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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
8
School children plan to contribute gifts of food and clothing for those in need at the approaching Christmas celebration. Adults are urged to help as well and may leave offerings at local banks for the appeal.
A column lists lost merchandise and toys in the Fairfield area with finder contacts, plus notices for exchange of raw South Dakota lands and a request to sell theater tickets and hire domestic help. Also notes a classifieds block from The Hawkes Nursery Co seeking agents.
Mrs. Wilson Reed and Mrs. Orr Lawson travel to Ottumwa. Ed Gilbert spent Sunday with friends there. Victor Kessell visited Washington with friends Sunday evening. Hiram Heaton went to Washington for Southeastern Iowa Horticultural Society meeting. Bertha Miller of County Line spends the day here. Frank Pedrick has typhoid fever and now sits up at his sister’s Ottumwa home. James Simmons from Hamline University returns home for holidays. Mrs. Ed Pequignot and children of Waterloo visit A Pequignot. he may visit later.
There is still a little fancy work left. A few corset cover yokes, towel ends and medallions. Mrs. Dean Taylor. Phone 3430.
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