Home Grown Vegetables Flood Local Markets Prices Fall
A large supply of home grown vegetables arrives in local markets. Mushrooms 50 cents per pound. early sugar loaf cabbage 8 cents per pound. New potatoes 10 cents. spinach 40 cents per pound. Strawberries drop to 30 cents per quart due to south rains. Readings cover asparagus, celery, lettuce, peppers, cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, carrots, peas, beans, and various fruits and nuts with several price points across items.
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California
Florida
Kreigshauser
Stewart
Calif
Louisiana
Boston
Midi
Ben Davis
Washington
Naples
Texas
Pittsfield Notes Point To Local Community Moves
Pittsfield residents report upcoming moves and events. Mrs. Charles McCaffrey and daughter Pansy plan to move to Hannibal. Cora Winston files for divorce from C L Winston to be heard in June. Milwaukee veteran Frank Reed visits, called for military duty. Branch workers receive 5.35 cents daily raise now earning 65 dollars monthly. Local men take new jobs in Hillsboro. Major Sidney Strauss transfers from Fort Sill to Fort Riley. Glenn Colvin visits from Lockport. Adam Besta returns from Uiley after operation, recovering. Mrs J S Thomas visits Nebo. High school juniors host reception for graduates May 10, with banquet at Keepping cafe. J C Brown to deliver baccalaureate May 12. Commencement Friday May 17. Walter Jordan visits from Buffalo. Dr W K Logsdon and Mrs Logsdon visiting. Dr Logsdon called for military service, may be sent to France. Mrs Fred W Niebur recovering after operation in Jacksonville. Helen Shriver and Lucy Kientzle home from Quincy. Red Cross and War Savings addresses planned at Fishhook Saturday. Army Bishop Patrick Slaves named auxiliary bishop of New York to lead front line service. Local remark on lack of originality in conversation.
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Pistsfield
Charles McCaffrey
Miss Pansy
Hannibal
Owen
Cora Winston
C. L. Winston
Frank Reed
Milwaukee
John Reed
Pittsfield
William Troutner
Fred Stalpin
Hillsboro
Ill
Sidney Strauss
Fort Sill
Okla
Fort Riley
Kaw
Medical Corps
Jacob Strauss
Glenn Colvin
Lockport
N. Y
Adam Besta
Uiley
J. S. Thomas
Nebo
J. C. Brown
The
Methodist Church
Christian Church
Walter Jordan
Buffalo
John Jordan
W. K. Logsdon
Marlin Falls
Tex
Helen Hull
Logsdon
France
Fred W. Niebur
Jacksonville
Helen Shriver
Lucy Kientzle
Quincy
George Weaver
Red Cross
Lee Capps
War Savings Committee
Fishook
Camp Point Social News Sees Many Local Guests
Mrs. Charles Montgomery of Council Bluffs Iowa arrives to visit her Hart relatives as Bonny Montgomery remains ill. Scouts exam and picnic plan feature as local families mingle with visitors from Quincy Galesburg and Pomona. Community clubs hold meetings and plan charity events while residents note illness travel and church services.
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Charles Montgomery
Council Bluffs
Iowa
George Hart
Bonnie Montgomery
Hazel Hart
la Prairie
Reva Banton
Eva Kling
J. B. Satterfield
Plymouth
Edith Lyon
Oliver Banton
Florence Earl
Quincy
Harold Dean
Edson Dean
William Tiusaker
Galesburg
Harbin
Augusta
Christian Church
Alonzo Nations
Charles Adams
Pomona
Calif
Odd Fellows
Golden
Hope
Bowen, NL
Camp Point
George Omer
Dick Thellen
John Beckett
Bert Traver
Arthur Little
William Seaton
William Adams
A. D. Bates
Kenner Seaton
American Ace Meissner Downed Fourth German Plane
By Associated Press in France May 2 American aviator Lieutenant James A. Meissner of Brooklyn claimed his fourth German plane along the front northwest of Toul after a high altitude duel. Meissner, 21, a Cornell graduate, shot down an Abbatross scout that burst into flames while protecting a photographing plane. He dove from a Newport chaser and pressed the German into a spiral nose dive, pursuing closely as its wing tore.
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Associated Press
France
Toul
James A. Meissner
Brooklyn
Meissner
Cornell
Neuport
Germany
Wings of Meissner’s Machine Ends in Flames Over Front
An American pilot shot down a German aircraft near Thiaucourt as his squadron unleashed a deadly fusillade. The German plane burst into flame and crashed inside German lines while the American pilot landed safely on his side. Infantry on the front lines watched the clash and cheered the air victory.
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Meissner
Thiaucourt
Mother's Friend reputed to ease childbirth pains
An aged advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a safe external remedy to relax abdominal muscles for expectant mothers. It claims regular use reduces nervousness and pain at birth, promises freedom from bearing down and stretching discomfort, and invites readers to request the Mother's Book while purchasing the product from a pharmacist.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar Bldg
Atlanta
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Iticura
Weilers
Rome
None
Patrick Slaves
New York
Camp Point, Ill
Adams County Improvement Association
Pinkelman
Gem
Savoy
Emery J. Ellis
William R. Chambers
Nelle Hogan
Lena Nelson
Judith Booth
Isaac Cutter
Harold Rainier
C. C. Wlisher
Elmer Selby
Rook
Laura Sutton
Edith Nims
Mary and
Martha
Roy Adams
Wilbur Strickler
Ed Wampker
Jerry Leeper
Sam Farlow
Pearl Michels
Maplewood High School
Leslie Clem
Bailey Park
Hezekiah Henry
Jerome Christie
Panama
South America
A. F
A. M
Herman
Lewistown
Canton
John Spence
Crawford
Mary Honnold
Beulah Dougherty
Loraine
Til
Jacob Groves
Bailey Opera House
Knights of Phythias
Clifford Huber
Pulcher
David Allen
Chicago
Gertrude Grose
William F. Jones
James H. Hart
Arthur C. Boger
Harry Blood
Africa
Goldie Woodward
Martha Mileham
William Meatheringham
Fete Manard
Matthias Taylor
Tillie Omer
Frank Thomas
Mary McElroy
Blessing Hospital
Charles Huber
America
Troco
Troco Nut Butter Company
E. Superior St
John Musolino
Quincy, Ill
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