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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
4
An evangelist decries disbelief and denounces nonparticipants as sinning against the Holy Spirit. He cites a turnout of over 2,000 with a dramatic sermon and an invitation that drew 21 individuals to step forward for Christ and salvation.
Libertyville residents host and visit relatives including J W Hurst and D D Johnson of Albia. Ed Stephenson of Cedar Rapids visited en route to Chicago. The Mosses of Oklahoma City mourn a sister death. The Matthias family funeral follows an accidental shooting of an eleven year old boy. Various locals travel to Mt Pleasant Floris Keokuk and Washington for family and social events.
Burlington High School protests the Thanksgiving game against Fairfield alleging an ineligible player. Day, a tackle, is said to be in his fifth year. Fairfield admits the issue but claims it was a mistake. The 14 to 3 win may be forfeited to Burlington, with other Day games possibly invalidated. Keosauqua residents visited Mrs. Martha Sherrick. Jessie Hoffman and Isabelle Bishop returned to Cedar Falls.
Public sale on December 7 1916 at the Tom Curry Farm nine miles northwest of Fairfield. Livestock include 3 horses 24 cattle 117 sheep 55 hogs and 34 fall pigs plus 6 Black Langshans and other stock. Hay grain and farming implements listed with nine month credit on sums over ten dollars and cash for ten dollars and under.
All persons with claims against the Peacock Evangelistic Meetings must send them to R. F. Wilson promptly, as announced by W. C. Fulton.
A fragment lists items such as Best Flour per sack two dollars forty cents and California walnuts per pound twenty cents with additional sugar pricing and assorted figures. The text is partial and reads like a pricing column from a historical grocery ad.
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