Local social notes from Keosauqua Albia and Ottumwa
Daily social roundup notes visits and arrivals including Mr and Mrs J C Thorne in Keosauqua Miss Margaret Harris and Mrs Bessie Hanson with friends in Albia Sophia Buchar at Arthur Nelson home in Birmingham Robert G Hempstead family of Iowa City with Dr G K Dunkel Esther Patterson returns to Kansas City Mrs Verne McCumber and Mrs Ida Ward from Camp Dodge Mary Clifford returns to Ottumwa to St Josephs academy Wilbur Way returns to Chicago Birth announced Wallace Campbell Douds baby boy Leland Holgate G S Grimstead and daughters attend Ray Grimstead funeral in New London killed in France
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Leland Holgate
G. S. Grimstead
Erma
Borea
New London
Ray Grimstead
France
Local News Briefs From Ashington And Nearby
Miss Bessie Ireland spent the weekend with friends in Ashington. Rev. Butler begins a Baptist church meeting series at Ollie. Vice Brothers of Colchester Illinois visited the city on business. Mrs. Ida Roberts visits Libertyville. Mrs. George Fleenor returns home from New London. Mr. and Mrs. Garmoe and Virginia Cedar Rapids visit the Garmoe parents. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Johnson and family motor to Washington for the Fairfield Washington football game.
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Vice Brothers
Colchester
Illinois
George Fleenor
New London
Orville Johnson
Leland
Lester Johnson
Leslie Roberts
Washington
Fairfield
Dig In Buy Bonds Carry On Buy More Liberty Bonds
A wartime appeal urges readers to invest in Liberty Bonds with energetic calls to action. The notice emphasizes patriotism and ongoing commitment to support national efforts, urging continued purchases and financial support.
British airmen: 18 tons bombs in Flanders attack
London Sept 30 British bombing planes cooperated with the Anglo Belgian offensive in Flanders dropping 18 tons of bombs and setting two German trains on fire. Eight German machines were brought down. The war office statement admits the British lost 18 planes.
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London
Flanders
War Office
Plane Falls on Girl in White Plains Tragedy
Mary Field eleven was killed when an army airplane from Mineola collided with a tree and fell on her. The aviators were unhurt.
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White Plains
N. Y
Mineola
Teachers Institute Opens Oct 10 at Fairfield High
The Teachers Institute will open at 8 30 a m Thursday October 10 at Fairfield high school A two day program has been prepared All schools will be closed and teachers are to attend Instructors for Thursday include Macy Campbell Cedar Falls Miss Katherine Martin Chicago Illinois H F Carson Fremont Nebraska Friday speakers include Chas W Flint Mt Vernon Ta F C Ensign Iowa City Miss Neals S Knoles Ames Supt A W Crane Fairfield
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Fairfield High School
Macy Campbell
Cedar Falls
Katherine Martin
Chicago
Illinois
H. F. Carson
Fremont
Nebraska
Chas. W. Flint
Mt. Vernon
F. C. Ensign
Iowa City
Neals S. Knoles
Ames
A. W. Crane
Fairfield
Wilson speech shaped postwar justice for German rulers
London reports the Evening Standard favoring Wilson over Balfour and urging a postwar court of justice to judge Germany's rulers. The piece argues the Germans must face accountability, rejecting the idea of future negotiations with the present German leadership and warning troops and people about the consequences.
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London
Wilson
The
Evening Standard
Balfour
Vienna
Germany
British Casualties for Week Reported by War Office
London reports weekly British casualties for the week ending Saturday. Officers killed or died of wounds total 4,382 and wounded or missing 804. Men killed or died of wounds 3,936 and wounded or missing 19,757. Overall total 24,929.
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London
War Office
Funeral Held for Private Clarence Johnson at Lockridge
The body of Private Clarence Johnson died Saturday morning in Springfield Massachusetts after pneumonia from Spanish influenza. He aged about twenty seven and is survived by his parents four brothers Victor Emil Ed Frank and a sister Mrs Selma Nelson. The funeral is set for Tuesday at 3 PM from Upland Swedish church south of Lockridge after services at the family home.
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Clarence Johnson
Springfield
Mass
Lockridge
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Fairfield
Camp Pike
Ark
Camp Raritan
New Jersey
Emil Johnson
Victor Johnson
U. S. S. Illinois
Frank O. Johnson
Selma Nelson
Lso
Back Your Own with the Bond You Own
A public notice urges residents and investors to back local bonds they own, highlighting financial safeguards and accountability measures. Officials emphasize voter clarity on bond issues and encourage participation in the upcoming election to support funded projects.
John Vogelsang Practical Piano Tuner Ad
John Vogelsang practical piano tuner phone 2412. For vulcanizing see Smith at the Star garage 160. For used casings and tubes see Smith the vulcanizer at the Star garage 161.
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John Vogelsang
Smith
Star Garage
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. C. Thorne
Keosauqua
Ben Stortz
Margaret Harris
Bessie Hanson
Albia
Sophia Buchar
Arthur Nelson
Birmingham
Robert G. Hempstead and
G. K. Dunkel
Esther Patterson
Jessie Armstrong
Kansas City
Verne McCumber
Ida Ward
Camp Dodge
Mary Clifford
Ottumwa
St. Joseph’s Academy
D. E. Crail
Wilbur Way
Mrs
D. R. Way
Wallace Campbell
Douds
Bessie Ireland
Ashington
Butler
Baptist Church
Ollie
Ida Roberts
Libertyville
Mrs. Garmoe
Virginia
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Garmoe
W. D. Garmoe
Marne
Paris
Fismes
Foch
Pershing
America
Hunt-Ireland Shoe Company
Teachers’ Institute
London Standard
PRIV
Athena
Phoenix
Gossard
East
Burlington St
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