Clever swindler impersonates airfield boy in Iowa towns
A con artist poses as Harry G. King a Fairfield student and Y M C A member to gain trust in towns across Iowa. Iowa City dispatch reports he offers low rates on magazines including Ladies Home Journal and Modern Priscilla, with a $50 reward for arrest supported by King's parents and the National Promotion company.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Fairfield
Harry G. King
King
Ihas
Harry King
State University
Indians Bring Challenge to Parsons in Trustee Gym Bout
Parsons College faces the Cheyenne Indians in Trustee gym tomorrow night. The article promises a thrilling game with a large crowd expected to attend and labeled as a season highlight.
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Parsons College
Trustee Gymnasium
FISH REASON CLAIMS BY PENEBO SCOT SALMON KING
Bangor area resident Stephen Decatur Bridges asserts salmon can reason and discuss conditions in the Penobscot. He offers two explanations for salmon disappearances, either dirty waters or hatchery practices that harm fish by removing their eyes.
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Maine
Bangor
Stephen Decatur Bridges
Verona
Penobscot
Bridges
East Orland
Burnt wood artist receives lone lumberman note
Elizabeth New Jersey Miss Mary Hanna a burnt wood artist in a novelty plant finds a message on a pine strip from a Wisconsin lumber Jack. The note reads I want a wife my name is Peter Peterson Green Bay Wisconsin. Miss Hanna sees a postcard showing Broad street at its busiest and a reply is on its way to Green Bay.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Mary Hanna
Peter Peterson
Green Bay
Wis
Hanna
Broad Street
Kentucky youth opens cannonade in Ohio onion district
Charles S. Hale from Greensburg Kentucky, fourteen years old, armed with a gun, threatened to shoot at workers in Alger Hardin county Ohio onion fields after being teased. Officers tried to arrest him and a bullet struck Harvey Porter before spectators fled. Hale is sent to Lancaster Industrial School.
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Kenton, O
Kentucky
Alger
Scioto Marsh
Ohio
Charles S. Hale
Greensburg
Hardin County
Harvey Porter
Lancaster Industrial School
Lorain Barber Marks 25 Years in Chair
Theodore Curtis of Lorain celebrates 25 years in barbering saying he has shaved 243 960 men and cut enough hair to make eleven mattresses and 43 562 crutches. He lists Presidents McKinley Roosevelt Taft and others among his notable clients including Dewey Tillman Buffalo Bill Jesse Willard and Ted Stein. He would like to add Charles Evans Hughes to his list.
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Lorain
Theodore Curtis
Curtis
MedKinney
Roosevelt
Taft
Mick Wanita
Matt Quay
Albert Beveridge
Dew ‘Tillman
Doc Cook
Buffalo Bill
Jesse Willard
Ted Stean
Uarry Thorn
Charlies Vans Hughes
Cigar Prices Set to Rise Across the Board
The article explains that retail cigar prices are increasing for the first time since the Civil War era due to higher costs of leaf tobacco, boxes, labor, and materials driven by war and market shifts. Manufacturers resist cheaper blends, while retailers struggle on thin margins and smokers face higher costs or smaller cigars. The public is urged to expect price hikes soon.
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Europe
Cuba
Havana
Rural School Notes Encourage Active Parental Cooperation
Two weeks after vacation, officials urge teachers and parents to collaborate for better student effort. A toast to home support follows notes on school improvements at No.6 Liberty and No.7 Center, with new furnishings at Lindy, book cases at Polk, and literary societies in Blackhawk. The next study center meets January 20 at the courthouse with Cedar Falls guests Miss Anderson and Miss Lambert.
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Court House
Miss Anderson
Miss Lambert
Cedar Falls
Wanted notices fill small ads page in Journal
Multiple classified lines request rentals trades and services including a furnished room near square a five to six room house by February 1st a six or seven room modern house by March 1st and various female help positions practical nursing and housework inquiries listed with contact numbers and addresses in Journal classifieds.
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Enquire Journal
J. P. Starr
J. M
Journal
Legger House
For Sale: Nine Room Modern House in Good Location
For sale a nine room house in excellent condition, modern in every respect and well located. Fifty percent of the purchase price may be paid in cash with favorable terms on the balance. Address E. H. care Journal.
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E. H
Care Journal
Fairfield
Iowa
West
Burlington Street
S. J. Morris
Marshall, Mo
Eastwood
Lost yellow purse near Maxwell Grocery on square
A small yellow purse containing a sum of money was found on the south side of the square near Maxwell Grocery Store. The finder is asked to call 3769.
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Maxwell Grocery Store
Dates for January and February 1917 Examinations
The schedule lists normal examinations on January 17 18 and 19 1917 and regular exams on January 24 25 and 26 1917. It directs teachers to report to the county superintendent the names of children coming to Fairfield February 22 and 23 to take the 8th grade examination.
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Fairfield
Man Found Alive After 21 Years Hears Home Call
Charles M. Short, believed dead by his mother Mrs. M. A. Annett of St. Joseph, Missouri, has been found in Pratt Kansas alive. Short says he wandered for years as a sailor after leaving Excelsior Springs Missouri, with a vessel sunk rumor ending his mother’s grief until a Nebraska cousin wired news. Read the Daily Journal.
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Nebraska
Short
Neighbor touts cure for lumbago and kidney pills
A reader shares that a neighbor relieved lumbago with Foley Kidney Pills after trying two or three bottles. The letter claims the pills tone up weak kidneys, remove poisons, restore appetite and energy, and improve sleep, urging others not to neglect kidney trouble.
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Eveland
Duncan Mills
Tll
Foley
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Rural School Notes
Johnny
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No. &, Polk
Blackhawk
People’s Column
South Second Street
Irene Humphreys
West Adams Street
Ene
The
Daily Journal
Oakland
Spence-Dill Auto CO
Orpheum
Cochran
Foreman & Cochran
J. P. Foreman
Foreman Grocery Company
Yairfield Theater
Lois Weber
Miss Weber
Mary McLaren
William Russell and
Charlotte Burton
Mutual Presents
Helen Holmes
Hawaii
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