Auction of 200 pounds of sausage for Red Cross funds
Mt. Pleasant Iowa March 8 200-word item notes 200 pounds of all jerk sausage intended for troop trains will be auctioned Saturday evening to raise Red Cross funds. The sausage made at Brown's market and baked at Lubers factory was prepared for feeding troops but trains no longer stop here. The goods are packed in 22 crocks eight to eleven pounds each and will not be divided.
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Mt. Pleasant
Red Cross
Brown's
Luberger
Brown
Reingerster
Carlyle Blackwell Considers Stage Return If Not In Films
Chicago Herald reports Carlyle Blackwell would return to spoken drama if not in motion pictures. He says he enjoyed stage life, shaping scenarios, directing a company, and values a family-like set. His latest film is The Pete Mystery, showing tomorrow at the Fairfield Theater.
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Carlyle Blackwell
Chicago Herald
Minh
Five Reel Pictures
Pairfield Theater
Pete
Gas Companies Seek Rates Rise Across United States
The notice explains gas firms face losses from war costs and high production prices. It cites 200 rate increase requests, with over 90 percent approved, including Iowa raises from 1.40 to 1.75 or 1.85. Des Moines asks 25c more per 1000 feet while Chicago’s Peoples Gas seeks 22.25 percent. John Skelton Williams urges relief via public authorities to keep utilities solvent and avoid national calamity.
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United States
Public Utilities Commission
Iowa
Marengo
Waverly
Ames
Iowa Falls
Grinnell
Des Moines Gas Company
Peoples Gas Company of
Chicago
John Skelton Williams
Congress
Eagles Notice On Special Meeting Next Monday Evening
The regular Eagles meeting is set for next Monday evening to discuss business matters of importance and seek the opinion of all members. T. W. Grant and W. P. are listed as related organizers.
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T. W. Grant
W. P
Hannah Clinkenbeard Co Seeks Ad Fill After One Night
The Hannah Clinkenbeard Co reports about a hundred replies to its ad and asks the Journal to replace last night’s insertion with space for further responses.
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Hannah- Clinkenbeard Co
For Rent Notices in Local Column
Good barn three blocks from square suitable for horses or automobile. Phone 178. Furnished rooms in modern house close in. Phone 3190. Nine room residence at corner of 6th and Washing Manchester area.
For Sale Classified Items Listing Various Goods
A compilation of local sale notices including Rhode Island Red eggs for setting, White Orpington eggs for hatching at 13 for $1, a new bungalow for sale near the square, a 1917 Maxwell touring car offered at $500, a gasoline engine and pump jack with hay also listed, an orange store in Fairfield Iowa for sale, extra Plymouth Rock cockerels, an improved 120 acre farm in Round Prairie Township for private sale, home grown seed potatoes from Thompson's Greenhouse, two cars including a Holiday and a Ford touring car, and WANTED notices for a janitor and a houseworker.
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Box
Fairfield
Iowa
Timothy Barn
J. J. Anderson
J. M. Calhoun
Orange
J. G. Maasdam
C. T. MecCampbell
Round Prairie Township
James P. Starr
Ohio
Thompson
Mt. Pleasant
W. H. Pence
For Rent Notices and Contact Listings
Multiple rental ads listed with contact names and phone numbers. W H Pence at 113 offers a suite of office rooms over a shoe store after April 15. J H Hufstedler at 111 rents halls of a double house near the square. Furnished heated rooms 107 and a 19 by 25 foot building for storage or a two car garage at 206 East Burlington. Residence for rent at corner of West Hempstead and North Third with contact 693 or at the first door west.
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W.H. Pence
Anderson Shoe Store
J. H. Hufstedler
Double House
Iss David
East Burlington Street
West Hempstead
North Third Street
J. F. Dearduff
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Arm & Hamme
K. C
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Jewell’s
Artcraft Pictures Corp
Elsie Ferguson
Gennie Cushing
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Mutual
Ann Murdock
World Film Corporation
June Elridge
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