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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1917
Page
6
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Mr and Mrs Bruce Mitchell and sons Charles and George of Des Moines visit Mrs Mitchells brother Roy Simmons. Mrs O C Ferrer of Perlee attends Chautauqua. Mr and Mrs X Nady go to Des Moines for the state fair. Mr and Mrs Charles Riggs and Mr and Mrs Fay Riggs of Libertyville attend Chautauqua. Mrs Fila Armstrong and children visit relatives in Batavia. Harry Craig called to Mt Pleasant for his mothers illness. Raymond Peebler of Libertyville visits. Mrs John Baird and daughters of Batavia are city visitors. Miss Myrtle Alverson and sister from Batavia plan Des Moines trip for relatives and state fair. Harry Kirkhart of Ottumwa visits. Sam Griffith and Ben go to Brighton for funeral of Fred Walton. Ed Gire of Birmingham city visitor. Charles Bekel of Brighton spends Monday in the city.
A freight engine struck an automobile at a railroad crossing in Saybrook Junction killing eight of nine aboard. The vehicle was owned by Robert H. Rohloff of New Haven and carried four adults and four children. Louise W Wegel, nine, survived. All victims were residents of New Haven.
Notice that the last will of Aaron Rhodes, deceased, is on file in the Jefferson County Clerk of District Court. A proof and final hearing is set for September 18, 1917 at 2 p.m. in the September Term 1917. (Seal) GEO. M. BALL, Clerk. Also notice of probate for the will of Father Greber, deceased, on final hearing.
Dr Edward Steiner urged national unity in a Chautauqua talk on the question of who started the war and what follows. Mrs D A Brown offered Tolstoi impressions while the Zedeler Sextette performed a concert. Mrs J A Huglin narrowly escaped an accident at the park gate. Thibodeau spoke on prayer and promised a talk on the best short story.
State of Iowa Jefferson County to David Francy you are notified a petition filed July 2 1917 in the district court in Fairfield Jefferson County Iowa by Henry Pickard and son seeking 139.43 dollars with interest and costs for goods and materials used in improving land described as 175 acres total in sections 28 and 29 township 73 range 8. The action seeks foreclosure of a mechanic lien with a September 10 1917 appearance deadline and a noon cut off for defense. attorney Leggett McKenney represents the plaintiffs.
Mrs Brown delighted morning audiences with a talk on What Tolstoi Means to Me. She noted hesitancy in broadening the title after Dr Steiner spoke yesterday on knowing Russia.
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