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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
7
York Nebraska visitor Charles Moyer stays with sister Mrs W D Shirk on North Main. Several residents attend P E O convention. weddings, illnesses, travel and club meetings noted including Josephson and Osborn families. A serious operation at Jefferson County hospital for five year old Robert Fulton is reported as recovering.
The Fairfield Oratorio Society staged The Pirates of Penzance at the High School with Prof. Cahriel W. Mountain and accompanist James P. Moorhead. Great audience delight and praise for principals, with a full cast list and an eleven-piece orchestra enhancing the performance.
Word was received that a food conservation meeting will be held in the Iowa Wesleyan College chapel Mt Pleasant Friday at 7 30 pm. It continues the Burlington meeting with National Food Commissioner J F Deems to attend and a strong turnout from Jarrefield is urged.
Centerville on April 25 reports D C Bradley banker and land owner offers twenty eight vacant lots for garden use free of rent to first applicants proving their industry He will plant 1000 acres of corn on his Appanoose county farms using every available acre not in small grain or other purposes
Mrs. Hattie Fell lies seriously ill with death expected hourly. Mrs. Wallace Davis returns from Fairfield. Harry Barnes buys Oscar Gilbert meat market and takes possession. August Johnson visits Swanson home in Perlee. Mrs. Will Hill to host Big Sisters April 27. Mrs. Lester Burnaugh hosts Rebecca Club April 27. Mrs. David Haynes and Kathryn of Chicago visit Washington relatives. Mrs. E. J. Roby of St. James Minn visits sister Lizzie Laughlin. W F M S of M E church meets Mrs. Carl Riggs May 1. Mrs. E. W. Stodghill and son Merril visit Mt. Pleasant relatives. Fay Riggs rents Wolff property. Emma Lewis teaches near Perlee and visits mother.
Due to the district library association meeting on Thursday May 3 at the Public Library the regular library work will be suspended and no books will be received or issued until 7 PM. A piano sale at H P McLaughlin's will run this week because of bad weather last week.
Mrs Albert Troxel and daughter Edna of Burlington visit the Heaton sisters home while attending the P K O convention. C Stone of Brighton and Floyd Shields of Ottumwa are in town on short visits. Measles confine Borea Grinstead to her southeast city home. Mrs Sadie Goehner returns from a four month trip to Wittsburg Harrisburg Washington Pa and Ohio visiting her sons in Chicago. Mrs John Ward of Delta visits her parents for the Lewis Gaines wedding. Highway Engineer F R White of Ames is in the city on business. Mrs R G Walker visits Batavia. County Treasurer R H Spence ill at home. Mr and Mrs Fleck and son Howard return to Buxton from a visit to J F James. W W Nutting of Russell Kan leaves for Red Oak with his parents C W Nutting. Nuttings have been visiting W S Rammond and son. J B Trent of Batavia in city on business. Supervisor John R Hughes of Mt Pleasant in city on business. Carl Waters of Sioux City spending days with parents T S Waters in city.
Tickets for the Tri-State Track meet on Saturday are on sale at Gobble and Heer's or the College office. Prices are 35 cents in advance and fifty cents on the day. A Catholic ladies food sale starts Saturday at 9 30 A M at Crail and Brown market. 638 Notice to the Stockholders of the
P. E. 0. Week at H. P. McLaughlin's announces a piano sale ending this week. The ad highlights limited-time discounts and featured instruments, inviting customers to visit and take advantage of reduced prices before the closure.
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