Praises for 168th Iowa Heroes at Des Moines Rally
Des Moines May 28 exults over Iowa soldiers of the 168th as Chaplain Winifred Robb recounts the brutal Chateau Thierry drive and the sacrifice of hundreds, urging national unity to prevent future wars and prevent another "banait" power from endangering democracy.
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Des Moines
Winifred Robb
Regimment
Iowa
America
Robb
Chateau Thierry
Fair Grounds
Oratorio Society Prepares Elijah Benefit for Fairfield
The Oratorio society has previously made good for Fairfield and invites the community to hear Elijah Monday night to make good again.
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Oratorio Society
Fairfield
The
Elijah
Wilson Speaks On Peace Charge And Unity Of Action
The speech recalls World War I dead and urges a united effort to secure a League of Nations. He frames duty to comrades, invokes America’s vocation to liberty, and calls for shared sacrifice beyond party lines to uphold the ideals guiding postwar peace.
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France
Tere
Union of Action
League of Nations
Reinstaated by Goob and Life's Viewpoints
A reflective snippet discusses life and viewpoint. It notes that spoiled life persists until the inhabitant yields and that true understanding follows hard experiences. It ends with observations on wit, defense of honor, and the variety of human thought.
Speaking of government budgets and stopgap systems
A reflective meditation on fiscal policy and progress versus reaction, arguing that backward-looking opponents and forward-looking visionaries both shape governance. The piece credits philosophers and notes campaigns of 1920 as political courage, though warnings about risky ownership proposals persist.
Wanted ads crowd Fairfield Gazette job and misc notices
Classified notices list openings for a dish washer cook and girl workers at local restaurants and factories. Also agents, sales, census clerks, property trading, plant sales and lost items with contact details in Fairfield Iowa period ad column.
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Sauer’s
West Side
The
Kozy
Fairfield Glove & Mitten Co
John Sexton &Co
Illinois St
Chicago
Raymond Terry
Washington
John J. Black
Iowa
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin
For Rent Good store room on E Burlington street
Local listing offers a store room for rent at 114 E Burlington Street in good condition with reasonable rent. For further information contact Lester Davis at Leggett House, phone 343-7.
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Burlington Street
Lester Davis
Leggett House
For Sale House Near Maleable Iron Works on Kirkwood
Classified items note multiple for sale offers including a story and a half house on Kirkwood Street near Maleable Iron Works listed by Wm. L. Long, a work team sale for an auto truck, typewriters for sale or rent via Modern Business College, a gentle cow producing three gallons of milk daily, and various plants and produce including celery Ponderosa tomato plants and summer cosmos. Also offers 120 to 121 acre Iowa farms with prices and locations near Fairfield and Jefferson County Abstract & Loan.
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Fairfield
Iowa
Perry O. Harper
W. Jefferson St
Vernon Hague
Maleable Iron Works
Kirkwood Street
Wm. L. Long
Modern Business College
Junkin
South Main St
Astor
Ray Kirkpatrick
Good Town
Jefferson County Abstract & Loan
Notice on poll tax collection schedule
A clipped public notice urges readiness for the poll tax collection process. It mentions J. L. Black and unknown details, indicating an upcoming call or summons related to the tax collection. The fragmentary text provides limited context about the notice’s authority and timing.
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Wilson
U. 5
Apa
Ake
Congress
Home Sweet
Jack
MR Webster
People's Column
Ideal
Tyler Mfg. Co
Dept
Muncie
Ind
Teer
Journal Office
Wm. Parsons
Town
Libertyville
Court Hotel
Burlington Station
Beloit
Wis
Optician
Guarantee Abstract Co
Richard C. Leggett
Pres
Londres
New Orleans
Boston
Ashes Owl
General Cigar Co., Inc
Best and Russell Branch
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
J. L. Black
Seove . Oe
Hamm Exels
St Paul
Gman BE
St. Paul, Minn
Guy Mason
Mt. Pleasant
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