Wilson Orders Reinstate Bridgeport War Industry Workers
President Wilson directed Remington Arms Union Metal Cartridge Liberty Ordnance and other Bridgeport firms to reinstate several thousand striking workers who agreed to return after his demand. He warned of penalties for noncompliance and urged immediate action aligning with the war labor board decision.
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Ashington
Wilson
Remington Arms Company
Union Metal- We Cartridge Company
Liberty Ordnance Company
Bridgeport
Conn
National War Labor Board
Woodrow Wilson
Baker Lands Yank Spirit In London Report
Secretary of war Newton D. Baker praised American troops in France after viewing the fighting near St. Michael. He said he would return to London in about a week to confer with British authorities and spoke of the inspiring spirit and cheer of wounded and healthy soldiers alike.
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London
Newton D. Baker
France
Baker
St. Miciel
Jackies Band Greeted by Large Fairfield Audience
A huge crowd welcomed the Jackies Band in Fairfield as the Fourth Liberty Loan drive began. The parade, bands from Fairfield and Unkrich accompanied the sailors from Ottumwa, with stirring speeches by L M Doreen and J P Starr. Private David Murphy urged enlistment, calling for full support for Pershing’s army and the Allied cause, ending with McCrae’s In Flanders Fields verses.
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Fairfield
Unkrich
Burlington Station
Jackies
Whic
Great Lakes Training School
Ottumwa
Batavia
Keokuk
L. M. Doreen
J. P. Starr
David Murphy
Dubuque
Pershing
Unter den Linden
the Aiser
Potsdam
John McCrae
Patriotic program and socials in Jefferson county
A patriotic program at Bradshaw school near the city kicks off a Friday evening event with a social to follow for Junior Red Cross funds. The Christian Sunday School Ladies hosted a picnic in Lockridge with many attendees. A sewing group supported French children, while Mrs W. R. Keesey received a silver spoon gift. Woodworth Cinm of Davenport opened with a chautauqua talk praising veterans, liberty bonds, and the county’s war effort, noting past bond campaigns and urging continued support. A reception for bands concluded the day.
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Bradshaw
S. E
Red Cross
The
Christian Sunday School
Adda McClelland
John Boos
Lockridge
Mesdames
Harry van Dorin
R. E. Lepper
Ed. Sellers
John Stever
Day Hunt
William Allen
Willis Bennett
Chas. Keltner
First Methodist Church
C. Dubois
W. R. Keesey
Mt. Pleasant
Woodworth Cinm
Davenport
Chautauqua
France
Allen Jewett
Jefferson County
Lfe
Moselle
W M Hufstedler Dies Suddenly at Chautauqua Park
W M Hufstedler longtime Fairfield resident and partner in the firm Hufstedler Baker died suddenly last evening after attending a Jackies band event at Chautauqua Park. Born August 2 1843 in Parke County Indiana he served in the 25th Iowa Infantry and later built the Hufstedler Baker dry goods business in Fairfield. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 10 AM from his East Hempstead Street residence.
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Wm. M. Hufstedler
Hufstedler & Baker
Chautauqua Park
Jackies
Wim. M. Hufstedler
Martin and
Mary Kirkham Hufstedler
Parke County
Ind
Iowa
Keosauqua
Twenty-Fifth
Iowa Infantry
Sherman
Vicksburg
Arkansas Post
Jackson
Miss
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Rige
Chatanooga
Resaca
Corinth
Keneaw Mountain
Washington
Histedler
Fairfield
J. W. Moore
Hufstedler
Wells, Sterver & Averill
C. C. Risk
Whitham
Risk
Emma Mohr
John
Sarah Archibald
Lowell
Katherine McCreary
Chicago
Rebekah Jackson
Seattle
East Hempstead Street
Marines in ambush kill twenty bandits near Dos Rios
Washington reports that Dominican Bandits ambushed Col. George Cyrus Thorpe and ten U S Marines at a ford north of Dos Rios on September 7. In twenty minutes of fighting, twenty bandits were killed with no Marine casualties. A second report says three bandits were killed by the Dominican national guard led by a Marine near Higuey on September 9. Colonel Thorpe is from Northfield Minnesota.
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Washington
George Cyrus Thorpe
United States Marine Corps
Dos Rios
Marine Corps
Dominican National Guard
Higuey
Thorpe
Hiame
Northfield
Minn
Tax State-County Bonds Approved Amid Tax Bill Vote
The house approved provisions of the war revenue bill taxing future issues of state county and municipal bonds by a 182 to 61 vote after defeating a motion to eliminate them. Individual rates including surcharges were approved, expected to raise about 1.482 billion dollars. Six killed and fifteen wounded in Paris air raid reports say.
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Washington
House
Paris
News- Duvpers
Death of Lincoln School janitor Ben F Mikesell
Benjamin F Mikesell, longtime Fairfield drayman and Civil War veteran, was found dead today in a chair at the Lincoln school basement about 1 30 PM. He leaves a wife and children Bert y Barrow Hiram J R Mikesell and others with siblings in the area. funeral plans pending relatives arrival.
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Ben F. Mikesell
Benjamin F. Mikesell
Lincoln School
Fairfield
Berty Barrow
Hiram
Detroit
Mich
J. Hynds
Cedar Rapids
Waters
Chicago
J. R. Mikesell
Farmland Sales Near City Fetch $525 An Acre
O. F. Fryer sells a thirty acre tract near the Fair Grounds for 15750 to A. L. McCart of Batavia. Emmet Myers sells a 1206 acre farm at 210 per acre to Mr. Hand of Columbus Junction. A. L. Nelson sells 120 acres at 170 per acre and Alex Monson 115 acres to Harry Raible of Danville for 22000.
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O. F. Fryer
Hig
Fair Grounds
A. L. McCart
Batavia
Emmet Myers
Mr. Hand
Columbus Junction
A. L. Nelson
Alex Monson
Harry Raible
Danville
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Jackie’s
Flanders Fields
Earth
Federal Reserve
Des Moines
Armory
Marines
Eran
City
President Wilson
Studlebaker
Studebaker
Star Garage
East
Burlington St
Ao Ten
U. S
U. S. Signal Corps
Navy
National Army
Fula
Grey Kid Boot
KK. Creations
Formu
Brassieres
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W.B. Forma
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W. B. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
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