Jefferson County Opens First Consolidated School
Jefferson County's first consolidated school will open next Monday morning in the old academy at Pleasant Plain. A new building will be constructed this year with bonds totaling 20 000 dollars. The teacher corps includes A. F. Meredith as Superintendent Miss Ruth Steele as Principal and Miss Georgia Trent Miss Orpha Mumper Miss Maude Steele and Miss Lelia McCleary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Pleasant Plain
A. F. Meredith
Ruth Steele
Princpal
Georgia Trent
Orpha Mumper
Maude Steele
Lelia McCleary
Society Notes: Mrs Bryan Hosts Five O’clock Tea
Mrs Jeanette Bryan will entertain a company of ladies this evening at five o clock in honor of Mrs Josephine Keesey who is celebrating her birthday today. The regular meeting of the Pythian Sisters will be held Monday evening at seven thirty o'clock. This is the first meeting since the vacation and all members are urged to be present. The report of the delegate to the Grand Temple will be given and other important business will be transacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanette Bryan
Josephine Keesey
Grand Temple
Local Briefs From Burlington Area Visitors and Moves
Local notes list Frank Massey and Ruth visiting Burlington. Many residents and visitors travel between Ottumwa Keota Fairfield Batavia and Davenport for family visits business and church events. Announcements include births moves to Davenport and family visits in Washington London and Melrose with several weekend trips and returns.
Temperance Amendment Campaign In Iowa 1917
A call to vote yes on October 15 1917 to amend Iowa constitution to prohibit the manufacture sale and keeping for sale of intoxicating liquor. The notice argues the issue is non partisan and urges temperance supporters to mobilize and campaign to ensure passage.
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Iowa
Iona
Campatiou
Temperance
Hur Wis
Clieticn
Pearl Found by Iowa Divers Worth 500 Dollars
Mt Pleasant Iowa September 7 Mesars William Blythe and L L Hessler, who dug shells on Skunk River this summer, recovered a pearl of fine color and shape while cleaning a clam tank. A pearl buyer purchased the gem for 500 dollars today.
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Mt. Pleasant
Wm. Blythe
L. L. Hessler
Ordinance Establishes Sanitary and Fire Maintainance Funds
Fairfield Iowa creates Sanitary Fund and Fire Maintainance Fund with two mills each on taxable property not exceeding twenty acres. funds earmarked for garbage disposal street care and maintaining the Fire Department. Ordinance becomes effective after one publication in the Fairfield Daily Journal signed by Mayor R. H. Munro and City Clerk Paul Coleson.
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Fairfield
Towa
City of
Iowa
Fairfield Daily Journal
R. H. Munro
Paul Coleson
City to bid on Workmen's Compensation Insurance
City Council will receive bids on Tuesday evening September 11 at 7 30 for Workmen's Compensation Insurance covering city employees. The notice calls for bids from insurers to provide coverage for the city's workforce.
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Paul Coleson
High School Football Prospects Bright for Fairfield
Despite losses from enlistment and graduation Fairfield's high school football looks strong this fall. Coach Dice has the squad primed for the first game against Fremont on October 6 in Fairfield. Possible matchups include Ottumwa and Washington at home, with Albia visiting.
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Fairfield
Dice
Fremont
Liquor Dealer Indicted in Freight Car Robbery Case
East St. Louis man Kenry Albrecht, a wholesale liquor dealer, is named in a federal indictment from Danville Illinois as one of seventeen charged with robbing freight cars in interstate transit. The case links him to the East St. Louis operation in the broader federal probe.
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East St. Louis
Fil
Kenry Albrecht
Danville
Fairfield Ladies Provide Comfort Kits Card of Thanks
Card thanks Fairfield ladies who prepared and filled comfort kits for the unit. The message notes the kits are greatly appreciated and useful as the Boys of Company M, Transferred to Third Regiment, move on.
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Fairfield
Union Meeting Schedules By Month and Local
Union and trade locals announce regular meetings: Trades and Labor Assembly meet on the second and last Fridays. Federal Labor Unions meet weekly on Wednesdays. Barbers Local 368 meets on the second Monday. Carpenters Local 1804 meet on the first and third Tuesdays. Cigar Makers Local 49 meets on the first Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades and Labor Assembly
Carpenters
Oliver and Son announce two daily deliveries
The notice states starting next Monday September 10 deliveries will be cut to two daily runs. Orders before 8 20 am go in forenoon, orders after 8 30 am and before 3 00 pm go in afternoon, orders after 3 00 pm go next forenoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Oliver & Son
Stuckey-Gossick Milling Co
Dr Bocks Office Closed For Special Work In New York
Dr Bock’s office is temporarily closed while he is away in New York for local anesthesia and surgery. He expects to return about September 26. For sale items include a washing machine one dollar a kitchen table one dollar.a baby carriage eight dollars. dining table seven dollars. couch box one dollar fifty. hot plate and oven one dollar fifty. phone 2537.
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E. G. McKibben
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Ruth
Burlington
T. W. Hill
Amarillo
Tex
H. N. Brandall
Thomas Ryan
Fletcher, Oklahota
O. B. Hartman
Sylvan Wilson
Frank Murphy
Ida Shank
Ottumwa
BE. Partridge
Davenport
Lulu Selimadaka
Harry Bennett
Richard Nelson
Miss Iowa
Glendale
A. L. Crecraft
Abingdon
F. D. Kerricks
Dan Ryan
Lenox
Olive Leech
Batavia
Helen van Nostrand
Cleveland
Ohio
L. W
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C. T. Reynolds
S. Shaft
Keota
Geo. H. Lee
Harry Lloyd
Brighton
Dean Taylor
Washington
Harry Rasmus
George H. Lee
George Fleenor
New London
Robert Despain
Arthur Johnston
Walter Hunt
Jessie Martin
London
Washington Journal
Robert Lee
Lee Benstendorf
Rebecca Goddard
Harry Adkins
Henry Adkins
South Fifth Street
Mitchellville
Mr. Adkin
M. J. Kinnavey
Williamsburg
Cedar Rapids
Margaret O’connor
Edward L. Simmons
Corning
Red Oak
Albia
Federal
Barbers
Siasm
Europe
Wrigley’s
A. V. Frazey & Son
Gaumer Bros
Kodak
Fairfield Theater
East Broadway
Onight
Mary Fuller
Ecesanay
Helen Holes
VOGUE
FORD
Matinee
J. C. Bradshaw Furniture CO
the Home Outfitters
Pure Life Insurance
National Life Assn
Des Moines
W. B. Parrett
James F. Wilson Jr
Agts
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Frank D. Kerrick
Embalmer & Funeral Director
Iowa State Savings Bank
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