Local News Briefs From City And Surrounding Areas
Local items list residents visiting friends and relatives in Mt Pleasant Batavia Corydon Eldon Packwood Milton Des Moines Ames San Francisco and Danville. Quarantine affects Rowena Circle meetings and area influenza closures impact Walnut Locust Grove and Penn townships. Death of Mrs Leo Sheehy linked to Spanish influenza prompts travel to Kansas City Missouri for family.
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Walnut
Locust Grove
Penn Townships
F. E. Sheehy
Vernal
Kansas City
Missouri
Leo Sheehy
Instructions for Sending Christmas Boxes to Soldiers
War and Post Office Departments and the American Red Cross outline how each overseas soldier may receive one Christmas parcel. Boxes must be 3x4x9 inches, weigh under 2 lb 15 oz unwrapped, labeled with a provided Christmas Parcel label, and shipped from Hoboken after Red Cross collection. No messages, no duplicates, and strict barred items list.
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War and Post Office Departments
American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Hoboken
N. J
Fourth Liberty Loan surpasses targets by wide margin
Treasury reports final subscriptions of 6.866 billion dollars with over 21 million people participating. All districts exceeded quotas, led by Boston at 126 percent and Richmond at 128 percent, with strong uptake across Philadelphia Cleveland Minneapolis and more. Secretary McAdoo praises public support and coordinated effort across government banks and citizens.
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Washington
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Boston
Richmond
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Atlanta
Dallas
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
San Francisco
McAdoo
Notice of Closing and Debts Settlement Request
Notice states going out of business and asks all debtors to settle by November 15. It lists J. W. Oliver & Son clerks in Iowa exams and announces government positions with free particulars from J. Leonard, former Civil Service examiner, at 275 Kenois Building, Washington.
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Iowa
J. ©. Leonard
Civil Service
Kenois Building
Washington
Election Extra Tomorrow Morning From Daily Journal
The Daily Journal will publish a special Election Extra tomorrow morning with the best figures available at that time. It will be sent to mil subscribers in place of the Wednesday edition and may be picked up at the Journal office or on business streets in Fairfield. The regular Wednesday evening edition will carry nearly complete results for Fairfield subscribers. News by phone before 11 or 12 tonight is not advised.
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The
Daily Journal
Mil
A Fairfield
Journal
Fairfield
City Clerk Reports Single Flu Case As Quarantine Extends
One new influenza case is recorded at the City Clerk's office while other cases improve. The city board of health will not lift quarantine yet and plans another meeting Friday evening to decide on potential removal next Monday if conditions improve.
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City Board of Health
For Sale Classified Ad Roundup
Eighty acre farm five miles southeast offered with favorable terms. Address Y Box 28 324 8. Also for sale a Shropshire ram. Inquiries to W T Kennedy 325 11. No 1 Chester white male hog one year old with papers. Phone 5309 322 6. Poland China hogs advertised with reasonable prices. Phone 7608 M.
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W. T. Kennedy
Chester
Poland
Board Sends Questionnaires to Men Aged 37 to 45
The local board began mailing questionnaires to men aged 18 and those between 37 and 45. Questionnaires will be dispatched at a rate of 105 per day until the whole list is covered.
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Tionaires
No Attacks Reported on Passenger Liners
Washington reported no passenger ships were attacked by German submarines in the last week. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt declined to give figures but noted a considerable total of passenger ship sailings and suggested Germany may have ceased attacks as announced.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Taft predicts German surrender within six months
Former President Taft told about 1,000 members of the students' army training corps at New Hampshire College that Germany would surrender unconditionally within from one to six months. He said the students' service would have a strong moral effect even if they stayed home.
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Durham
N. H
Taft
Army Training Corps
New Hampshire College
Germany
Government rules and subscription warnings for voters
A civic notice urges mail subscribers to keep their papers paid in advance and warns that lapses are undesirable. It asserts President Wilson supports a poor Democrat in Congress, contrasts with Republicans, and asks what Republicans will do on the county ticket.
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Wilson
Congress
For Rent and Sale Notices in Small Classifieds
Furnished five room house for rent to a small family contact 2253 Mrs Walter Hunt at 319. F E check writer sale contact 2253 Mrs Walter Hunt at 320. Lost quartermaster service pin Finder call 33. 341 four room house for sale or rent on North Main Street with good lot and garden. long rental possible See Joe Hickinbottom or call 2505. 242-tf
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B. Humphreys
Walter Hunt
North Main Street
Joe Hickinbottom
For Rent Listings From Madison and Briggs Streets
Classified space shows rental notices for a four room house at 203 West Madison street with gas electricity and water and phone contact 1475. Also three furnished rooms for light housekeeping or sleeping rooms with phone 3261. Another strictly modern house at 805 West Briggs with inquiry at 802 West Briggs and code 309-5.
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Madison Street
To Square
W. Briggs
Missing riding crop with silver band engraved initials
Lost item notice for a riding crop with a silver band and initials. Finders asked to notify the Journal office. Also a rug lost on Hallowe'en night with a reward offered. contact number 1315.
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Hallowe
Jefferson County Farmers Mutual assesses 3 1 3 mills on insurance
The Executive Committee of the Jefferson County Farmers Mutual Insurance Union levies a 31 3 mill assessment on in force policies as of October 12 1918 payable after November 5 with delinquency after November 26 T C Ross secretary
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Jefferson County Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Union
T. C. Ross
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Liberty Loan Committee
J. W. Oliver & Son
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Journal Office
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Ballard Hall Parsons College
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