Overcoats And Ponchos Are Distributed At Camp Dodge
DES MOINES Sept 14 Drafted men took over guard duties at Camp Dodge with heavy clubs replacing rifles. Military police operate under fire alarm rules while fire lines protect the cantonment. Ponchos and overcoats were issued as rain fell, breeches remain, and regular army NCOs aid recruits. Six divisions gain protection from a permanent water system as medical officers handle rheumatic and other ailments. Inoculations for typhoid and paratyphoid proceed. few sick reports, other than colds and bronchitis, appear. Regular drills resume after a half holiday, with most men adapting quickly to training.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Cantonment
Bage Hospital
Newark Missouri Neighbors Attend Chilton Sale and Local Doings
Tolona resident G B Barrows visits Newark to attend the Chilton sale and plan a return to the farm for fall. Numerous local figures travel, attend meetings, and engage in shop and church activities. the Chilton sale draws good prices and the Red Cross serves lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Barrows
Tolona
Chilton
Mra
Barrows
Stonewall Morrin
John McIntire
la Belle
Ed Burk
William Kelley
Brogdon
Canton
Christian Church
Australia
Australa
Morley
Monticello
la Bella
M. EK
Rudd
Florida Rudd
Palmyra
John Steffen
Ira Wilt
James Abbott
Conrad Steffen
W. B. Simpson
Carl
Edina
Milton Schork
O. G. Sanford
Paul
Spencer
Shelbyville
Willard Whitelock
James
Zelma
Near Enid
Okla
Newark
Delly Poor J
J. E. Rudd
Joe Glover
Harry Schofield
Homer Luckett
Sam Manck
Joe Corbin
W. Y ¥. Rich
Son DeWitt
Flagler
Covota
Jesse Ferguson
Reel grocery plans closing in Pittsfield
Anna Reel, longtime Pittsfield grocer, announces plans to close out stock and close the Reel grocery store. Mary A. Dow will host the Steadfast society of the Congregational church Friday afternoon. Several residents visit or travel, including John Peters with Vera Hayes in Springfield, and Illnois Wesleyan student Estill Miller heading to Bloomington.
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Anna Reel
Reel
Mary A. Dow
The
Congregational Church
John Peters
Vera Hayes
Springfield
Albert Heck
Quincy
Blessing Hospital
Eva Graves
Davenport
George C. Weaver
Estill
Miller
Bloomington
Illnois Wesleyan University
Emery Frazier
Champaign
William Frazier
Mollie Taylor
Odell, Kane
Caroline Grote
Macomb
Paul F. Grote
Miss Grote
Pike County
Western Olinois State Normal School
Mary Cummings
Beardstown
Six Pickets Arrested Before White House Banner Tussle
Washington September 14 Six banner bearers of the woman's party were arrested Thursday in front of the White House. They were later released on bail. Before police arrived a sailor tore down a banner held by one of the women.
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Washington
White House
Children day at Marion fair winners list
The Marion county fair children day program directed by Rev. J. T. Bloom and T. S. Nelson was held Wednesday afternoon. Winners include CG Mackey first in 59 yard dash, Norton Willis second. Lloyd Rogers first in 6 yard dash, J H Kelley Jr second. C Mackey first in 100 yard dash, Norton Willis second. L Rogers first in 220 yard dash with J H Kelley Jr second. L Rogers first in 440 yard dash with C Mackey second. J H Kelley Jr first in high jump, Carrol Moss second. L Rogers first in shot put with J H Kelley second. relay first team J H Kelley, I Rogers, Edgar Redmond, Carrol Moss. second team Kenneth Kelley, Ver Kelley, Norton Willis, Elenry Kaiden. Boy scout exhibition winners listed Knottleing Hernard Zoller and Water boiling contest Lloyd Lovee lace.
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Palmyra
Marion County Fair
J. T. Bloom
T. S. Nelson
CG. Mackey
Norton Willis
Lloyd Rogers
J. H. Kelley, Jr
C. Mackey
J. H. Kelley
I. Rogers
Edgar Redmond
Carrol Moss
Kenneth Kelley
Ver Kelley
Elenry Kaiden
Knottleing
Hernard Zoller
Lloyd Lovee Lace
Fair notices and marriage licenses at Palmyra event
Potato race winners Joseph Willock and J H Robinson keyed the fair contests. Local staff led school events due to Prof. Sanford’s absence after Mrs. Sanford’s brother’s death in Newark. Many residents and visitors including Coons, McCrew, Rogers, Schofield, and others attended social and educational events. Recent marriages listed include Tom McGillon with Dora Gooch and several pairs across Hannibal, Palmyra, Keokuk, and nearby towns.
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Fair Personnis
J. T. Bloom
Francis Nelgon
O. G. Sanford
Sanford
Newark
Sam Coons
Taddonia
Ora McCrew
Lula Rogers
Warrensburg
Fred Schofield
Sid Coons
William A. Todd
Oklahoma
Esther Coxe
Hannibal
Rt. A. Moss
T. E. Pratt
Cchtesago
T. C. Lasley
Paul Pullman
Leggett Carnival Company
H. H. Markell
Chicago
Palmyra
Lucile White
Henrietta Best
Gertrude Farrell
William
James
Esther Phillips
Fayette
Sallie Redmond
Fulton
Wallace Gray
Orville Riegel
Central College
Henrietta Smoot
Hannibbal
Central School
Irene Starkel
Kirkaville
Francis Keller Io
Tom W. McGillon
Chillicothe
Dora Gooch
Chester A. Bliven
Elizabeth J. Forest
St. Louis
Joseph I. Stutenberg
Holiday
Virgie E. Meyer
Argyle
Lee Sparks
Margaret Casper
Joe Risinger
Estella McNary
New Canton
St. John
Raymond
Tll
Clotilda W. Tonson
Monroe City
Clarence Garner
Daisy E. Chandler
Hull
Charles Rupert
Celesta Bayling
Quincy
Howard Longacre
Marion County
Beulah Chamberlain
Shelby County
Nick Kontsopoulos
Minnie Phillips
Keokuk
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National Army
Charles P. Cummings
W. B. Greene
Minerva Johnston
Birthday Club
Edward Penstone
73Rd Illinois Infantry
John Yelliott
Milton
Harold A. Worman
R. M. Ellis
Mr., Ellis
John McCarter
Wichita
Kan
Marcus McCarter
Roland Frye
Belleville
Finley Frye
John Behmidt
Donald Barlow
Williamsport
Penn
Jed
William Schmidt
Keeley Institute
Dwight, TM
Bervice Next
Quincy Railway Company
Pittsfield, III
Atlantic Coast
New England
Adirondack
White and Green Mountains
Ada
Thousand Islands
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Case
Utica
Albany
Sprijagara Falls
Rochester
Syra
Meen
York
Atlantic City
Washanton
la Salle Street
W. B. Jerome General Western Passenger
Gentral
Ol . Service
Marion
Rev. Bloom
L. F. Nelson
Joseph Willock
J. H. Robinson
T. K. Gash
Eleanor Case
J. W. Head
Jacob Schaeffer
Clara Dicks
West Ely
B. FF. Glahn
Kahoka
RF. K. Elgin
Elgin
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Fens Sibitest Clothing House
Manhattan
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