Discharged Soldier Alleges Cruelty in French Prison Camp
Frank Woods of Youngstown Ohio describes in a Senate letter to Senator Harding alleged brutal treatment of American prisoners in France. He claims officers used blackjacks and starvation and that prisoners were punished for attempting to contact relatives. He cites a lieutenant and a captain among those accused.
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Washington
France
Harding
Ohio
Senate Military Committee
Chamin
Frank Woods
Youngstown
Maul
Woods
Este
Dewey
Nes
European relief plan eyed as J P Morgan aids crusade
Paris July 25 J P Morgan the leading international banker is in Europe amid a push to fund Europe’s postwar recovery. A joint London meeting of the supreme economic council and the International Shipping Board signals coordination. Plan to provide long term credits from American exporters to European importers aims to stabilize exchange and unlock further U S financing after treaty ratification.
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Paris
United ’S
Europe
Nce
Great Britain
Italy
Jago-Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Po- Roumania
Greece
Germany
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
J. P. Morgan
London
Supreme Economic Council
International Shipping Board
Council
United States
Forest Fire Wrecks Village in Delta County
Delta county Upper Michigan reports widespread fires destroying parts of several townships. A large virgin pine tract near Charlevoix Grand Traverse counties is threatened while Dollar settlement on Whitefish Bay shore near Sault Ste Marie was destroyed. residents evacuated.
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Lansing
Michigan
Delta County
Upper Michigan
State Game and Forestry Department
Charlevoix
Grand Traverse
Dollar Settlement
Whitefish Bay
Sault Ste Marie
Antrim
Real estate boom hits Fairfield with rising prices
Farm land and residences command high prices as Fairfield sees a real estate surge. Agents report busy activity with several notable sales including Ba Roth selling on South Main to L. O. Gaines and John Gow moving from a 10 acre farm to East Kirkwood property. Arm strong sells 80 acre farm at 400 per acre to John Messer, a pace higher than two years ago. Junkin & sons buy John McDonald farm of 85 acres at 200 per acre. John Vedine sells Buchanan township farm to a Mt Pleasant buyer.
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Fairfield
Ba@ Roth
Hhe
South Main Street
L. O. Gaines
William
Lutherans and Methodists play 1–1 tie on Alumni Field
In the local league opener Lutherans and Methodists battled to a 1–1 draw last night on Alumni Field. Anspach opened scoring in the third for the Lutheran side, while Garber tied it for the Methodists in the fourth on a sequence of passed balls. Louden Machinery workers consider forming a company team to join the league.
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Lutherans
Methodists
Alumni Field
Fol
Yount
Smith Zeigler
Noel ‘Garber
Carey Clinkenbeard
Swan Frye
South
George
Anspach
Oliver If
Carlson Rayden
Bishop
Louden
Weekend Party Hosts Out-Of-Town Guests In Fairfield
Mrs Jamee Crail entertained several Ot tumwa residents and Miss Pearl Denning of Eddyville at a 604 South Main street gathering. Sunday School members planned a big Mission picnic with volleyball and baseball on the lawn, featuring the Boy Scouts of Leon with songs and readings. A Wednesday morning wedding at the Ot tumwa Methodist parsonage joined Lucile Allerdice and Chesney L. Smith, both Fairfield friends, as they head to Campbell Island East Moline for two months. Harmony club enjoyed an all day picnic at Mrs Joe Wilson’s home north of Fairfield with a large turnout and a lawn dinner.
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Jamee Crail
South Main ‘Street
Earl True
C. 0
Will ‘Allison
Tom Price
Charles Pouton
Ottumwa
Pearl Denning
Eddyville
New Chicago Mission
Mission Lawn
Boy Scouts of Leon
Iowa
Lucile Mildred Allerdice
Day
Curtis Elliott
Glendale
Fairfield
Harmony Club
Joe Wilson
Earl Vandegriff Visits Ottumwa Before Camp Dodge Discharge
Earl Vandegriff, recently returned from France, visited friends in Ottumwa on Wednesday. He served as a chaplain overseas and plans a few days at home before returning to Camp Dodge to receive his discharge.
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Earl Vandegriff
France
Mr. Vanegriff
Ottumwa
Camp Dodge
Fire kills fire captain and infant in South Chicago blaze
Chicago July 24 Captain Hugh Murray of the Sixteenth Fire Engines company was killed and an infant burned to death as a fire swept a whole block of the South Chicago residential district. Four hundred were left homeless by the conflagration. The blaze started in the rear of a three story frame boarding house for steel workers at 8550 Buffalo Ave, likely from spontaneous combustion.
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Chicago
Hugh Murray
Sixteenth Fire Engines Company
Buffalo Ave
W D Garmoe Sells 800 Acre Farm at $400 an Acre
W D Garmoe and his son have sold the J D Armstrong 800 acre farm for 400 dollars per acre. The ad proclaims We sell good ones and notes a child’s bed with mattress for 3 dollars, listing phone 3455 and address 4056 W Burlington.
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W. D. Garmoe
J. D. Armstrong
Burlington
Harsh Iowa Dry Spell Grips State Weather Experts Warn
The Iowa section reports extreme heat with Fairfield showing 95 yesterday and 200 today, other thermometers between 98 and 102. A locomotive shattering Joe Ball farm crops worsens drought as only .96 inch fell in eight days since June 15. Weather man Charles D. Reed sees no rain soon, noting scattered counties without rain in the north, east central, and southern areas.
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Iowa
Ahakap
Fairfield
Joe Ball
Charles D. Reed
Public Sale of Fairfield High School houses scheduled
In accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Independent School District of Fairfield Iowa the two dwelling houses on the lots immediately west of the High School will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash on the premises Saturday August 2 1919 at two o clock p m. Tenders will be announced at sale.
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Independent School District
Fairfield
Iowa
Bargains in Land Offer Wide Options and Trade
Thousands of acres of land with timothy and clover crops near railroads markets and schools offered from 15.00 to 35.00 per acre. Trade possible. Also Iowa land and city property bargains plus insurance savings. Lundquist Son real estate and insurance 649-80 F. W. Lundquist & Son, Phone 2551.
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Iowa
F. W. Lundquist & Son
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Committee
Broad
Grand Traverse Counties
Ull
Batiste
Roth & Co
Drake
Ecru
Palm Beach
The
Drake Clothing Co
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