Letter From France Reveals Family Ties and Observations
A 1918 dispatch from Dan Culbertson in American Expeditionary Forces describes receiving letters, packages, and a warm sweater from home. He remarks on French landscapes, castles, and hedged fields, notes censorship limits on letters, and mentions friendships and the hope of meeting Norman Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Culbertson
E. D. Y. Cul- Byerteon
Lear
France
Iowa
America
Quieting Title Suit in Jefferson County Iowa
Charles B Ruggles files a district court petition in Jefferson County Iowa seeking to quiet title to 94.33 acres including parts of sections 3 and 4 Township 78 Range 11. The defendants listed include multiple spouses and heirs and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway Company. The court is notified of adverse possession for 25 years and the case sets an April term with a noon defense deadline of April 8 1915. Attorneys Starr and Jordan represent the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Borough
Lucy Borough
Amauel Widener
Widener
Emanuel Widner
Thursey Widner
John Harman
Harman
John Herman
Herman
Robert C. Risk
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Jefferson County
Towa
District Court of
State of
Iowa
Charles B. Ruggles
Charles B Ruggles
Fairfield
Starr & Jordan
Soloist Alfred Bergen Rescheduled to March 18
American bari tone soloist Alfred Bergen who was to perform March 4 at Barhydt chapel will give his recital March 18. His accompanist was drafted at the earlier date, preventing the originally planned performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Bergen
Solist
Barhydt Chapel
Bergen
O. J. Simons Moves to New Quarters
O J Simons leaves East Broadway for the former Republican office on North Court street in a change noted with satisfaction by colleagues. He recalls singing aboard the train with the battery crew and mentions plans to write home, while boxes arrive with rough handling but good spirits remain high.
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O. J. Simons
East Broadway
Republican
Burkett
North Court Street
Frank Fiedler
O. K
For Rent and Sale Notices in Mt. Pleasant Iowa
Classified item list shows multiple rental offerings including furnished rooms near the square and a half of a double house two blocks away. Office space over Anderson Shoe Store available after April 15. Also sale ads for C. T. McCampbell Estate farm of 120 acres in Round Prairie Township and homegrown seed potatoes from Thompson's Greenhouse.
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Anderson Shoe Store
J. H. Hufstedler
C. T. McCampbell
Round Prairie Township
James P. Starr
Ohio
Thompson
Mt. Pleasant
W. H. Pence
For Sale and Wanted Classified Fragments
Classified items list multiple offers and requests including for sale items like a good wheel eggs furniture and a 1917 Model Maxwell car and for rent and job needs notices. The fragment shows names phone numbers addresses and brief product or service notes from Fairfield Iowa and surrounding listings.
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Mayo
Norman Hall
Dad
People’s
Gcolumn
Rhode Island
Hugh Shriner
W. Jackson Street
J. C. Barnes
Wheatley Bros
Banta
J. W. Ogle
Box
Ford
Unkrich
Lowa
W. H. Pence Mach. CO
Battery Department
Legion OF Death
METRO
Russia
Beditech Store
the Bernhardt
Orpheum Theater
John T. Davies
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Burlington Street
Hese
Jewell’s
Thomas H. Ince
William
Hart
Harold Lockwood
Jim Black
Wilfred Allen
William Russell
the Man
Jefferson County Abstract and
Frank D. Kerrick
Lhen
Tribune
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