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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
3
Local briefs list residents visiting in Ottumwa Batavia Waterloo and other towns. Marriages births and military notes appear alongside travel and social visits, with several residents heading to California Stuttgart and Wenatchee for the winter and notes on Red Cross knitting policy and a new telephone line at the Elis building.
Elks and Massic lodges provide space for Red Cross work as costs stay modest amid rising prices for knitting and surgical dressings. A cable from Major Grayson Murphy in France warns of a national calamity if standard dressings are not rushed, urging American women to prepare life saving dressings fast.
Hillsboro imposes a license fee of 100 dollars per day on all public amusements to curb dancing shows and other entertainments during wartime. The council believes citizens should focus on the national crisis.
The Loyal Temperance Legion Girls receive a silver star from the National W C T U for meeting every point required of them this year. Leader Mrs. M Chilcott has guided the group closely. Lena Fisher delights as the unathletic girl in the Red Cross Benefit play.
Entertainment at the High School Auditorium tomorrow evening supports the local Red Cross chapter. Participants donate services with no admission charged for use. proceeds go to the chapter. Miss Caswell Ottumwa will sing. Unkrich Orchestra and Mrs. Boies direct plays. crowd urged to attend.
McPeek introduces taxi and delivery service under W A McPeok. Contact number 4274. Address 723. Service aims to cover local rides and errands with prompt pickup.
H. P. McLaughlin announces large line of cedar chests with extra values on entire stock at Linco store. Store emphasizes quality gift options and new arrivals to attract customers.
Katherine Fulton plays the Little Fresh, charmingly clever in Captain Joe to be presented by the Honor Guard. The event highlights Fulton's performance and the troupe's stage effort.
A brief notice advertises a taxi service option with a price of 15 cents and a contact number 4274. The fragment also includes the numbers 722, possibly part of an address or code.
Notice to settle all unpaid accounts from Myers Grocery Stock. Payments may be made at the office of the Fairfield Credit and Collection Agency with C. M. Redick in Stubbs building. Contact phone 59. John W. Tull 715.
The Foreign Missionary class heard an illustrated lecture on the Chinese question by Prof. Vahan Vartani an at the church parlors. Dr. R Ames Montgomery travels to Omaha to confer with Dr Mason on college matters. Woody Wilson, a Naval Yeoman, plans a campus visit. Coach Yount attends the Iowa Conference to set next year’s football schedule, likely including Coe Grinnell Cornell Simpson and Penn along with Ames and Drake. Miss Burl Stephenson stars in Captain Joe at the High School Friday night.
The K. S. Class of the Christian church will hold a food sale on Saturday at Foote and Crail’s Meat Market located at 714.
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