London's Mysterious Sickness Attributed To Ultraviolet Rays
The article recalls Jack London’s five month illness in Australia 1908 09 with a mysterious skin and nerve ailment that resisted Australian experts. London later learned from Col Woodruff that tropical light caused tissue damage and that he was torn to pieces by ultraviolet rays.
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Sydney
Australia
Jack London
California
London
John Barleycorn
Commonwealth
Pacific
Charles E. Woodruff
United States Army Medical Corps
Coleonel Woodruff
Philippines
Woodff
United States Army Duugeons
Eggs Offered as Bail Bond Presenting in Police Court
In Autchinson Kansas farmer J J Pankratz was arrested for reckless driving and could not post cash bail. Lacking personal property of value he offered a case of eggs as bail. The court accepted the eggs bond for his appearance in police court.
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Autchinson
Kan
J. J. Pankratz
Gas Kills Dogs In St. Paul Home
Joseph Demalo reports his dogs Guillaume and Pietro died from gas fumes in his residence. The animals were found in a room filled with gas and Demalo denies they caused their own deaths, claiming they reacted to rats near the stove and that the oven was turned on during their attempts to open the door.
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St. Paul
Guillaume
Pietro
Joseph Demalo
Demalo
Fanny Ward Stars In The Years of the Locust At Orpheum
Fanny Ward appears in the Lasky produced The Years of the Locust at the Orpheum today. The melodrama follows a young woman married to a swindling broker and her entangled fate as the husband’s doom and a second marriage unfold amid scenes from New York drawing rooms to a South American diamond mine. The plot features a striking coincidence with Ward’s real life, linking her to Joe Lewis, the diamond king.
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Fanny Ward
Lasky
Orpheum
New York
Miss Ward
Joe Lewis
Diamond King
The Unborn film on birth control shown as moral crusade
A review describes The Unborn as a sensational moral drama addressing birth control. The photodrama aims to awaken public concern about a movement perceived to weaken the nation by reducing birth rates, delivering its message with adroit handling rather than preachy dialogue.
Navy enlistment drive broadens in Chicago
Chicago calls for 1,000 sailors immediately and initiates a recruiting push. About 150 apprentice seamen from the Lake Bluff Training School conducted on street recruitment at elevated stations and in lobby areas of the Peoples Gas and Commonwealth Edison buildings as part of the first skirmish of the campaign. The message emphasizes the navy as the first service in wartime and states 100,000 recruits are urgently needed to reach war strength.
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Chicago
United States Navy
Lake Bluff
Loop
Peoples Gas
Commonwealth Hdison
Navy
Three New State Mine Inspectors Named for Illinois
In Duquoin Illinois Governor Lowden announced temporary appointments for three new state mine inspectors to fill vacancies. Evan D John of Carbondale famed for rescue work after the Leiter mine explosion at Zeigler will serve the Southern Illinois district succeeding James Reed of Carterville. James Taylor of Peoria goes to the La Salle district and Robert Reavely of Springfield to the Danville district.
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Duquoin
Ill
Lowden
Evan D. John
Carbondale
Leiter
Zeigler
Ilinois
James Reed
Carterville
James Taylor
Peoria
la Salle
Robert Reavely
Springfield
Danville
Will Aid Weary Horses Plan Farm For Dobbinses
Youngstown Ohio junior Humane society members start a fund to rent or buy a rest farm for worn out horses. The project aims to use it next summer with many school children pledging support and senior workers optimistic about success. American sailor killed in Diver War is reported after the British steamer Evestone sinks in London.
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Youngstown, O
Junior Humane Society
London
Richard Wallace
Baltimore
Sanger Convicted For Distributing Prohibited Information
Mrs Margaret Sanger a birth control advocate was convicted of disseminating information prohibited by law and sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse in New York on February 6.
Iowa backs President as Harding sends message to Wilson
Des Moines Iowa February 6 Governor W L Harding declares universal Iowa support for President Wilson in defending the nation. He cites statewide conversations about foreign relations and says all Iowa resources should back the president. The Iowa legislature passed a resolution backing the President while hoping for peace.
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Des Moines
W. L. Harding
Wilson
Commonwealth of Iowa
Iowa
United States
Roads cut hauling costs on unimproved routes
Dr. L I Hewes of the U S Office of Public Roads reports in seven counties the average cost to haul one ton a mile on unimproved roads is 29.1 cents with a 16 to 37 cent range. Improved roads cut costs by 2 to 19 cents per ton mile, averaging a 5 cent saving. At 33 tons daily the yearly saving is about $500, at 66 tons about $1,000. Elwood saloon men plan future work after closures next year.
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Indianapolis
L.I. Hewes
United States Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering
104-year-old groom weds 50-year-old bride in Lampasas
In Lampasas Texas on February 3 J A Russell 103 or 104 believes marriage is for all ages. He marries Mrs Mary Bowers aged fifty as he nears his 104th birthday next April. He says age disparity won’t affect happiness.
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Lampasas
Tex
J. A. Russell
Mary Bowers
Russell
Wolves Ravaging Country Near Mineral Lake
In Ashland Wisconsin on February 5 a pack of wolves, driven by deep cold and lack of snow, has been ravaging countryside near Mineral Lake.
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Ashland
Wis
Mineral Lake
British Attacks Repulsed Near Kut el Amara
Turks repulsed two British assaults on Turkish lines south of the Tigris near Kut el Amara, according to the war office in Constantinople.
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Berlin
Tigris
Kut-el-Amara
War Office
Constantinople
Wanted help and farm labor stories in Iowa column
Classified notices seek experienced stenographer for Joel Turney & Co in Fairfield Iowa. Also multiple farm help ads from Batavia and Fairfield inviting married men with families, state age and wages, and furnish housing, with responses to Box 49 RFD No 2 Batavia Iowa or Roy Gibson Fairfield Iowa.
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Joel Turney & Co
Fairfield
Iowa
Batavia
Roy Gibson
For Rent West Half of Coffin Property Ad
FOR RENT the west half of the Coffin property opposite The Orpheum six rooms See Harry Smith 139.
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Coffin
Orpheum
Harry Smith
For Sale House and three lots with fruit and barn
Classified notices describe multiple sale offers including a seven room residence near the square and other building lots. Listings mention first class homes and farm land prospects with terms and contact names such as Ernest Bailey and Wm I Long. An offer to subscribe to Landology magazine promotes land market insights.
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Ernest Bailey
Condit
Wm. L. Long
Wisconsin Farm Lands Landology
Landology
Skidmore Land Co
Skidmore
Marinette
Wisconsin
Lost items and auction notice in Fairfield area
Lost black silk bag with a purse and checkbook with a reward for return to the Journal office. Lost yesterday a coral rose pin between North Third Street and West Side Restaurant. Public sale for 40 acres near Fairfield Iowa on February 24 1917 to highest bidder by H M Schooley Libertyville Iowa.
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Journal
North Third Street
West Side Restaurant
Journal Office
Fairfield
Iowa
H. M. Schooley
Libertyville
Gerard Seeks Passports in Berlin Meeting
Ambassador Gerard called on German Foreign Minister Dr. Alfred Zimmerman in Berlin at 1 PM to request his passports.
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Gerard
Berlin
Alfred Zimmerman
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Jack London IN the Woods
American Press. Association
Harding
Elwood
Ind
Fice
Popham
Crist
Williams
Cleveland
Tontgcht
Orpheum Orchestra
Jesse L. Lasky
Fannie Ward
The
Paramount
Harold Lockwood and
May Allison
Fairfield Theatre
Bertha Bennett
Mnerich’s Dry Goods Store
Unkrich’s Dry Goods Store
East Side Square
Fairfield, Iowa
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