War brothers meet after years on troop train
Two Fogarty brothers William in the navy and Leo in the national army reunited briefly as William’s three month furlough brought him home from Omaha to Davenport and Muscatine before joining the draft crowd. The reunion amid war preparations highlights four Fogarty siblings in the current draft and their guardian uncle Dan Fogarty of Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Fogarty
United States Navy
Leo Fogarty
National Army
William
Navy
Rock Island
Des Moines
Chicago
Davenport
Ian
Muscatine
Exemption Board
Leo
Omaha
Wilton
United States
Ohio
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Milwaukee
Helena
Asiatic Squadron
Germany
Oriental
Mediterranean
China Sea
Toston
Boston
John
Edwin
James
Dan Fogarty
West Eighth Street
Fogarty
Roland Fogartty
Four to Receive Diplomas Sunday From Teachers Training Class
Four girls will receive diplomas at the First Friends Church Sunday morning under Rev. C. J. Bowles. The graduates have studied eighteen months using a Sunday School Teachers Training Guide and recently passed final exams. The morning service will feature reading of essays including The Chosen Family by Helen Morse, The Promised Messiah by Ida Fisher, Teachers Qualifications by Flossie Morse, and The History of the Sunday School by Eva Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Friends Church
Usider
C. J. Bowles
Uuributs
Helen Morse
Ida Fisher
Flossie Morse
Eva Fisher
Auto Dealers Meet Friday to Discuss Laws
Garage owners and dealers plan a Friday 8 PM meeting at the Association of Commerce rooms to consider closing shops on Sundays holidays and after 6 PM weekdays. Action mirrors tri city dealers to conserve manpower and support war effort. Government urges cash basis and restricted charges to reduce debt and encourage owner repairs. Gasoline purchases and spare tire planning are advised for emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Commerce Rooms
Tri-Cities
Local draftee Bert Naber marries before Camp Dodge departure
Wherr Muscatine announces Bert Naber son of the late Peter Naber wed Miss Helen Schiner daughter of Mr and Mrs Antone Schiner. The ceremony was at St Mathias church at 5 am Monday performed by Rev F J Leonard in an impressive single ring ceremony. Guests included Mr and Mrs Frank Schmer. A wedding dinner followed for immediate families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Leonard
St. Mathias Church
Frank Schmer
Notice to Bicycle Riders From Police Chief Bronner
Notice announces sidewalk bicycle riding is prohibited and violators will be arrested or fined. City police chief £.,G. Bronner issues the warning to protect pedestrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Bronner
Eleventh Star Joins Journal Service Flag Today
Journal readers learn of staff members entering military service as World War I mobilization expands. Fred Diercks leaves for Camp Dodge with others. Westrate Norton Burke Jamison and McCullough serve in France Merritt Cody Dodge and Kansas City units. Discharges of Murphy and Cronin noted. Porarty and Brown family ties highlighted.
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Journal
Howdy
Fred 4
Diercks
Journal Press
Camp Dodge
France
Edwin J. Westrate
Ivan Norton
Emmett J. Burke
Raymond
Red
Martin
Fred Kothe
Jake
Harry Jamison
Camp Merritt
Roy Quandt
125Th Wield Artillery
Camp Cody
Frank McCullough
387Th Ield Artillery
Camp Dodger
Inglsh
Army Y. A. C. A
Roy Murphy
Emmett Cronin
Kansas City, Mo
Leo Porarty
Roy Brown
Herman Mahraun
Otto
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Young Couple Weds at Wilton Iowa
Miss Iela Whitmer and G J Norton wed in a quiet Wilton home ceremony. Rev O S Lee officiated with only immediate family present. Both graduates of Wilton High School, the bride attends Cedar Falls State Teachers College. They will live on the bridegroom's farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
Wilton
Iowa
Iela Whitmer
W. W. Whitmer
G. J. Norton
First Presbyterian Church
Norton
Wilton High School
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Dance on Table feature of film Alfag Mrs Jessop
Emily Stevens stars in a Metro wonderplay Alfag Mrs Jessop at the Palace theatre on Friday playing dual roles. Lillian Word, the frivolous hostess, hosts a grand dinner with music and cabaret acts then performs a dramatic glass topped table dance. A surprise return by Sir Anthony Jessop heightens the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Stevens
Jessop
Metro
Palace Theatre
Miss Stevens
Lillian Word
Lillian
TalHan
Lillilan
Anthony Jessop
Annual church picnics draw hundreds to Weed Park
Three hundred members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday school and congregation attended the annual picnic at Weed Park. The day featured games led by Elizabeth Hudson, a miniature field meet, races, and a 6:30 p.m. picnic spread. A German Methodist picnic was also planned with 250 to 300 expected, activities for children, and supper arrangements led by L I Kettlekamp and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Weed"Park
Wizabeth Hudson
Mrs Burns Letter Promotes Remedy Across County
A 1916 Savannah Missouri letter urges caution and action in local health matters. It recounts a user praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for flux and dysentery with multiple prior successes and notes Miss Ruth Baumgarten visiting Rev L E Kottlekamp at 408 Cedar Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Baumgarten
Mount Pleasant
L. E. Kottlekamp
Cedar Street
Local Youth Enlists in United States Army
Local youth from New Jersey, Private Van Zandt, now stationed at an embarkation point in New Jersey, joins Company D of the June Auto Replacement draft at Camp Merritt. He previously served with Battery C on the border in 1916 at Brownsville, re enlisted May 22, 1917, trained at Fort Des Moines on June 27, 1917, and served with a local unit in Deming, New Mexico before transferring to the eastern camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
France
Ralph van Zandt
Samuel van Zandt
West Eighth Street
New Jersey
van Zandt
Battery C
Brownsville
Texas
Jiee
Des Moines
Deming
New Mexico
Camp Merritt
Funeral Services for Florence Fulmer Held Tomorrow
Funeral services over the remains of Miss Florence Fulmer will be held at 1 30 tomorrow from the family residence at 2021 Mulberry avenue. The church service will follow at 2 o'clock at First Baptist church with the girls Sunday school class acting as flower girls and bearers. The Rev. W H Rogers will officiate at both services and at the grave. Interment will be in Greenwood cemetery. The German M E church Sunday school picnic has been moved from this afternoon to tomorrow afternoon, with activities planned for afternoon and evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weld
Florence Fulmer
Mulberry Avenue
First Baptist Church
The
Baptist Church
W. H. Rogers
Greenwood Cemetery
M. E
Italians Reck The German Embassy Palace In Rome
Rioters in Rome celebrate Allied victory by storming the former German embassy palace, tearing down all portraits of the German emperor, hoisting the Italian flag, and carrying fragments of the emperor’s picture through the streets as trophies. The building’s German ownership sparked public outrage since Italy’s entry into the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated. Press
Rome
Camareli Palace
Germany
Iuily
Capitolene Hill
Bea
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Wliam Fogarty
Triangle Pictures
Cedar St
Fered J. Diercks
Hotel Muscatine Cafeteria
Methodist
Weed Park
First Church
Hannah Zeidler
Jake Dierecks
William Ruthenberg
L. J. Kettlekamp
Wesley Kettlekamp
Charles ~ _ Toborg
Henry Froehner
Rager
National War Savings
Georghate
Waist Shop
N. Jersey
Ralvpil van Gand't
Hun Properties
Italy
McColm’s
Paramount Pictures
A Museu
Jesse L. Lasky
Sessue Hayakawa
Tooming
Paramount
Harry Morey
Margarsta Fisher
Bert
Opportunity Knocks
Harry Lueilen Phono
2Nd St
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