Lynn School Adopts War Orphan Through Quilt Fundraiser
Lynn school district plans to raffle a red and white quilt featuring Mother Goose scenes to raise funds to adopt a war orphan in Europe. The quilt crafted by Miss Ethel Lundquist’s class displays a central scroll with pupils’ names and rests at the Fair store for public viewing.
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Lyng
Lynn
Fair
Chain Suich
Ethel Lundquist
Clarence Freeberg
Kathryn Schrack
Minnie Freeberg
Orlo Krumboltz
Edith Diers
Carl Messer
Martha Peck
Esther Diers
Elmer Freeberg
Orus Krumboltz
Richard Peck
Ernest Messer
Eva Schrack
Sylvester Sobaski
Esther Freeberg
John Lynn
Ina Neal
Floyd Lynn
Thersa Schrack
Government needs many accountants for war work
Washington reports the war nearly ended but substantial accounting duties remain. The army ordnance department seeks 200 senior cost accountants 300 junior cost accountants and 300 accounting clerks with specified salaries for posts at ordnance establishments nationwide and in Washington. Income tax work adds auditors. Positions open to men and women. applications via local civil service boards or the U.S. Civil Service Commission in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Ordinance Department of the Army
Ordance
United States
Bureau of Internal Revenue
United States Civil Service Commission
Board of Civil Service Examiners
William Berrie Sells His Steers for Profit
An Iowa farmer bought twenty two year old steers at 120 each and fed them on silage corn hay and cotton seed meal. He sold them yesterday to a Corydon stock shipper for 210 per head. He estimates a 90 profit per head and 20 daily earnings while feeding. The piece frames this as average for county farmers and hunkydory days for agriculture.
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William Berrie
Corydon
Chicago
Berrie
Local Farm Sells for $458.83 Per Acre Near Fairgrounds
D. M. Holgate sold his 30 acre farm west of the fairgrounds for 13750 dollars at public auction, 458 83 per acre. John A. Stucker of Roscoe Iowa bought the property and plans to move his family by September 1. Holgate attributes sale success to his half tone illustration drawing distant buyers.
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D. M. Holgate
Fairgrounds
John A. Stucker
Roscoe
Iowa
Stucker
Private Wilson Portrait Drawn by His Doctor
Admiral Cary T Grayson, Wilsons physician, tells French reporters two men exist in the president a formal leader and a warm private gentleman. Wilson loves sports golf and horseback riding and sings in youth while avoiding smoking liquor and heavy card play. He cherishes friends from college and shuns red tape and etiquette.
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Paris
Woodrow Wilson
Cary T. Grayson
France
Admiral Grayson
Wilson
United States
Yanks Abroad Faithful to Local Sweethearts Says War Worker
Mrs. Rachel Curtis of the YWCA War Work Council says hundreds of letters from American girls reveal soldiers overseas remain faithful. She notes brides and fiancés follow through on engagements while delays in letters from France cause anxiety. few say engagements have broken.
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New York
Rachel Curtis
War Work Council
France
Fairfield downs Ottumwa in fast senior junior girls' game
In a rare fast matchup, Fairfield senior girls beat Ottumwa junior girls eight to six before the men’s and women’s teams meet. Half time stood four to one in favor of the seniors, while Ottumwa trailed overall but improved in the second half.
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National Guardsmen May Be Reorganized In Iowa
Des Moines Iowa national guard units that served in 1917 may keep their identities as they are reorganized. Major E E Lucas says regiments will be refederalized after muster out and home return. Batteries of the 126th field artillery arriving at Camp Dodge may also be reorganized if officers and men favor it.
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Des Moines
Iowa
E. E. Lucas
Iowa National Guard
One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Field Artillery
Camp Dodge
Davenport
Clinton
Muscatine
Adjutant General’s Office
Lucas
War Department
Soldiers and sweethearts await homecoming letters
The piece notes many letters from soldiers abroad and from their sweethearts at home. It mentions cooling affection in a few cases but mostly shows hopeful anticipation for marriages once the men return.
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Unit R Man Recovering from Pneumonia in France
Fairfield relatives report Harvey Gaumer of Unit R has recovered enough to be discharged from a hospital in France after several months confinement due to pneumonia. He has not yet embarked for home port, according to what his relatives have been advised.
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Harvey Gaumer
France
Mr. Gaumer
Gowey and Daering Wed in Pleasant Plain Ceremony
Rev. R. H. Polly of the Christian church officiated Monday at a marriage uniting Miss Edythe P. Gowey of Richland and Carl Daering of Pleasant Plain. The couple will reside on a farm near Pleasant Plain.
Returning Soldiers and Sailors Employment Bureau Notice
Free information on all employment openings at the Bureau for returning soldiers and sailors in Fairfield Iowa. C J Fulton chairman U S P S R. United States Employment Service U S Department of Labor.
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Bureau
C. J. Fulton
Fairfield
Iowa
United States Employment Service
U. S. Department of Labor
Iowa Veterans Seek Jobs as 75 Percent Remain Unemployed
Des Moines based Iowa Bureau for Returning Soldiers and Sailors reports 75 percent of Iowa veterans seeking work are still without jobs. In six weeks 1 561 men returned to Iowa from army and navy. 428 found employment through bureaus and cooperating firms. Firms praised for rehiring returning workers. 25 percent of employers lacking patriotism. Citizens urged to contact local bureau or offer jobs to veterans.
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Des Moines
Eaia Bays
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Army
Navy
Larimer Parsons Military Wedding at Parsons College
Lucy H. Larimer of Russell Iowa married Hayes Parsons of Fairfield in Barhydt chapel at Parsons College. The ceremony featured a military theme with uniforms and ferns and flags. A reception followed at Aldine-Empyrean hall, then a Sunday gathering at the groom’s parents’ home southeast of Fairfield.
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Lucy H. Larimer
Russell
Iowa
Hayes Parsons
Fairfield
Barhydt Chapel
Parsons College
R. A. Montgomery
William Parsons
Firfield High School
Air Service
U. S. Army
Prsons
Formal Opening Saturday Evening at Home Electric and Plumbing
The Home Electric and Plumbing company announces a formal opening Saturday at 7 50 p m inviting the public to inspect the new business at 113 North Court Street. Proprietor H W Bowlby, formerly of Keokuk, has remodeled the former Frazey store into an attractive display area for electric fixtures and home decor.
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Home Electric and Plumbing Company
North Court Street
H. W. Bowlby
Keokuk
Frazey
Bowlby
Tribune
East
Jefferson Street
Enrollment Drive for United States Boys' Working Reserve
Supt A W Crane leads Jefferson county enrollment of 16 to 21 year olds for the national Boys' Working Reserve. Questionnaires capture farm experience, horse handling, auto use, current or upcoming work, schooling plans, and employer data. The county aims to match workers to farm, industry, or business jobs and ensure return to school in fall.
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United States Boys’ Working Reserve
Jefferson County
Supt. A. W. Crane
Iowa
Original Fliers Travel by Rail
John E. Sexton of the Eureka Nevada Railroad reports birds are studying rail travel as an alternate to air routes. Sparrows and linnets, unusually lazy, ride trains and even dismount during rough crossings, then return to perches and continue westward. A Southern Pacific train through Nevada carried 300 to 400 birds traveling east to west.
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John E. Sexton
Eureka-Nevada Railroad Company
Sexton
Southern Pacific
Nevada
Teachers Examinations Scheduled Next Week
The regular teachers examination will be held Wednesday Thursday and Friday of next week at the courthouse. County Superintendent Miss Chidester says Jefferson County does not face the teacher shortage claimed in some other counties.
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Court House
Chidester
Jefferson County
Lockridge Town 100 Percent Red Cross Drive Report
Lockridge town reports full 100 percent participation in the Junior Red Cross drive though influenza delays kept some entries from entering the fold. Names of enrolled children include Robert Lady Florence Carlson Frances Carlson Arthur Mickey Elsie Graff Henry Duettweiler Fred Rauscher Paul Rauscher Richard Lewis Manford Lewis Florence Kiger Harry Boos Viola Peterson Arnold Teeter Irene Boos Esther Graff Lucile Danielson Ralph Plympton Bertha Rauscher Arlin Ege enberger Myrtle Smithberg Gladys Pantelson Walter Rauscher George Allander William Boos Russell Rauscher Bernice Graff Otto Graff Paul Miller Erland Anderson Lola Messer Eustace Messer Blanche Lewis Bernice Lewies Clifford Lewies Bernice Kirby Violet Little ton Bonnie Anderson Frederick Graff Juanita Cavance Irwin Little ton Martin Lynn Glenn Rupp Carl Rupp Andy Lewis Creston Messer Bernice Johnson Gretchen Baisek Roger Baisek.
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Lockridge
Red Cross
Robert Lady
Florence Carlson
Frances Carlson
Arthur Mickey
Elsie Graff
Henry Duettweiler
Fred Rauscher
Paul Rauscher
Richard Lewis
Manford Lewis
Florence Kiger
Harry Boos
Viola Peterson
Arnold Teeter
Irene Boos
Esther Graff
Lucile Danielson
Ralph Pl
Iowa Wool Growers Form New League
Des Moines reports the Iowa Division of the Fleece Wool Growers Association was formed by about 70 sheep breeders. W. W. Latta is president and J. F. Walker of Gambier spoke on the national body’s growth. plans include marketing wool, improving grades, and uniting all Iowa sheepmen under one organization.
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Des Moines
Iowa
The
Fleece Wool Grower's Association
W. W. Latta
Logan
Pres
William Wieble
Brighton
T. C. Stone
Ames
Sec’y
Carlos J. Fawcett
Tipton
Treas
Arthur Leonard
Corning
R. A. Satterly
Farmington
E. L. Bitterman
Mason City
H. K. Hutchison
Leyard
John Graham
Eldora
C. F. Hood
Sioux City
C. E. Coverdale
Elwodd
W. G. Warner
Bloomfeld
Mississippi
Central West
Victory Liberty Loan Named Fifth War Bond
Secretary of the Treasury Carter Glass in Washington announced the next issue will be the Victory Liberty Loan. The loan name replaces the planned Fifth Liberty Loan, Victory Issue. The blue V flag will symbolize victory and the five loan.
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Carter Glass
Washington
Glass
Navy reports reveal 14 inch land fighting gun and record wartime builds
Washington dispatch summarizes the secretary of the navy annual report noting a fourteen inch calibre mobile land artillery firing projectiles thirty miles and moved on special railway cars. It cites heavier shells, mine plants, large Brooklyn storehouse, Annapolis radio station, two huge Washington office buildings, and civil service efficiency amid a civilian workforce surge.
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Washington, D. C
Secretary of the Navy
France
Paris
Navy Department
Yorktown
Brooklyn
Navy
Annapolis
Washington
War Department
Naval Consulting Board
Department
Civil Service Commission
United States
America
Returning to English civility after the war
A Stars and Stripes piece urges easing profanity after the war and reflects on the wartime cursing of Allied troops at Chateau-Thierry. It suggests historians will judge profanity's role in victory while calling for calmer language as soldiers prepare to return home.
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Chateau-Thierry
Stars and Stripes
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