Miss Mary West Tells of Interesting Vacation Trip
A nurse with the armies in France sends a letter home detailing an eleven day leave with Paris and Nice visits. She describes Monte Carlo, Roman towers, a perfumery, and sights near the Alps, plus a Versailles trip and wartime cautions. She notes Paris air raids, camp duties, and the mix of Americans, British and allied troops in her ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary West
J. A. West
France
Paris
Nice
Mediterranean Sea
Monte Carlo
Thm
Etats Unis
United States
Pries le Guerre
Versailles
Josephine
Napoleon
Tommy
Connecticut
Tennessee
Anx
U.S
Fairfield High students invest play proceeds in War Savings Stamps
The Senior class voted to use net proceeds from the play Grandma Gibbs of the Red Cross to buy War Savings Stamps for Jefferson County thrift funds. The group plans two showings to boost support and mail a generous contribution, highlighting war themes and Red Cross efforts.
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Jefferson County
Fairfield High School
Grandma Gibbs
Red Cross
Fairfield
Liberty
Liberty Loan
For Sale Classified Fragments From Jefferson County
A sequence of for sale notices including fruit, oak top desk with glass, an old bicycle, bees in hives, single harness, farm mortgages at 6 percent, lawn swing, kaffir corn seed priced at 5 dollars per hundred pounds, a heater and range. Names and contact numbers: A B Newton, Ralph Harper, Fred Wray, Oliver's Feed Store, Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Co. Fairfield Iowa.
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A. B. Newton
Fred Wray
Ralph Harper
Oliver's Feed
Jefferson County Abstract and
W Loan Co
Fairfield
Iowa
Spelling Contest Set for Saturday at County High School
A countywide spelling contest will be held Saturday morning at 10 30 in the High School Auditorium. Contestants come from seventh and eighth grades and the top speller advances to the state contest in Des Moines during the State Fair. An admission fee helps cover travel costs. Contestants listed include Alta Ancell Ethel Bellamy Alice Brannon Mildred Braunhausen Agnes Bucher Alice Carlson Bernice Cook Cyril Davisson Lawrence Drish Alice Duvall Susan Fulton Max Guyer Ada Hickenbottom Glen Hisel Elsie Holmes Mildred Huffman Arthur Lenart Ethel Lindeen Ozro Jewett Ada Marsh Stella McCleary Oro McDonald Clifford Messer William Millane Lester Mitchell Teréa Millane Maurice Peterson Martha Quick Lucile Reynolds Gladys Sage Eva Schrak Rolland Sellers Glen Sherman Gladys Teeter Mildred Tracy Florence Whitmore Marie Carlton.
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Des Moines
Alta Ancell
Ethel Bellamy
Alice Brannon
Mildred Braunhausen
Agnes Bucher
Alice Carlson
Bernice Cook
Cyril Davisson
Lawrence Drish
Alice Duvall
Susan
Tomato Plants for Sale at Residence
Nice hardy plants for sale at residence. 8. A. Power, 603 W. Stone 416.
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A. Power
W. Stone
WANTED Notices from Fairfield Iowa Chronicle
Wanted a waitress at the Iowa Lunch room and a request to buy a second hand sorghum mill. Contact George M. Bailey Fairfield Iowa.
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Iowa
George M. Bailey
Fairfield
Lost and Found notices from The Journal
Classified brief listing several lost items including a purple jacket missing near Buchanan's feed barn and two miles west of town, a hub cap from a Packard, a gold service pin, a silver butterfly pin, and a large sum of money found in the show case in the men's department with rewards or claims to be made at The Journal office.
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Buchanan
Journal
the Fair
Kaiser Seeks Lithuania as Frees in War Burden Pact
Amsterdam May 15 Emperor William issues proclamation on Lithuania. He says Lithuania will participate in Germanys war burdens and recognizes its independence allied with the German empire. He expects conventions to protect German and Lithuanian interests, noting Lithuania may join as a semi independent state amid German influence.
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Amsterdam
William
Lithuania
Germany
Poland
Vorwaerts
Berlin
Grwusr Itaan
Kevno
Wingodane
Siwakt
For Rent Ad Fragments From Washington and Main
Brief listing of multiple rental notices including unfurnished rooms and cottages. Locations include 301 East Washington Street 507 West Burlington Street West Washington Street and 504 South Main Street. Contact details reference William Brier Thoma and Thoma Wilson's Art Store H C Stevenson and Leggett House.
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East
Washington St
West
Burlington St
West Washington Street
William Brier
South Fourth Street
Thoma
Highland Ave
South Second Street
Wilson's Art Store
South Main Street
H. C. Stevenson
Leggett House
Wanted Help and Farm Work Advertisements
Short classifieds offer jobs at Harper Brush Factory 470 Wall Paper cleaning service by Shrines Johnsons phone 320. Also a farm work place sought for a fifteen year old boy. Address “W” care of Journal 459.
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Harper Brush Factory
Shrines & Johnson's
Care of Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aoa
Packard
Kaiser
Jewell’s
William Fox
New York
Mrs. Ward
Wallace Reid
Rimrock Jones
W. B. Reduso
Coutts
Coutil
W. B
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New Y' York
Chicago
A. F. Carlson
East Broadway
Lon H. Israel
Larson & Jones
Square
Long’s Cigar
Stortz & Taglauer’s
J. Engel
Scheffel’s
Music
James Hughes
Pence’s
North Fourth Street
H. P McLaughlin Company
W. J. Kritzman
Drugeiste
Mali Oe
Williams Mfg. CO
Fairfield Oratorio Society
Barhydt Chapel
Cuwesday
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