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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1918
Page
2
Subscriptions listed for Maree Month to three months in advance with prices 1.26 and 1.00 by mail. Publisher Durnal Printing Co at 110 South Court Street and editors Man Taylor and W. Taylor. Subscriptions strictly in advance.
The Rowena Circle of the Yeoma lodge meets Mrs Glen Neibert Tuesday at 2 30 at North C street with Mrs Guy Battins and Mrs Walter Harris assisting. George Strong Corps holds its regular meeting tomorrow at 7 30. Ladies Improvement Association hosts a picnic at Mrs A S McPherson on East Burlington street Tuesday evening April 2 at six. Each lady brings a dish for the supper.
A list of planned patriotic meetings shows events across Des Moines Walnut Center Polk and Germanyville areas. Teachers and superintendents including Miss Hoff man Miss Jackson Miss Ul brick Mrs Emma Roth and Supt R V Galliher are named for sessions in Des Moines Walnut Lockridge Center Polk and Bellville areas with multiple dates and locations.
Mr and Mrs Harry Jones and children plus Missa Kate Jones visited Cantrill Missouri to spend the day with Dr W A Jones and family. Mrs Mack Shriner of Ottumwa and others came to the city to attend a brother Jerry Simmons funeral. The Fairfield Oratorio society begins Red Cross benefit rehearsals tonight at 7 00 pm in Prof Jo p Moorhead studio. A patriotic program and candy social are planned at No 3 Buchanan on Wednesday April 3 at 7 30 pm.
Hugh Bennett arrested on two counts of City Ordinance No 60 for opening Fairfield theater on Sundays March 24 and 31. Before Justice D B Wilson he was fined 100 dollars and costs for each offense with appeal bonds set at 500 dollars.
Eleven Jefferson county young men have been accepted for service likely as mechanicians for an aero squadron. Names listed include Cecil C. Clements Leo ONeil Peter Staves Anthony Turner Victor A Wicksell Chas W Fellinger Chas W Gaumer Glen D McKee Ambrose Guy Jones Wm M Banta. They depart for Kansas City at 12:96 next Friday morning to enter a training school.
Funeral services for the late Mrs. O D Stubbs were held at the home on East Burlington street Saturday afternoon. Rev. W R Kecey led the service. Alice N Stubbs, daughter of Jesse and Nancy Boyd Stubbs, was born March 12 1859 in Mt Pleasant Iowa. She married O D Stubbs December 23 1879, lived in Mt Pleasant, then Jefferson County, then Fairfield since 1903. Survived by husband. three children Carrie Estelle Rex preceded her. half brothers Jas C Warren B Stubbs of St Louis and Jesse R Stubbs of Kansas City also survive. The body rests in Evergreen cemetery beside family lots.
The stage drama On Trial draws large crowds at the Fairfield Theater. The Broadway hit features a murder trial with witness replays and a dramatic confession. Strickland is declared not guilty, and the production is praised as a cinematic and theatrical sensation.
New spring line of tailored corsets promoted by Miss Jessie Traxler.Contact phone 1370 and address 166 provided for fittings and purchases.
Mrs Ida Merckens sustained a painful burn to her left arm when a box of flash powder used for photography exploded after she placed it in the stove while cleaning at her North Main street home. She attempted to escape but was not fast enough to avoid the blast.
Jerry Simmons died Saturday at the county home after a week long illness. He was about seventy and had lived at the county home for years. He is survived by three brothers and three sisters and his wife preceded him in death. Services with burial at Evergreen cemetery scheduled for five this afternoon.
Bert Bryan suffered a thigh flesh wound when his shotgun discharged during a dog fight in woods southwest of the city. He was treated at Jefferson county hospital and will remain there for several weeks before returning home.
Prof J W Mountain announces the first practice for the Fairfield Oratorio Society tonight at Prof J P Moorhead studio. The group plans an April concert featuring the oratorio St George and the Dragon, largely sung by college students. Montgomery returns from a business trip and attended a Miami University Administrative convention. Prof Watson preached at Brighton Sunday. Os Kaloosa College English head Prof Coxland spoke to the English Club. Dwiehta Krumboltz Roscoe Whitmore Clarence Blough and Leo O’Brien left for Burlington for navy entry exams. O’Brien and Blough seek hospital corps, Krumboltz and Whitmore apply as apprentice seamen.
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