Fairfield Gas Plant Demand Raises Rates to Cover Costs
The Iowa Electric Company argues Fairfield gas service should increase rates. They compare Perry and Fairfield plant values, cite depreciation and operating costs, and note current net returns fail to cover depreciation. They request city council power to set higher charges to fund maintenance and a small return.
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WO Ovr
Perry
Fairfield
Marshalltown
Iowa Falls
Iowa
Iowa Electric Company
Letter From France Shows Wartime Family Thoughts
A 1918 note from Clifford Comin of Company M 168th regiment Somewhere in France describes home life scenes and a wish to return. He writes about garden plans, family routines, movies forgotten, and observations on French farm life and wooden shoes. He signs with affection to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Comin.
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J. W. Cominwore
Clifford
168Th Regiment
France
Dad
Ottumwa
Fred
Luise
United States
British Troops Push Forward in Palestine Front
London reports another advance by British forces in Palestine with a forward move of about a mile and three quarters on a 12 mile front. Turkish resistance was stiff as higher ridges near the Wadi El Jeb were secured and three counterattacks repulsed. The Turkish garrison withdrew to Kahn Baghdadi on the Euphrates after retreating from Hit. British airmen inflicted heavy casualties on retreating Turkish forces.
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London
Palestine
Jerusalem-Nabulus
Wadi el Jeb
Hit
Euphrates
Kahn-Baghdadi
Probate of Will in Jefferson County Iowa Notice
State of Iowa Jefferson County notice lists Mary J Kellogge will filed in district court with April 6 1918 date set for proof and final hearing at 2 o clock pm on first day of April Term 1918 Clerk GEO W Ball seals the record and docket shows 20 6 18 20
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State of
Iowa
Jefferson County
Mary J. Kellogge
District Court
For Sale In Fairfield Headlines and Farm Notices
Classified column itemized notes show real estate offers including a modern house at 700 South Second Street and a modern bungalow on East Burlington, plus farm mortgages and farm supplies. Entries include R M Brown contact, telephone numbers, and details on seeds, eggs, and a drug store listing in Fairfield Iowa with lender Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Company and local merchants.
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Fairfield
South Second Street
Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Company
Iowa
Wanted help and wallpaper cleaning ads in small print
Wanted notices offer general housework by a woman or girl and wallpaper cleaning or frescoeing services with contact numbers 2p93 and 4579 at 136 and 132 addresses respectively.
Trotzky Removed as Bolshevik Foreign Minister Over German Peace Clash
London dispatch reports Leon Trotsky dismissed by Premier Lenin after a quarrel on the German peace terms. Trotsky argued the treaty was extorted and Russia must resist, possibly by guerrilla warfare, while Lenin insisted the treaty be ratified.
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London
Leon
Trotzky
Lenine
Morning Post
Petrograd
Russia
Prussia
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Mother
Lucile
Geo, W. Ball
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Harold Lockwood
Edith Storey
Legion of Death
W. Jackson Street
R. M. Brown
F. D
East Burlington
Rhode Island
Hugh Shriner
J. C. Barnes
Ohio
Thompson
Mt. Pleasant
Trotzky Fiki
Bolsheviki
Smith
Chicago
Scheffel’s
Music
James Hughes
W. H. Pence Mach, CO
Battery Department
J. F. Bolger
J. C. Penney Co., Inc
Leggett Hotel
He Rairfield Theater
William Russell
William Desmond
Paddy O’hara
Jefferson County Abstract and
Frank D. Kerrick
Licens
Tribune
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