Reims Reduced to Ruins After Week of Shelling
Paris reports Reims turned into smoking ruins after German shelling. centuries old structures in Place Royale and the Musicians' House destroyed. Firemen, led by Sergeant Weel who has not left duty since the war began, work to save inhabitants' belongings amid collapsing cathedral vaults and widespread debris.
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Paris
Reims
Dutine
le Matin
Place Royale
Market Place
Musicians’ House
Weel
20 U.S. Men Killed in France War Casualties
The casualty list issued lists 72 names with actions, including Capt. Dyas E. Miller and Capt. Nathaniel B. Brooks among officers. Entries show deaths by action and disease, with most wounded. The report cites 12 killed in action, 5 died of disease, 7 severely wounded, and 45 slightly wounded.
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Washington
Miliad
Dyas E. Miller
Ueen
Arthur B. Warren
James EK. O'Toole
Nathaniel BW. Brooks
Statewide bread inspections enforce wholesome substitutes standard
WLRB oversees bakery inspections with Washington chemical division experts to ensure 20 percent authorized substitutes in bread. Bakers lacking substitutions face license revocation and closure. Officials say no further extensions will be granted as substitutes become available and methods are reviewed for safety.
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WLRB
Tory
Town
Deens
Barney
Eperts
Chemical Division
Te Department of Agriculture
Washington
Vee
Momad
Temi
Man Takes On German Guns With One Bomb
An infantry sergeant from the King's Own borderers single handedly disrupts a German assault. He engages multiple machine guns, captures a position, and routs the enemy with a lone bomb and steady rifle fire, earning praise for his bold action during the engagement.
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Ham Grinhaldeston
King’s Own
Seattich Borderers
Grisla
Eavy Machiin
Elton Fens
Havana Buys Liberty Bond With Subscriptions Rise
New York April 22. Havana has subscribed 16 to the Liberty loan with more than 70 to come, according to a cablegram to the Liberty loan committee.
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Havana
Liberty
New York
Enn
Vichy
Liberty Coan Committee
College survey tracks student work and time use
College News reports the education and psychology department conducting a survey of student activities this week. Questionnaires aim to measure study recreation athletics reading sleep and outside work hours among seniors. Relay team finished a Drake carnival entry in the two mile relay. Junior class gathering noted at Huyett Gaines home. Clergy visits reported at local churches.
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Education and Psychology Department
Des Moines
Mail Subscribers Face Heavy Paper Loss Across Routes
Subscribers receiving by mail report widespread missed deliveries with hundreds of papers vanishing en route. The Journal notes no fault by itself or Fairfield Post Office and seeks info from affected readers to remedy the disruption.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Post Office
Program and Auction Sale at Ebeneezer Church
Miss Clara Fry's school at No 6 will present a program and auction sale at Ebeneezer church Friday evening April 26. Proceeds go to Cedar township Red Cross quota with every school in the township holding a benefit this month. Ankrom school led with $64.
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Clara Fry
Ebeneezer Church
Cedar Township
Ankrom
For Sale Seed Corn and Real Estate Two Listings
Seed corn tested in 1916 with telephone contact 9502 under W F Garman. Bargain real estate offer of one house and three jots for 3500 dollars with rental potential. Mrs Martha L Junkin contact e459. Home grown seed corn tested 98 by County Avent offered at five dollars per bushel via A C Wisecarver phone 2390.
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W. F. Garman
Martha L. Junkin
County Avent
A. C. Wisecarver
Douglas Fairbanks at the Orpheum Tomorrow
Douglas Fairbanks brings the photoplay Reaching for the Moon to the Orpheum tomorrow. The film draws on Fairbanks ideas and features scenes set in Italy and New York with elaborate sets built in Los Angeles. The company traveled 5 000 miles to film authentic New York exteriors and the eight scenes run about ten minutes. The note also advertises the Parsons College Auxiliary White Elephant Sale on April 25 26 and 27.
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West
Douglas Fairbanks
Orpheum
Fairbanks
Douglas
Italy
New York
Europe
Artcraft
Los Angeles
Wanted ads from a 1920s newspaper
Classified notices seek a summer housekeeper chef at a golf club and a first class carriage. oils paints roof cements salesmen for Premier Refining Co.. glove cutters and learners at Fairfield Glove and Mitten Co.. fifteen girls needed at Fairfield Glove and Mitten Factory. rental: eight or nine room modern house. rent a lot in South Park Addition for garden use.
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Premier Refining Co
Cleveland
Ohio
The
Fairfield Glove and Mitten Co
Fairfield Glove and Mitten
Chas
Lyon
South Park
The Kaiser Becomes Beast of Berlin In Film
British veteran and actor Robert Julian presents The Kaiser the Beast of Berlin at the Fairfield Theater for a two day run. The film depicts the Kaiser’s mannerisms brutality and imperial rule with scenes of Belgium under German invasion and the Prussian treatment of peasants.
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Robert Julian
America
Berlin
Imperial Palace
Belgium
Fairfield Theater
For Sale of 40 Acre Rio Grande Valley Property
Improved 40 acres near San Benito Texas with a modern house and outbuildings. Includes orange and citrus trees in bearing. One third of the crop goes to buyer. Rice price cited at 267.60 per acre. Lock Box L Cedar Falls IA.
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Rio Grande Valley
Texas
San Benito
Cedar Falls
J Engel Piano Tuner Chicago Now in Fairfield
J Engel piano tuner announces permanent relocation to Fairfield after seventeen years in the trade. Six years of factory experience noted. Leave orders at Scheffel's Music or with James Hughes, phone 1661.
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Chicago
Fairfield
Scheffel
James Hughes
For Rent Variety Hobbs era housing ads
Multiple rental notices list houses and rooms for rent with contact numbers. Entries include a modern seven room house near a square, two houses on South Second and Highland Avenue, a store room, a four room house with attic, four modern rooms with bath, and unfurnished three rooms with electric lights.
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South Second Street
Highland Avenue
Wilson's
Russell Smith
Square
W. A. Simons
Seegett House
J. M. Hunter
North B Street
South Second
Wilson Art Store
G. Taylor
Lost Coin Purse At Methodist Church
Lost at the Methodist church a silver coin purse containing two one dollar bills and small change. Return to Meyer shoe store for a reward. contact 347.
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Methodist Church
Meyer Shoe Store
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Wreims Pile OF
Fanims Old
U.S
France
Pershing
College News
Huyett Gaines
East Burlington Street
Dr. Montgomery
Presbyterian Church
Osceola
Marsott
Parsonsfield
First Methodist Church
City
People's
Parsons College
P. O
J.C. McCab
Jewell’s
William Fox
Artcraft Pictures Corp
York Film Corp
Harold Lockwood
William
FOX
Dustin Farnum
Thomas H.ince
Dorothy Dalton
Goldwyn Distributing Corp
Madge Kennedy
the Kaiser
Exide
LON H. Israel
Codagan
Atherton East Broadway
Daily Journal
J. Engel
Russia
Serbia
London
Faifield Theater
H. P McLaugh
Jin Company
W. J. Kritzman
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