Letters from France by Willis G Corbitt of the 20th U S Engineers
A fragmentary travelogue from Willis G Corbitt, son of a Jefferson county official, describing life traveling with the 20th U S Engineers in France. He recounts a train delay, first impressions of a large French city, shopping for foods and post cards, and a lengthy dining scene with French officers.
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Daily Journal
Willis G. Corbitt
U. S
Emia Mall
States
France
Hart Performs Daring Stunts in The Cold Deck at Orpheum
In the new drama The Cold Deck star Bill Hart performs two audacious stunts. He portrays a gambler accused of robberies and escapes Vigilantes on a horse, then leaps from twenty feet onto a moving horse. The chase ends with a dangerous roll down a steep slope. See The Cold Deck at the Orpheum tomorrow.
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Art
Orpheum
Hart
Ing
Bill Hart
A European Journey Ties Up With Soldiers And Sleep
The narrator notes a seventy cent meal price and wine availability in a European country while avoiding red water river water. After wandering town sights he boards a train to Cedar River area, shares a compartment with French soldiers, and reaches the camp late but relieved as officers recognize him and arrange shelter with fellow soldiers.
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States
Cedar River
U. S
Einglish
Lost and Found Notices on Ottumwa Road
Lost an automobile crank on the Ottumwa road near J. R. Sidoreus and the square. Notify Art Sidoreus by phone 1445. Found a silver butterfly pin and a gold service pin. Owner may identify and claim by paying this advertisement. Contact Journal office to claim.
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Ottumwa Road
J. RB. Sidoreus
Art Sidoreus
Journal Office
For Sale Humble Classified Notice Cabbage Plants Pigs and Car
Hardy cabbage plants for sale 5c per dozen or 25c per hundred. Phone 2609 306 W Jefferson. Two registered Poland China male pigs fall farrowed. Also second hand automobile suitable for business car or truck. See C A Allard phone 4721.
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Jefferson Street
Poland
China
C. A. Allard
WANTED Advertisements from the Journal Classifieds
The clippings list several want ads: wall paper cleaning by Shrines & Johnson’s at No. 32. a fifteen year old boy seeks farm work. a waitress position at the Iowa Lunch room. a second hand sorghum mill wanted to buy, from George M. Bailey, Fairfield, Ia.
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Shrines & Johnson's
Journal
Iowa
George M. _ Bailey
Fairfield
Estate of Mary A Kellogg to Auction Household Goods
The executor George T. Stever will conduct a public sale of Mary A Kellogg estate household goods at Stever residence one block west of the square's southwest corner on Saturday May 18 at 2 pm. Executor 40 Wm. L. Long.
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Mary A. Kellogg
George T. Stever
Wm. L. Long
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Wm. S. Cox
Keee
Buchanan
Mee
East
Washington St
Enquire
West
Burlington St
Thoma
Highland Ave
South Second Street
Wilson’s
South Main Street
H. C. Stevenson
Leggett House
Harper Brush Factory
Iit
Aaler
Eben
H Cuddy
Jewell’s
Jesse L. Lasky
Wallace Reid
Mrs. Ward
William S. Hart
Rey
Vudor
VADOR
H. P. McLaughlin CO
East Side Square
J. Engel
Chicago
Scheffel’s
Music
James Hughes
A. F. Carlson
Larson & Jones
Over Long’s Cigar
Stortz & Taglauer’s
Pence’s
North Fourth Street
Fast Broadway
Lon H. Israel
Fairfield Oratorio Society
St. George
Barhydt Chapel
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