Soldier George M Peck Returns From Naval Service
George M Peck, visiting Ottumwa relatives, has served three and a half years in the navy. He spent two and a half years in China Japan the Philippines Russia and other foreign stations and the last portion on the Atlantic. He crossed to France seven times and now urges continued support for the government and reconstruction financing until the German war debt is settled.
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George M. Peck
Ottumwa
Mr. Pecke Ocean
Becausar
Ben Shea’s World War II Gas Poisoning Recalled In Veterans Tale
Former Fairfield Theater manager Ben Shea recalls service with Capt Rose’s unit and 40 soldiers suffering from phosgene or mustard exposure after a night at Grant Park. He describes gas alarms, escapes from the battlefront, and a hospital transfer from New York base to a Denver sanitarium, noting tuberculosis and poison gas as main afflictions.
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Chicago Herald-Examiner
Corp
Ben Shea
New York
Denver
Seret
Gus Hahn
Hahn
Ann Harbor
Michigan
Toul
Ben F. Shea
Des Moines
Catingy
Soissons
Lieut. Roosevelt
Not Elected: Riley Black Candidate Loses Missouri Seat
Official Missouri vote count shows William M. Riley, a Black candidate, was not elected to the state legislature from the Fourth district. Earlier unofficial tallies had indicated his victory.
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St. Louis
Missouri
William M. Riley
Regulations on sugar and flour substitutes lifted
Washington on November 14, the food administration withdrew rules requiring 20 percent substitutes with each wheat flour purchase. Sugar allowances for households and eating places rose from three to four pounds per person. In Paris on November 14, Dutch authorities continued repatriation of allied prisoners of war held in Germany.
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Washington
Food Administration
Paris
Jolland
Germany
Teacher salary during school closures due to health orders
A Department of Public Instruction circular cites Attorney General H. M. Hayner saying teachers are entitled to pay for time when a public school is closed by health order if the employment contract lacks a clause excluding such pay. The guidance targets school officers and teachers.
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Department of Public Instruction
H. M. Hayner
Board of Health
Board of Education
For Sale Classified Items From People
A page of local classifieds lists various for sale notices including an iron bedstead mandolin and household items. Listings note sellers Mrs Trowbridge Mrs Walter Hunt Horace Parcell and W C Harrell with contact phones and locations in Fairfield Iowa Pleasant Plain and North Main Street. Also advertised are a Ford roadster touring car bicycle four room house and rental terms with phone contacts.
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Walter Hunt
Blackwood
Horace Parcell
Pleasant Plain
Iowa
Star Garage
A. J. Smith
North Main Street
Joe Hickinbottom
Missing at the Orpheum Tonight
J Stuart Blackton presents Missing at the Orpheum with a renowned cast. Manager Bennett promotes the feature as a unique tale of love and war and notes a special musical score for Fairfield audiences.
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Orpheum Today
J. Stuart Blackton
Bennett
The Farewell In Memory of Benjamin H Adkins
A patriotic verse honors Benjamin H Adkins and unnamed volunteers who fire the guns for the nation. It praises officers and sailors yet elevates the ordinary soldiers as true defenders of Old Glory, seeking to lift national resolve without naming dates or places.
Lost package and tank notices in local journal
A laundry package is lost and to be returned to the Journal office. A Preso tank is missing between Lockridge and Fairfield or Four Corners and Fairfield. Notify Davies Oil Co. The finder or anyone with information should call the listed numbers.
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Journal
Lockridge
Fairfield
Four Corners
Davies Oil Co
For Rent Multiple Houses In Town Listings
Several rental offers listed including a three room cottage at 609 West Van Buren Enquire at 107 East Hempstead Street a modern six room flat near Lou Thoma 343 phone 3112 a seven room house at 805 West Briggs enquire at 802 West Briggs a six room house with furnace heat water gas electric lights at 307 East Briggs two blocks from the courthouse listed by T F Higley a nine roomed house with furnace large garden and good order phone 833 and 364 tf Bas
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W. van Buren St
BE. Hempstead St
Lou Thoma
W. Briggs
East Briggs St
Court House
T. F. Higley
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Jalf
Trowbridge
Herring
West Broadway
Conty Seat
W . C. Har
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Orpheum
Montgomery
Benjamin H. Adkins
Iowa State Savings Bank
Christian Church
John A. Anderson
Frank D. Kerrick
Tribune
W. F. Bevering
Fourth Street
Unkrich
Muscatine
J. Goldman
Cedar St
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
W.B. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
Chicago
Santa Claus
Council of Defense
Uncle Sam
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