Clever swindler impersonates Fairfield boy
A swindler using the name Harry G. King of Fairfield, a State University student and Y M C A member, has been soliciting magazine subscriptions in Iowa towns. Iowa City reports a $50 reward for arrest, backed by King's parents and the National Promotion company, targeting Ladies Home Journal and Modern Priscilla subscriptions.
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Iowa City
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Harry King
Harry G. King
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Parsons College Faces Cheyenne Indians In Trustee Gym Thriller
The Parsons College basketball team hosts the Cheyenne Indians tomorrow night in Trustee gym amid high hopes for a dramatic season milestone. A large crowd is expected to witness the athletic sensation as locals anticipate a competitive clash.
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Parsons College
Trustee Gymnasium
Maine salmon king argues fish reason over water quality
Stephen Decatur Bridges of Verona near Bangor contends salmon and alewife can reason. He offers two causes for the Penobscot salmon decline: the fish spread opinions about dirty waters and mistreatment at East Orland hatchery, leading salmon to avoid the river.
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Bangor
Stephen Decatur Bridges
Verona
Penobscot
Bridges
East Orland
Pine Strip Message From Wisconsin Lumber Jack Found
Miss Mary Hanna, a burnt wood artist in Elizabeth New Jersey, found a pine strip bearing a message from a lonely Wisconsin lumber jack. The note reads I f a girl finds this board my name is Peter Peterson and I want a wife for I m lonesome Address Peter Peterson General Delivery Green Bay Wis. The postal showing on Broad Street and car traffic indicated the note was underway to Green Bay.
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Elizabeth
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Mary Hanna
Winconsin Lumber
Peter Peterson
General Delivery
Green Bay
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Hanna
Broad Street
Kentucky youth gun threat shocks Alger onion district
Charles S. Hale a 14 year old from Greensburg Kentucky armed with a gun fired on villagers in Alger Ohio causing panic as officers moved to arrest him. Harvey Porter was wounded and Hale was sent to the Lancaster Industrial School.
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Greensburg
Hardin County
Harvey Porter
Lancaster Industrial School
Lorain barber marks 25 years shaving 243960 customers
Theodore Curtis of Lorain celebrates a quarter century in barbering recounting he has shaved 243960 men and cut hair to fill eleven mattresses. He lists notable clients including Presidents McKinley Roosevelt Taft and figures such as Buffalo Bill and Harry Thaw. He jokes about adding Charles Evans Hughes to his roster.
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Toonsevelt
Taft
Mark Hanna
Matt Quay
Albert Beveridge
Ben Tillman
Doc” Cook
Buffalo Bill
Jesse Willard
Ed Sloan
Harry Thaw
Charles Sivans Hughes
Cigar Prices Set to Rise Across the Nation
The piece explains that retail cigar prices will climb for the first time in decades due to higher leaf tobacco costs, labor, cases, and packaging, driven by war-related shortages and rising production expenses. Manufacturers may cut brand sizes, but many firms insist on maintaining quality. Retailers, operating on slim margins, will pass the costs to smokers soon.
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Europe
Cuba
Havana
Rural School Notes Urge School and Home Cooperation
The county superintendent urges teachers to enforce definite tasks and parents to support classroom discipline. Parents should cooperate to help children, with confidential talks revealing issues. Notes include school numbers 6 Liberty 7 Center 8 Polk, new book cases, new building sections, and organized literary societies. The next study center is at the courthouse on Saturday January 20 from 9:30 to 3:30 with Miss Anderson and Miss Lambert from Cedar Falls.
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Court House
Miss Anderson
Miss Lambert
Cedar Falls
People’s Column Wants And Rentals Listings
Multiple brief classifieds list wants to rent rooms and houses, trades, and household help. Items include furnished room near square, five to six room house after Feb 1, experienced housegirl for weeks, trade for town lots, chambermaid, six to seven room modern house by March 1, practical nursing inquiries. Contact Journal office or phone numbers provided.
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Enquire Journal
J. P. Starr
J. M
Journal
Legger House
For Rent Furnished Room at 202 West Adams Street
A furnished room is available in a modern home at 202 West Adams Street. Contact phone number 2307 for details.
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West Adams Street
Lost Yellow Purse Near Maxwell Grocery
A small yellow purse containing money was found on the south side of the square near Maxwell Grocery Store. The finder is asked to call 2769.
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Maxwell Grocery Store
Examination Schedule and 8th Grade Test Reminders
Regular and normal examinations are scheduled for January 17 to 19 1917 and January 24 to 26 1917. Teachers must report to the county superintendent the names of children who will attend the Fairfield 8th grade examination on February 22 and 23 1917 per state regulations.
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Fairfield
Found Alive After 21 Years Pratt Man Reappears
Charles M. Short of Excelsior Springs Mo wandered for two decades after leaving home to sail the seas. He was believed dead by his mother Mrs M A Annett of Saint Joseph Mo until a cousin's message confirmed he was alive in Pratt Kansas.
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Nebraska
Short
Neighbor's Cure for Lumbago Promoted by Pills
A reader reports kidney pills eased lumbago and rheumatic pain after neighbors recommended Foley Kidney Pills. The letter claims rapid relief with two to three bottles and urges others with kidney trouble to use Foley Kidney Pills to improve appetite energy and sleep.
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Eveland
Duncan Mills
Foley
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