Republican Election Announcements for Jefferson County
A cluster of brief notices announces Republican candidates for various Jefferson county offices in the June primary of 1915 1918 and 1920 including State Representative Sheriff Clerk of Court Auditor Recorder County Attorney Supervisor and County Auditor with candidates William L Long Walter Harris C Beristine Sanford Zeigler Jr A C Turner Vern S Samuelson R C Leggett M Olga Raines J B Trent Geo Stephenson Clyde C Bell and others urging Republican voters to support them at the primary election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
C. Beristine
District Court
Sanford Zeigler, Jr
A. C. Turner
Vern S. Samuelson
R. C. Leggett
M. Olga Raines
Board of Supervisors
Geo
Stephenson
County Recorder
Clyde. C, Bell
Democratic candidates seek primary nominations in 1918 election
H. Spence runs for County Treasurer and George M. Ball campaigns for Clerk of Court in the Democratic primary set for June 3 1918. The notices urge Democratic voters to approve these nominations.
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Hk. H. Spence
George M. Ball
Mothers of France praised as art and patriotism at Rialto
New York papers urge American mothers to view the war time film Mothers of France starring Sarah Bernhardt. The piece lauds the drama for its artful portrayal of bereaved and patriotic motherhood and contrasts it with prior war cinema.
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N.Y. Evening Journal
Jesson
France
Junior Class of Fairfield High Organizes Plans Banquet Change
The Fairfield high school junior class met Friday to organize for the year. Officers elected were President Harold Scott Vice President Marjorie Roberts Sec Treas Roland Ebert and Faculty Adviser Miss Porter. They voted to forego the banquet and host a seniors party instead. A play is planned later and the group hopes to donate 100 to the local Red Cross. The class is commended for its action.
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Fairfield High School
Harold Scott
Marjorie Roberts
Sec
Treas
Roland Ebert
Miss Porter
Red Cross
Willis G Corbitt Describes Trip to France
A U S forces member Willis G Corbitt writes home from aboard a ship en route to France. He recalls dark night trains from Washington to Maryland, glimpses of Independence Hall, the icy Delaware River, and a long voyage with meals, bunks, and limited air as they head toward duty, noting better bread and meat aboard and missing fruit.
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Willis G. Corbitt
France
U. S
Washington
D. C
Maryland
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Disston Law Company
Trenton
N. J
Delaware River
George Washington
Smith
Governor Harding Sets Seed Corn Prices in 1918 Proclamation
Gov. W. L. Harding issues a March 14 proclamation denouncing seed corn hoarding and setting fair prices for crib corn at 10 per bushel and high germination crib corn at 4 per bushel with lower grades priced accordingly. It bans public sale auctions and urges patriotic compliance to ensure seed for planting statewide.
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W. L. Harding
Iowa
Mhe
Former Fairfield Man To Do Y M C A Work In France
Eugene Palmer, known in Fairfield and Ottumwa, will sail for France to do Y M C A war work in huts. He reports to New York by March 20 and plans to return to Cedar Rapids Y M C A, after which he intends to resume his post there. Palmer, with wife and baby, stays in Ottumwa with Mrs Elizabeth Barton as he departs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Palmer
Fairfield
Parsons College
New York
France
Mr. Palmer
Gene
Cedar Rapids
Battery E
Palmer
Ottumwa
Elizabeth Barton
Norris Street
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Republican
WM. L. Long
Walter Harris
J. B. Trent
Women OF
United States
Harper
Harding
J. Engel
Chicago
Scheffel’s Music House
James Hughes
Leggett Bldg
West Side
Price Tailors
North Main Street
Tribune Office
Court House
J. E. Hickenbottom
Roth & CO
New
J.w.oliveréson
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