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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1917
Page
3
Fairfield High School Juniors announce a May 4 8 p m show featuring drill numbers in costume and music by the Junior Male Quartette. The program opens with entertainment then presents the play Whiskers coached by Mrs Alice Booker.
Local groups announce meetings for Pythian Sisters B A Y club O E B club and P B E C Society with 7 30 and 8 30 start times all invite members and friends Mrs Mace Clinkenbeard hosts O E B club Frances McKibben hosts seventh grade girls at West Briggs Street gathering with games and refreshments A clipping notes Frank Mullinex and May Pittington married in Marshalltown and moving to a Glasgow area farm
Mrs Clyde Reed leaves for Parsons Kansas for a several days visit. The Sap penfields of Davenport mourn their mother Mrs Wm Sappenfield. Dora Elizabeth Bean ill with measles at South Main Street. Izora Bishop and daughter visit from Libertyville. Prof Glen Whitmer attends Tri State Track Meet. Marriage licenses issued to Thelma Mc Cracken and Harold Myers. Several locals travel to Ottumwa for visits. Prof P Hildreth and family addressed illness in his father. Various residents visit or are in the city for business or training.
Springfield April 28 governor Lowden vetoed the Jackson bill aimed at barring moving pictures that incite race prejudice or rioting. He calls the wording ambiguous and says tend to incite is too broad. The bill would outlaw displaying lynching or hanging scenes.
Julia Lee, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Lee, died yesterday at their West Van Buren home after several days of pneumonia. Born September 18, 1916 in the city, she was laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery after 2:30 pm services at the New Chicago Mission conducted by Rev Kuhns.
Nicely furnished room for rent two blocks from the square at 304 West Burlington street with phone contact 1782. Also advertised are lots in Pumphrey's Addition sold on easy terms or built to suit buyer ideas and finances by J. P. Starr at 646.
The Parsons College Mens Glee Club presents a sacred concert tomorrow night at the Presbyterian church to raise funds for a campus flag pole. Admission is free with a free will offering requested. The program includes hymns, solos by Delbert Pierce and John W. Gates, male quartets, a responsive reading, an address by the pastor, and a benediction with a response by the Glee Club.
Education on union labor topics offered at a Fairfield gathering on Sunday April 29 1917 at 2 pm. Noted speakers will entertain and answer questions. All men invited to attend.
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