Suffragists Elect New Officers in Jefferson County
The Women's Suffrage association of Jefferson County elected officers for 1918 at a Saturday meeting in the library. New posts include Chairman Mrs Walter Hunt, Vice Chair Mrs Louis Thognn, Treasurer Miss Kate Jones, Secretary Mrs Roland Marsh, Press Chairman Mrs Roscoe Tonia, and others. Installation will occur at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Suffrage Association of
Jefferson County
New York
Washington
Columbia
Woman’s Court of
San Francisco
Lawther
Walter Hunt
Louis Tho
Gnn
Kate Jones
Roland Marsh
Roscoe
Labor Policy Adopted by National Defense Council
The council of national defense approved a wartime labor policy to study labor demand in war industries and its distribution. J. C. Marshall of the University of Chicago is named to lead the section on manpower and to coordinate with the priorities board and labor departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Council of National Defense
L. C. Marshall
War Inustries Board
Department of Labor
J. C. Marshall
Uniity of
Chicago
Mausmal Sey
Mumps and Measles Spread Among Soldiers at Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Oglethorpe Georgia reports 240 mumps and 50 measles cases among soldiers with few deaths. Officials say the outbreak is not alarming and note most measles deaths occurred in Prom states where hookworm rates were high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Oglethorpe
Fairfield City Transfers Funds to Water Fund Resolution
Iowa Fairfield city council transfers 1500 from improvement and grading funds into the water fund. Judge F M Winter sets December 24 1917 at 9 oclock for objections hearing at the Fairfield courthouse. Citizens urged to appear and object if desired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Ity
Iowa
Poppies
Aid City
F. M. Twinter
Second Judicial District
Sims
F. M. Hunter
For Rent Listings Dense in City Homes and Rooms
A crowded classifieds-style notice lists numerous rental options: unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping in modern houses with varying addresses such as 705 W Washington, 405 West Burlington, West Burling ton, and West Broadway, plus several full houses for rent including a five and seven room options. Contacts include phone numbers and names like F. W. Lundquist, C. G. Taylor, Russell Smith, and J. G. Browning with addresses around town. Some entries mention rent details and proximity to the square or blocks from central locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Street
West Broadway
the Square
West Burlington Street
West Kirkwood Street
Dee
F. W. Lundquist
C. G. Taylor
Russell Smith
Journal Office
Suuar
Renyi Modern
Jacob Scheffel
Wanted Helpers and Services in Daily Journal Classifieds
Classified notices seek sewing or washing work and housekeeping for bachelors, ironings at home, a lady clerk, tile ditchers and woodchoppers, boarders at 205 South Main, and high school boys for war effort tasks with local phone listings and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Daily Journal
Russell Smith
South Main Street
Letter from Portsmouth Sailor Describes Submarine Encounters
Fred Allison writes home from Portsmouth Virginia in 1917 detailing encounters with eleven submarines on a voyage near the Gulf of Lions and Azores. He reports battles lasting over an hour, sinking or disabling a submarine, and bringing back thirteen gunners from a ship sunk off Spain. He notes oil and debris in the air from torpedo blasts, no fatalities, and mentions wartime coal prices and plans to sail again within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Martha
Gulf of Lions
Spain
France
Azore Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Utah
Sub Marine
America
Europe
For Sale Classified Items Mixed in One Listing
Numerous for sale notices with items including an ice box mahor music cabinet oil stove beds tables a china cabinet Haviland dishes bedroom suite Hoosier kitchen cabinet washing machine Jersey cow and a Fish Market lot all with contact names and locations in city listings and street addresses. Several entries list phone numbers and property sale deadlines or sale conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Burlington Street
W. F. Gorman
R. B. Louden
West Washington St
West Burlington Treet
West Washington Street
Ray Sayers
Broadway
Mertin
Lost items notices from the Journal office
Lost and found notices request return of a brown kid glove and a Nieckle plated auto crank shaft for an Oakland Six. A small pocketbook with money and receipts is also missing on South Main Street. rewards or contact via the Journal office at 676.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Office
Oakland
South Main Street
A Little Black Hand Demand at Birmingham
The Keosauqua Republican reports John Calhoun, a farmer near Birmingham, received an anonymous letter demanding $500 be left at the Beardsley drug store corner by 7:00 p.m. Friday with the threat his buildings would burn. Calhouns are worried as he is hard of hearing and in poor health. Some Birmingham residents watched the corner for nights, but no payment was observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keosauqua Republican
John Calhoun
Birmingham
Beardsley
Calhouns
Also Mentioned on This Page
Minnie Bird Jenks
Tonia
Joss Anderson
C. D. Leggett
Carrie Jross
R. B Louden
Miss Fliwer
Father Open
Rigon
Highland Avenue
J. G. Browning
South Main
Adams Street
3Rd Street
West van Buen
J. M. McKain
Fred and
Martha Allison
Orpheum
Orpheum Orchestra
Artcraft Pictures Corp
Douglas Fairbanks
Madame Petrova
Sellers
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Down Town
Jericho
Easton
C. F. Long
New Grocery
South Fairfield
South Fourth Street
Eorge H. Lee
George H. Lee
William Fox
George Walsh
Jesse L. Lasky
Fannie Ward
Goldwyn Picture Corp
Madge Kennedy
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