War conditions in Paris described by Grace Zorbaugh
Grace Zorbaugh, former Parsons College student now secretary of the British American YWCA in Paris, writes from a crowded relief center. Refugees crowd the corridor, sewing rooms, and distribution area as volunteers provide garments foods and employment to hundreds daily amid requisitioned space and shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Conrad Zorbaugh
Grace
Zorbaugh
Parsons College
Paris
Bureau de Ronfaisance
Rue Gandissart
Secours National
Liddall
Secour National
U. N
Hayyep
iMling Room
Miss Liddall
Des Moines Declares Municipal Potato Boycott
Des Moines Mayor John MacVicar proclaimed a city boycott on potatoes on February 26. He warned dealers of price manipulation by large storage stocks and set March 3 as the start date for the municipal action to curb the abuse.
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Des Moines
John MacVicar
Edwin Gould Jr Killed While Coon Hunting at Jekyl Island
Edwin Gould Jr twenty two and grandson of Jay Gould died in an accidental shooting while coon hunting near Jekyl Island Georgia. He was with Noyes Reynolds and a boatman after the mishap Reynolds scrambled to warn others and tried to drag the body to a boat before returning to alert authorities. The body was transported to New York aboard the Gould private car Dixie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muzzie
Dead Man
Jay Gould
Brunswick
Edwin Gould Jr
Edwin Could
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Jekyl Island
Young Gould
Gould
Frank Miller Gould Sr
Edwin Gould
Noyes Reynolds
Tracy Dows
Reynolds
Dixie
New York
The Town Slouch by Ellis M Clarke
A humorous column about neighbors prowling Cy Dawkins’ premises and the puzzling dynamics of childhood and adult life. The piece reflects on suspicion, biscuits, and dues with a folksy, lightly satirical tone.
Lane for Belgian Relief Opens Open Lane to Rotterdam
Sixteen steam ships carrying relief supplies valued at millions will depart U S ports in days. The Belgium relief commission announced an agreement with Great Britain and Germany establishing an open lane through the submarine zone for safe passage to Rotterdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Belgium
Murder on the highway threat tied to Higgins case
Chicago detectives pursue a former pal identified as Higgins threat maker after his death on a lonely stretch near Hammond Indiana. Informants say Higgins warned he was armed due to the threat and investigators expect the suspect’s arrest soon.
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Chicago
Fred L. Higgins
Hammond
Ind
Higgins
Tiigeins
For Rent Classified notices from Peoples column
Three modern upstairs furnished rooms for light housekeeping or sleeping near the square with outside entrance. Unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping at 301 W Burlington. Fred Toothaker farm seventy two acres contact William Parsons phone 7509. A modern room offered by Mrs A W Jaques phone 1455.
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Burlington Street
Fred Toothaker
William Parsons
Wanted help and rooms advertised in local journal
Classifieds list diverse wants including furnished rooms light housekeeping specify western or northern city areas. Job ads seek office stenography at home and at Leggett House plus general clerical work. Also requests for dressmaking, incubator purchase, and a business partnership in Fairfield with investment and return plan.
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G. C
Care Journal
Leggett House
West Washington Street
West Stone Street
Bpairfield
Iowa
Mixed Traffic Notices at Gilbert's Feed Yard
A brief notice mentions tying your rig at Gilbert's Feed Yard, available in the afternoon or night for 5e. The terse item reflects a local service or advertisement typical of a midcentury classifieds page.
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Gilbert
Pulaski Man Visited City. Washington Guests Stay
J. C. Taylor of Pulaski spent Saturday in the city. Mrs. John Belville and daughter Cecile of Washington spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Coop.
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J. C. Taylor
Pulaski
John Belville
Cecile
Washington
Lafe Coop
Landology and real estate ads in Marinette Wisconsin listing
An assortment of classified ads invites readers to subscribe to Landology magazine for land market facts and to contact the Skidmore Land Co. for details. Other lines offer a rubber tired survey, a modern home for sale at 702 South Second Street, and available lots with flexible terms on South Second Street Fairfield, with James Bailey as contact.
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Wa. I
Wisconsin
Farm Lands Landology
Landology
Skidmore Land Co
Skidmore’ Building
Marinette
James Bailey
Lost and found notices from Fairfield and Burlington Road
In Fairfield a lap robe is found owner may identify and pay for ads call 7106. A pocket book with money and other articles found between Myers store and Kast on Burlington road. Reward offered if left at the Journal office.
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Fairfield
Myers
Burlington Road
Journal
For Sale Items Occupy Fairfield Classified Notes
A Fairfield page lists multiple sale notices including household goods from Mrs. Charles Stevenson and Mrs. Alice Book er, a No. 60 Garland Base Burner, a refrigerator and writing desk, dry hardwood, a thirteen acre city tract, and a residence on East Burlington Street with inquiries via listed contacts. Another 8 room house with 1.25 lots and a shop is offered nearby.
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Charles Stevenson
West Hempstead Street
South D Street
Fairfield
Wm. L. Long
Burlington Street
Alice Booker
E. R. Smith
East Grimes Street
Mooney to Hang May seventeenth in San Quentin
In San Francisco on February 26 Thomas J. Mooney was sentenced to execution for complicity in the preparedness parade dynamiting. Judge Griffin imposed the death sentence as Mooney’s mother Mrs Annie Mooney cried out and collapsed. In Sullivan Indiana Benjamin O Dell is cleared of charges over failing to send his fourteen year old daughter to school after a four teen graduation.
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Sullivan, Ind
Benjamin O'Dell
Bridwell
O'Hell
Sullivan County
Grace, Miss Zorbaugh to Return to America This Spring
Grace Zorbaugh is expected to return to the United States this spring, according to family and friends. The note expresses gratitude and anticipation for the reunion.
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Grace
Miss Zorbaugh
America
For Sale House West of Ledger Office
Public notice listing a for sale house location west of the Ledger Office. The Fairfield Dry Cleaning Works occupies the site and the lot must be cleared before April 1. Contact W. H. Parker at phone 381, 267.
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Ledger
Fairfield Dry Cleaning Works
W. H. Parker
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Georgia
Ellis M. Clarke
Dunno
Cy Dawkins
Indiana
People's
A. W. Jaques
WM. A. Brady
Ethel Clayton
Carlyle Blackwell
Thompson Buchanan
Oliver Morosco
Lenore Ulrich
B. A. Rolfe
Julius Steger
Spas Ae
PO Sime
Baan
William Fox
the Love Thief
Gretchen Hartman
Alan Hale
Jesse L. Lasky
Marie Doro
Charles Dicken
Oliver Twist
Unites
Paramount Pictures
Philip Strong
With
Robert Connell and
Mabel Trunnelle
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