Henry County Bid Soldiers of 1917 God Speed Event
Veterans from the Civil War era and the 1917 draft group will gather for a county wide farewell in Henry County. The day features a large turnout, music, choruses from towns, speeches, and a march from the courthouse to the park platform. Streets will close for the solemn, memorable moment as old soldiers bid farewell to young servicemen and wish them God Speed.
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Henry County
Sol
Eain
Ila
Poe
God Speed
Local Briefs Highlight Des Moines Fair and Area Visitors
Francis Edmunds attends the State Fair in Des Moines while families and friends visit relatives across Jefferson and nearby counties. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Daggett in Milton, A. Lear discharged to home, tonsil-adenoid surgery on Vernice Hisel, and multiple visits among Whitmer, Price, Hopkins, and Orr families with trips to Washington, Fairfield, Chariton, and Richland.
For Sale Classified Notices From Local Journal Listing
Multiple private sale items including furniture stove bed dining table and coal. Also house on South Fourth Street with ground and terms, plus rye seed and used typewriters offered. Addresses and phone numbers provided for contact and sale dates set.
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South Fourth Street
To Exempt More Farmers From Service
Des Moines Iowa August 39 an effort to obtain more exemptions of farmers through appeals to the district exemption boards was decided at a meeting at the state fair grounds called by J F Deems of the agricultural committee of the state council of defense.
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Des Moines
J. F. Deems
Agricultural Committee
The
State Council of Defense
Chicago and Kansas City Live Stock and Market Prices
Market reports show hogs 8 000 receipts in Chicago with light and heavy categories priced from 14.00 to 17.60. Cattle at Chicago 23 000 receipts with butcher cows 7.45 to 8.85 and dealers 15.75 to 16.00. Kansas City hogs 4 000 receipts with bulk 17.09 to 18.20 and pigs 12.75 to 15.50. Cattle 14 000 receipts with prime fed steers 15.00 to 16.00 and cows 6.00 to 10.00. sheep strong with lambs 16.00 to 17.90. East Buffalo quotes cattle 5 cars slow, hogs 18.35 to 18.40, sheep top lambs 16.00. Grain and produce prices listed for Wheat Corn Oats Eggs Butter and various fruits and vegetables across markets.
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Kansas City
East Buffalo
FOR RENT ROOMS NEAR High School AND FURNISHED ROOMS
Two large modern rooms at 305 West Hempstead one block from the High School. High school girls preferred. Mrs Maggie Summers phone 4750. Furnished rooms in a modern home inquire at 2090 West Burlington street Mrs D R Way.
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West Hempstead
Maggie Summers
West
Burlington Street
D. R. Way
WANTED Two in family seek general housework duties
Advertisement fragment indicates a general housework job with two in family offering best wages and a contact phone 1402 at 129 W. Also another note seeks to rent a six or seven room modern house with contact Stuckey at No. 27.
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Shoe Department of the Fair Store
Stuckey
Aged Fairfield Man Praises Tanlac For Health Boost
R J Gudgell, a Fairfield resident well past youth, says Tanlac improves his health. He walks fast, sleeps well, and reports relief from kidney and bladder troubles after two bottles. Gaumer Bros. promotes Tanlac as a tonic for stomach, kidney and liver ills.
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R. J. Gudgell
Fairfield
Mr. Gudgell
Gaumer Bros
Big Four Fair at Eldon to Close Discontinued
Eldon residents learn the Big Four Fair will end after a stockholders meeting. Grounds will be disposed of and business closed due to heavy debt and inability to meet investments. Also notes on local medical and social visits including tonsil removal, and traveling relatives visiting Brighton and Illinois.
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East Adame Street
N. Biddle
Birmingham
Eldon
S. W. Norris
Illinois
J. C. Norris
Brighton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Francis Edmunds
Loulis Kafka
Pleasant Plain
Mary Gifford
Bloomfield
D. E. Craft
Glen BE
Richland
Frank Daggett
Milton
A. Lear
Jefferson County Hospital
West Hempstead Street
Kenna Thorpe
Washington
W. J. Kyle
Vernice Hisel
Chas, Hisel
Mrs
Charles Price
Chariton
George Mount
R. Glen Whitmer
Red Flinspach
W. E. Smith
Ottumwa
5. H. Watkins
Libertyine
City
Henry Benz
Hazel
Drexel, Mo
Ed. Nelson
Wm. T. Walker
Mazie Hopkins
Oscar L. Maorer
Rubio
Carrie EK. Gonder
Sherman McNew
Dorothy Hanks
Breckenridge
Elsie Leabo
Polo, Mo
T. F. McNew
Harold Orr
Helen
Edith Orr
Columbus Junction
Wiebrigie Brewer
D. I
People’s Column
High School
G. McKibben
Co. C. Brown
South Second St
Chicago
Minn
Ohio
J. D. Hudson
S. Sixth Street
Yale Key
Orpheum
East Burlington Street
Frank Berard
North D Street
Journal
North Ninth Street
C. G. Taylor
Kent
East Lowe Street
John H. Frush
South Fifth
North Main Street
Patti Thornberry
Fairfield Chautauqua
Journal Office
Thorne
United Presbyterian Church
Eeaos To
A. V. Frazey
Frazey
A. V. Frazey & Son
Charles Beckle
Horace Bonnell
F. S. Bonnell
China
J. D. Scothorn
Rautton
Fairfield Theater
East Broadway
Tonigheht
Mary McClaren and
Eddie Polo
Thomas Jefferson
Rosemary Theby
Betty Schade
Allen Holubar
Lowa
United States
Iowa
Allied Temperance Committee
Pure Life Insurance
National Life Assn
W. B. Parrett
James F. Wilson Jr
Agts
Frank D. Kerrick
Embalmer & Funeral Director
Iowa State Savings Bank
Holand
Holland
Mich
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