Murder trial notes and local county updates in Birmingham area
The report covers Van Buren County events including Russell's insanity ruling after a murder case, local hospital nurse training, a Zion Presbyterian pastor change, farm sales, soldiers departing Des Moines, church rebuilding progress near Birmingham, and community obituaries. It notes school enrollments at Ames and Jefferson County Hospital, and farm transactions involving Harness farm Martwest.
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Aon Russell
Sgoarbeast
Birmingham
Emes
Steie Reformatory
Anamosa
Sonim
Mms
Rundell
Sept. Zion Presbyterian Church
Troy
Salina
van Burn” County
Des Moines
Wm Trman
Bentonsport
Delber Plow
Little Soldier Girl at the Orpheum Friday
Ann Pennington stars in Little Soldier True a Famous Players Paramount photoplay at the Orpheum. The dancer plays Justina a rebel New Englander in Mexico whose adventures with a tyrant uncle and a donkey bring humor and drama. The film screens Friday September 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Pennington
Justina
Liberty
New England
Orpheum Theater
G A Merich Agent for John Sexton Co. Wholesale Groceries
G A Merich acts as agent and salesman for the John Sexton Co. Wholesale Groceries in Chicago. Contact at 204 South Main Street or by phone 558-201 for sales inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Merich
The
John Sexton Co
Chicago
South Main Street
S. E. Sutton
South Fourth Street
E. G. McKibben
H. C. Gantz
Cable Lumber Yard
Fairfield
Iowa
Typewriters
Remingtons
Monarchs
L. C. Smiths
Royals
Ask the Journal
American Writing Machine Co., Inc
South Dearborn, Street
Sauerkraut Guide Prompts Local Cabbage Bargain
Local ad urges making sauerkraut now with cabbage priced at one and a half cents per pound from the Hunky Dory Jersey Farm. Offers phone 7612 for orders.
Hospital Report for August 1917 Jefferson County
Report details August 1917 hospital activity with admissions 41 discharges 44 births 5 deaths 0 and total patients 31 at month end. Operations and earnings shown: hospital earnings 1215.40 expenses 1103.00 cash on hand 948.35.
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Jefferson County Hospital
Kweka Wersee Pvieee
Petty Booters
People’s column and sale notices blend of items
A mixed page item set includes personal notices for a Paige car, a gas stove, a Welie buggy, and Homer pigeons with contact details. It also features quips and fashion notes about Hooveralls, a reader’s joke about a fifth wheel, goats for public lands, and domestic humor from Uncle Sam.
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Uncle Sam
Texas Notes on War, Women, and Gardens
A clipped Texas page mentions Capt. White bitten by a bee during retreat and urges women to enlist in conservation efforts while noting fashion limits. It cites a brisk seventy five steps per minute walking pace, hints at moonlit strolls, and reports middlemen charging five dollars fifty cents per crate for tomatoes. It closes with a wartime call to work in home gardens and a quip about British troops growing beards.
Acts of An Aged Fairfield Man Surprised Friends
Fairfield resident R. J. Gudgell, aged well past boyhood, says Tanlac improves his health and speed in walking. He supports this with claims of kidney and bladder relief after two bottles. Gaumer Bros. druggists advertise Tanlac as a bark and berry tonic aiding stomach, kidney and liver ills with many customer endorsements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Gudgell
Fairfield
Mr. Gudgell
Gaumer B Bros
Also Mentioned on This Page
van Buren County
Irma Woods
Rachel Baucom
Alden Eva Anderson
Igeere Shott Wilh
Parsons Collees
Caribelle Beardsley
June Norris
Pansy Arbaugh
Usme Roberts
Ert
Johnson
Birma Weeham
Anderson
Packwood
Tie
Harness Farm
Edgar Bennett
Erhel Church
Birmingha2n
Lee Gallup
Wm. Gallup
Abvertyville
Ames
Vermil Hootman
Ofirmingham
Lee Pattick
France
Chidren
Canada
L. Robbins
Cain Russell
Charles Glotfelty
Charley
the Orpheum
Trades and Labor Assembly
Federal
Barbers
People’s
John H. Fritz
East Adams
Welie
Edgar Lewis
Cy Dawkins
Washington and
Sixth Street
Enquire Penée Machine Shop
East Adams Street
W. B. Murray
East
Washington St
Louis White
West
Burlington Street
Square
Journal Office
Ellis M. Clarke
Orpheum
Orpheum Orchestra
William Fox
Velaska Suratt
Little Soldier Girl
Texas
White
Sam
Gott
England
Jefferson County
J. W. Marshall
Leggett Hotel
Jefferson Co. Abstract and Loan Co
Lucy Epperson
Louden
Ottumwa
Geo. Campbell
Libertyville
Monroe Street
Potts
Gaumer Bros
Rockies
Burlington
Injoy
Denver
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado Springs
Pike’s Peak Region
Garden of the Gods
Wrigley’s
Sess
Dex
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