Local News Briefs Highlight Meetings and Local Moves
Clin ton lodge No 15 A F A M schedules a first degree meeting Friday evening April 6. County Superintendent June Calcester and Iss Mar Chichester attend the teachers convention in Fort Madison. Fairfield Motor Co moves from 123 N Court to Spratt building East Burlington awaiting new facility. Mrs O A Banta ill at North Court home. John Larmore ill with mumps at West Hempstead. Mr and Mrs Wm Cupp Birmingham attend funeral of John E Richardson. Wm Eaton of Ottumwa visits city. J W Rawson Burlington in city on business. Leslie Bates ill at north city home. A new baby boy born to Mr and Mrs E Rodgers. Chas Wiggins, son of W C Wiggins, operated on at Jefferson County hospital for tonsils and adenoids removal.
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Fairfield Motor Co
N. Court Street
Spratt
East Burlington
Wm. Cupp
Birmingham
City
John E. Richardson
Chas. Wiggins
W. C. Wiggins
Jefferson County Hospital
Easter program at M. E. church hosts new members
Libertyville reports a church Easter program next Sunday morning with a master sermon and a welcome for new members. Local families, visitors from Ames and Pleasant Plain, and groups like the Rebecca club held gatherings, with a 45-person supper and a night of music and readings at the O. O. F. hall.
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Floyd Iarshman
Albin Hiegh
M. E Church
Man sought for Sunday church call
A man with wife and children is wanted to visit the Presbyterian church at 11 00 Sunday April 5 seeking to avoid other church engagements. The notice invites the targeted individual to attend and speak.
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Presbyterian Church
Fairfield Band Welcomes Experienced Leader Tabor
Bandmaster B. F. Tabor arrives from Parsons Kansas to lead the Fairfield Iowa Band. The seven year director of the Sixth Regimental band will aim to raise the band’s profile and bolster the coming season with proven leadership.
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Fairfield Town Band
Fairfield
B. F. Tabor
Parsons
Kansas
Bert F. Tabor
Fairfield Iowa Band
Kansas City area Musicians Honor Guard Leader
The text notes a musician associated with infantry Band and Massachusetts National Guards who directed Municipal Bands at Parsons Chanute Fredonia Kansas for two years. He passed the U S Civil Service Bandmaster exam and is a Boston Conservatory graduate.
Fanny Ward at the Orpheum Friday April 6
Actress Fanny Ward, famed Lasky star, appears at the Orpheum in Betty to the Rescue on Friday. A drug store clerk refuses to sell alcohol to an underage patron, until a husband identifies as her spouse. A Bethesda church benefit is planned for Friday and Saturday at Beckwith school with 15 cent admission.
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Fanny Ward
Orpheum
Betty
Miss Ward
New Bethesda
Beckwith School
Lawmakers Hold Up Two Measures in Iowa Legislature
Des Moines reports say two bills loom large at the state house the Coburn four year county official terms bill and the Epps eighth Supreme Court judge bill both stalled after passing both chambers. final action expected today as parliamentary rulings cloud outcome. The Stone-Miller state printer and binder abolition bill passed the senate 38 to 4 with strong support while the Evans township school book selection bill was defeated 34 to 8 amid charges of undermining county book uniformity and opening state to a book trust.
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Des Moines
State House
House
Senate
Coburn
Supreme Court
Assembly
Stone-Miller
Binder
Evans
Iowa
Friends
Local Briefs Highlight Community Visits and Recoveries
Mrs. Roland Marsh spent yesterday in Burlington. Mrs. J. H. Lessenger returned to Mt. Pleasant after visiting her daughter, Mrs. George Q. Loesch. KK. E. Messer of Brighton was a city visitor. Louise Kerrick came home from Creston after visiting Miss Maurine Black. Alice Rickets recovers after surgery at the hospital. Bernice Gibson visits the Gilworths in Davenport. Mrs. Vernon Castle appears at Fairfield Theater tonight.
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J. H. Lessenger
George Q. Loesch
Mt. Pleasant
KK. E. Messer
Brighton
Louise Kerrick
Maurine Black
Creston
Alice Rickets
D. A. Rickets
Bernice Gibson
C. W. Gilworth
Davenport
Mrs Elizabeth Messer Dies After Illness Near Germanville
Mrs Elizabeth Messer of near Germanville died at 7 pm after a prolonged illness due to diabetes. Born July 29 1849 in Ohio she was 67 years 8 months and 5 days old. She was predeceased by her husband and survived by daughters Mrs Randall Green of Salina and Mrs Shaffer of Germanville and sons Ralph and Robert at home.
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Elizabeth Messer
Germanville
Jefferson County Hospital
John Feid
Ohio
Randell Green
Salina
Shaffer
Ralph
Robert
Parsons College Delays Land of Hearts Desire Play
The Dramatic Club moves the Yeats one act play The Land of Hearts Desire from April 9 to April 12 to avoid a presbytery meeting. The show starts at 8 15 in the college gym with seating for about 250 in view of the stage. Rev. Whitsitt of Merino Indiana led chapel devotionals. About sixty students sign a petition seeking military drill under competent direction, not yet presented to the faculty.
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Land of Hearts Desire
Dramatic Club
Parsons College
W. B. Yeats
Whitsitt
Meringo
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