Red Cross Knitting Drive Seeks More Yarn and Sweaters
The knitting department calls return of all garments and scraps, urges finishing patterns, and notes a February target of three hundred sweaters. With scarce yarn, members are asked to knit socks in the interim. Yarn arrivals expected within a week. The knitting room opens Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. for informal work. For information, contact Mrs. Lois Sackett or Mrs. Charles W. Rains.
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Washington
Tarkio Feed Co. executive earns $100 Christmas gift
U B Rogers connected with Tarkio Feed Co Kansas City and Des Moines headquarters reports selling $150,009 worth of feed in 1918. He arrived home to a Christmas present a company letter of appreciation and a $100 check for his untiring efforts in the year’s business.
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U. B. Rogers
Tarkio Feed Co
Kansas City
Des Moines
House to Act on Irish Bill
Washington reports the house foreign affairs committee will act after Christmas on a resolution asking the United States peace commissioners to support Ireland’s self determination. Delegations of about two hundred Irish born or descended Americans have urged action. 5000 copies of the pamphlet will be printed for distribution. Many noncommittee members back the resolution and seek floor advocacy.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
United States Peace Commissioners
Aoge
Ireland
Trish
House
Hts
German Mines Drift Across Oceans for Two Decades
The prince of Monaco, before the Academy of Science in Paris, presented a chart showing German sea mines could float for up to 20 years. From the English Channel they drift westward, moved by the Gulf Stream to France and Spain, then Morocco, the Canaries, the Antilles, Gulf of Mexico, and back past Bermuda, the Azores and Madeira, with an estimated ocean-wide dispersion lasting four years.
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Paris
Prince of Monaco
Academy of Science
Atlantic
France
Spain
Morocco
Canaries
Antilles
Gulf of Mexico
Bermudas
Azores
Madeira
Goose Fat Helps Colds With Men-Tho-Eze Remedy
A nostalgic ad touts goose grease mixed with turpentine as a cold remedy, now enhanced with wintergreen peppermint yanthol and oils. Rubbed on the chest it relieves throat and lung soreness in minutes. available in opal jars, 20c and 30c, from Fort Dodge Iowa via pharmacies or mail order.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Insanity vs City Life Sways Surprisingly In Iowa Case
Mrs. Hattie Moss Stevens, described as colored, was sent from New York by her son Art Moss a famed minstrel manager after differences with urban life. Insanity Commissioner A G Jordan ruled the issue was environmental not mental illness and she was allowed to travel to Ottumwa to stay with relatives and seek work in Iowa.
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A. G. Jordan
New York City
Hattie Moss Stevens
New York
Art Moss
Art
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant Hospital
Stevens
Iowa
Ottumwa
FOR SALE AND RENT ADS FROM Pleasant Plain AREA
Classified column lists mortgages on 89 acres near Pleasant Plain from Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Company Fairfield Iowa with other farm mortgages. Also housing options including 39 pullets, a seven room partly modern house, five cottages for cash, a six room modern house with furnace, a five room modern cottage with garden, a six room house near West Washington, a five room house four blocks from the square on payments, and a nine room house with furnace. Listings show contact names Loren White Wm L Long Jacob Scheffel and W D Garmo & Son with various addresses and phone references.
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Pleasant Plain
Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Company
Fairfield
Iowa
Loren White
Wm. L. Long
East Adams St
R. N. Slimmer
Libertyville
West Washington St
W. Hempstead St
W.D. Garmoe & Son
Drake Clothing Co. Promotes Weather Gear and Storm Supplies
Drake Clothing Co. highlights fur and Gloth caps for cold weather while Storm Strips storms windows and weather strips. Cable Lumber Company offers related services and lists phone contact 120.
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Drake Clothing Co
Cable Lumber Company
For Rent Five Room House Close In
For rent a five room house close in with phone number 276. Also available cottage hotel now vacant at 25 dollars per month with 14 rooms and a four room flat that is modern.
Wanted to Rent Furnished Rooms for Light Housekeeping
Classified batch lists room requests and job ads. Furnished rooms sought for light housekeeping with modern preferences, plus recruitment notices from Fairfield and Ottumwa, and Kitchen helper ad. Also battery storage service promotion from Hannah Auto Co and a groceries sales position by John Sexton & Co.
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Hannah Routo Co
Fairfield
Iowa
Grand Union Tea Co
Ottumwa
E. Mainst
G. M. Doughty
Willard
Hannah Auto Company
John Sexton & Co
Illinois St
Chicago
Ill
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Red
Lois Sackett
Charles W. Rains
KMAS
Hattie Stevens
L, Long
Aear Square
Russell Smith
Jacob Scheffel
Nebraska
Colorado
Big Horn Basin
Wyoming
Burlington Lines
Denver
Huet
B. Howard
Farnam Street
Omaha, Nebraska
van -Ten
Beaver Soap Company
Dayton, Ohio
Rock Island
Journal Office
Gaines Bros
Cole
Cole’si
Daily Journal
Journal
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