Local social notices from Fairfield churches and weddings
Community groups gather for church ladies events at Miss Eliza McCracken and St Marys Catholic church activities. A funeral related postponement and a pretty church wedding at St Marys mark the week, with Miss Ethel Roth marrying Albert Hayes of Chicago and plans to reside there after a wedding trip.
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Ladies Aid of the
Lutheran Church
Eliza McCracken
Miss McCracken
Jane Steele
Mrs. Roundtree
Young Ladies Sodality
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Miss Mary
Agnes Bucher
Fairfield
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Ethel Roth
Albert Hayes
Chiceso
F. Ganle
H. J. Hogan
Ottumwa
M M. O’loughtlin
Mt. Pleasant
Anna Roth
George Hayes
John Roth
South Main Street
Miss Roth
Mrs. Hayes
Chicago
Mr. Hayes
Men Leaving Fairfield for Camp Dodge and Fort Riley
A tentative list shows forty three men from Fairfield set to depart for Camp Dodge between September 3 and 6 with minor changes possible. Names include Wm E Peacock Ralph Adler Kenneth S Thorpe Jesse V McCumber and George R Bates among others. A second call lists Townsend G Schillerstrom Verle A Teeter Roscoe D Williams Glen C Knaus for Fort Riley Kansas.
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Fairfield
Camp Dodge
Clarence W., Hamilton
Ernest L. Lundquist
Clarence M. Blough
Guy V. Gillian
Fort Riley
Kansas
Townsend G. Schillerstrom
Verle A. Teeter
Roscoe D. Williams
Gien C. Knaus
Former Resident Dies Near New London
Word comes of the death of Mrs. Wile Sears near New London at 7 36 this morning. Age about 60, life long resident of Jeffery County. Survived by W H Sears Gwn Spira Evangeline Sears northeast of New London and Mrs King Keokuk and Mrs J Parsons Brookville. Husband and three daughters preceded her in death. Funeral services at Kil church tomorrow.
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Wile Sears
Lick Five Mile
New Londen
Fiscus
Jeffery
County
W. H. Sears
G. Wn. Spira
Evangeline Sears
New London
Mra
King of Keokuk
J. Parsons
Brookville
Bible Prints and Relics to Be Shown on Old Settlers Day
W D Shirk displays an English Bible printed in 1770 and a German Bible over 100 years old. He will showcase aged letters and relics including a spring lance once used by doctors for bleeding patients at Old Settlers Day.
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W. D. Shirk
Shirk
Bert Carl Dies in Eastern Army Training Camp
Telegrams report the death of Bert Carl during the night at Camp Raritan New Jersey. He sailed from Fairfield July 22 with the 92 selected men for Camp Pike Arkansas and was later moved to Camp Raritan. He leaves his mother Mrs C C Carl twin sister Mrs Birdie Heston and brothers Hershel and Ercel. Born May 3 1892 he was 26. Funeral arrangements await arrival of remains.
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Bert Carl
Camp Raritan
New Jersey
Carl
Fairfield
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Camp Rariton
C. C. Carl
Birdie
Heston
Libertyville
Hershel and
Ercel
Dr Gamrath Leaves Fairfield for Sioux City Position
Dr C L Gamrath, a well known Fairfield veterinarian, will move to Sioux City to take a responsible role with the Sioux City Serum Co. He has practiced in Fairfield for many years and will begin his new duties in early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Gamrath
Sioux City
C. L. Gamrath
Gamrath
Fairfiel
Women’s Velvets and Turbans Featured in New Modifications
Fine velvets and velveteens for misses and women showcased new pokes mushrooms turbans war bride turbans roll up turbans and fancy sailors in black navy brown and grey an attractive showing.
Trimmed hats for all ages 3 to 14 in velvet and plush
Colorful trimmed hats in black blue green and red with velvet plush fabrics and decorative bows mushrooms ribbons appliques and floral wreaths offered in sizes 3 to 14 with prices from 98c to 2.49.
Yanks Win in Siberia
American forces supported by the Japanese repelled a Chinese bandit force of about 460 equipped with machine guns and trenches near Razdolny. Majors indicate Razdolny looting thwarted as Russian and Czech-Slovak units clash, with towns captured and many prisoners taken in Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vladivostok
Siberia
Razdolny
Ieking
Semenoft
Rotsievskaia
U S Envoy to Britain May Quit
London reports Ambassador Walter Hines Page intends to resign due to ill health after an official statement from the British capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Britain
London
Walter Hines Page
Tanker Lake Manitoba Burns in Montreal Fire
The tanker Lake Manitoba was burned at Montreal on August 28 with a cargo of 1500 tons of crude oil. The loss is estimated at 1 500 000 dollars. The Joss is damaged in the blaze.
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Montreal
Steel Workers Strike Over Pay and Conditions in Seattle
About 1000 workers employed under the Emergency Fleet Corporation contracts in Seattle quit work after negotiations with Pacific Coast Steel Company representatives broke down. The strikers demand pay and working conditions like those in the shipyards, signaling a broad work stoppage impacting fleet production.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific Coast
Steel Company
Emergency Fleet Corporation
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Qurnal Printing CO. Publishers
South Court Street
van Taylor
W. Taylor
the Ladies Aid Society of
St. Mae’s Cathol
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Egman Butler
Louis Easton
W. C. Twu
Easton
North Main Street
Methodist Church
Margaret Clinkinbeard
South Sixth Street
R. N. of A
Thomas Grant
East Burlington Street
Wm. E. Peacock
Ralph Adler
Kenneth
Thorpe Jesse V. McCumber
George R. Bates
Leo J. Fritz
Mahlon D. McCormick
Harold R. Pence
Harold H. Burg
James T. Baugher
William W. Simmons
Wm. B. Huddleston
Clarence R. Laughridge
Arthur B. Howell
James E. Crafton
Egnare D
Nordquist
Vernie Wright
Maynard E. Elmore
Archer C. Reighard
Lloyd E. Heston
Raymond J. Kessel
Fred M. Raney
Harold C, Messer Ives McKay
William McDonald
Helfenstine
Daniel W. Sauer
John E. Parsons
Harry S, Bagby
Ralph V. Smith
Clarence E. Lauder van T. Lawson
Lala
Frank’s Orchestra
Erator
Dorothy Phillips
Unerich’s Dry Goods
Iowa
Spurgeon’s
West Side Sq
Winsteds Foulard Silks
Tinware
U. S. Emergency Fleet Corporation
East Side
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