Republican primary candidate announcements for Jefferson county
Republican voters hear several declarations of candidacy for county offices in Jefferson. Walter Harris seeks sheriff, Sanford Zeigler Jr for Clerk of Court, A C Turner for County Auditor, Verns Samuelson for Recorder, R C Leggett for County Attorney, and M Olga Raines for County Recorder all filing with June 3, 1918 primary.
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Jefferson County
Walter Harris
District Court
Sanford Zeigler, Jr
A. C. Turner
Verns
Samuelson
R. C. Leggett
M. Olga Raines
Democratic Candidates for County Treasurer and Clerk of Court
Rh F H Spence announces candidacy for County Treasurer in the Democratic nomination. George M Ball enters race for Clerk of Court, seeking voter approval at the June 3 primary in 1918.
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Spence
George M, Ball
Accountants Needed for U.S. Signal Corps Finance Work
Washington civil service announced the government seeks hundreds of cost accountants for the Finance Department Equipment Division of the Signal Corps in Washington or field duty. Pay ranges from 2400 to 6000 dollars yearly. men only. Applicants are rated on education and experience via applications, not written exams. Obtain forms at local post offices.
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Washington, D. C
U. S
Finance Department
Signal Corps
War Department
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Planta
Washington, DC
Censored Fort Sill Deaths Reporting Tight in February
A strong censorship blocks news about the Fort Sill inquiry into the deaths of Lieutenants Stamps and Loomis after an airplane they piloted fell 600 feet. Local reports indicate an ongoing investigation with restricted details.
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Lawton
Okla
Fort Sill
Stamps
Loomis
Wm Cook Attends Funeral in Brighton
Wm. Cook attended the funeral of Mrs. Jane Meally in Brighton. The service drew local residents and family members, with mourners paying respects and sharing memories of the deceased.
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Wm. Cook
Jane Meally
Brighton
Clarence Emry
Red Cross Receives Praises For Garment Shipment
A commendatory letter from the Bureau of Woman's Work praises Mrs. Pearl R. Clapp and the Jefferson County Red Cross in Fairfield Iowa. It states shipment No. 1 case No. was inspected and all garments are perfect with no criticisms to report.
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Red Cross
Pearl R. Clapp
Jefferson County
American Red Cross
Fairfield
Iowa
Clapp
Teachers’ Club
Court House
Ethel Lundquist
Penn No. 9
Lynn School
Thresa
Eva
Kathryn Schrack
Carl
Ernest Messer
Sylvester Sobaski
Orlo Krumholtz
Local News Briefs From Fairfield and Vicinity
A roundup of morning visits and travels in Fairfield with locals to Ottumwa Des Moines and Lockridge. Notables include birthdays hospital births and a funeral in Brighton. Fairfield High basketball beat Ottumwa 22 to 20.
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Fairfield
Ottumwa
Valentine party at Grace Wheeler home with Sunday school group
Grace Wheeler hosted the Frances Willard Sunday school class for a Valentine party at her South B street home. Guests played games and contests then enjoyed refreshments.
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Grace Wheeler
Frances Willard
South B Street
Iowa Lutherans to Raise Big War Fund This Month
Des Moines Iowa February 9 Lutherans of Iowa organize to raise fifty thousand dollars as their 1918 share of a national war fund for welfare work among soldiers and sailors. District meetings to complete the plan will be held February fifth to twenty sixth at Burlington Ottumwa Red Oak Atlantic Davenport Cedar Rapids Waterloo Dubuque Waverly Decorah Forest City Northwood Eagle Grove Jewell Fort Dodge Marathon Sioux City and Emmetsburg.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Burlington
Ottumwa
Red Oak
Atlantic
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Dubuque
Waverly
Decorah
Workless Mondays suspended in several states
Washington reports the suspension of workless Mondays across North and South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana due to improved weather. Garfield orders exempt workshops with International garment workers on government contracts and hints at extending the measure to other ports after next week.
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Washington
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Peel
Garfield
High School Girls Form Pa Triotic League
In wartime the High School girls organized a Patriotic League with 115 members. Officers: President Eloise Smith, Vice-President Elizabeth Fry, Secretary-Treasurer Ada Scott. They knit, sew blankets, baby kits, sweaters, and collect magazines, tinfoil, gloves, and yarn scraps for hospital and community aid.
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Patriotic League
Eloise Smith
Elizabeth Fry
Ada Scott
Hold Your Liberty Bonds Urges Public to Hold Investments
Washington February 9 Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo urges Liberty Loan Bond buyers to hold fast to their First and Second issue bonds. He warns agents may seek exchanges at questionable values and emphasizes keeping bonds as genuine government support, while allowing sales only for real necessity.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Liberty
Ile
Teeters Visit Glendale on City Business
Mr and Mrs Robert Teeter of Glendale are in the city today on business.
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Fred Briggs
Lockridge
Willis Green
Virginia
Glendale
City
Robert Teeter
Austrian Premier Resigns Amid Unrest in Austria Hungary
Amsterdam dispatch from Vienna says Dr von Seydler tendered the entire cabinet’s resignation to Emperor Charles. Parallel reports speak of unrest with a four day peace demonstration in Lemberg resulting in three policemen killed and forty civilians wounded. Opposition by Polish deputies to the provisional budget is cited.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
von Seyeler
Premer
Kap Fror Charles
Austria-Hungary
Lemberg
von Seydler
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He Maily Journal
Taylor A. W. Taylor
Oween
Fatr- 4
Republican
Bureau OF Woman's Work
Mises
Nina
Bloomfield
Minta Hoagland
Chicago
Fay Lawson
Etta Stever
Stella
Clara Monfort
Hattie Monfort
Clifford Thoma
Jefferson County Hospital
North E Street
L. H. Danley
Fort Madison
J. D. Ebert
Board of Supervisors
Hazel Scovel
Libertyville
Lucile Pequignot
Cross Lanes
Bessie Baugher
West Broadway
Gus Scott
Wappelo
Dowell
Gladstone
Frances Wymer
Hedvig Leafgren
Bertha Hall
Fairfield Business College
Foy KE
FF. Simmons
Gus Urhich
Tardington
J. M. Blair
Fairfied
Buchanan Township
J. M
Marion Tracy
H . Hall
Bert Bowermaster
Fowler, Ind
Karl Mason
Aad Vere
W. Martin
Thin City
Anna Collins
Bettye Collins
Raymond E. Gamble
Hollywood
Cal
Gamble
The
Hollywood Studies
Gilbert
Iowa Lutherans
Doris Snyder
Knitting Com
Zaida Wisecarver
Magazine Com
Harriet McCampbell
J. M. McKain
South Third Street
J. A. Bell
Vv. M
Dence
J. Engel
Scheffel’s Music House
James Hughes
A. F. Carlson
France
Frank Kerrick
Tribune
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Burlington Street
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