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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1917
Page
2
The Daily Journal lists Bean Taylor and A W Taylor as publishers editors and managers under Journal Printing Co. This concise notice identifies the names and roles within the newspaper's publication organization.
Society notes list the Lutheran Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. J B Jonson's Tuesday at 2 pm and the P E O meeting at Mrs. Charles Herring on West Broadway. C T U gathers at Mrs. T B Short on South Court Street tomorrow. Ottumwa Courier item reports Miss Theodosia er and Charley Gurley Bush wed at First Congregational Church. Edith McConnell and Vern Farnham wed at the Methodist parsonage.
In a newly published note the marriage occurred at the home of the bride’s mother Mrs. T. P. Woolsey, 410 West Hempstead Street. The ceremony Tuesday evening was private, with the Rev HM A Anspach officiating. The couple, he a bugler for Ottumwa’s Third Regiment, planned to wed last August but postponed for service on the Mexican border. They will reside in Fairfield and host friends after the twentieth.
President Wilson received a cablegram from Russian Foreign Minister Milyukov stating that U S participation in the war will hasten Entente victory. He thanked Washington for recognizing the new Russian government.
The administration espionage bill was completed by the senate judiciary committee and will be published when reported to the senate for immediate passage. It tightens offenses by making terms more definite and specific, abandoning previous general language that hindered enactment.
A crowded Methodist church heard George Ellingwood Joy speak for an hour and a half on Citizenship. He urged home training of children to create better citizens and shared current findings in payehology and child study.
A city program runs nightly at 7 30 p m through Friday with lectures for parents and teachers. Topics include The Child in the Midst The Golden Age of Childhood The Boy Problem as We Face It The Kingship of Control Training by the Art of Suggestion. High school sessions on the Psychology of Adolence contribute to regular school work.
The Journal has received a quantity of flower and garden seeds through Senator Kenyon for the Ladies Improvement Association and the Boy Scouts. The organizations will distribute the seeds to boys and girls under their supervision in the City Beautiful Campaign.
Nick Williams of Atlanta pled guilty to carrying concealed weapons and breaking into a car near Beckwith before Justice Wilson. Special agent Mullen found him Saturday night and turned him over to Sheriff Campbell Freeman Allen of Key West and Arthur Williams, both colored, with Hubert Smith of Ottumwa detained as a witness. Williams will probably be tried tomorrow.
Guy Works, 14, from Washington county, was picked up in the city yesterday by Sheriff Shan Campbell and City Marshal J. D. Mitchell while he traveled to enlist in the Navy. He carried a gun and a high powered rifle. Detained until his parents, Thomas Allender's wife cited as Mrs. Thos. Allender, arrived and took him home. Mrs. Allender is improving from a recent illness.
The Oratorio Society presents the comic opera Pirates of Penzance at Fairfield High School on Wednesday evening April 25. The chorus and scholars have prepared for two months, promising a high class production. About 250 seats are reserved for PEO delegates, with sales starting Monday April 23 at Jericho Easton’s drug store.
The Iowa Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution passes resolutions expressing readiness to serve the government and troops in the current war with Germany. A copy is sent to the state governor urging immediate steps for nationwide readiness.
Pancoast Hendrickson & Bank advertise ready top soil and sod installation for South Park Addition. They offer hauling and sodding services and urge callers to contact their Stubbs Building office by phone 1739, 559.
Paul Schroeder aged 11 and two Hines boys aged 16 and 11 were caught selling seven stolen chickens taken from B F Black on West Burlington street. They tried to dispose of them at Zeigler poultry house. a written order led to their arrest by Sheriff Shan Campbell. They face juvenile court trial.
Joseph Defrees of the U S Chamber of Commerce says a committee is being formed to push daylight saving through Congress. He notes broad backing from business groups across the country as April 16 approaches in Chicago.
The Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Co offers 5 per cent farm loans from Fairfield Iowa. Includes brief reference to loan terms and local service.
Thomas Fitzgibbons aged 45 faced city court in Vincennes Indiana after pleading guilty to assaulting Omer Rey a private in Company A I N G. He was fined 560 dollars plus costs and sentenced to six months on the penal farm. He also trampled an American flag. He could not obtain a lawyer.
Rev. Father James P. Heaney pastor of St. Mary's Mandota died at his Peoria home after a sudden hemorrhage. Heaney had entered the Cherry mine shaft during the disaster years ago to administer the last sacrament to dying miners.
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