Mail notice from Fairfield Post Office listing classed matter
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Fairfeld
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1917
Page
2
Subscription Terms and Rates by Carrier
Terms of subscription by carrier per week and month with rates listed and a note that mail subscriptions are strictly in advance. Readers urged to report irregularities in the carrier service and to contact Telephone No. 23.
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Eesaasr
Uae
Iowa Wesleyan Gets Y M C A Building
Mt. Pleasant August 3 The Mt. Pleasant Y M C A board voted to turn over its plant to Iowa Wesleyan College. The college acquires the building and equipment valued at 90000 plus 16000 in cash, totaling 100000, with a plan to raise another 100000 as an endowment for maintenance.
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Mt. Pleasant
Social evenings honor guests and a future bride
Miss Anna Mae Gentry hosted eight couples at South Sixth Street in honor of Walter Rittmiller of Bloomington. Miss Esther Snook entertained young ladies at East Broadway for Miss Ercel Flinspach’s upcoming wedding with a miscellaneous shower and gifts for the bride to be. refreshments followed.
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Anna Mae Gentry
South Sixth Street
Walter Rittmiller
Bloomington
Miss Gentry
Esther Snook
East Broadway
Ercel Flinspach
Local Briefs Mention Eldon Fair Attendees and Army Enlistments
Hugh Shriner attended the Eldon fair yesterday. Mrs. Elmer Anderson and Dawn accompanied Elmer Anderson’s remains to this city. Charm King, son of Mr and Mrs Clarke King of East Grimes street, joined the regular army and is at Jefferson Barracks St Louis Mo. Another son Harry C King joined the government school of aviation and is at Ft Log on in Colorado, set to move to Santiago California in ten days.
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Charm King
Mrs. Clarke
King
East Grimes Street
Regular Army
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Harry C. King
Government School of Aviation
Ft. Logan
Col
Santiago
Cal
Mary Rous Registers to Vote at 100
In Vevay Indiana Mary Rous aged 100 the oldest resident of Switzerland county registered to vote for the September election. She lives with her son in law Benjamin N Davis near Fairview and has twelve grandchildren twenty two great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.
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Vevay
Ind
Mary Rous
Benjamin N. Davis
Fairview
Switzerland County
College girl sought for room and board arrangement
Notice requests contact with Mrs. R. M. McKenzie regarding a college girl to work for room and board. Call 1130.
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R. M. McKenzie
Solvay Coke Promotes Direct Car Delivery at $10.50 Ton
Solvay Coke claims its product is the best fuel for track stoves and baseburners. It offers direct-from-car delivery at ten dollars and fifty cents per ton, matching gas coke. S. A. Powers advertises office phone 532 and residence 141.
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S. A. Powers
Murderer Bound Over to Grand Jury in Keosauqua
Cain Russell of Birmingham, charged with murder of his wife, was held to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing before Justice R. B. Morrison. The murder case proceeds as Mrs. Russell’s funeral is set for today two miles southeast of Birmingham with burial in Bentonsport. Surviving family includes ten children, three boys and seven girls. Two daughters are married and live in Lee county and Birmingham.
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Keosauqua
Cain Russell
Birmingham
R. B. Morrison
Elmer Anderson Funeral Tomorrow
Funeral services for Elmer Anderson will be held tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock from his mother's home on Maple Ave. Rev. Keesey of the Methodist church will officiate. Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery with the Odd Fellows in charge at the grave.
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Elmer Anderson
John Lindomn
Maple Ave
Keesey
Methodist Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Odd Fellows
A. M. E. Team Defeats New Chicago 6 to 1
The A. M. E. team beat the Mission in a good game on Alumni field last evening by 6 to 1. The win showcased the team’s hitting and Bradshaw’s pegging to bases when opportunities arose. Next game Monday features Baptists and Lutherans.
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Alumni Field
Bradshaw
Baptists
Lutherans Cross
Help Make Red Cross Supplies at High School
All ladies in the city and county are urged to join the sewing room at the High School next Tuesday and Wednesday to help sew Red Cross supplies. Some materials arrived this week and volunteers are hemming sheets. If unavailable for both days, come on either day. all are welcome.
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RED Cross
Victims of Batavia Shooting Affray Buried Today
The funerals for James Lewis and Marshal J. Hanshaw, victims of Wednesday's Batavia shooting affray, were held today. Lewis was buried after a 10 a.m. Methodist church service led by Rev. Caughlin. Hanshaw’s 2 p.m. service at Batavia Christian Church, conducted by Rev. Hellman, followed by burial in Eldon Cemetery. Hanshaw survived by a widow and a 12 year old son.
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James Lewis
Marshal J. Hanshaw
Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Caughlin
Mr. Hanshaw
Batavia Christian Church
Hellman
Eldon
Ottumwa Mayor Pat Leeny Faces Removal Petition
Attorney General Hayner files petition in Wapello county district court seeking the removal of Mayor Pat Leeny for willful misconduct and mal-administration during his terms from 1913 to 1917, with prior conduct cited. The action marks a formal bid to oust the Ottumwa official.
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Ottumwa
Pat Leeny
Wapello County
Hayner
Iowans Taken as Spies and Traitors in Aug 3 Arrests
London Iowa reports four citizens over sixty arrested by federal officers on treason and resisting the government amid a riotlike clash between loyalists and Zero Germans. The detainees include Albert Schaeffer William Reichmann Ernest Meier and Carl Gerhl wealthy locals. Davenport grand jury indictments accuse Daniel H Wallace Earl C Willis and Fred Vollmer with espionage and conspiracy charges. Wallace pleads not guilty with $12000 bond, others with smaller bonds.
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London
Albert Schaeffer
William Reichmann
Ernest Meier
Carl Gerhl
United States
Moore
Deupty Healy
Cedar Rapids
Reichmann
Germany
Davenport
United States Grand Jury
Daniel H. Wallace
Earl C. Willis
Fred Vollmer
Henry Vollmer
Fifty Engines Battle Flames at New York Central Yard
Fifty fire engines fought a four story New York Central Railroad office building blaze in Hammond Indiana after a carboy of sulphuric acid overturned in the transfer yards. Flames consumed freight cars and storage sheds as firefighters worked to contain the fire.
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Hammond
Ind
New York Central Railroad
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Dawn
Franz
Solvay Coke
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Hickman
Shropshire
Johnson
R. Dabner
Allen
Crawford
W. Dabner
Price
Swain
Carlson
Kuhns
Lanam
Yount
Dabner
Bates
Batavia
Marshal Hanshaw
Leeny
Howard
Fairfield Business College
Jersey
C. E. Ward
Fcames
East Side
Unkrich‘s Dry Goods Store
Square
Fairfield
Oxford
Roth & CO
Roth @ Co
Pure Life Insurance
National Life Assn
Des Moines
Parrett
James F. Wilson Jr
Agts
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