Fine Palm Sunday Mass at St Patrick’s Ottumwa
A Palm Sunday program at St Patrick’s Church Ottumwa led by Rev H J Hogan featured soloists Misses Sullivan and Lally joined by Edw Quinn of Davenport and Edward Blake of Ottumwa performing Mozarts Mass in C minor with a quartette accompaniment. The event drew Fairfield interest and highlighted the Masters celebrated devotional work.
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Fairfield
St. Patricks Church
Ottumwa
H. J. Hogan
Anna Sullivan
Edward Blake
Edward Quinn
Davenport
mu @ual
Iowa
Miss Sullivan
Quinn
Blake
Lally
Sullivan
Quartette
Millordus Eenwee Quartette
Thief Steals Jewelry Worth 6000 During Party
While Dr and Mrs Charles M Franklin hosted friends at their Lafayette home a burglar entered and stole jewelry valued at 6000. The loss was discovered Sunday when Mrs Franklin checked the second floor jewelry case and found it empty.
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Lafayette
Ind
Drst
Charles M. Franklin
Workers raise flag and pole at plant in Marion
At the Ru tenber motor plant in Marion on April 3 workers collected funds to buy a large flag and pole for the factory grounds. One man refused to help and called the flag a dirty rag before being discharged as fellow employees restrained tempers.
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Marion
Ind
Rutenber Motor Plant
Earl Hodgen 10 Dies After Measles Then Fatal Ride
Earl Wm Hodgen born Goodland Kansas November 11 1906 died Fairfield March 28 1917 at age 10 years 4 months 17 days He survived by his parents Clayton W Hodgen and Laura Hodgen and two brothers Roy 12 and Clayton Jr 16 months He had been ill with measles and joined his brother for a ride after a father’s employee left work The obituary notes his gentle home life church involvement and strong religious devotion with a baptism in Easter 1915 and a reference to his asking about the world to come. He died in a crash described as familiar and silent in tone with a note on his prayerful nature.
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Earl Wm. Hodgen
Clayton W
Laura Hodgen
Goodland
Kan
Fairfield
Roy
Clayton, Jr
Earl
Mager
Meat Boye
Mary Hidester
Adance
Lutheran Sunday School
Winetka Hanson
Karl
Jesus
John E Richardson Funeral Tomorrow
The funeral for John E B Richardson who died Friday in Casper Wyoming will be held tomorrow at 2 30 PM from his sister Mrs B F Crail Sr s home on North Fourth Street Rev Polly of the Christian church will officiate and interment will be at Evergreen cemetery He was born January 12 1874 in Jefferson County and worked for the Standard Oil company in Casper Surviving are several sisters and brothers including Mrs H Alston Mrs B F Crail Mrs J P Scott Mrs W P Norris Miss Ada Richardson and others in Fairfield Birmingham Los Angeles and Haigler.
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John EB. Richardson
Casper
Wyoming
B. F. Crall
North Fourth Street
Polly
The
Christian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Mr. Richardson
George
Agnes Richardson
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Lead City
South Dakota
Standard Oil Company
H. ©. Alston
B. F. Crail
J. P. Scott
Birmingham
W. P. Norris
Holdrege
Neb
Ada Richardson
Los Angeles
Cal
Wm. Richardson
Haigler
G. W. Richardson
Bethesda Club Entertainment April 6 and 7 at Beckwith School
The A. O. W. Club of Bethesda presents two nights of entertainment at Beckwith School No 5 on Friday and Saturday April 6 and 7 at 8 p m for the new March fund. Tickets available from club members or Beckwith store. The program includes readings songs recitations tableaux and a play The Secret Meeting of the Golden Goose by the A. O. W. Members plus a tableaux and the Star Spangled Banner. Also listed are four head of work horses and work harness for sale at 117 East Burlington Street.
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A. O. W. Club
Bethesda
Beckwith
C. H. Clapp
Helen Jenks
Edna Ogden
Wilda Ogden
Paul Jenks
Bessie Prince
the Order of the Golden Goose
Mary McCormick
East
Burlington Street
Recruiting Officer to Visit Burlington for Navy Enlistments
Naval Recruiting Officer from Burlington Iowa will visit on April 4 1917 to interview and examine men for Navy service. The flyer asks community cooperation to recruit 125 men and notes a decorated auto trip through Fairfield Mt Pleasant and other towns. If rain occurs the officer will visit Mt Pleasant by rail and return details will be left at the post office.
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Burlington
Iowa
Naval Service
Horace Rand
Fairfield
Mt. Pleasant
Choice Fairfield lots and new homes for sale
A real estate notice advertises three new modern houses and fourteen lots for sale on a South Second Street area in Fairfield. The seller offers easy terms and building on custom plans, contactable by phone 2499 Fames Bailey. A separate education note states the board appoints supervision for summer school gardens with G C Jones, agriculture teacher, expecting nearly 200 pupils to participate.
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Walter Nelson
North Court Street
A. Donavan
Pancoast
Hendrickson & Ronk
Stubbs
Frank L. McClain
S. BE. Duvall
South Second Steel
Fairfield
Fames Bailey
Charles City
Board of Education
G. C. Jones
Penfield's Departure Seen as Sign of Possible Break with Austria
Washington reports Ambassador Penfield has left Vienna and the move is believed to portend a rupture in relations or potential war with Austria. The official admission of his departure follows growing tensions between the United States and Austria over policy and events in Europe.
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Penfield
Washington
Ambassador Penfield
Vienna
Austria
Finland senate offers liberty to the Finnish in Stockholm report
Washington reports that the Finland senate now in session has offered liberty to the Finnish, according to American Minister Morris in Stockholm.
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Washington
Finland
Morris
Stockholm
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ST. Patrick’s, Ottumwa
Miss Lally
Quinn I
John E. Richardson
Bethesda Club
Burlington, Ia
9Th
Kirkwood
Iowa Malleable Iron Co
Presbyterian Church
T. M
Russell Smith
David
East Burlington
W. E. Thompson
Mya
Mea
Wrigleys
Wrigley Spearmen
Wm, Wei
Soy
Kesner Building
Chicago
W. H. Pence
Fairfield, Iowa
Earl Bowermaster
KRUG
Axminster
H. P. McLaughlin
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Iowa State Savings Bank
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