Burlington and Mt Pleas ant adjust fairs for 1918
Mt Pleasant and Burlington reach an accord on fair dates for 1918. Burlington plans August 5 to 10 with Mt Pleasant following August 12 to 16. The meeting in Fort Madison set adjacent schedules while Kahoka Memphis Milton and Bloomfield also assigned dates. Local secretary Paul H Augsberger noted Burlington may shift to September if star entriesare not secured for horse show and departments.
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Mt. Pleasant
Henry County
Wrahington
Burlington
Mount Peasant
Kahoka
Memphis
Mitten
West Point
Bloomfield
Burlington Hawkeye
Ugwest
Yearlington
Meenth
Fort Madison
Burtington
Tentaively
Milton
Paul H. Augsberger
Fradison
Pleasant
Farm sale notice at Parsons College area Feb 14 1918
Elmer G Carlson T B Allender Fairfield Aud. W Brawner Clerk announce farm sale at the Thomas Rider farm three miles north and west of Parsons College on Thursday February 14 1918 at 10 30 a m. 39 head of stock 4 head of horses 23 head of cattle 12 head of hogs farm implements hay and grain seeds and other items. Terms credit over 10 cash for smaller sums. Lunch by Ladies Aid.
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Thomas Rider
Parsons College
John Deere Gang
Ohio
Elmer G. Carlson
T. B. Allender
Fairfield
Aud
W . Brawner
Ladies’ Aid
Whamson Named Master of Trinity College London Cambridge
Named Master of Trinity College London, Sir Joseph John Whamson, professor of physics at Cambridge, has been appointed master of Trinity College Cambridge.
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Trinity College
London
Joseph John Whamson
Cambridge
College News Indoor Carnival at Foster Hall
Saturday night a large all-school carnival was held in Foster Hall organized by the Y M C A and Y W C A. Shows cost one cent per spectator and the event yielded a neat sum for the associations. Vocational Week opened with Dr. Gageby of Washington Indiana speaking at Chapel and offering guidance in private conferences. Elzevir Society welcomed new and old members at Miss Elizabeth Leggett’s home on South Main. Emma Kirk returned to work in the College Library after a Toledo visit.
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Washington
Fathers’ and Sons
Commercial Club
Charles A. Weney
W. R. Keeser
Fairfield
Rock Island Train No. 36
Tere
Tater
Foster Hall
Y. M
Parsons
Gageby
Presbyterian Church of Washington
Elzevir Society
Society
Elizabeth Leggett
South Main Street
Emma Kirk
Miss Kirk
Toledo
Ohio
Bill Hamilton Meetings Open in Mt Pleasant Revival
Mt Pleasant February 11 Union revival meetings opened at the Methodist church drawing city churches and rural churches into a nationwide series led by Hon William Hamilton of Sigourney Iowa a famed evangelist formerly a Keokuk county attorney and Democratic congress candidate who heads the Gospel Team with a record of over two thousand conversions spanning Iowa He travels on railroad expenses with no guarantees and a free will offering planned at the final service.
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Mt. Pleasant
Methodist Church
Mt Pleasant
William Hamilton
Sigourney
Iowa
Hamilton
Keokuk County
Congress
Charles A. Goff
Personal visitors and departures noted in Ottumwa area
Miss May Ackerman and Miss Helen Hammon visited friends in Ottumwa yesterday. Dr. Leo Kilfoy of Melrose spent Sunday with his parents in this city. John Brookhart of Washington weekended with friends here. Shirley Clark of Washington guests yesterday. Miss Havel Treen returns to Richland school after weekend with her mother. Cecil Johnson visiting with his parents will return to Davenport tomorrow. Miss Eleanor Bonar, Eldon High teacher, spent Sunday with relatives here. Albert Sauer family returned from Batavia. Miss Cora Porter weekend with friends in Washington. B S Ratcliff in Washington on a business trip.
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May Ackerman
Helen Hammon
Ottumwa
Leo Kilfoy
Melrose
D. T. Kilfoy
John Brookhart
Washington
C. B. Humpherey
Pleasant Plain
Shirley Clark
Havel Treen
Richland
Dan Treon
Cecil Johnson
J. E. Johnson
Davenport
Eleanor Bonar
Eldon
Albert Sauer
Batavia
Cora Porter
Ratcliff
For Rent Ads From People’s Column
Public notices list several rental offers including modern rooms near the square with bath gas and electric lights at 15 dollars per month and rooms for light housekeeping at 300 West Hempstead Street. Also three room houses at 609 West Van Buren and 614 West Van Buren with phone contacts 1214 and 1295. A store roof occupied by Gaumer Bros is noted along with a thirty acre stock pasture for rent and a general contact 9612.
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Square
Bath
W. Hempstead Street
van Buren Street
W. van Buren
Gaumer Bros
Thoma & Thoma
Klein shop seeks work and trades in Fairfield ad page
Classifieds show G W Thomas offering nine years of machine shop lathe experience at 205 South Main Street rear location. Multiple WANTED notices seek porters barbers sewing farm work renting a room and other labor positions. Also listings for sale items including a modern home on East Burlington Street, wood and gas appliances, pallets and a farm lands magazine offer. Lost diamond ring near Fairfield with Journal office reward.
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S. Main Street
G W. Thomas
Leggett House
South Main
G. W. Thomas
Burlington Street
Fairfield
Iowa
N. C
E. E. Sidoreus
Landology
Skidmore Land Co
Skidmore Bldg
Marinette
Wis
Walter Harlin
Neal Stallman
Journal Office
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Burlington and
College News
Bill Hamilton
Cess
Jones
Southern
People's
Wm. F. Schaefer
West
Power Coal Yard
S. A
W. D. Garmoe
Orpheum Orchestra
William Fox
Gladys Brockwell
Adolph Zukor
Marguerite Clark
York Film Corp
Harold Lockwood
Community Producing Co
Goldwyn Distributing Corp
Rex Beach
Ruby de Remer
America
England
John Vogelgesang
Palmer School
Iowa State Savings Bank
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