Mrs. Sarah E Walmer Died After Illness in City
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Walmer wife of Daniel Walmer died this morning at her home 402 East Washington after months of illness. Funeral at 2 pm tomorrow at the Lutheran church Rev Anspach will lead a burial at Evergreen cemetery. Born March 28 1853 in Oskaloosa Ia she moved to the city about nineteen years ago. She married Daniel E Walmer January 30 1896. Survived by sisters Mrs Ruth Buckmaster Unionville and Mrs Anna Ward Udell and brother Wm Stanley Unionville.
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Sarah Elizabeth Walmer
Daniel Walmer
East Washington Street
Lutheran Church
Rev
Anspach
Evergreen Cemetery
Walmer
Oskaloosa
Moses
Barbara Stanley
Daniel E. Walmer
Ruth Buckmaster
Unionville
Anna Ward
Udell
Wm. Stanley
Des Moines Coal Dealers Agree To Keep Supply Local
Des Moines Mayor John MacVicar secured a promise from wholesale coal dealers that no coal would be shipped out of the city while destitute families lacked coal. He warned he would seize outbound cars to ensure distribution to the poor through the Associated Charities, if injunctions were pursued.
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Des Moines
John MacVicar
Associated Charities
Goulash Feeds Citizen Marines at Lansdowne Camp
Citizen Marines at Lansdowne Pennsylvania training camp are being fed with goulash as they hike from the facility. The program highlights an appeal to young men deciding between land or sea service while Marines receive dual training for shore and sea duties.
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Lansdowne
Philadelphia
Marine Corps
Man Dies After Alleged Sacrifice Attempt Near Castle Rock
Report states Abraham Beaver aimed to sacrifice his son Abraham causing Thomas Sawyer to set himself on fire near Castle Rock. Sawyer's charred Bible found nearby with marked passage. relatives say Sawyer built a pyre and offered himself to the Lord after the event.
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Beaver
Abraham
Thomas Sawyer
Castle Rock
Sawyer
Cat's Babies of High Birth In Flushing
A Maltese cat owned by Michael Dooley of Union Street saloon in Flushing nests four kittens high in a maple tree. The mother guarded her brood amid a breeze, while the keeper of Port Dooley sought his missing pet and found her perched among the branches.
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New York
Michael Dooley
Union Street
Flushing
Port
Mother and daughter wed in reciprocal honor roles
Milwaukee widow Annette Zerwis announced two weddings in Waugan. Mrs Zerwis married William H. Allen of Watertown New York in a Justice Balz ceremony, while Justice Balz also united Miss Lucille Muriel Zerwis to William L. McGlyno of Seattle.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wauegan
Annetta Zerwis
Zerwis
William H. Allen
Watertown
N. Y
J. V. Balz
Uceba
Muriel Zerwis
William L. McGlyno
Seattle
First National Bank of Fairfield Stockholders Meeting
Notice announces the yearly stockholders meeting for First National Bank of Fairfield Iowa to elect a board of directors. The session runs 10 am to 4 pm on Tuesday January 9th 1917 at the bank. Frank S. Bois, cashier, dated December 12th 1916.
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First National Bank of Fairfield
Fairfield
Iowa
Banking
Frank 8. Boihs
City workers form advisory board for continuation school
New advisory board led by Dr. Sidney E. Mezes to guide courses at the College of the City of New York. Appointees include Alfred D. Flinn Michael Fried sam Henry W. Hodge Curt G. Pfeiffer Henry Moskowitz Gano Dunn and Leonard W. Wallstein. The initiative expands city employee special privileges and municipal course cooperation with New York University.
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City College
New York
College of the City of
Sidney E. Mezes
Mitchel
Alfred D. Flinn
Board of Water Supply
Michael Friedsam
Mercantile World
Public Service
Henry W. Hodge
Curt G. Pfeiffer
Llenry Moskowitz
Charles Strang
Conscience Fund Receipts Reach New High
Washington reports that the treasury conscience fund for the fiscal year ending June 30 totaled 54 923 15 dollars, lifting the cumulative returns to 498 763 54. Two gifts of 30 000 and 10 000 led the surge, with a long history of anonymous theft contributions dating back to 1811 and a policy of not pursuing contributors.
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Washington
Treasury
Conscience Fund
Treasury Department
Plan to wipe out the English sparrow campaign urged
The League of American Sportsmen proposes a nation wide effort to exterminate the English sparrow to protect native song and insectivorous birds. Plans include proclamations by governors, nest destruction, trapping, shooting under license, and turning on water at nests. Col. G O Shields leads the initiative and cites bluebird decline from sparrows.
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League of American Sportsmen
League
Boy Scouts
Col
G. O. Shields
Simpson Street
New York
Col. Shields
Middle West
Fugitive Pardoned After Surrender in Kentucky
Milton Franklin, sentenced to life for murder in Floyd County, was pardoned by Governor Stanley after surrendering to Warden Wells at the Frankfort reformatory. He said he joined the U S Army after escaping Johnson County jail and is now a corporal on recruiting duty in Columbus, Ohio. Also notes a Yukon wedding aboard the steamer Casca near Dawson with Cassie Henderson marrying Irvine Crowther of Yukon Gold Company.
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Frankfort
Milton Franklin
Stanley
Frankfort Reformatory
Wells
Franklin
Floyd County
Johnson County
Reformatory
United States Army
Columbus
Dawson
Yukon
Cassie Henderson
Robert Henderson
Casca
Irvine Crowther
Yukon Gold Company
Bonanza
In Honor of Scouts by Henry Pumphrey
Henry Pumphrey dedicates a public tribute to the Boy Scouts, praising their service and virtues. The piece acts as a commemorative notice honoring Scout ideals and community impact.
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Henry Pumphrey
Boy Scouts
To Our Boy Scouts set to Marching through Georgia
Fk Pumphrey publishes a local song honoring Boy Scouts. The text praises Scouts as they move from boyhood to manhood, pledges cheering guidance, and salutes their loyalty to Iowa and to Uncle Sam. The piece is sung to tunes of Marching through Georgia and Rally round the flag boys.
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Boy Scouts
Iowa
Rally Round the Flag Boys
Sam
Wanted notices and help ads from Journal column
Classified column lists seeks a good boy at address B care Journal, two girls at Fairfield Steam Laundry, a three room rental for a single mother and child, purchases of broken or any full dentures at Western Metal Bloomington Illinois, and a bookkeeper and office girl for the Tribune office.
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Care Journal
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Augusta Eckwall
Western Metal Company
Bloomington
Illinois
Tribune Office
For Sale Classifieds Listing With Multiple Items
Multiple sale notices including a dairy cow, dry hardwood, 80 acre farm near Warfield, a south Main street house, building lots, and a Victor Victrola. Also a raw South Dakota lands exchange offering 160 to 1440 acre tracts priced per acre with alfalfa and corn growth. Contact numbers and A. M. Kauffman Fairfield Iowa.
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Warfield
South Dakota
A. M. Kauffman
Fairfield
For Rent Notices From City Listings
Multiple rental notices list properties around the city. A six room house with five acres is offered south of the city limits with fruit and berries, available January first, contact 8403. Additional ads offer rooms for light housekeeping at 301 West Burlington Street, a house on South Main Street via phone 77, and two furnished rooms in a modern home at 309 West Burlington Street.
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Burlington Street
South Main Street
Bach
West
Lost and found notes from the Journal
Multiple brief items list money found at the courthouse and a purse with three ten dollar bills and a brass key. A man’s white mitten is found on West Broadway and must be identified to claim a reward. A caller may recover money lost yesterday afternoon between 300 East Lowe and the depot by contacting 5479.
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Court House
Journal Office
West Broadway
Kid Mitten
East Lowe
Clark City Town Dims to Flag Stop. Name Renamed Serb
Clark City in Clark County Missouri once thrived, sought county seat, and laid groundwork for a courthouse. It has declined to a flag station, culminating in the town being renamed Serb.
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Clark City
Clark County
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Conscience
Boy Scouts Brave and True
People’s
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Montgomery
Yairfield Theater
Lois Weber
Tyrone Power
The
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Gloria
Fatty Arbuckle
al. St. John
Silas Marner
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Walker’s Taxi Service
William W. Walker
Iowa State Savings Bank
Holland
Holland Bus
Eli Zo
Holland Rusk CO
Kholiesad
Mich
Redick & Russell
Eee
WDD
RAVELERS/ pane
MLK Co
Wit
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