Dayton Beautification Films Highlight City Improvement Efforts
Special films on merchandising will be shown March 29 for merchants and clerks in Dayton Ohio. Stereopticon and motion pictures depict beautifying Dayton around the North Central Railroad plant and other areas. The company long promoted neighborhood improvement by training youth to grow flowers and vegetables, turning a troubled Slidertown area into constructive activity.
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Dayton
Slidertown
Local Social Notes and Upcoming Millinery Opening
Libertyville pages report Mrs Hannawalt caring for her bedridden daughter Mrs Stodghill, E W Carter improving from pneumonia, and several local visits. Millinery house Mrs Boley plans a spring opening at O A Swanson store on Wednesday March 14. Floyd Robertson opens barber shop upstairs in the new bank building. Numerous visits and travels include Lyle Robertson, Mrs Earl Stewart, Mrs Tom Dotts, Mrs Mabel Lux, Mr and Mrs Curt Vaught, J W Hurst, Roy Glotfelty’s party moving to Michigan, Mr and Mrs Carl Riggs, J O Boyd trading for a farm near Salem, Tom Moss renting property, Ottumwa visitors, Nellie Looney leaving for Douds Leando, Len Lewis trip to Richland, A Williams and Anna Belle Williams returning from Florida, Jessie Winn visiting Concordia Kansas, and Rebekah Club plans hosted by R B Stephenson on March 16.
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Hannawalt
Mt. Pleasant
E. W. Stodghill
E. W. Carter
Boley
Stockport
O. A. Swanson
Floyd Robertson
Earl Stewart
Tom Dotts
Albia
Howard Harshman
Mabel Lux
Lusk
Wyoming
H. D. Davis
Glenn Harshman
Curt Vaught
Ottumwa
J. W. Hurst
John Booth
Roy Glotfelty
Michigan
Mr. Glotfelty
Carl Riggs
Wray
Vsit
Mr. Riggs
J. O. Boyd
H. E B. Yonne
Salem
Tom Moss
Anderson
Mr. Morrison
Nellie Looney
Douds-Leando
Len Lewis
Richland
A. Williams
Annabelle Williams
Florida
Jessie Winn
Concordia
Kansas
R. B. Stephenson
Rebekah
The Town Slouch by Ellis M. Glatura
A humorous column by Ellis M. Glatura on women and money in a wry rural voice. The narrator riffs on ready made partners vs a tailor made ideal and the lure of liquor as a driving force in men’s behavior.
Food Needed for Tornado Victims in Newcastle
Newcastle Indiana March 14 relief is sought in food clothing and money for tornado survivors. Over 1 million in property was destroyed and nineteen people died in this city. Three remain missing and twenty five are hospitalized. Two unnamed children at Home hospital may be orphans whose parents were killed.
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Newcastle
Ind
Wanted ads fill Journal seeks room jobs and goods
A fragment of the People’s column lists several classifieds: a furnished room near the High School for a female student, day or hourly house cleaning work, a five room unfurnished rental by a young married couple, board in a private family near the city center, a daily or weekly cook and housekeeper, a Ford roadster in good condition for cash, ten machine operators needed by Fairfield Glove and Mitten Co, and a cook at Jefferson County Ghee hospital.
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F. C
Journal
West
Monroe Street
Fairfield Glove and Mitten Co
Jefferson County
For Rent Listings Near Gas Factory and Square
For rent notices listing five room homes near the gas factory at $10 and near Malleable at $15, four room flats near the square at $17 $18 and $22. Contact Rus sell Smith at phone 77 809. Also modern furnished room one-half block south of the southwest corner of the square at 1208 Main street, phone 1663 383.
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Russell Smith
Main Street
For Sale Classified Lineup in Local Journal Ads
Multiple items appear including real estate houses with addresses and terms, a seven passenger automobile trade option, farm land subscription offer, a building lot sale in Fairfield, and a local election notice listing officials and polling places with voting hours.
Notice of separation and no further support
Rex Parsons at Fairfield Iowa declares his wife Lucy Margaret Parsons has left his home and he will not be responsible for any further accounts contracted by her. Dated March 12 1917. The notice ends with an unrelated classified ad offering work for capable labor.
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Lucy Margaret Parsons
Fairfield
Iowa
Rex Parsons
Registration Board Announces City Election Registration Dates
The Board of Registration will meet March 15 16 and March 26 at ward polling places to register voters not registered at the last election or who changed residence. Only registered voters may vote at the City Election March 26 1917.
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Board of Registration
D. F. Spratt
Fairfield to Hold City Election on March 26 1917
Notice declares a city election for Fairfield Iowa voters on March 26 1917 to elect a mayor treasurer assessor and park board. The item outlines eligibility and voting requirements and urges qualified residents to participate in the municipal contest.
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Fairfield
Jefferson County
Iowa
Sheriff sale of lots in Fairfield Iowa under First National Bank
A special execution from Jefferson County District Court directs the sheriff to sell Lots 9 and 10 in Black 18 Henn Williams & Company Addition, Fairfield. The sale to occur April 7, 1917 at 2:00 PM at the courthouse front door to satisfy a debt of five thousand twenty-eight dollars and eighteen one-hundredths plus ninety-nine dollars seventy-one one-hundredths in costs and accruing costs.
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Jefferson County
First National Bank of
Fairfield
G. S. Ginstead
EB. N. Grinstead
Mary B. Gilly
Henn Williams & Company
Public Auction Announced by Jefferson County Sheriff
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash conducted by Shan Campbell Sheriff of Jefferson County with deputy M 8S Randall.
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Shan Campbell
Jefferson County
Randall
Public Sale of Farm Assets at Croz Farm Southeast of Fairfield
Lawrence Droz announces a public sale at the old Louis Croz farm nine miles southeast of Fairfield offering eight horses, two cows, farming implements, hay, and other items. Sale begins at 10:30 AM with nine month credit and six percent interest on notes, cash on sums $10 and under. Auction team includes T B Allender as auditor and H C Pattison as clerk.
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Louis Croz
Fairfield
Birmingham
Loudon Farm
McCormick
John Deere
Taxes Due January First Delinquent March First
Public notice from R H Spench, county treasurer, warns taxes due January 1 with delinquent March 1 and penalty April 1. Urges prompt payment and notes limited receipt writing capacity in last two days of March.
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R. H. Spench
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Libertyville
Mrs. J. ?. Ashmead of
Ellis
Cy Dawkins
Fortune
People’s
Underwood No
South Fifth Street
D. W. Moyer
South Main Street
E. J. Dyer
A. L. Canterbury
A. J. Smith
North B Street
South Second Steet
James Bailey
Wisconsin
Farm Lands Landology
Landology
Skidmore Land Co
Skidmore Building
Marinette
First Ward
Court House
Srond
Chicago
Fourth Ward
F. Spratt
BOARD
H. P. McLaughlin CO
Are
Baldwin
Lyon and Healy
H. P. McClaughlin CO
Ellington
Hamilton
Howard and
Monarch
Sheriff's Sale
Lawrence Droz
T. B. Allender
Audt
H. C. Pattison
Stubbs
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