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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
8
The Nat Reise Carnival Co will be in Fairfield from May 27 to June 1 under the Fairfield Iowa Band. It is one of the best and largest on the road and will perform on the Gage lots west of the city.
Washington reports that for the first three months under government control US railroads earned a net income of 34.1 million dollars, down from 104.0 million under private management in 1917. Interstate Commerce Commission figures show total operating revenues of 726.0 million versus 688.1 million, with expenses at 284.6 million and railway operations income at 293.7 thousand compared with 175.3 million a year earlier.
Long list of local sales items includes beds, washing machines, plants, dining tables, office chairs, auto parts, a navy beans price, furniture, and a used car. Advertisers include O R Corey Vernon Hague Hannah & Clin ate, A E Martin, Stortz & Taglauer, C A Summers, and Mrs Martha L Junkin with contact numbers and addresses in Briggs Street and Washington avenues.
A batch of old classified notices includes multiple For Rent entries detailing furnished rooms light housekeeping four room flats five room houses with references and specific phone contacts, plus a seven room house near the square and a six room modern house with bath. Also wants include requests to buy old barns, a sewing apprentice, and two loan advertisements seeking ten thousand dollars with local or two smaller amounts.
The Fairfield Theater presents War Brides a celebrated eight reel feature starring Nazimova in her first film appearance as Joan a peasant girl. The drama centers on the question shall love be sacrificed for imperial greed and power with added incidents offering wider scope than in vaudeville.
Multiple short classifieds list requests and notices. Items include interest demanded at Address Box 129 near an airfield in Iowa, a 404 WANTED call for two dining room girls at Court Hotel, a 395 WANTED for a pony buggy, a W. F. Bevering entry, a 362 WANTED for lace curtains launder, and a Backward 392 entry seeking a girl for general house work at Phone 302.
Lost a tan music satchel on Sunday afternoon. return to Miss Mildred Stuart at the dormitory. Also lost a leather music roll with several sheets. return to Journal office. Lost a pair of truck chains. finder please phone 9213. Name Fred Patterson.
Frieda Hempel the singer will marry W B Kahn a New York silk manufacturer after her Macon Georgia concert engagement. The report notes the couple will wed upon her return from the engagement.
The Victor Talking Machine Company was found to be an illegal combination in restraint of trade in a final decree signed by Federal Judge Augustus N. Hand. The court issued customary dissolution restraining orders in such cases.
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