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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1917
Page
7
The Women's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet tomorrow at 2 30 PM with Mrs. Millie Williams at 308 West Washington. All members urged to attend for important business. Visitors welcome.
Mrs. Minnie Bloss returns from Des Moines State Fair. Frances Turnerey Eleanor Turnerey and Katherine Lamson back from Lake Okoboji. Prof. A L Creacraft resumes Abingdon principal duties after Ohio visit. Dozens visited relatives across Iowa and Illinois, with trips to Ottumwa, Des Moines, Camp Dodge, Bethany and Muscatine for fairs and golf.
Rev. Lucian Jones, the returned missionary from India, will present a stereoptical lecture on "The Mass Movement in India" Friday evening at the Methodist church. Jones, once a Fairfield resident, is well known locally and will accompany his talk with an expensive set of views.
Dr Dunkel, long affiliated with Mayo Surgical clinics in Rochester Minnesota, will return to Fairfield this Friday August 31. The announcement confirms his schedule and presence for the day.
A returned missionary will present a stereoptican lecture titled The Mass Movement in India at the Methodist church Friday evening August 31 at 7 30. All interested in foreign missions are invited. Re fireplace 145 You will find J W Ogle’s milk offered for sale only at the Boyd Grocery.
E J Eisenhart offers piano tuning services in Fairfield from August 27 to September 5. Leave orders at Leggett House or local music store. Described as available by phone 3621. Also an unrelated note mentions 91 Desserd chickens for sale at the same contact line 147.
Notice of a Jefferson county Old Soldiers and Sailors meeting at the Court House on Saturday September 1 1917 at 2 30 PM to arrange the annual reunion this fall. All old soldiers are urged to attend. Alex Easton president John F Loehr secretary
Jefferson county citizens plan robust home storage this fall with over a hundred quarts of packed fruits and vegetables. Many households anticipate navy beans, potatoes, corn drying, and cucumber crops to be conserved, reducing reliance on freight during wartime. An entertainment at Parsonville Church is planned for next Sunday evening.
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