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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1918

Page

7

Local social visits fill city notes and church programs

A flurry of visitors and residents in the city includes Mrs. John Hale from Packwood Mrs. E O Friend from Brighton Miss Mary O Connor from Lockridge and many others The Christian church Sunday program features a 20 member Sunday school orchestra under Prof Jewell with multiple musical selections and congregational songs.

John Hale Packwood E. O Brighton Christian Church Prof Jewell Engleman Kirkpatrick Zamenic Gertrude

Scouts Begin Liberty Loan Drive By Fairfield

Today begins the Liberty Loan drive by the Boy Scouts of America with over 300,000 Scouts canvassing for seven days. Fairfield Scouts will visit every home to glean support and wire daily results to Burlington. Scout Commissioner Frank resigns to join the Navy but will assist locally until called.

Boy Scouts of America Fairfield Burlington Frank Navy

Rev Mott Sawyers joins Army Y work at Camp Dodge Iowa

Friends report Rev Mott Sawyers is serving in the Army Y program stationed in Y Building 95 at Camp Dodge Iowa. A Parsons College graduate, he has pastored a church in Cincinnati Ohio for several years.

Mott Sawyers Y. M Iowa Army Camp Army Camp Dodge Iowa Rev. Sawyers Parsons College Cincinnati Ohio

Reverend Keeseey Returns from Camp Dodge

Reverend Wilbur R. Keesey of the First Methodist church has returned from Camp Dodge where he served as Assistant Camp Pastor. He spoke last evening on his experiences titled The Sammies in the Cantonment What I Saw and Heard at Camp Dodge. The talk will interest parents of Fairfield boys headed to Camp Dodge next Tuesday.

Wilbur R. Keesey First Methodist Church Camp Dodge Methodist Church Fairfield

Jack Spurlock Prodigal at the Orpheum

A film vignette featuring George Walsh as young Spurlock in Jack Spurlock Prodigal. After Harvard misadventure and a 400 pound Alaska bear, he faces business antics and comic escapades. Played Monday at the Orpheum with Beary the dog in supporting moments.

Jack Spurlock Beary Harvard Spurlock Orpheum

J Engel Piano Tuner Opens Fairfield Location

J Engel piano tuner of Chicago now permanently located in Fairfield after seventeen years in business and six years factory experience. Orders may be placed at Scheffels Music House or James Hughes, phone 1681.

Chicago Fairfield Scheffel’s Music James Hughes

Graduation recital announced by Miss Margaret White at Barhydt Chapel

Invitations issued for Margaret White in a Barhydt Chapel recital at Parsons College on Tuesday April 30 at eight o'clock. She is assisted by Fern Young piano Co Mountain tenor and BE Valentine bass with Charlotte White Pierson as accompanist.

Margaret White Barhydt Chapel Parsons College Fern Young Co. W. Mountain BE. J. Valentine Charlotte White Pierson

St Bernard Puppy Reward Notice and Brick Hauling Offer

Lest-Large female St Bernard puppy with brass collar missing. Reward offered contact William Cox. Also 370 cinders hauled at 75 cents per load. Call phone 173 for arrangements.

William Cox

Selective Service Men Move to Camp Dodge

Camp Dodge awaits the vanguard of the second draft as nearly ten thousand national army recruits report over five days. Minnesota provides 3790 men, Iowa 3300, Illinois 1600, and North Dakota 1060, with most newcomers from Iowa under the established reception and quartering plan.

Camp Dodge National Army Minnesota Iowa Illinois North Dakota

Peggy Leads the Way at Fairfield Theater with Mary Miles Minter

The Fairfield Theater promotes an excellent show today titled Peggy Leads the Way starring Mary Miles Minter in the lead role. The romance unfolds in the mountain town of Fenton with Clyde Gardiner, son of a wealthy New Yorker, winning Peggy after she leaves a fashionable boarding school to assist her father at the family general store.

Fairfield Theater Peggy Mary Miles Minter Fenton Clyde Gardiner

Painting and Papering by H. P McLaughlin Co

W. J. Kritzman leaves orders with H. P McLaughlin Painting and Papering Company for completed work. Details indicate project oversight and scheduling in local trade listings.

H. P McLaugh Lin Company

Gardening near the square offers many secured items

An item about securing garden space near the square notes contact points. Phone 119 appears for inquiries. A notice mentions Thoma & Thoma and improved city property with a 809 tag. The Woman's Association World seeks old newspapers and magazines and requests calls to 3458 for collection.

Thoma & Thoma Woman's Association

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