Murder case brings insanity verdict and jail transfer
Sete Russell, linked to a Birmingham farm murder weeks earlier, is ordered committed to the insane department of the Siete Reformatory at Anamosa after a sanity doubt halted proceedings. The Birmingham Enterprise notes local notices of school enrollments, church rebuilding, and community moves, including nurse trainees and veteran soldiers departing Des Moines for national service.
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Sete Russell
Wideas
Birmingham
Cee Woos Waa
Sue Applegate
Pleasant
Man
Bonaparte
Deft
Fouoetengton
Russell
Craig Feomaqua
Specret
van Bur- Sv “Oonty
national @roy
Des Moines
Wm. 22Rman
Hentonsport
Delber Plow
Axe
Doudsseeando
John L. Fisher
Cantril
Wand
Jus
H. Wilson
Keosauqua
He‘st
Ethel
G A Merich Agent for John Sexton Co Wholesale Groceries
G A Merich, agent and salesman for the John Sexton Co wholesale grocers of Chicago, invites inquiries. Call at 204 South Main Street or phone 558, 201.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Merich
The
John Sexton Co
Chicago
South Main Street
Make your sauerkraut now with cabbage from Hunky Dory Jersey Farm
Advertisement urges readers to buy cabbage for sauerkraut at one and a half cents per pound from the Hunky Dory Jersey Farm, with a contact phone number 7612.
Hospital Report for August 1917 for Jefferson County
The Jefferson County Hospital notes admissions during August 1917 and discharges, births, deaths, and the number of patients on August 31 1917. It records 66 days of service with a daily average, highest census, and a financial summary showing earnings of 1215.40, expenses of 1103.00, and cash receipts of 948.36.
Little Soldier True at the Orpheum Friday Night
Ann Pennington stars in the Famous Players-Paramount photoplay The Little Soldier True at the Orpheum Friday. She portrays Justina a rebel New Englander in Mexico and follows her journey to New England with courtship escape and comic drama.
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the Orpheum
Ann Pennington
Players-Paramount
Miss Pennington
Susie Snowflake
Justina
Liberty
New England
Union Meeting Schedule by Trade and Month
Union meetings listed by month include Trades and Labor Assembly on the second and last Fridays each month. Federal Labor Unions meet weekly on Wednesdays. Carpenters Local No. 1804 meet on the first and Tuesday. Cigar Makers Local No. 496 meet on the first Monday.
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Trades and Labor Assembly
Carpenters
For Sale Listings from Community Page
A collage of notices lists items for sale and rental offerings. Items include a Paige car, a gas stove, a Welie buggy, Homer pigeons, a seven room residence near a school, a modern seven room house for sale or rent, pure bred Durac yearlings, a nurse’s services, a horse at Cable Lumber Yard, and rebuilt typewriters from American Writing Machine Co. in Chicago.
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John H. Fritz
East Adams
Welie
Edgar Lewis
S. E. Sutton
South Fourth Street
E. G. McKibben
H. C. Gantz
Horse, Cable Lumber Yard
Fairfield
Iowa
Remingtons
Monarchs
L. C. Smiths
Royals
Ask the Journal
American Writing Machine Co., Inc
South Dearborn, Street
Chicago
Ill
Aged Fairfield Man Praises Tanlac For Health Boost
R J Gudgell, a longtime Fairfield resident, says Tanlac improves his health after kidney and bladder trouble and sleepless nights. He notes his back feels stronger and he walks faster than younger folk, crediting Tanlac from Gaumer Bros. druggists.
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Gaumer Bros
Mr. Gudgell
R. J. Gudgell
Fairfield
Humorous snippets and social quips from a Texas page
A collage of light items includes jokes about double trouble temper and fifth wheels, notes on goats for public lands, Uncle Sam enlisting women in a calf conserving push, and a bee sting remark. It also mentions walking pace, war garden urging, and British beard growing to save resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
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van Buren County
Nisses Irma Woods
Rachel Bauoxes
Alden Eva Anderson
Geer Shott
Parsons Colleg
Birmingham Entertain
Se Vass
Birming Swarn High School
Wess Caribelle Beardsley
Jefferson County Hospital
la Yes
Nerces
June Norris
Pansy Arbaugh
Wom Roberts
Rundell
Ve Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church
de Sater
Troy
Salina Presbyterian Sach
Jefferson County
Lee Gallup
Wmn. Gallup
Wwertyville
Ames
Vermil Hootman
Irmingham
Lee Pattek
France
Thenglish
L. Robbins
Birmingham Free Methodist Church
Wehner
Ev. Mayfield
Eldon
Dahleympless Buriington
Charles Glotfelty
Charley
Ted
Orpheum Theater
Federal
Barbers
People's
Washington and
Sixth Street
Enquire Penée Machine Shop
East Adams Street
W. B. Murray
East
Washington St
Square
Louis White
West
Burlington Street
Journal
J. W. Marshall
Leggett Hotel
Jefferson Co. Abstract and Loan Co
Leggett House
Lucy Epperson
Louden
Ottumwa
Geo. Campbell
Libertyville
Monroe Street
Rk. J. Gudgell
Sloucti
Ellis M. Clarke
Bett
Cy Dawkins
Texas
Capt. White
Gott
England
Orpheum Orchestra
William Fox
Velaska Suratt
Little Soldier Girl
Rockies
Rock Mountains
Burlington
Denver
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak
Garden of the Gods
Lee
Wrigley’s
Baking
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