Local Briefs From the City on Visitors and Illness
Mrs S A McCarty and Miss Clara Ingham visit city friends while Mrs James Manerey remains seriously ill at her South Six Street home. Spanish influenza quarantines hit the Charles Lyon and Ray Shaffer residences. S A Power and others suffer from influenza as well. Several locals travel, furloughs and discharges are noted, including Lieut Harry Fulton and Corporal Drexell Allender. Agnes Buchanan returns from Des Moines for Mary Louise Kerrick funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Manarey
South Six Street
Ray Campbell
James
East Adams Street
Agnes Buchanan
Des Moines
City
Mary Louise Kerrick
Drexell Allender
George M. Allender
Davenport
U. S
Turner
West Madison Street
Carroll H
164Th Infantry
France
Fred
U. S. S. San Diego
Idaho
Philadelphia
Fairfield Oil Company expands Blue Mound field in Kansas
The Pleasanton Observer Enterprise reports Fairfield Oil Company organized in 1918 by E G Fye of Davenport Iowa after acquiring Wolfe Hedges and Grasty leases near Blue Mound. With 560 acres and 100000 capital the firm plans rapid development using a Fairbanks Morse engine and Bessemer power, pumping 40 wells. Hedges No 1 drilled to 868 feet with oil sand and gas, awaiting pipeline connection via Prairie Pipe Line Co. The field lies in section 26, township 22 S range 21 E, and leases extend to most of the section as contractors move to nearby leases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Mound
Fairfield Oil Co
E. G. Fye
Davenport
Iowa
Fairfield
Old Reliable
W. R. Flaisig
Kansas
Oklahoma
Old Mexico
C. L. Larson
J. A. Huglin
Lee T. Gobble
W. G. Ross
C. A. Hiatt
W. R Flaisig
Blue Mound Kansas
Sanford Zeigler
Fred L. Hunt
Fairbanks Morse
Besseman Power
Wolfe
Prairie Pipe Line Co
Township 22
H. C. Cooper
Garnett
W. H. Grasty
Fairfield Board closes schools and limits dining rooms in 1918
Resolution by the Fairfield Iowa Board of Health orders public schools closed from December 11 1918 at 6 pm to December 30 1918 at 8 am and restricts restaurants to twelve persons per room plus staff with specific hours exempted. Authority cites prevailing infectious diseases. resolution dated December 10 1918 and signed by R H Munro and Paul Coleson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Fairfield
Iowa
Blakeway Farm Public Sale Date Change
Ed Blakeway announces public sale of the Barley farm stock and equipment 30 miles southeast of Fairfield. Sale starts Monday at 10 a.m. This is a new date from the earlier notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Blakeway
Fairfield
Notice of lost package of green taffeta silk
A package containing four and a half yards of green taffeta silk was taken. Please return it to the Journal office for Mrs. A. W. Stiles and receive a reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal Office
A. W. Stiles
Gift Store for Men and Boys Opens in Fairfield
The Drake Co. invites shoppers to visit its new gift store for men and boys on the east side of Fairfield's square. The store offers a selection of practical gifts and stylish accessories for all ages, aiming to serve local customers with quality merchandise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake Clo, CO
Fairfield
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Mike Fi Zu
Lettinel
Msr. S. A. McCarty
Brighton
Clara Ingham
Ed. Ingham
Charles Lyon
S. A. Power
West Stone Street
J. A. Shaw
Ottumwa
Ray Shaffer
West Monroe Street
Madge Vernon
Chisholm, Wis
Mrs. L. L. Vernon
West Kirkwood Street
Fred G. Elder
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Aberdeen
Harry Fulton
Camp Pike
Arkansas
Rev. L. FE. Koenig
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Minneapolis
Wm. Booth
Tyrone
Joe Shelton
Earl Hewitt
Sheridan, Wyo
Mrs. E. J. Hewitt
West Washington Street
S. R. Ferguson
D. D
The
Presbyterian Sunday School Missionary Work
George Sessler
Cedar Rapids
Raymond G. Larson
Camp Sherman
Indiana
Army
Pleasanton
Observer Enterprise
R. H. Munro
Paul Coleson
Blakeway Sale
Swift & Company
U.S.A
Frank D. Kerrick
Tribune
John T. Davies
Formu
Brassieres
W. B
W. B. Forma
OW. B. Reduso
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
Chicago
Frazers
North Court Street
Froth & Co
Coats
Kersey
Pompon
Silvertone
Justin
R. Hoh
Maxweoul
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