Red Cross Nurses Ordered to Report for Duty
Misses Ellen Anderson and Alice Marquardt of this city have been ordered to report for duty as Red Cross nurses in Houston Texas. Miss Olive Graber of Burlington, secretary of the nurses division of the First Congressional district received the order from Washington and asked local nurses to report at once. Other nurses enrolled for active Red Cross duty will likely be sent south to care for soldiers in base hospitals training for France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Anderson
Alice Marquardt
Red Cross
Houston
Texas
Olive Graber
Burlington
First Congressional District
Washington
France
Rescue of the Buffalo Conservation Efforts Highlighted
The annual report from the biological survey notes the buffalo population rebound after near extinction. Early slaughter by railroad expansion and hide hunters decimated herds from millions to about a thousand in 1880, with reemerging numbers now suggesting recovery and potential economic value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biological Survey
North American
Upper
Missouri
Western Plains
Prairies
North America
Anh
Chicago and Kansas City Livestock and Grain Markets Today
Chicago live stock receipts total 41,000 with hogs at 16.25 to 16.59 and cattle 12 to 14. Cattle and hog quotations vary by class from light shipping to prime. Kansas City reports 6,000 hogs and cattle receipts with mixed price movements, calves, bulls, and sheep values listed. Dunning and Stevens and other merchants provide regional quotes for cattle, hogs, sheep, and calves along with cash grain prices for wheat corn and oats. Butter eggs poultry and produce prices are also shown along with vegetables and fruit ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sir AD
Heef Cleere
Bnet Gulinio
Dunning and
Stevens
Livestock Commission
East Buffalo
Sims Warns British Fleet Must Guard Coast Over Raids
Captain William S. Sims testified before the House Naval Affairs Committee that German raids on the Kentish coast show blockaded fleets can strike unprotected shores for a brief period. He argued fortifications around the Panama Canal offer only limited protection and that Britain would struggle to shield key passages if German forces attack.
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Captain Sims
Congress
Panama
Washington
Kentish
House Committee On Naval Affairs
House Committee
William S. Sims
Bate
Germany
Great Britain
Helgoland
Panama Canal
Sims
Kindness Rewarded in Powers Will Reward
Marshfield Oregon Mrs Ella Lainger a Powers woman was handsomely rewarded for kindness to G A Brown who died at Powers Brown a wealthy bachelor nursed by Lainger for months Brown's will probate at Powers left his home and furnishings valued at 3000 to 4000 dollars to Lainger the remainder to cousin Mrs M Kelley of Hibbing Minnesota
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshfield
Ore
Ella Lainger
Powers
G. A. Brown
Mr. Brown
Lainger
Seat sale at New York Stock Exchange blocked for $50
Supreme Court Justice Finch ruled that $50 was grossly inadequate for a NYSE seat. Andrew G. Wheeler owns the seat and owes $6,600 in alimony. A receiver auctioned the seat. Joseph Weinstock bid $50 but was not awarded the seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Supreme Court
Finch
Andrew G. Wheeler
Joseph Weinstock
Bernard Coleson Enlists in Navy Writes From Mare Island
Bernard Coleson reports his Federal service sworn in at Mare Island California in May 1917. He describes barracks life sleeping outdoors, pay of 30 dollars monthly, travel from Denver, fading war talk, gratitude to join Uncle Sam, and strong resolve to stay as a soldier despite the sea breeze and busy harbor scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folks
Federal Service
Denver
Uncle Sam
Mother
Father
Sis
Paradise
Bernard Coleson
Marine Barracks
Navy Yard
Mare Island
California
Corn Starch Recipes with Cocoanut Flake and Apple Souffle
A scanned recipe block describes Cocoanut Blane with corn starch, sugar, milk, coconut or ground nuts, vanilla, eggs, and cola water serving with custard. It also details Apple Souffle using tart apples, corn starch, flour, sugar, butter, lemon, nutmeg, eggs, and a baked finish.
Perfect Poetry. Who wrote the most perfect lines of English poetry
A correspondent asks which author has the finest lines and lists three options. Shelley's vivid image of flowers, Tennyson's gentle refrain about sleep and light, and Swinburne's dreamlike landscapes are weighed for musicality and vision. The note reflects literary taste in the Tondon Chronicle.
Snake Under Horse's Foot in Monterey Woods
C Wellman and crew while logging on Dry Hill Monterey heard a rattlesnake and later found it under a horse's foot. The hoof pinned the snake so it rattled but could not strike. The men killed the snake.
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Monterey
Mass
Dry Hill
Wellman
Hearts and Speeches Amid Quiet Domestic Life
A reflective note on reverence for home and the role of a speaker who often stirs with spirited rhetoric while at home, suggesting devotion and moral warmth define true heaven.
Wanted Help and Goods in Fairfield Classifieds
Classified notices solicit a girl for general house work at 300 West Burlington or phone 132. Calves aged 3 days to 2 months offered by Art Donavan, phone TSE. Lawn mowers needed at Pence's Machine Shop on North Fourth Street. Clerical position sought by a young man skilled in typing, bookkeeping and penmanship, with references. respond to Box 28 Fairfield Iowa 755.
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West Burlington
Dave
Art Donavan
Pence
North Fourth Street
Fairfield
Iowa
For Sale Items Listing From Local Advertiser
Multiple classified ads include a good rubber tired top buggy priced cheap for immediate sale by Gene Kirby, a seven room house with garage listed by William Long, a Buick touring car with contact by phone 1478, household furniture including piano and dishes at a corner of West Burlington and Second Street, and Remingtons Monarchs L C Smiths Royals typewriters rebuilt like new with 40 to 80 percent off manufacturers prices and one year guarantee. Catalogue available from American Writing Machine Co. Chicago Illinois at 329 South Dearborn Street.
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Gene Kirby
William Long
West Burlington
Second Street
Remingtons
Monarchs
L. C. Smiths
Royals
Journal
American Writing Machine Co., Inc
South Dearborn, Street
Chicago
Ill
For Rent Two Rooms In Modern Home Near Square
Furnished room available in a modern home two blocks from the square. Phone 401 816. Rentals note Journal office 805 nearby.
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Journal Office
Lost items on the square and at the Orpheum
On the square Saturday a gold watch fob with initials J. H. D. on the pendant was lost. Finder call 9813 for reward. Also missing a cameo brooch near the Orpheum or West side of the square with liberal reward. call 3397.
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Orpheum
Square
Neighbor Tells Hex Cure for Lumbago
Letter from Mrs. G J Eveland of Duncan Mills Illinois recounts relief from lumbago after using Foley Kidney Pills. She was bedridden until a neighbor shared a half bottle, then two or three bottles fully restored her. The ad claims Foley Kidney Pills tone up kidneys and improve appetite energy and sleep.
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G .J. Eveland
Duncan Mills
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Buffalo
Chitcago
Setard Coleson
A. V. Coleson
Bernard
Navy
Tennyson
Swinburne
Tondon Chronicle
Ellis M. Clarke
Heaven
Cy Dawkins
People’s . . Column
Thoma
Orpheun
Orpheum Orchestra
William Fox
William Nigh and
Violet Palmer
Jack Pickford
Fairfield Pure
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Rock Island Lines
Rocky Mountain Limited
Colorado Springs
Riya Ey Is
T. F. McNew
Safety and Service First
Ros Smalted
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