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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1917

Page

3

Local residents attend visits and fair plans noted

Mr and Mrs C G Hansen and daughters travel to Des Moines and Boone to visit relatives. Dr S A Howard and grandson Paul Haney return from Newton. Mr and Mrs J E Mathew and Mr and Mrs W S Atterback of Oskaloosa visit W E Richardson. Leo O Niel returns from Edina Missouri. Fairfield’s Wilson Reed earns second lieutenant rank after Fort Snelling reserve course. Henry County Fair opens at Mt Pleasant for five days through the 17th with many Fairfielders planning to attend. Etna Buchanan of Des Moines visits Myrtle Harper and plans Parsons College 1912 reunion. Mrs W S Bellwood and Irene visit N S Estes home. Ruth Koons of Batavia visits friends.

C. G. Hansen Des Moines Boone Wilson Reed Fairfield National Army Fort Snelling Mt. Pleasant Etna Buchanan Myrtle Harper Parsons College W. S. Bellwood Irene Abingdon Ilinois Teday N. S Ruth Koons Batavia

Shipwreck survivor Paul Hinkhouse recalls Indian Ocean mine

Paul M. Hinkhouse writes from Bombay after a mine struck their steamer off the India coast on June 23 1917 sinking the vessel. He and Kenneth McAfee escaped in a lifeboat with others and made shore after a 23 minute sinking. He describes rescue, injuries, losses, and plans to travel to Calcutta and Singapore.

Paul Hinkhouse India Kenneth McAfee Indian Ocean Paul M. Hinkhouse J. F. Hinkhouse Sioux City Mr. Hinkhouse Banekot Siam Parsons Assaint College Egypt Bangkok China Orient U. S Bombay Kenneth No. 16 Arso Digey Steamship Company Army “Y Penn. U Cornell U Calcutta Singapore Colombo Fathe Mother Paul Paul M Hinkhous

Lutherans Defeat Christians at Alumni Field

In a baseball game at Alumni Field last evening Woods of the Lutherans struck out seven, and the Lutherans showed strong batting to win over the Christians by a 7 to 2 score.

Alumni Field Woods

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Fentireland S. A. Howard Paul Haney J. C. Lynch Newton J. E. Mathew Leo O'Niel Edina Gibson A Nott O Phillips Williams Pedrick Seenes Clinkenbeard Simones Wood P Anspach Wisecarver Cox I Fellinger Kennedy Wallace Swan South McKee Wisecarver McKee Avalon Farms Gaumer Bros Unkrich’s Unkrich’s Dry Goods Store Fairfield, Iowa John T. Davies George Q. Loesch L. FE
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