Shipments Delayed as influenza halts Camp Pike moves
At Camp Pike Arkansas a large troop movement to France is stalled for three to four weeks due to an influenza outbreak. About 20 000 soldiers from Missouri Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas and Missouri join squads delayed from training to embark. Shipments and new drafts halted by quarantine and Gen Crowder orders, as mild fall weather allows continued training.
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Wri Pike
Ark
Map Pike
France
Missouri
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arkansas
Worgessee
Camp Pike
Crowder
Libertyville Social Notes and War Updates
Mr and Mrs Ray Stewart return from Nebraska visit. Mrs Roscoe Riggs and children visit Udell relatives. Ward reported Saturday. Illness of P Shores at Monmouth Hospital with Spanish Influenza. Ray Buchanan visiting parents after N Dakota vacation. Mr Sade Lewis and daughter with Mrs Carl Riges travel to Richland to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Ed Williams of Okaboma guests here. Public and social gatherings closed due to influenza. Edeut Edwin Stephenson arrives Archangel Russia with American troops including part of 310th Regt Engineers and 89th Infantry.
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Ray Stewart
Nebraska
Roscoe Riggs
Udell
Ward
Shores
Rye Monmouth Hospital
Ray Buchanan
North Dakota
Sade Lewis
Carl Riges
Richland
Ed. Williams
Ok- Gebomna
Edeut
Edwin Stephenson
Archangie
Russia
310Th Regt. Engineers
Bivih
Anderson Funeral Held At Lockridge Monday Afternoon
The funeral of Arthur Anderson was conducted at Lockridge Monday afternoon at 3:20 in the New Sweden Methodist church cemetery. Private Anderson died after illness from influenza and pneumonia while on guard duty at the Picatinny Arsenal Dover New Jersey. He was 18 or 8? years old and survived by his parents and many siblings with one brother Herman stationed at Camp Dix New Jersey.
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Arthur Anderson
Dover
New Jersey
Lockridge
New Sweden
Boloman Anderson
Herman
Camp Dix
Earnest Call for 20 000 Men by Midnight Oct 27
An urgent appeal seeks 20 000 volunteers by midnight October 27 including workers in wood forging smithing carpentry machining tool rooms and truck driving roles. The notice lists trades and positions as part of a military training drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copatte
Inc
Parpenters -Alkinds Cheutleura
Grivora
Weare
Autock
Hollin Wilson
South Court
Gr Lama
Kaiser Out Note Sparks Debate on Imperial Reference
London dispatch notes the German note repeats the phrase the German government seven times, contrasting with the usual Imperial German government form. Analysts ask what the omission of imperial signals about Berlin’s stance and wartime messaging strategy.
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London
William L Russell Funeral Held Saturday Afternoon
The remains of William Lee Russell who died aboard ship on October 6 arrive in Fairfield next Saturday. Funeral services will be held at Evergreen Cemetery at four o'clock.
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William Lee Russell
Fairfield
Evergreen Cemetery
Ownership statement for Fairfield Daily Journal 1918
Statement of the ownership circulation and management for October 1 1918 of The Fairfield Daily Journal Fairfield Iowa. Dean Taylor editor and publisher Journal Printing Co. owners Dean Talor and Estate A W Taylor. No bonds or security holders over 1 percent. Average copies 1575. Sworn October 15 1918 May T Barnes notary.
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Congress
Fairfield Daily Journal
Fairfield
Iowa
State of
Jeffer
Dean Taylor
Publisher
Journal Printing Co
Not
Inc
Towa
Same
Dean and
L. R. Taylor
Dean Talor
A. W. Taylor
T. Barnes
For Sale Class Ad Chorus From 1920s Paper
Multiple small ads list farm animals and property for sale or trade. Entries include full blooded Plymouth Rock cockerels, White Wyandotte cockerels, Rhode Island Red roosters, a 30 acre home near city limits with modern house and outbuildings, sorgum, a Riverside cook stove, and a trade offer for 190 acres near Fairfield. Contact details accompany each item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillaspie
and M. Knowles
Rhode Island
Harry Chertson
D. M. Holgate
Geo. M. Bennett
For Rent Four Room Cottage on East Adams Street
Multiple rental notices list properties for rent including a four room cottage on East Adams Street with contact phone 2522 Mrs. W. B. Murray and various other four to seven room houses on East Monroe Street West Grimes Street South Main and near Malleable Iron plant with agents such as Mrs. George Sammons Batavia Ia H. C. Alston and Dr. De Marsh and Lloyd Tally Jefferson County Abstract & Loan Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Adams Street
W. B. Murray
East Monroe Street
Washington School
George Sammons
Batavia
H. C. Alston
Gilbert McKee
West Grimes St
Ida Mintonye
South Main
Lloyd Tally
Jefferson Co
Abstract & Loan Co
Malleable Iron Plaint
de Marsh
Lara
Multiple Want Ads Spur Jobs and Household Help
A collage of wartime style classifieds lists help wanted posts including a dishwasher at Leggett House 247 17 W Wanted a coin picker at Ray Sayers 251 W, a general housework girl 246 11, a branch manager for a national firm in Fairfield with a 1000 cash bond and potential earnings over 5000 yearly, an experienced bookkeeper and stenographer, a cooking and house work helper at Mallard Hall Parsons College, an elderly companion for a family, a used writing desk in Fairfield, and a home based mailer job offering 15 weekly for circular letters with a sample outfit in Buffalo New York.
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Leggett House
Ray Sayers
Frank Boles
Fairfield
Prtzes
W. Madison Jt
Chicago
Ty O
Journal
Mallard Hall
Parsons College
Iowa
Buffalo Music Pishing Co
Brisbane
Buff
New York
Iron tonic promise quick nerve and energy boost
An old advertisement touts Phosphated Iron as a nerve and energy enhancer for men and women. It claims improved strength, better sleep, and resistance to fatigue, urging readers to consult physicians and buy capsules from Gaumer Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neroes
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South Court Street
Kaiser
William L. Russell
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Libertyville Road
6Th St
H. D. Hiatt
Blue Grass
Journal Office
R. I
Harry Ball
People's
Golumn
Gaumer Bros
Formu
Brassieres
W.B
W. B. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
Jefferson County Livestock and Farm Products Association
Jefferson County
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