
Henry Pickard
Pleasant Fair
Donald McGiffin
Atlantic
Aingus N. Gevock
J. W. Burden
J. C. Way Home
J. C. Way
Samuel Bell
Smithfield
Wade Fairchild
Los Angeles, Cal
Fred Westerfield
B. F. Crail
Samuel Creek
Leon
Third Iowa Cavalry
Christian Church
M. W. Roth
Ls. B. Hughes
Bonaparte
Clinton #earnum
R. C. Objarcl
Moaitin, Ill
H. P. McLaughlin
Aurora
Rock Island
Samuel Billingsley
Emery Sterling
Farson
Dave Ricketts
F. S. Phillips of
Des Moines
Chas. Sperry
South Dakota
Miss Ethel Brier
Washington
Miss Pearl Tucker
Joseph Morrison
Jake Raines
Fred Raines
Mabel Gantz
Mary Sears
Brookville
Ed. Pequignot
Waterloo
A. Pequignot
Beatrice Huddleston
Mt. Pleasant
Joseph Farmer
Kansas City
Glen Peasley
Chariton
Levi Peasley
J. R. Sidoreus
Princeta
Messrs
John Facer
Phillip Sauer, Jr
Illinois
Sargeant
Harry Higby
South
Hazel Wedel
Michael Wedel
Donnelson
Gilbert Bates
Louis Bates
Frank E. Weston
First Baptist Church
Lee County
Henry County
Goeke’s
Boot and Shoe Hospital
CG. E. Anderson
Denning
Charles Lyon
Bui
Ding Material Phomt
Fairfield
Lows
You
Gaumer Bros
Fairfield Theater
Marion Swayne
Jack Mulhall
John T. Davies
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
North 4Th
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