Irregularity Report Prompted for Carrier Service
A brief notice requests prompt reporting of any irregularities in the carrier service. It cites Telephone No 23 as the contact.
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Telehone No
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1917
Page
6
Fairfield Citizens urged to finish Parsons College drive
A Fairfield letter urges residents to boost gifts to Parsons College before a simulated Synod meeting in Iowa. The author notes Fairfield is $12,000 from the goal and appeals both men and women to increase subscriptions to reach the target before Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsons College
Presbyterian Synod of Iowa
Fairfield
Experiences in hospital library at Endell Street
Miss Kate Tappert recalls her 1915 account of Miss Robins and Miss Harraden organizing an all female staff at Endell Street Military Hospital London. Books were freely read from open shelves with no red tape. Soldiers requested varied topics from sport fiction to explosives engineering and marine submarines.
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Kate Tappert
Hagerstown
Robins
Miss Harraden
Military Hospital
Endell Street
London
England
Harraden
Th Hospital
Nat Gould
Conan Doyle
Oppenheim
Rex Beach
Jack London
LeQueux
Official Count Delays Iowa Prohibition Result
Des Moines reports show 51 precincts missing and a 1 000 vote discrepancy in Clinton county. Early tallies suggested wets ahead by about 690 with Butler expected to swing wet by 200. Final outcome awaits the official canvass by county boards in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Adair
Fremont
Butler
Boards of Supervisors
Explosion on US patrol boat off eastern coast reports deaths
An explosion aboard a United States patrol boat off the eastern coast left one sailor dead and another seriously injured. The vessel was badly damaged and coast guard cutters rushed to assist. In London, a dispatch cites Germany may declare war zones around the US Canada and Cuba.
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Atlantic
United States
Coast Guard
London
Berio Ino O
Admiralty
Wireless Press
Germany
Canada
Cuba
Pythian Sisters Plan Contributions and Socials
The Kensington Pythian Sisters met at Mrs. Mollie Liblin’s East Washington home where they voted to use banquet funds for Parsons College Campaign. The Fraternal Aid Union will host an open social at the Orpheum building tonight. Wesleyan Bible Class meets tomorrow at Mrs. David Ricketts’s South Third street with potluck. Mrs. Willah Chandler hosted George Cochran from Camp Dodge, with red white and blue decor and flags for a furlough visit.
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Kensington
Mollie Liblin
East Washington Street
Stella
Elizabeth Heaton
Parsons College
Fraternal Aid Union
Orpheum
Wesleyan Bible Class
The
Methodist Church
David Ricketts
South Third Street
Willah Chandler
East Kirkwood Street
George Cochran
Camp Dodge
Funeral Tomorrow For Mrs DeMarsh On West Grimes Street
Mrs Melissa Cordelia DeMarsh wife of John DeMarsh well known cecal dealer on West Grimes street died yesterday at 2 45 PM at her home 709 West Grimes. She was born February 23 1843 in Orange Ohio and married in 1865 at Perlee. Funeral is set for tomorrow at two from the residence with burial in Evergreen cemetery.
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Melissa Cordelia DeMarsh
John DeMarsh
West Grimes Street
West Grimes
DeMarsh
Melissa Cordelia Urie
David and
Nancy Urie
Orange
Ohio
Jefferson,county
Perlee
First Church of Christ, Scientists
Evergreenemetery
Gay M. Cady
Homer F. Fichtner
Brighton
Keeley
Rotzinger
E. B. Cady
Irish raid north of Jullecourt succeeds in raid
Northwest of Jullecourt early today Irish troops carried out a successful raid. The official report notes heavy enemy artillery activity near the Ypres Staden railway in the night.
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London
Jullecourt
Ypers-Staden
Four More Suffragists Arrested in D.C Protest
Four banner premier members of the woman's party were arrested in front of the White House on October 16. They were released on bond after detainment.
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Washington
Woman's Party
White House
G L Rysdam Returns Home After Visit
G L Rysdam has returned to his home in Pella after a several weeks' visit with his daughter Mrs Harry Easton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Rysdam
Pella
Mrs
Harry Easton
Libraries and healing power for wounded soldiers
The passage extols hospital libraries as vital for recovery, arguing librarians can tailor book selections to ward temperaments and aid healing. It cites Miss Harraden and notes the American Library Association’s efforts to establish libraries for soldiers and sailors in service.
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U. S
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