Mount Pleasant Claims State Basketball Championship
On March 17 Mount Pleasant defeated Iowa City 28 to 22 to win the Iowa state basketball title. Green and Thomas starred as Mt Pleasant rallied in the second half, reversing a 17 to 12 halftime deficit to claim the crown amid strong sportsmanship praise.
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Ames
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Asylum City
Nastia
Marshalltown
Iowa City
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Pleasant
Green
Thomas
Burlington
Burlington High School
Poland
Earl Dana
Clerk Plans a Career in Michigan After Estate Windfall
Mrs. J F Hayes learned she is to receive 135000 of a 700000 New York aunt estate. Her hotel clerk husband plans business in Michigan. The estate was built by George Fithian and Simon Kenton founders of Urbana Ohio. Fithian’s son settled in Fithian Illinois near Danville.
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Quincy
J. F. Hayes
New York
Michigan
George Fithian
Simon Kenton
Urbana
Ohio
Fithian
Danville
Suspected Oconomowoc robber found aboard Gulf steamer
A man who gave the name Peter Luck and is thought to be linked to Oconomowoc lake region robberies in Chicago summers was found on a steamer in the Gulf of Mexico with a bullet wound. Wireless contact will drop him at Mobile. Milwaukee police notified.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Peter Luck
Oconomowoc
Ironic Justice to Pastor Bouck White
New York officials order Bouck White pastor of the Church of Social Revolution to raise the American flag on the Tombs flagstaff each morning and lower it at night during a thirty day sentence for burning the flag at a melting pot ceremony.
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New York
Comrmissioners of Corrections
Bouck White
Church of Social Revolution
Tombe Yard
Prisoner Tells Truth In Willful Post Office Robbery Case
Kenosha police chief turned prisoner over to inspectors and Harry G B Ways of Louisville Ky is named as the confessed ringleader in a multi state post office robbery spree. The man admits banks were robbed in three states and 120000 dollars taken from one bank. He also claims a payroll theft of 22000 dollars in Birmingham Alabama.
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Kenosha
Wis
Owen O'Hare
KE. L. Jackson
United States Postoffice
Chicago
Harry GB. Ways
Louisville
United States
Hays
Birmingham
Ala
New York Seeks Extradition of Thaw from Pennsylvania
New York state authorities plan a strong bid to extradite Harry Thaw from Pennsylvania. District Attorney Swann said Governor Whitman assigned Deputy Attorney General Becker to assist in the case.
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New York
Harry Thaw
Pennsylvania
Swann
Whitman
Becker
Grand Opera impresario presents The Lilac Domino in Washington IA
Andreas Dippel announces The Lilac Domino at Graham Theatre Washington March 24. The production claims lavish scenery including a sunset Mediterranean sea scene using an electrical device. Bradford Kirkbride and Yvonne Parle head a large cast praised as top voices with special New York office pricing.
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Andreas Dippel
Metropolitan
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Graham Theatre
Washington
Iowa
Dippel
Boston
Mediterranean Sea
Bradford Kirkbride
Yvonne Parle
N. Y
William F. E. Chandler critically ill in Washington home
William F. E. Chandler former United States senator from New Hampshire and former secretary of the navy lies critically ill at his Washington home on March 19. He took a bad cold on inauguration day and a physician with a trained nurse attends him. At eighty his recovery seems doubtful.
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Washington
Mar
William FE. Chandler
United States
New Hampshire
Canners Warn of Tin Shortage Halting Canned Food
Representatives of the National Canners Association told Secretary Redfield that a serious shortage of cans may curb this year's canned food production as manufacturers struggle to obtain tin plate.
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Washington
National Canners’ Association
Redfield
Fragmented OCR Item Appears in Paper
Partial readable text shows numbers 417 418 and stray letters suggesting an internal notice or listing. No clear names, dates, or events are identifiable from the fragment.
The Town Slouch by Ellis McClarke
A poem in dialect observes a young man misreading romance and marriage as simple. It contrasts social perceptions of work attire and courtship with humorous, pointed reflection.
Homes and lots offered for sale or trade in Fairfield area
Several real estate offers and trades listed. Seven room houses at 396 and 905 South Main Street with related outbuildings. Various seven room residences with barns and gas or electric services. Trade proposals include a seven passenger automobile and farm or city lots. Also available are lot listings on South Second Street, three new modern houses, fourteen lots, and build-to-own options. Wisconsin land lands subscription blurb for Landology magazine.
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West Adams Street
Square
West Hempstead Street
North Third Street
South Main
South Fifth Street
D. W. Moyer
South Main Street
E. J. Dyer
Care of Journal
A. L. Canterbury
South Second Steel
Fairfield
James Bailey
Wisconsin
Farm Lands Landology
Landology
Skidmore Land Co
Skidmore Building
Marinette
Sheriff Sale Notice of Jefferson County Real Estate
Notice of a sheriff sale in Jefferson County Iowa issued from the District Court Fairfield to satisfy a judgment for First National Bank of Fairfield against G S Ginstead and others. Property includes Lots 9 and 10 in Block 18 Henn Williams & Company Addition Fairfield. Sale scheduled April 7 1917 at 2:00 PM at courthouse front door for cash to cover debt and costs. Shan Campbell sheriff with deputy M S Randall.
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District Court
State of
Iowa
Jefferson County
First National Bank of
Fairfield
G. S. Ginstead
BE. N. Grinstead
Mary B. Gilly
Henn Williams & Company
A. D
Taxes Due January First Delinquent March First Credited April Ist
Notice from R H Spence as County Treasurer urges prompt tax payment before end of March. Delinquent status begins March 1st with penalties accruing April 1st. Receipts cannot be issued in the final two days of March.
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R. H
Fairfield Iowa City Election March 26 1917
Notice of election for Fairfield Jefferson County Iowa on March 26 1917 for mayor treasurer assessor park commissioner two at large aldermen and ward aldermen. Polling places listed Court House New Chicago Cafe City Hall Public Library open 7 am to 7 pm. D F Spratt mayor.
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Fairfield
Jefferson County
Iowa
Court House
New
Chicago
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
F. Spratt
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Lieved Oconomowoc
Rouck White
W. E. Chandler
People's . Column
KE. J. Clinkinbeard
North Court Street
Journal Office
HK. J. Clinkenbeard
East Hempstead
Woton
Stag Tailors
Highland Ave
C. M. Redick
Ellis McClarke
Idee
Cy Dawkins
INQ
J. Smith
Idee AE Grocer
Wolf
Shriner and Johnson
Sacolian Vocalion
Vocalion
Aeolian
H. P. McLaughlin CO
Sheriff's Sale
Shan Campbell
M. S. Randall
Fairfield Theater
Pearl
Army
Edgar Kennedy
Mack Sennett Production
Pn the News Weekly
Douglas Fairbanks
Manhattan
Stubbs
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