District Basketball Tournament Here March 8 and 9
The State High School association set March 8-9 for divisional contests and March 15-16 for the state final to crown the 1918 basketball champion. Eighteen districts compete at Parsons gym with many top teams including Mt. Pleasant Burlington Muscatine Fairfield Ottumwa and Keokuk. Eight teams advance to Iowa City for the state tournament. Mt. Pleasant repeats as champion from last year’s Parsons meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State High School Association
Meas
Parsons Gymnasium
Albin Burlington
Centerville
Eldon
Fairfield
Lineville
Mt. Pleasant
Muscatine
Ottumwa
New London
Stockport
Ames
Indianola
Cedar Falls
Wairfield
Sioux City
Grinnell
Mt. Vernon
Council Bluffs
Iowa City
Burlington
Washigser
Keokuk
Vivian Martin to star in A Petticoat Pilot at Orpheum
Vivian Martin, star of A Petticoat Pilot, a Para photoplay by Joseph Lincoln, appears at the Orpheum theater Saturday February 28. Born in Grand Rapids Michigan, she began acting at age six with Richard Mansfield in Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac. The Petticoat Pilot portrays a Cape Cod daughter and two stern ex sea captains, from the author’s celebrated works.
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Vivian Martin
Felgar 18 Fin ed $300 for Violating Food Laws
Burl ington Feb 22 George N Pelgar a flour dealer and restaurant proprietor at Mt Pleasant was fined 200 by the Iowa food administration yesterday for selling wheat flour without substitutes operating without a wholesalers license and serving meat on neatless days He pleaded guilty to all three charges The fine was paid to town officials and will go to the Henry County Red Cross under federal administration The authorities released him on condition he pay the fine and observe the rules His businesses at Mt Pleasant and Trevion are to be closed next Tuesday and Wednesday He has taken out a wholesale license and operates a restaurant and grocery at Mt Pleasant and a grocery at Trevion
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Burlingtom
George N. Pelgar
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Food Administration
Felgar
Food Administration
Henry County
Welger
Welgar
Trevion Res. Pleasant
Piano Tuning in Wairfield February 25 to March 6
Piano tuning will be in Wairfield from February 25 to March 6. Leave orders at the Leggett House or Scheffel's Music Store. Contact S. Mibenhart.
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Wairfield
Leggett House
Scheffel’s
S. 2
Mibenhart
Money to Loan on Improved City Property
Classified notice offering loans on improved city property. Names Thoma and Tonle sob appear as parties or contact points. Indicates financing options tied to local real estate. No explicit amounts or terms provided in readable text.
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Thoma & Tonle Sob
Boy Scout Subscriptions Due For Patriotic Program
Subscriptions for the Boy Scout work must be paid to O F Fryer at Iowa State Bank by Saturday for those who signed door knob tags The Father and Son banquet subscribers will be called The Boys club at Washington school will host a Patriotic program Tuesday at 4 p m Parents and friends are invited Commissioner Frank will assist with exams at headquarters all day Saturday Each scout has a role for upcoming demonstrations in the next weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. Fryer
Iowa State Bank
Washington School
Frank
Sugar Hoarding Found at Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction February 22 special government agent Mr Figley found thirty two bags of sugar of 100 pounds each stored in a tin shop. The sugar belonged to Frank Inett grocer. Seizure followed and twenty seven bags were sold to local dealers with the consent of the county food administrator. Five bags remained with Mr Isett as thirty days supply under law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Figley
Frank Inett
Isett
For Rent Listings In Local Column
A series of rental notices and ads lists multiple properties including seven room flats houses with possession dates March 1st and 15th, furnished rooms, a store room, and a thirty acre stock pasture. Contacts include C G Taylor 3403, phone numbers 2510 629 1370 410 Main 2563 9612 and owners Mrs Sierra N Call Mrs Rachel Carter Gaumer Bros Thomas & Thoma.
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C. G. Taylor
New Chicago
North Third and
Hempstead
J. F. Dearduff
Wilson’s
West Burlington
Square
North Main Street
Main Street
Rachel Carter
S. Third Street
Sierra N. Call
For Sale Classified Notices Highlight Local Property and Goods
A collage of sale items listed by local residents including houses, wagons, farm equipment, livestock, and a subscription offer. Listings specify locations such as North E street East Kirkwood South Third Street and Court Street with contact numbers and prices or sale terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Ebbert
North E Street
East Kitrkwood
N. Court Street
North B Street
South Third Street
A. J. Smith
Landoloty
Skidmore Land Co
Kidmore Bldg
Marinette
Wis
South Second Street
Ben Davis
Ernest H. Hadley
Frank K. Leedham
J. P. Starr
WANTED Notices From Journal to Daily
Wanted ads seek a teenage boy for steady full time work, land for rent or purchase near town, vacant lots for produce, a girl for house work, a drawer for knitted goods, and long term wood chopping work with good pay. Contact details include W. J. Bevering, Mrs. Power, and Red Cross knitting HQ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J
8. A. Power
Red Cross
Clarence Hague
The Town Slouch lampooning notes and hints
A column by Ellis M. Clarke mixes political commentary cultural quips and social jests. It riffs on local figures and everyday absurdities mentioning groceries clothing reform and camouflage with satire about postwar life and public virtue.
Hoover Medley Yankee Doodle Wartime Propaganda Song
A historical wartime medley praising home front efforts and unity. It calls citizens to grow food, ration sugar and wheat, and support liberty while fighting the Kaiser. The verses urge collective action for peace and brotherhood.
The Egg Man Reports Aerial Feats And Finish Fight Call
A rhythmic verse tracks a rising egg count from 53 to 63 as a wartime signal. The speaker asks if the hero has reached the top and vows to smash the Kaiser’s might, calling for the finish fight. Public morale tone and concise wartime framing in verse.
Lost small black pocketbook finder please call phone 9913
Female finder please call phone 9913 about a lost small black pocketbook containing a small sum of money between R. I. depot and 704 W. Burlington Street. Reward. Phone 2324 32
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R. I. Depot
Burlington Street
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R. J. Wiley
Sheriff Wiley
Muscatine County
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These Moines
Bert Speers
Camp Dodge
Frank Dance Orchestra
Birmingham
H. M. Miller
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Homer Topping
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C. Rauscher
John
Lockridge
John Briggs
Mary Gifford
St. Joseph's Academy
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Marie Doughty
East Briggs Street
Will Horton
City
Mary McCormick
Sam Black
County Line
Alex Julian
Arthur Julian
Bierce
Celeste
Levi Peasley
West Harrison Street
Carrie Spielman
Brighton
Mrs
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Roy Emry
C. G. Bush
Rock Island
Hugh
Robert Gumm
Lois Glass
Monmouth
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Ginee
People's Column
J. P. Rodgers
Sidoreus
Airdale
Ellis M. Clarke
Cy Dawkins
Plumb
George Washington
Georgia
Hoover
America
J. M. McKain
Iowa
K. A. Bell
Dence
Goeke’s
West Broadway
Jewell’s Orchestra
Sunset
Paramount Pictures Corp
Ann Pennington
Ann
Kairfield Theater
Margarita Fischer
Janet
Ham
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
W. B. Reduso
Met
W. B
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New York
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Kerrick
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