Local residents return from trips and visits
Mayhew is home from a brief business trip to Mexico Missouri. The Caner family arrived home from Iowa Falls after a week along the river. Mr and Mrs J B Wright and daughter Alta returned from Deming New Mexico where Camp Cody was visited. Ora J Huggins of the Great Lakes Training Station is here for a few days with business interests. He and his brother Ray have a ten day furlough. Ray returns to Olathe Kansas. Ora will spend part of his leave with relatives in Olathe. He speaks highly of the training at the Great Lakes.
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J. @. Caner
Iowa Falls
Ora J Huggins
Great Lakes
Ray
Olathe
Kansas
Ora
J. B. Wright
Alta Munson Wright
Deming
N. M
Camp Cody
Wright
A. W. Hadley
Frank Sage
Barlham
Hutchinson, Kaw
Rural Ads and Local Notices Lead Weekend Town Page
A collage of shop sales and personal notices from Crail's to Rothschild's plus travel updates. Local residents Maude Truax and others visit Savannah Davenport Des Moines Camp Cody and Des Moines while Martin and Reed family news appears amid ads for dresses parasols and georgette waists.
Beef restrictions lifted in Iowa three meals daily
Food Administrator H M Eicher relays a telegram from State Headquarters announcing that Iowa residents may eat beef three times a day. Hoover has ordered lifting of the restriction, enabling households to raise rations and public eateries to serve beef thrice daily while meat conservation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M Eicher
Burlington
Iowa
Henry M. Eicher
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Food Administration
Bucks Stoves Highlight At Local Factory Visit
The article describes a visit to a leading Bucks stove factory in St. Louis, noting decades of production and the company’s 45 year reputation for thorough workmanship. A carload of Bucks stoves is on the road as enthusiastic dealers await further announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BUCKS
St. Louis
Community mobilizes for Chautauqua opening next Tuesday
Three days remain until the Chautauqua opens with strong ticket sales and broad community support. War conditions boost effort as Graham Theatre closes for upgrades and Fox Theatre halves its engagement while Star Theatre stays open for those not attending the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Fox Theatre
Star Theatre
Fox
Woman's Home Companion Price Change Announcement
Subscriber notice states the magazine price rises from 1.50 to 2.00 per year after October 1st. Readers are urged to renew before the deadline to lock in the lower rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Companion
Call Nita Belle Wekoon Agent for Journal and Renewals
An agent for the Journal of 59 Red will handle renewals and subscriptions to other magazines. The clubs remain active and in good standing until October 1st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delineator
Everybody's Magazines
Nita Belle McKeon
Journal of 59 Red
Nita Belle Wekoon
Pencil drive aids soldiers on transport ships
The YMCA appeals to stenographers to donate short pencil stubs two to three inches long for soldiers aboard transports. Pencils should be sent to the YMCA warehouse at No 126 West 23rd Street New York for distribution to men writing letters home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West 23Rd Street
New York
Local notes and social items from town
Get the habit dine Sunday eve. New fall suits ready for inspection at Rothschilds. Fat and drink at the big cool room at Deans. Mrs J C Mather of Haskins spending the day in town. See the wool jersey dresses on window display at Rothschilds. Bert Crone ill taken to hospital for operation yesterday. Miss Mary Ball of Franston NL a guest at aunt Mrs Orville Elders. Asher F Pay veteran of Civil War visiting friends with sister Mrs A B Athearn of Ainsworth. Mr and Mrs A W Hadley Rubio in town. he sails for France soon as Y M C A army secretary. His wife will visit Eartham then Hutchinson Kan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asher F. Pay
Washington
Washington Press
A. B. Athearn
Ainsworth
A. W. Hadley
Rubio
New York
France
Y. M. C. A. Army
Eartham
Hutchinson
Kan
City Briefs Report Lieutenancy Promotion
Everett Bailey, son of Mr and Mrs John Bailey, earned a second lieutenancy in France after training and his July promotion. He enlisted in the Sunset Division at Great Falls Montana last year. Clarence Henderson Dead in Eagle Rock California at 38, leaves a wife. he was son of R R Henderson and related to Mrs Steck. Company K losses in the 168th infantry include wounded Scott Henderson of Mt Pleasant and Archie Hutchinson of Webster City. several from Corning and LeMars killed or wounded. Light showers totaling .32 inch aided vegetation and dust suppression across the county. Typhoid fever cases declined in town as patients recovered. illnesses linked to creek water exposure likely involved typhoid germs.
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Everett Bailey
John Bailey
France
Army Training School
Great Falls
Mont
Clarence Henderson
H. Steck
Eagle Rock
Calif
R. R. Henderson
168Th Infantry
Washington
Scott Henderson
Mt Pleasant
Archie Hutchinson
Webster City
Corning and
LeMars
Corporal Mathers Hungas Victim Of German Bombardment
Letter from Corporal Daryl Mathers of Company K 168th Infantry describes being gassed on July 15 near the Champagne front. He recounts evacuation to hospital, the blast destroying his tent, and the heavy bombardment noted as the worst he endured. He mentions care by American nurses and a note about church members from Haskins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daryl Mathers
J. C. Mathers
No. 15
Mathers
168Th Infantry
Sherlis
Cousin of Local Resident Killed in War Casualty List
Lieutenant Colonel J. M. Craig, named on the overseas casualty list, was a full cousin of Mrs. John J. Bailey of this city. He served in the Spanish-American War in the Philippines, reached captain, and later was stationed at Jefferson Barracks for six years. He went to France with the first American contingent. The Craig family has a history of military service, with a younger brother killed in the Spanish-American War and another brother, Colonel Daniel Craig, stationed at Port Devon, Connecticut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Craig
John J. Bailey
Craig
Phillipines
Jefferson Barracks
France
Daniel Craig
Port Devon
Connecticut
Local Briefs Highlight Recovery and Visit
Glenn Mace returned this morning from a business trip to Keota. Mrs. Roy Libe underwent appendicitis surgery at county hospital last Wednesday night and is reported to be healing nicely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Mace
Keota
Roy Libe
Wonderful Natural Mechanism
The text extols a whale’s blowhole as a perfect structure. It notes the whale breathes continuously, keeping water from entering its lungs whether day or night.
Estimated Average County Yields
The county average yields show winter wheat about 22 bushels per acre and spring wheat near 17 bushels. Oats reach around 45 bushels. These figures are machine measures and should be boosted about 10 percent for elevator weights. The oats are good but wheat, especially smooth spring wheat, is affected by scab.
Rabbit hair replaces wool in Australian felt hat trade
Rabbit wool is transforming hat making in Australia with 30 factories currently using rabbit fur. The material is reputedly superior to fine marine wool and millions of rabbit skins are processed each year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Make Short Work of Huns in Spring
Washington reports that Field Marshal Foeh aims to mobilize 5 million allied troops to strike the German front on the western line next spring. General March described plans to extend draft age to 18 to 46 and deploy roughly 3 million Americans to France before spring with 2 million more at home.
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Washington
Foeh
France
Great Britain
United States
Aisne-Marne
Foch
Senate Military Committee
March
War Department
Paris
Aisne- Marne
Rheims
West
Rhine
General March
Senate
Scc
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Charlie Chapin
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Kellogg Health Foods
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Bee Hit Maxwell As
Chat Fono “Betrack Clothing Company
East Side Square
Cohn
Mutual
Coke
John Shields & Sons
Flaherty
Marion Avenue
Greece
Egypt
R. BE. Mayhew
Mexico, Mo
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Tom Moore
Brown
Harvard
Charlie Chaplin
Crail's
Carl Combs
Rothechild’s
Deans
Rothschild’s
Miss Maude Truax
Savannah
Rothschild's
A. W. Clow
Lyda Hellam
Lemley’s Grocery
Black
J. W. Martin
BE. J. Page
Davenport
Oscar Page
A. C. Miller
Clarence
Des Moines
Katheryn Kracaw
M. L. Coxsee
S. P. Wylie
Miss Helen
Arnott Wylie
Camp Dodge
J. R. Guthrie
West Chester
American Pearl Button Co
Glenn Laffer
Baby Florence
Iowa City
Ben Wallace
Rock Island Stock Yards
Wertz & Stone
M. P. Reed
Peoria
George Reed
Rhea Warren
Lewis Warren
Belle Plaine
FE. J. Seldon
Ross Raynor
Ernest Louck
Kalona
DPD
126Th Machine Gun
Europe
McNamara
First’ Store
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J. C. Mather of
Haskins
Bert Crone
Mary Ball
Franston, NL
Mrs. Orville Elder
Sd Bovee
Dray
J. H. Fenton
J. M. Wilson
Daryl Mathers Hungas
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