Correspondents Report Local News From Nira Area
News notes from Nira July 1 include Ray Furman family moving to Williamsburg and visits by Mrs. Barrett’s Texas relatives. George Barrett’s sister and brother-in-law own Texas land. wartime strain mentioned. Miss Helen Barkett ill. Ethel Jarvis visiting Wellman. Will Curl home hosts Helen Barkett. Will Eckerman buys a Ford. Barrett relatives travel to Iowa City and train to Freeport Ill. Lee Davisson with wife go to Chicago for Elgin Six. Eckerman family visit Keota. Clark Pulver tunes pianos locally.
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Nira
Ray Furman
Williamsburg
George Barrett
Texas
Freeport
Ill
Lee Davisson
Chicago
Will Eckerman
Keota
Clark Pulver
West Chester Community News Brief
July 2 report from West Chester notes a six oclock dinner at Congress hotel for American club members and ladies, plus movie viewing amid rain. Mentions Mrs Slocum and Mr Hamilton visiting, circus attendance, parade plans, improving corn and oats, and a joke about sugar versus whiskey value.
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West Chester
The
American Club
Congress Hotel
Slocum
Mr. Hamilton
Clinton
Town
Surprising Party Highlights Social Visits in Haskins
Maxine Wel liver of Ainsworth enjoyed a surprise party planned by Eva Ebner's Sunday school class. Visitors include Mrs. Godlove at the State Sunday School Convention in Chariton and relatives from Washington, Kalona, and Fairfield. Others traveled for shopping, cherries, and car trips as family ties across towns shaped a busy week.
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Haskins
Maxine Welliver
Ainsworth
Leota Welliver
Eva Ebner
Washington
Fred Crawford
John Godlove
Chariton
Mable Wallace
Cecil Cole
Vivian
Hazel Booth
Dale Ebner
Lola Welliver
J. R. McCreedy
Marjorie
Ross
Donald Stock
Fairfield
Ralph
Donald
Ralph McCreedy
Logan Edmondson
Manatt
Sam
Write
Logan
Will Jackson
Marie
Kalona
Jno
B. W. Cole
J. A. Marsh
Moline
M. KE. Sands
W, F
Welliver Family Attends Washington Show
Mrs. W. F. Welliver and daughter Leota with Dale Ebner John Godlove Opal Harold and Ollie Beardsley traveled to Washington Thursday to attend the show last week Thursday and Friday.
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Welliver
W. F. Welliver
Leota
Dale Ebner
Jno. Godlove
Opal
Harold
Ollie Beardsley
Washington
Crawfordsville Social Notes: Return from Washington Visit
Mrs Will Logan and son Clarence and Miss Vera Palmer returned home in Washington yesterday after visiting at the John Hanna home. N L Long and daughter Jessie and Mrs T J Harvey of Washington spent the day here with relatives. A number from here attended the Washington circus parade that did not occur. Mr and Mrs Henry McCoy and daughters Marie and Irene returned to Ottumwa after weeks of visiting here and Olds. Mrs C A Sprague left for Lawrence Kansas to visit her mother in law Mrs Brooks.
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Crawfordsville
Will Logan
Clarence
Vera Palmer
Washington
John Hanna
N. L. Long
Jessie Long
T. J. Harvey
Henry McCoy
Marie
Itrene
Olds
Ottumwa
C. A. Sprague
Lawrence
Kansas
Inlaw
Brooks
Labor in rush to marry Chicago
By July 2 at 5pm 6584 marriage licenses were issued at the county building since June 1. Only April 1917 had more licenses in a single month, 6125. Chief Clerk Louis C. Legner notes a new class marrying now, pairing trade unionists with diamond rings and silk shirts.
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Chicago
Bureau
Louis C. Legner
Wilson Supports Reservations in League Plank
Washington July 2. Administration circles report President Wilson does not oppose the interpretative reservation adopted by the resolutions committee of the Democratic National Convention. Officials say he has maintained during the treaty fight that he favors the plank’s interpretation.
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Washington
League of Nations
Resolutions Committee
Democratic National Convention
Wilson
Man dies after kerosene fire at Kinsey restaurant
Albert Efiden, 34, of Burfalo Center, was burned when he threw kerosene on live coals at the E. 8. Kinsey restaurant. His clothes ignited, he ran outside and rolled in mud, burning so severely he died 12 hours later on a train en route to Mason City hospital. He left a wife and a nine month old child.
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Burfalo Center
Albert’ Efiden
Mason City
Kinsey
U S Has 7 Autos To Britain's One
London report shows one motor car per 120 Britons versus one per 16 Americans. Sir H P Maybury of the Roads Department cites 750000 British mechanically propelled vehicles against 6146117 in the United States in last year's census, motorcycles possibly included.
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London
Great Britain
United States
H. P. Maybury
Roads Department
Ministry of Transport
Woman Autoist Killed Near Lenox in Car Accident
Mrs. Arthur Campbell 38 of Bridgewater died after her car leaped twenty feet from a rut between Lenox and Kent. Her husband and one son were injured, another son unharmed. The party was en route to visit Mrs. Campbell’s parents. The car struck a rut, went airborne, and landed on its wheels. Creston hospital was to receive her body.
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Lenox
Arthur Campbell
Bridgewater
Kent
Huff
Campbell
Creston Hospital
Opportunity for Young Man on Farm
This article urges urban jobseekers to start in farming by working as hired labor to build skills and reputation. It recommends summer work on a well managed farm, winter courses at a nearby agricultural college, and a path from tenant farming to owning a farm via the agricultural ladder. It notes high demand for farm labor, good earnings with board, and rising community improvements such as better roads schools and social clubs driven by agriculture departments.
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Saad
Alway
Botttom
Fac
Agricultural College
Court OKS 8 Cent Fare Increase Plan
Fort Dodge authorities report court approval granting the Fort Dodge Street Railway Company the right to raise fares by eight cents. The decision allows higher transportation costs as the utility seeks to fund service improvements and operating needs.
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Dodge Car Company
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Street Railway Company
Boone street car line wins temporary 8 cent fare approval
Judge H E K Fry granted a form order in district court at Boone renewing an 8 cent fare with the city council as the streetcar line remains in receivership under W H Buckles. No major schedule changes will occur for about a month while paving on Eighteenth street and adjacent blocks proceeds.
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An & Cent
H. EK. Fry
Boone
Ias
District Court
W. H. Buckles
Eighteenth Street
Oleson Park
Buckles
East Fort Dodge
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Ralph J. Robertson
Lorene
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James Fleming
Verne Rosenberger
Helen
Agnes
Mesita
Colo
Silvis
Claude Rosenberger
Department of Agriculture
State Agricultural College
Little Red
Beys
USS
Oairs
USL Service
South Side Square
Washington, Iowa
Scotland
Rupert Hughes
Vernon Kelloggas
Paderewski
Joay Space
Babedded
Estee
Norwalk
Chas. Hebner
Buick
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Flint, Michigan
Tucker & Eicher
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