Editor Manager Entered at the Post Office Fairfield Iowa
The item notes an editor manager being entered at the Fairfield Iowa post office as second class mail matter.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
6
The item notes an editor manager being entered at the Fairfield Iowa post office as second class mail matter.
Subscriptions may be paid in advance by carrier for three months at 1.25 or by mail for four months at 1.00. Mail subscriptions require advance payment. Report any irregularity in carrier service promptly to the office, telephone number 23.
The Iowa Annual Conference of the Methodist church meets in Washington September 4 to 10 with speakers and sessions across a full slate. Highlights include the opening service, memorials, lectures by Harris Franklin Ball, and anniversaries of foreign missions and the Woman's Home Missionary Society among others.
The County Superintendent June Chidester leads the regular teachers meeting in the courthouse discussing plans for the coming school year. Rev. A R Toothacre opens with prayer and Cedar Falls teacher Mr Brown shares room ideas. Miss Roberts directs music as fifty to seventy five attend a noon picnic on the courthouse lawn.
Jefferson County Exemption Board calls 79 men from the first 306 drawn for today. Most have had physical exams. Rejected on physical examination were Walcott H. Tracy Curtis G. Rollin Carl F. Pickerel Guy S. Donovan M. M. Allender Alva I. Wright Howard F. James Leo Chapa Leo L. Gibson Sam D. Bryson Andrew B. Fritz Thomas E. Smith.
Fairfield residents await a rare event next Tuesday at the Methodist church as Rev. L. M. Dorreen of Akron delivers his forceful address on Odd Fellowship. The free lecture, starting at eight, includes a male quartet, invocation by Rev. A. R. Toothacre, remarks by W. G. Ross, and Dorreen’s talk.
Arrangements by the food administration deliver twelve Dutch ships to sail from an Atlantic port carrying corn and wheat for Belgian relief and the Dutch government. The first shipments will be split nearly half for Belgium and half for Holland. An event is planned at Parsonsville Church next Sunday evening inviting all residents.
Paris reports only a brief summary of President Wilsons reply to Pope Benedict with limited commentary. The Petit Parisien notes the answer seems deliberate and not improvised, reflecting Wilsons habit of thoughtful consideration before official acts.
Munich based Neueste Nachrichten reports strong Japanese forces concentrated in Manchuria and speculates on transporting troops to the Russian front. It notes improved railway facilities could hasten such an operation, though travel would still take time.
Katherine Smutz of this city won five dollars in a spelling contest at the State Fair in Des Moines with only five contestants remaining. She was a pupil of Mr Rakow at the Washington school, with forty three Jefferson County pupils contesting overall. The Jefferson County Teachers Club paid her expenses and County Superintendent June Chides ter accompanied her to Des Moines.
Piano tuner E. J. Eisenhart will be in Fairfield from August 27 to September 5. Leave orders at Leggett House or at the local music store. Contact 91 for arrangements.
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