Scouts of Fairfield Gather At City Park For Saturday Drill
Fairfield scouts are asked to assemble at city park Saturday morning at 9 o clock under Scout Commissioner Frank. They will march to Parsons Athletic field for drills and instruction. A meeting point is the Gras meat market where they will be equipped for the month. Community members may notify Rev. Grey or Rev. Kuhns if they wish to contribute supplies. Commissioner Frank will attend troop No. 2 meetings and praised the boys.
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Fairfield
Frank
Parsons
Gras
Eee
Ereey
Kuhns
Senat
Patsy at the Orpheum Promises Sunshine and Adventure
Wee Maurice stars in Patsy a Sam Fox production at the Orpheum tomorrow. The story follows Patsy Prim newly arrived from New York to meet old friend Richard Hewitt and stir romantic and life changes in a western town.
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The
Orpheum Tomorrow
Wee Maurice
Patsy
Sam Fox
Patsy Prim
New York
Richard Kaeewitt
Mr. Hewitt
Que
Hewitt
Ree
Patsy Ierry
Explosion rocks Burlington refining district
A gas explosion under a sidewalk near the Simwolair Refining Co in the Eagles building on Washington Avenue left a 60 foot concrete walk lifted and dropped onto gasoline tanks. The blast damaged the front of the building with $2,000 in damage. employee Harry Luchner was injured severely but survived.
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Whurlington
Simwolair Refining Company
Eagles
Washington
Harry Luchner
Burlington Hospital
French Foil German Drive Near Neufchatel Road
Paris reports German troops bombarded south of the Miette river and reached French lines toward the Neufchatel road. French counterattacks ejected German troops from positions, with heavy losses and prisoners taken. Field reports from the Aisne front note intensified artillery fire and mixed outcomes. West of Apremont German storming parties made a surprise attack and took prisoners. In Ypres, patrol encounters yielded a few British prisoners.
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Paris
Miette
Neufchatel Road
Aisne
Vaon-Soissons
Meuse
Apremont
Germany
Flaly
France
Belgium
Ypres
Austrian Attacks Halted on Bainsizza Plateau
An Italian official statement reports enemy counterattacks in the southeast Bainsizza plateau repulsed with brisk artillery duels and harassing fire in Carso. The Austro-Hungarian report also says Italian forces were driven back in desperate fighting on the Bainsizza plateau.
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Rome
Bainsizza Plateau
Carso
London
Jtglagg
Bainsizza
Fairfield Iowa Band Concert Program
Fairfield Iowa Band concert program lists pieces under director C W Smith including Minstrel Days The Mill in the Forest Eilenberg Jolly Fellows After Sunset Intermezzo and Star Spangled Banner with performers Kendis Baya Rose Olman and Shaines among others. The event is scheduled for tomorrow evening in the park.
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Fairfield Iowa
C. W. Smith
Forest
Eilenberg Jolly Fellows
Mary Ann
Kendis
Baya
Johnny
Johnny Shaines
Rose & Olman
Pryost Waterville
Hall Star
College Notes Highlight Campus Activities And Plans
The joint Y M C A and Y W C A meeting in the chapel featured Professor Vartanian on Christian ideals. Nubs Russell visits, predicting a strong football team. Elozevir elects Miss Gladys Workman as secretary. Empyrean holds the annual browse for new students with a party at Wade Flinspach’s home. The Empyrean program includes music and talks led by Applegate, Greiner, Fender, and others.
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Vahan Vartanian
Nubs
Russell
Ft. Des Moines
Aldine’s
Empyreans
Wade Flinspach
North Court Street
U. S. Aviator Harold Willis Captured in Germany
Paris reports American aviator Harold Willis of Boston, missing since the August 19 aerial battle, is now a prisoner in Germany after sources in Berlin confirmed the captivity.
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Harold Willis
Boston
Paris
Germany
Mexicans Accused of Prompting Draft Evasion
Investigators from the U S department of justice are sent to Nogales to examine a claim that Mexicans are trying to induce men chosen for military service to evade duty by fleeing to Mexico.
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Nogales
Ariz
United States Department of Justice
Mexico
Allies tighten blockade report from London and Washington
Albert Metin undersecretary of state in charge of the blockade arrives from Paris with advisers to coordinate blockade efforts with Britain. In Washington two Roman Catholic bishops are named, J Henry Tipen of Lincoln to Denver and Rev Cantwell of Los Angeles to Los Angeles, California.
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London
Albert Metin
Paris
Washington
J. Henry Tipen
Lincoln
Neb
Denver
Colp
Qebp
Cantwell
San Francisco
Boishop
Longeles
Cal
For Sale Real Estate and Goods in Princeton Area
Fairfield buyer seeks sale of real estate and small lots along South Main and West South Second, with half interest in parcels and terms easy. Contact J D Loof burrow or care of Princeton Club New York City Vernon L Hague. Also multiple ads list poultry cows auto parts furniture rugs appliances and machines for sale with contact details and locations in Washington Iowa and Princeton area.
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Fairfield
South Main
South Second
Iowa Ave
J. S. McKenney
J. D. Loofburrow
Princeton Club
New York City
Vernon L. Hague
W.S
Rhode Island
T. T. Stuckey
Jersey
Kirkwood
E Streets
Auto Parts
Buick
Hudson
Regal
Oakland
Maxwell Parts
Stoddard Dayton H
Overland
Ramon
Empire
Bone Yard
Washington
Iowa
Cole
Davenport
West
Washington Street
East Adams Street
I. N. Biddle
H. C. Gantz
For Rent Classified Firehouse City Listings
Local rental notices list multiple houses flats rooms and related rentals. Properties include a four room house on Stone Street opposite Mitten Factory with utilities and a sink and toilet. a good house at Model Bakery. two houses priced at eight and ten dollars monthly. three modern unfurnished rooms with bath and utilities at 705 West Washington Street. two furnished rooms near the square. two flats by Lou Thoma. a nine room house at Washington and Sixth. half of a double house near the square. a modern furnished room near the square. a furnished room two blocks from the square. a barn for two horses. and entries with contact names and phone numbers.
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Stone St
Mitten Factory
A. J. Boyd
Model Bakery
Gilbert McKee
West
Washington Street
Lou Thoma
South
Main St
South Sixth Street
Washington and
Sixth Street
Enquire Peace Machine Shop
Square
Louis White
Journal
Echoes of War and Daily Life in a Snippet of 1917 News
A collage of quips and notes cites Cy Dawkins, Col. Henry Watterson, and Peru’s ultimatum to Germany. It mentions a Michigan man exonerated by a jury, a Kansas rooster hatching eggs, a draft dodger, Cleveland bread prices, and Chulalongkorn II touring New York with 12 wives, all reflecting wartime humor and social tidbits.
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Chulalongkorn II
Siain
New York
Advertisement for Found Automobile South of City
A phone contact note indicates an automobile found south of the city and an owner may claim it by visiting this office and paying for the advertisement. The text repeats the claim process with two similar phrases.
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Burlington
Foel
Vienna
Holmes
College
R. Ames Montgomery
Chicago
Elozevir Society
Gladys Workman
Empyrean Society
Miss Blake
Appleg
Gate
Greiner, Fender
Miller
Good Old College Times
Goff
Soph
Sharar
Fortuna Fortubus
U. S
People's Column
Remingtons
Monarchs
L. C. Smiths
Royals
Ask the Journal
American Writing Machine Co., Inc
South Dearborn, Street
Cable Lumber Yard
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Jefferson County
J. W. Marshall
Leggett Hotel
A. V. Frazey Verle Frazey
PEONE
A. V. Frazey & Son
Ellis M. Clarke
Cy Dawkins
Stitt
Col
Henry Watterson
Kaiser
Roundenround
Michigan
Peru
Kansas
Cleveland
Uncle Sam
Orpheum
Orpheum Orchestra
Metro Picture Corp
Emmy Wehlen
Caprice
Parsons College Conservatory OF Music
James P. Moorhead
Fourth Street
Burlington Street
East Kirkwood Street
Paul Coleson
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