Local briefs note visits, illness and moves across cities
Multiple short notices from Henry County Iowa cover residents traveling to Davenport South Dakota and Des Moines for business or visiting relatives. Illnesses include Dr E C Bock and Mrs Mary Morony. Movements feature Charles Nickelson purchasing a home in Pleasant Plain and Lieut E Rorick enlisting in Texas. Mrs M K Barnes returns from Trenton Mo after a relative's death.
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Mt. Pleasant
Mary Morony
Dan Morony
Camp Dodge Prepares for 15460 National Army Recruits
Des Moines reports Provost General Crowder orders 15 000 additional national army selectives to Camp Dodge over five days beginning February 23. Iowa supplies 6384 men and Minnesota 8600, with units arranged to reach authorized war strength.
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Des Moines
Crowder
National Army
Camp Dodge
88Th
Iowa
Minnesota
850Th Infantry
Harrison R. Price
235Th Field Artillery
Cal
Fiel Artillery
Castle
230Th Engineers
351St
352D
337Th
338Th
Ilinois
North Dakota
338Th Field Artillery
352D Infantry
359Th
Illinois
Notice to Bidders for Portland Cement Sale
Notice to bidders announces bids to be received at the auditor's office in Jefferson County until 1 30 p m February 6 1918 for 1500 barrels of Portland cement A C Turner is the contact.
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Jefferson County
A. C. Turner
Hay and quilting service offered in Fairfield area
Hay for sale first-class Timothy day delivery to Fairfield. Phone 7116. Also the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church offers quilting and comfort tacking services. contact Mrs. W D Garmoe for more information.
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Timothy
Fairfield
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
W. D. Garmoe
Flour Sale Regulation Enforced By Local Authorities
Fairfield grocers were notified by the Food Administrators of strict flour sale rules requiring customers to buy an equal amount of an alternative cereal with white flour. The Daily Journal outlined the regulation, stressing that merchants must enforce it as if it were federal law and customers should not expect violations.
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Fairfield Grocers
Daily Journal
Fedral
Neighborhood Prayer Meetings to Be Held Wednesday
The Methodist Neighborhood Prayer meetings are set for 7 30 p m Wednesday with hoped attendance above 100. Leaders and homes listed include Mrs Willy Chandler 105 East Kirkwood Philip Ringlespach and Mrs A W Mintonye 604 West Grimes and C V Pool at 204 North Third A K Harper at 407 West Burlington Mrs T S Waters Thomas Davies Lio South Main Mrs L T Gobble Mrs J W Oliver 50 East Adams Mrs Laura Chilcott at 607 East Burlington and others The minister Wilbur R Keesey notes a church study meeting linked to the Sunday School Workers.
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Willy Chandler
East Kirkwood
Philip Ringlespach
A. W. Mintonye
West Grimes
C. V. Pool
J S Gantz
North Third
A. K. Harper
George Israel
West Burlington
T. S. Waters
Fred Stansberry
South Third
R. H. Spence
Thomas. Davies
South Main
L. T. Gobble
J. W Oliver
East Adams
Robinson
Simmons
East Burlington
Laura’ Chilcott
Money to Loan on Improved City Property
A local notice invites money to loan on city property as Thoma and Thoma as brokers. A negro minstrel show by My America Club is planned at Cross Lanes Church Friday evening. Admission 15 and 25 cents.
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Thoma & Thoma
Roy
America Club
Cross Lanes
Tomorrow Wheatless Diet Calls For Saving Food
The piece urges daily individual food saving as a national service. It notes every group can substitute and thrifty households can cut waste, while wealthier groups can save more by simple living without sacrificing plenty.
Corn Bread Recipe From New York Hotel Promotes Patriotism
A New York hotel presents a corn bread method blending cornment with rye flour to conserve wheat for allies. The 16 by 22 inch pan recipe uses milk butter substitute syrup eggs salt cornment rye flour and baking powder with steps to mix butter and syrup, then add eggs and flour, bake hot.
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New York
Eighth grade exam dates set at courthouse
The eighth grade examination will be held at the courthouse Wednesday and Thursday February 20 and 21 at nine o clock. If roads are bad and you cannot come, do not worry for the state superintendent has always called an examination in August and thus you will still have two trials left.
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Court House
Orphium pocketbook theft notice rewards return
Notice for readers that two small boys seen picking up a pocketbook at the Orpheum Saturday night should return it to the Journal to receive a reward.
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Orpheum
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Chas. Heer
Davenport
D. F. Spratt
South Dakota
E. C. Bock
East Burlington Street
Lee Gallup
Ames
G. W. Clark
Batavia
E. W. Carter
Libertyville
C. J. Fulton
C. E. Nieukirk
City
J. S. Goodson
Oskaloosa
George Messer
John Barnett
West Kirkwood Street
Marion Hart
East Broadway
Ott Messer
Louis Messer
West Broadway
M. K. Barnes
Trenton
Mary Glen Miller
Jessie Miller
Jefferson County Hospital
Maxine Mullenix
Mrs
Fred Mullenix
South Fourth Street
Charles Nickelson
Pleasant Plain
Monson
South Second Street
First Methodist Church
Jeff Pence
Clintonville
Wis
W. H. Pence
West Hempstead Street
Camp Cody
Deming
New Mexico
The
F. H. McQuiston
E. Rorick
Ft. Sheridan, Ill
Leon Springs
Texas
304Th Cavalry
Wilbur R, Keesey
United States Food Administration
Wever Shoe Store
J. M. McKain
Pension Claim Agent
Fairfield, Iowa
South Third Street
Gaumer Bros
Nat Service
Arlo McPeek
Coursa
THETA
Iieep
Seater
Wolf Chemical CO
Quincy
Shriner & Johnson
A. F. Carlson
J. Engel
Chicago
Scheffel’s
Music House
James Hughes
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