Local Briefs Reflect Community Travel and Health News
Bloomfield resident Wm Gifford visited relatives here. Yarrington and Crail drove to Des Moines for the State Fair. Martin and Ora Hall also left for Des Moines. Mrs Otto Boren Evelyn and Miss Edith Larson visit locally. Paul Ferrer had appendicitis surgery at Jefferson County Hospital and is recovering. Will Harris and Carl travel to Chicago and then Northern Wisconsin for fishing. Dr L E Gordon returns from visits in Montezuma and Grant City Missouri. Margaret O Connor visited Burlington friends. Mrs Robert Lynn visits son Ross in Marshalltown. C C Hoffman moves to Narrow Gange barber shop. Roy Raymond welcomed a baby boy at Jefferson County Hospital. Mrs Charles McNay returns home from Des Moines. Mrs R G Walker hospitalized for treatments. Isiah Spray visits Brigham Spray in Ottumwa. Geneva Allen returns from Burlington. George Banfield on business in Chicago. Mrs Walter Hunt visiting her mother in Washington. Ray Hemmings to Chicago for business. Ed Kreiner and Robert return from Ottumwa after visiting Mrs Kreiner and family. I M Abernathy and Ida of Chariton travel home from Columbus Junction. Fred Stansberry takes shoe department job at Fair store. Mrs C A Worl of Scranton Penn chosen contralto soloist at Presbyterian church in Scranton. daughter Cecille Allard of Fairfield mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Worl
Scranton
Penn
Presbyterian Church
C. A. Allard
Fairfield
Cecille Allard
Community groups host meetings and a wedding noted
Sunday to Tuesday events include Fancy Work Circle at Mrs. George Woods East Adams Street, L. T. L. Girls at Miss Lucile Harris East Kirkwood, Homesteaders Moose Hall gathering with initiation, Fraternal Aid Union indoor picnic, and a wedding at the Williams home in Eddyville with Ira F. Heald and Rachel Williams amid pink and white decor. Guests from several families attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Woods
East Adams Street
Fraternal Aid Union
C. A. Williams
Eddyville
Rachel
Ira F. Heald
West Branch
Lora Lee
Harry Ieald
Stranahan
Friends’ Church of
County Lutheran Churches Plan Four Hundredth Anniversary Celebration
The Lutheran churches of Jefferson County organize a joint four hundredth reforma tion anniversary event at Chautauqua Park on Sunday September 16 with sessions morning afternoon and evening. A basket dinner welcomes all and prominent Lutheran speakers are slated for each session as part of the October 1916 to October 1917 nationwide observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Chautauqua Park
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
America
Meeting of Old Soldiers and Sailors of Jefferson County
The Old Soldiers and Sailors of Jefferson County will meet at the Court House on Saturday September 1 1917 at 2 30 PM to plan the fall annual reunion. All old soldiers are urged to attend. Alex Easton president John F Loehr secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Court House
Alex Easton
John F. Loehr
Notice of Private Sale and Household Goods Auction
George Hl Mount will sell his household goods at the John Hoopes property on West Broadway Saturday at two o clock. Will sell at private sale at 503 East Adams street beginning Wednesday morning Aug 29 and continue to Friday. Also four or five tons of chestnut size hard coal with Favorite Hard Coal Burner. Wanted immediately fireman at Electric Plant apply at once to R H Gentry at the plant Iowa Electric Co 126.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hl. Mount
John Hoopes
West Broadway
East Adams Street
R. H. Gentry
Iowa Electric Co
Haunted Pajamas at Orpheum Tomorrow
The Metro Yorke production The Haunted Pajamas stars Harold Lockwood and Carmel Myers and plays at the Orpheum on Wednesday August 29. An adaptation from Francis Perry Elliott the film blends farce extravaganza and drama as bewitched silk pajamas transform characters into new guises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metro- Yorke
Harold Lockwood
Orpheum Theater
Francis Perry Elliott
Fred J. Balshofer
Carmel Myers
Ex excellent driving mare seeks new home
Six year old gentle mare, saddles well, has served as a third horse on farm implements. Call at the home of T S Copock, 305 South Main St, for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Copock
South Main St
Piano Tuning Notice for Fairfield Visit
E. J. Eisenhart will tune pianos in Fairfield from August 27 to September 5. Leave orders at Leggett House or at the local music store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Leggett House
E. J. Eisenhart
Petition To Oiled City Streets Signed By Property Owners
All residents eager to have streets oiled must obtain a petition signed by a majority of property owners on the target street and file it at the office. Paul Coleson, city clerk, issues the call for prompt action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Coleson
Vito
Miss Nellie Williams Moves to Fayette Spencer Rooms
Miss Nellie Williams, graduate nurse, has moved to rooms at the Fayette Spencer home and can be contacted at phone 1492. She remains in Fairfield and will practice nursing in this vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Williams
Fayette Spencer
Fairfield
Also Mentioned on This Page
Messrs
Brainard Yarrington
Dick Crail
Des Moines
Martin
Ora Hall
Otto Boren
Evelyn
Edith Larson
Chicagoo
Etta Stever
Paul Ferrer
Jefferson County Hospital
Will Harris
Chicago
Carl
Wisconsin
Mrs. L. E. Gordon
Montezuma
Grant City
Margaret O’connor
Burlington
Robert Lynn
West Hempstead Street
Ross Lynn
Marshalltown
CC. B. Hoffman
Mulenix
Narrow Gange
Roy Raymond
Charles McNay
R. G. Walker
Isiah Spray
Ottumwa
Brigham Spray
Geneva Allen
George Banfield
Mrs. Walter Hunt
Washington
Ray Hemmings
Ed. Kreiner
Robert
M. Abernathy
Miss Ida
Chariton
Columbus Junction
Fred Stansberry
Libertyville
Fair Store
Wu. T. Li
Lucile Harris
East Kirkwood Street
Moose Hall
Ed Conover
North Main Street
Will Bates
Hawarden
Iowa
George Conover
James Conover
Rome
Ellis Ford
Trenton
M. J. McLaughlin
City
Florence Kasowsky
West Washington Street
Miss Kasowsky
Orpheum
Edith Myers
Oqaka
Ill
Viola May
Cedar Falls
Penn College
Lewis J. Heald
Fairfield High School
Iowa State Teachers’ College
A. V. Frazey
Pione
Frazey
A. V. Frazey & Son
Gaumer Dros
Kodak Films
Fairfield Theater
Parsons College Conservatory OF Music
James F. Moorhead
Reriyw
Uy Aa
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