Local residents visit Ottumwa city on various errands
A long list of Ottumwa visitors and residents in nearby towns is noted. Charles Smith and Marshal Sharpe of Lockridge, C W Riggs of Libertyville, Mr and Mrs Leonard Pickard of Pleasant Plain, Frank and Raymond Murphy of Lockridge, Miss Hazel Rizor and Bernard Rizor of Glendale, and many others are recorded as being in Ottumwa yesterday. Notes include dances, marriage licenses, training camp selections, and public events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal Sharpe
Lockridge
City
Leonard Pickard
Pleasant Plain
Frank and
Raymond Murphy
Names and Numbers of September 12th Army Registrants
Partial list from Jefferson county Fairfield Third Ward shows registrants with numbers 870 to 947 and names such as John Jacob Stout Clyde Leroy Burrows Walter Donald Stephenson and many others. Rev Will Jones of Cantril visits sister Mrs Ida Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Rev
Will Jones
Cantril
Ida Roberts
Local Soldiers Head for France From Camp Dix
Advices say the 133d U S Infantry stationed at Camp Dix N J prepared to embark for France and likely be on the high seas. Fairfield's company M is in the regiment. The 109th ammunition train has also embarked from an Atlantic port for France and may have landed or be landing there. The train members traveled from Chicago to Camp Risiton N J in motor trucks to prepare for embarkation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Camp Dix
N. J
France
Fairfield
Atlantic
Chicago
Camp Rariton
The Barrier at Fairfield Theater Tonight
A notable seven reel drama from Rex Beach's novel The Barrier opens at the Fairfield Theater this evening. The love story features Necia a white girl who believes she is part Indian and Lieut Meade Burrell a Southern Kentucky blue blood, with a barrier of Indian blood driving the plot to Burrells decision to wed despite obstacles. Noted stars headline an extraordinary production with strong dramatic material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Beach
Fairfield Theater
Necia
Meade Burrell
Kentucky
Burrell
Iowa to send 470 servicemen to training camps
Exemption board notes that 470 limited service men from Iowa will be sent to Columbia Barracks Ohio, with Jefferson county contributing one man on September 23. Two more men from Jefferson County will depart September 30 for Jefferson Barracks Missouri as part of the call for 250 Iowa recruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Columbia Barracks
Ohio
Jefferson County
Jefferson Barracks, Mo
Votes for Air Ministry
Washington reports the Senate military committee favorably reported Senator New of Indiana’s bill to create a separate aeronautics department. The amendments remove a new cabinet officer and limit the department’s life to one year after the war, with a president appointed head overseeing aircraft production and operations for the army navy and marine corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New
Indiana
Department of Aeronautics
Senate Military Committee
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Last Showing Of Official War Films At Orpheum Tonight
A large crowd attended the final screening of the U S official war film Pershing s Crusaders at the Orpheum. The reel includes the first German prisoners captured by Americans in France, shown with limited cooperation from two officers. The footage originates from French trenches as part of the wartime production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpheum
U. S
Pershing
France
Strike ties up road in Missouri and Arkansas
Joplin Missouri reports trains halted for 26 hours as the Missouri and North Arkansas line remains idle due to a strike by 120 shopmen at Harrison Arkansas. The stoppage halts passenger and freight service across the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joplin
Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad
Harrieson
Ark
Obituary of Katherine Langner Retired Iowa Native
Katherine Caroline Langner died September 12 after a five day illness with paralysis. Born November 10, 1859 in Burlington Iowa, she lived in Four Corners Jefferson County, married William Langner in 1881, later moved to Fairfield. Survived by son John Langner and daughter Florence Mullenix. Funeral at Lutheran church. interment Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Caroline Langner
Henry
Louise Miller
Burlington
Jefferson County
Four Corners
William Langner
Fairfield
John Langner
Florence Mullenix
Los Angeles
California
Lutheran Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Chicken Supper at Christian Church This Thursday
Evening fundraiser at the Christian Church on Thursday September 19 from 5 to 8 PM. Plates are 35 cents each. Proceeds support church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Church
Card of Thanks for flowers after bereavement
Mrs. P. H. Roth and families Cora M. Laird Lulu E. Fryer express appreciation for flowers and kindness shown during their recent bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora M. Laird
Lulu E. Fryer
Paper War Kept Strong By Saving Waste Aims
A wartime plea urges citizens to conserve paper as crucial as coal sugar and flour. By saving waste paper and returning it to mills via junk dealers or charities, households aid munitions production and free freight cars for war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Salvation Army
L.ving
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Smith
Yesterdy
H. A. Ramsey
Bedford
Keith Armstrong
Maxwell Grocery
W Riggs
Libertyville
Miss Hazel
Bernard Rizor
Glendale
Bert Rizer
Frank Apt
Mary Davis
Colorado Springs
Albert Hayes
John Roth
Arthur Nelson
Birmingham
Jos. Bucher
Rose Derrickson
Dollie Ebbert
Etta Chapin
A. R. Raymond
Warren, Ohio
A. W. Taylor
Mrs. Wm, Bankhead of
Rockridge
H. C. King
Minneola, L. I
Mrs
C. H. King
E. E. Rorick
West Branch
Helen King
American College of Physical Education
Irma Woods
Maude Murphy
Fraternal Aid Hall
Daniel I. Broof ®S
Cora B. Cramblil
Ottum
Harry Fulton
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Fred McIntyre
East Moline
Iowa City
Eagle
No. 8
Gertrude Bailey
Laura Jordan
Margaret Mills
Ottumwa
Keosauqua
Jordan
Wapello
Davis
van Buren
Appanoose
Jefferson Counties
Chas
Heer
Jay E. Snider
Ea Eugene Fleming
Ralph Emerson Harperte
Fred Charles van Patten
Edward Carter
Ralph LeRoy Matthews
William Herman Slattery
John Joseph Zihlman
Harley Carter
John Henry Langner
Nicholas Henderson
Fred Warner McClure
Chester Roy Workman
Arthur Chase Louden
Edward George Fligg
Robert Bruce Gobble
James Walter Burns
Charles Albert Sullivan
Walter Grover Bean
Robert Erick Lepper
Charles Jackson Cook
Charlie Linn
Setar Ao
John Vandivere Conner
Charley Levi Berge
Ray Wilkes Hemmings
Isaac Richard Allison
Frank Nelson Lucas
Joseph Willard Despain
Harry Edward Bennett
Frank Ricksher
Earnest Patrick Bailey
John E. Winter
Ernest A. Peasley
William Arthur Sirdoreus
Harry Shultz
Samuel Adolph Burnett
Austin Leroy Stansbury
Howard Clarke Ferguson
Raymond J. Charles
Harry Emmett Turner
John William Samuelson
Charles Theodore Keller
James Sylvester Coffman
Frank N. Simmons
Edgar Napoleon Gentry
John Frederick Bowermaster
Hezekiah J. Griffiths
Pius Anthony Crish
Chester Leslie Gaines
George Harrington Kilpatrick
Sales Mortimer Smith
Fred Gilbert Larson
Leo Isaac Despain
Donald Wilbert Jewett
Donald Heydt East
AIR Ministry
FORD
T.W. Hannah
Staves Bros
John T. Davies
Frank D. Kerrick
Tribune
Orpheum Theater
Herod
Old Jerusalem
William Fox
Theda Hara As
A. Theda Bara
Power
P. H. Roth
New London Hights
Fairfield Fligh
H.S
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