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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1916
Page
7
Recital and community notes fill the page. Evangelist Peacock’s sermon on booze stirs the Fairfield crowd as he denounces liquor, urging enforcement of laws amid Prohibition talk. Local obituaries, visits, and school events are listed, with various residents traveling or recovering.
Frank Ogden was summoned to Des Moines to serve as juryman. Beckwith station appoints a night man, Mr. Connor a new man. Mr. Roberts shifts office hours to 4 30 pm. Mrs. Mary McCormick hosted A O U girls Friday with fine refreshments. John Kekwall recovering well after hospital operation. Logan Ogden sold and delivered his black team at Stockton. Miss Ida Cayiness visiting Washington county relatives. Ida Ogdens made a business trip to Perlee. Harry Carter welcomes his first son born before Thanksgiving. Our storekeeper and wife celebrated Thanksgiving with sons in Fairfield. Ernest Frank spent Sunday at home in Washington.
A brief read notes arrest and inmate trends in U S cities over 80 900 and Pennsylvania workhouses. The evangelist cites per capita spends on three items including church and education with a teaser that more details continue on Page 4.
A call invites all young men aged fourteen to twenty four to a 6 30 p m banquet at the Presbyterian church then procession to the tabernacle. No expense. Notify Thos C Allen or CC W Wade by Wednesday 8 00 a m. Working clothes advised. Factory night at the tabernacle next Tuesday touted as the biggest yet.
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