Local Ads and Visits Across the Community
Local notices announce rug sales at Crail's and shoe ads from Fox and Dewey. Several residents visit relatives or attend funerals, with names including Miss Adda Wood, Miss Martha Crawford, Ray Lemley, Miss Bernice Shields, Miss Hazel Barnett, Mrs. Cora Perhan, and others. Hospitalities and travel notes mention Lyda Hellam, Beatrice Flanders, and Flo Godfrey among various trips and home visits. A health ad promotes a stomach tablet from J. B. Lemmon's Pharmacy.
Mosquito Bar and Odd Notices In Local Journal
Local paper lists advertisements and social notes including Mosquito Bar price at one dollar per eight yards, visits by Miss Sada Combs and Miss Annabel Needham, travelers to Davenport and Jacksonville, and many residents touring Minnesota and Illinois. Sergeant Barrows returns to Camp Humphries after furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sada Combs
Annabel Needham
Sigourney
Harry Dye
Miss Combs
Miss Needham
Keokuk County
Merchants Pledge Sugar Saving Under Deems Order
Local grocerymen signed a statement agreeing to cooperate with the food administration to conserve sugar. They announce a new limit of two pounds per person per month and deny any exceptions, noting general compliance and few complaints from customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food Administration
J. F. Deems
War Board Orders Halt in Yarn Manufacture
War Industries Board halts production of woolen and worsted hand knitting yarns until further notice citing military needs. The measure may require women to stop knitting for civilians to support soldiers. News item notes New York State holds limited soldier yarns and urges early purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Industries Board
Chicago Tribune
New York State
Advt
Draft Board Corrects Entrainment Date For Two To Camp Dodge
County draft board received a telegram from Adjutant General Lasher correcting an August 13 order that two men were to leave for limited service. The revision sets the departure date as August 30 or soon after. Thursday at 9:40 a.m. twelve county youths depart for auto mechanics training, with ten heading to Ames for the mechanics school. An assembly in the courthouse marks their send off, and Harold White of Crawfordsville has joined the Marine Corps via St Paul, receiving release from the local board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lasher
Camp Dodge
Jay Brewer
Herman Otto
Des Moines College
Ames
Mechanics’ School
Delbert Maxwell
Bergie Larson
Cloyce Stewart
Loren C. Buzzard
William BK. Katinger
Charles Fey Brown
Dale Jackson
Claude McCoy
Robert J. Boyd
Harley B. Huge
Court House
Harold White
Crawfordsville
Marine Corps
St Paul
Weather and Health Notes from Ainsworth
Mrs D D Norton traveled to Ainsworth this morning. The official high today reached 98 degrees at three o clock, down from yesterday's 99. Dr J A Glendinning, Methodist pastor, suffered a second acute appendicitis attack and was taken to the county hospital where an operation was performed this morning, believed successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Glendinning
Methodist Church
Patriotic groups invited to help at community event
Special invitation extended to the G A R s W R C s D A R s Boy Scouts Spanish war veterans National Association of Shot Gun Owners Washington band Drum Corps and all other patriotic organizations to participate in the community effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Spanish War Veterans
National Association of Shot Gun Owners
Washington Band
Drum Corps
County sends off 12 boys for Des Moines and Ames
At the courthouse participants invite all county residents to a 5 am Thursday send-off honoring twelve boys departing for Des Moines and Ames. CAPT. DW. HARVEY, chairman, urges public attendance and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Pes Moines
Ames
DW. Harvey
Removing Varnish From Old Furniture
Old varnish can be removed by washing with a solution of one part water glass to seven parts water. Apply generously to the wood to reveal a fresh, clean surface. After drying, stain and wash. Read The Evening Journal.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crail's
Fox & Dewey
Carl Combs
H. J, Ward & Co
Humphrey Richards
Knoxville
Lyda Hellam
Lemley'’s
Black
Adda Wood of
Ainsworth
L. F. Woodburn
Martha J. Crawford
Keota
Mrs. Dayton
J. M. Hyink
Bernice Shields
Beacon
Iowa
Hazel Barnett
Newcastle
Wilson Martin
Cora Perhan
Virgil
Fairfield
Perhan
Agnes Flanders
Grabo
Wyoming
Beatrice Flanders
The
Colenso
M. J. Powers
Centerville
A. M. Simpson
J. EB. Lemmon
Mary Rogall
Fast Pleasant Plain
Helen Zaharris
T. O. George
Robert Blick
Pearl
Ralph
Harvard
John Haifley
Wellston
Mr. Haifley
Harry Haifley
Flo Godfrey
Salt Lake City
J. M. Godfrey
Mrs
Win Eyestone
Karl McKune
Frank McKune
Eureka
H. I. Ward,& Co
Beulah Coffman
Wayland
Co. O. Stewart Home
Simon Hubbell
Richard
Town
Chester Patterson
L. S. Patterson
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln
Nebr
Delineator
Everybody's
Nita Belle McKeon
Journal of 59 Red
H. I. Ward & Co
Charles Barrows
Camp Humphries
Lemmon
Dusenberry
Davenport
Mrs Dusenberry
Borghild Dahl
Rushford
Minn
T. L. Hosmer
Elgin
A. L. Logan
R. J. Chorpenning
Paul Gass
Lem Logan
Harriet
Oakdale
Wh. O. Logan
Frances Catherine
Ashley, IL
R. O. Wilson
Alice Wilson
Howard McCleery
Minnesota
Grace Parker
Jacksonville
Ill
Ella Briggs
Irene Roth
David Page
Stephen
North Side
W. J. Southwell
Billy
Minneapolis
C. A. Dewey
H. N. Wintermute
Newport
Oregon
M. Tahash
Hartwick
Franklyn Farnum
Bryant Washburn
Kidder & KO
Fatty Arbuckle
Welel’s
California
Waukesha
Kellogg Health Foods
Brindley’s Sanitary Cash Grocery
RIT’ Mimwee and
Chal Fénd Clothing Company
East Side Square
City Feed Yard
1. COM
Mutual
Coke
John Shields & Sons
Flaherty
Washington
Marion Avenue
Gladys
Caner
J. C. Caner
Nita Belle MekKoon
ADM
War Board
Louis Baird
West End
ME Eing
Rothschild’s
D. D. Norton
the Wardrobe Cleaners
West Washington Street
Wilson Heating Comp
J. M. Wilson
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