Elks Exposition Draws Large Crowds in Fairfield
Over six hundred attended the Elks Mid-Winter Exposition last night as booths filled with local retail and wholesale displays. The event featured vaudeville acts, Gaumer's orchestra, and the Dove handcuff escape act. dances ran to 9:30 with new acts planned Thursday and a Baby Show Friday afternoon. The Queen of the Exposition contest nears its close with Miss Bertha Wheeler leading and Pauline Woethauf close behind.
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Broadway
Gaumer
Dove
Campbell
Grace
Lilly
Fairfield
Bertha Wheeler
Pauline Woethaf
Bessie Dickerson
Hloise Smith
Champe Hosts Parsons College Football Squad at Newport Cafe
G F Champe generously entertained the Parsons college football squad with an oyster supper at his Newport cafe. The team extends a hearty vote of thanks to Mr Champe for his support of college football. Prof EB Kk Watson left this afternoon for Creston to instruct tomorrow and Friday at the Union County Teachers Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Champe
Parsons College
the Newport
Mr. Champe
EB. Kk. Watson
Creston
Union County Teachers’ Institute
Fewer Lawyers in Iowa Senate and House of Representatives
Des Moines December 13. The Thirty seventh Iowa General Assembly will convene January 8, 1917 with 50 senators and 108 representatives. Among senators 18 are attorneys and 44 are farmers or allied occupations. in the house 19 are attorneys and half the members are farming interests. Youngest senators include Karl LeCompte at 29. oldest, George W Ball at 68. Youngest representatives are RE A Baldwin and Lee W Elwood at 27. oldest, George Crozier at 72. Fifty-eight of the representatives are native Iowans. some born abroad. B J Gibson of Corning commands an Iowa National Guard company on the border.
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Des Moines
Senate
General Assembly
Thirty-sixth
W.S. Allen
Karl LeCompte
Corydon
George W. Ball
Fairfield
Iowa
House
RE. A. Baldwin
Iowa City
Lee W. Elwood
Elma
State and County Officers of 1917 Roster
Directory lists state officers including Lieut. Governor W. L. Harding and Secretary EK Moore, plus attorney general H. M. Havner, and county officials such as sheriffs, clerks, and trustees across multiple townships with names like Fairfield, Batavia, Packwood, and Richland. Also shows hospital trustees, judges, and supervisors by township and city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EK. R. Moore
Wm. S. Allen
Frank S. Shawep
Wanted ads fill column with five notices from Wisconsin
Multiple classified items seek helpful labor and housing. The Hawkes Nursery Co in Wauwatosa offers top wages for agents with no experience needed. Also seeking a five to six room house near the city or a farm to rent in spring. Other ads call for children’s sewing at 301 Fast Washington St and three girls at the Fairfield Steam Laundry.
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The
Hawkes Nursery Co
Wauwatosa
Wisconsin
Washington Street
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Educational Conference Set For December 14 17
A Presbyterian church educational conference organized by the Woman's Board of Missions and the Home Missions unit will convene at Fairfield First Presbyterian Church from December 14 to 17. Thursday schedule includes Mission Study Conference with Mrs. E. H. Silverthorne and Methods for Local Missionary Societies with Mrs. D. B. Wells followed by Bible Study led by Mrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Presbyterian Board of Missions
Woman’s Board of Home Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
Fairfield First Presbyterian Church
E. H. Silverthorne
D. B. Wells
For Sale Classified Items and Notices
A sequence of sale notices lists a Maytag washer and gasoline engine, a baby carriage with table, a piano, and Rhode Island Reds for sale with contact phones. Also rental notices for a four room cottage and a five room house, a birthday party report for Mrs. Henry Stichter, and theater heating update. Lost and found items include glasses and a green enamel watch with return instructions.
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A. H. Sumners
West
Jefferson Street
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Miss Bertha Wheeler
College
Iowa Assembly
B. J. Gibson
Corning
Third Infantry
Iowa National Guard
Border
Dean Taylor
W. L. Harding
Wm. C. Brown
H. M. Havner
Clicord Thorne
J. A. Gusher
R.A. Hasselquist
C. A. Kennedy
Geo. W. Ball
F. P. Mowery
Jefferson County
A. C. Turner
Hk. H. Spence
Geo, M. Ball Shan Campbell
R. C. Leggett
Samuelson
L. D. James
Don L. Teal
J. E. Bowermaster
E. M. Blough
J. B. Trent
Steward County Home
John M
C. W. Wade
Dillon Turney
John H. Craft
John H. Fritz
D. Y. Culbertson
L. J. Marcy
Chas. W. Clark
Amy
District Court
W. Vermilion
Centerville
D. M. Anderson
Albia
Seneca Cornell
Ottumwa
F.M. Hunter
Walnut Township
F. W. Messer
East Pleasant
Andrew Crile
Brighton
Otto Fritz
Will Webble
Penn Township
John J. Kye
Perlee
Harry Baker
East Pleasant Plain
Luther Elmore
Gowey
Pleasant Plain
Blackhawk Township
M. L. McCracken
Richland
C. B. Spencer
FE. B. Hannah
Packwood
Trustees Wood
R. O. Meyers
Ackwood
Locust Grove Township
L. BE
Copeland
Batavia
W. S. Campbell
Db. J. Johnson
E. F. Peterson
Center Township
Elmer Carlson
H. S. Stark
W. D. Hudgell
F. Shafer
Lockridge Township
C. L. Scheiber
Ickridge
Lewis Achenbach
Lockridge
T. P. Johnson
A. B. Quick
Cedar Township
A. R. Fickel
Trustees
Chas
E. Wheatley
W. J. Ankrom
Fred Keller
Liberty Township
R. B. Stephenson
Libertyville
Reuben Johnston
Birmingham
Carter Lawson
J. Lewis McCleary
Des Moines Township
E. O. Gonterman
Freaconi
W. C. Manning
Guy McNeil
K. RK
People's
Wells
Rhode Island Reds
Art Donovan
Latin America
Mrs. Wells
Old Spain
New America
Reddick & Russell
Helen Wagoner
Henry Stichter
South Second Avenue
Orpheum Theatre
South Main Street
North Court
H. A. Hoopes
A. D. Long
Journal Office
Turney Wagon Works
Gairfield Theater
Celt
Tyrone Power
Marie Walcamp
John Needham
Gloria
Fay Tincher
Billie Burke
Virginia Pearson
Daredevil Kate
William Fox
Orpheum Theater
Russell Smith
Fairfield, Iowa
California
Golden California
Golden State Limited
el Paso
United States
Douglas
Bisbee
Old Apache Trail
Roosevelt Dam
Los Angeles
United States Mail
Equipmeent Superior
T. F. McNew
el Pazeo
Loyca Iea
Frank
Kerricy
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