Local Residents Visit City From Many Nearby Areas
A stream of visitors arrives in the city from Brighton Birmingham Batavia Camp Dodge Tur nds Burlington Mt Pleasant Chicago Ottumwa Seymour Pleasant Plain Germanville Chariton Ft Worth Mt Pleasant and Keosauqua. People attend church visits and travel for family gatherings with relatives and friends through the region.
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George Thompson
Camp Dodge
City
Earnest Hopkirk
Ft. Worth, Tex
Meetings Open at the Airdome for Bible Lectures
Beginning Tuesday evening a series of Bible focused lectures will be held at the Airdome in Fairfield under the Iowa Conference of Seventh day Adventists led by Elder W. K. Smith. The program stresses personal conversion and Bible study with no excitement and is free to all at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airdome
Fairfield
Iowa
Carnival closes week here and heads to Washington
The World's Fair Carnival Co. finished its week here Saturday night and moved on to Washington for another engagement. The wrestling exhibit drew the most interest, followed by the trained animal show. No major disturbances occurred and the company personnel looked well behaved. The diamond ring contest was not completed due to time and will be awarded Thursday at the park band concert.
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World’s Fair Carnival Co
Washington
Notice for Bottling Works Empty Pop Cases
Notice requests owners of empty pop cases to contact Forest City Bottling Works at 434 and we will call back to arrange pickup. Includes 675 and buy W. S. S. numeric reference.
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Forest City Bottling Works
Referee Sale Of Estate Property In Jefferson City
The referee will privately sell the residence of Joseph Clinkenbeard, deceased, located at South Seventh and West Jackson. The full lot with a four room house will be sold very cheap to settle the estate, with WM. L. Long as referee, dated June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Clinkenbeard
South Seventh and
West Jackson Streets
WM. L. Long
Buy W. S. Notice by Griffith & Pierson
All persons knowing themselves in debt to Griffith and Pierson are asked to call and settle at once. 679 Griffith and Pierson. Journal Classified Ads bring results.
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Griffith & Pierson
Journal
Final List of Jefferson County Men Leaving Next Monday
The next contingent of Jefferson county men will depart Monday June 24 on Burlington No 38 at 6 47 am. Names include Hugh Elmore Fairfield Everett Black Batavia Paul Treon Fairfield Bernard C Damm Glendale Arthur E Hulse Fairfield Louis E Gire Fairfield Thos R Lenman Batavia Albert E Nelson Fairfield John E Murphy Packwood Fred R Simmons Fairfield Joe Laplont Fairfield Alva Schwartz Libertyville. Elmore, having learned of possible reclassification, asks to go with the next group and Clement Miller is dropped from the call.
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Jefferson County
Burlington
Hugh Elmore
Fairfield
Everett Black
Batavia
Paul Treon
Bernard C. Damm
Glendale
Arthur E. Hulse
Louis E. Gire
Thos. R. Lenman
Albert E. Nelson
John E. Murphy
Packwood
Fred R. Simmons
Joe Laplont
Alva Schwartz
Libertyville
Clement Miller
Infant Keller Child Dies After Brief Life
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. James Keller died yesterday afternoon at their home northwest of the city. The baby, born just yesterday, lived only a few hours. Burial was held in Wright cemetery today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Keller
Wright Cemetery
McAdoo Heads West for Health Recovery
Secretary McAdoo left White Sulphur Springs West Virginia for an unannounced destination in the West to spend several weeks recuperating from throat illness.
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Washington
McAdoo
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Wilson seizes land to expand Navy proving grounds
President Wilson commandeered about 2200 acres of land to enlarge Indian Head Maryland and the adjacent proving grounds on the Virginia side across the Potomac River, placing the area under Navy Secretary control. The action aims to bolster naval testing facilities.
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Proving
Maryland
Washington
Naval Proving Grounds
Indian Head
Bootomac River
Virginia
Wilson
Secretary of the Navy
Riot over Irish arrests sparks clashes in Galway
Two men were arrested at Ballygur County Galway on Friday triggering a riot with sympathizers clashing with police. Police used clubs while crowds threw missiles and blocked roads with felled trees barbed wire. telegraph wires were cut. The prisoners faced charges of illegal drilling and were committed to Sligo jail.
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London
Ballygur
County Galway
Ireland
Sligo
Lighthouse Bill Passes Senate for Lighthouse Service Funds
The bill appropriating 1,000,000 dollars for the lighthouse service was passed by the Senate and now goes to the president.
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Washington
Lighthouse Service
Sena Wte
Government salaries for stenographers in federal service
The Civil Service Commission debunks a rumor that entry salaries for stenographers and typists in Washington departments rose to 1400 a year. Initial pay remains from 1000 to 1200, with 1200 in the minority. The War Department starts at not less than 1100 and may rise to 1200 after three months. Higher rates are rare and require exceptional qualifications.
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Washington, D. C
United States Civil Service Commission
War Department
Funeral Held For Ralph Harper At South Fifth Street Home
Master Ralph Harper died Friday night at the hospital from appendicitis. Funeral services were held yesterday at 2:00 PM from the Charles Lee home on South Fifth Street with Rev. Kuhns presiding. Burial followed in Evergreen Cemetery. Griffith & Pierson advertise closing their Sanova bathroom fittings line with bargains.
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Ralph Harper
Charles Lee
South Fifth Street
Kuhns
Evergreen Cemetery
Bids Sought for 1918 19 Coal Supply
Bids for furnishing coal for the 1918 1919 season are to be received at the office of County Auditor Turner until 1 p m Monday July 1. Coal for the courthouse jail and county hospital will be weighed over the city scale and coal for the County Home will be F O B Libertyville. 684 County Auditor
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Turner
F. O. B. Libertyville
Fragmentary OCR Item From Local Paper
The readable text is minimal and includes stray letters and symbols with no clear names, dates, places, or events. No identifiable persons or organizations are present to form a valid summary or headline.
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Amos Whisler
Brighton
Frank and
Karl Simmons
Birmingham
Abner Anderson
George Sammons
A. C. Anderson
Mt. Pleasant
M. E. Harlan
Hillsboro
Mary Chidester
Chicago
WG. Robinson
J. C. Slaughter
Alice
Ottumwa
Harry Slaughter
O. E. Kirby
T. F. Kocher
Harry Bennett
Ed. Stones
Vernon Clapp
Seymour
Lee Nelson
Pleasant Plain
Ed. Wittmer
Mary Supalla
Germanville
Glen Peasley
Chariton
Mrs
Levi Peasley
Sergt
John B. Frasher
Camp Dolge
G. H. Frasher
Adam
Des Moines
Thomas Osborne
D. R. Haines
Katherine
J. O. Boyd
Charls Raines
Charles Heer
E. R. Crabb
Mark Whitney
Keosauqua
L.E. Whitney
W. S
Carnival Company
W. 5S. S
Sale
Keller
W.S. S
M’adoo
Secretary of the Treasury
NAVY
Campa
Toledo
Thomas Hickey
American Association
Roger Bresnahan
Army
Copenhagen
Murma
Finland
Harper
Sanoia
C. E. Anderson
Kerrick
Tribune
H.P. McLaughlin _ Company SQUARE
Sumer
Batistes
Unkrich’s
East Side Square
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