Meatless and Wheatless Meals Advised in War Time Card
The United States Food Administration of Iowa urges one wheatless day a week and one wheatless meal daily, plus one meatless day weekly and one meatless meal daily. A porkless day is added on Saturdays, with sugar limited to three pounds per person per month. Hoarding is condemned as wasteful and harmful to prices.
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United States Food Administration of
Iowa
Food Administration
United States
Alfie Toler
Red Cross reports slow with few township returns
The Red Cross campaign shows few townships fully reporting. Cedar and Buchanan are fairly complete, Round Prairie is fully reported, Linby in Polk stands out with seven members and plans to form a local branch next Thursday.
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Red Cross
Round Prairie
Cedar
Buchanan
Linby
Polk
Wreck Near Rome Delays Westbound Trains
Mt Peasant Iowa December 29 All trains bound west were held at Rome after a broken rail at Davis crossing caused six cars to derail blocking both tracks. No injuries were reported and eastbound trains stalled at Fairfield cutting west mail service for the day.
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Mt. Peasant
Davis Crossing
Rome River Bridge
Fairfield
High Prices in Civil War Times
James Hammer of the Roth & Co. Store compiles 1866 retail prices showing butter at 45 cents per pound eggs 30 cents a dozen sugar 18 to 19 cents per pound flour 11.50 per barrel pork 14 cents per pound potatoes 75 cents per bushel corn 85 cents per bushel calico 22 cents muslin 42 cents per yard coal oil 2 cents per gallon economy shirting 45 cents per yard The list highlights wartime price levels and suggests similarities and differences with present costs.
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James Hammer
Roth & Co
For Rent Notices on North Main and Nearby Areas
Classified rental ads list properties on North Main Street and near the square. Charles Lewis and F W Lundquist advertise rooms and a six room modern house, with contact details and proximity to the square. Additional listing seeks an eight room house near the square via J H Frush.
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North Main Street
Charles Lewis
Journal Office
F. W. Lundquist
Wanted To Rent And Dining Room Girl Ad
WANTED To rent three modern rooms for light housekeeping address Box 28 Fairfield Iowa S08. WANTED A dining room girl at the West side restaurant 818.
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Fairfield
Iowa
West Side
For Sale Gas and Coal Range and House Rental
FOR SALE Gas and coal range combined. Good as new. Phone 3130. FOR SALE OR RENT A five room house on South Second street Gas lights and gas for cooking See A J Smith 815.
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South Second Street
A. J. Smith
Bravery and Temperance Quote by Cicero
The saying notes no man is brave who fears pain and no one temperate who seeks pleasure as the supreme good. It frames virtue as mastery over desire and fear.
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Cicero
Married Ten Years Amid Public Admiration
A short note on a couple celebrating ten years of marriage. The passage praises their partnership noting the wife still listens with deference when her husband voices an opinion, highlighting a longstanding harmony.
Chicago business relocates to Fairfield after 17 years
A business that began in Chicago has moved permanently to Fairfield. It notes seventeen years in operation with six years in practical factory experience. Leave orders at Scheffel's Music House or James Hughes, phone 1691.
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Chicago
Fairfield
Scheffel’s
Music House
James Hughes
French War Loan Oversubscribed by Fifty Five Million
Paris reports the recently concluded French war loan was oversubscribed by about 55 million dollars. The loan total stood at 2 billion pounds.
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Paris
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Russia
Rome
Sues
Moore
feaNns
Hubby
People's
Square
J. H. Frush
East Lowe
Fairfield Motor Co
J. Engel
J. M. McKain
Pension Claim Agent
Fairfield, Iowa
South Third Street
Goeke’s
West Broadway
Orpheum Orchestra
Artcraft Picture Corp
Geraldine Farrar
Devil's Stone
Mary Pickford
Williamesne
Little Princess
Madame Petrova
Twin City Producing Company
Iberty
Donna Hopkins
Wilbur Westerman
Art Oxman
FUN Makers
Supreme
Paramount Picture Corp
Goldwyn Distributing Corp
Jane Cowl
Fairfield Theatre
Charles Richmond
Dorothy Kelly
Alice
Evier
Joyce
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