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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1917
Page
3
Appeal asks all who will have chicken for Christmas to save and wash the lining of the gizzard and contact Mrs. C. A. McElderry. The lining contains pepsin once imported from Germany and a large drug firm will buy them at a good price to benefit the Red Cross.
Announcements report the October 11 marriage of Ruth Larson to Lorenzo Heston in Centerville and the Ottumwa wedding of Belle Stansberry to Howard Lane, with homes set in the city. Also notes a Health Club meeting at Mrs. Mary Brown’s and a Beckwith school Christmas program with Santa Claus.
Ill rider improves at home on West Harrison. A public dance at the Fraternal Aid hall benefits the Red Cross. Counts of visits and travels include doctors Collins, Miss White, and many relatives from Fairfield, Ottumwa, Creston, and Des Moines. A Christmas commission arrives for Harry Higby. Gauze Shop closes Christmas day. licenses issued to Orin Cox and Lucile Nichols. several local households host relatives for the holidays.
The family thanks friends for kindness and sympathy shown after the death of Mrs. Esther Ann Wright and for the floral offerings. Mr. and Mrs. George Liblin and relatives express their gratitude.
We wish to thank the men’s friends for our baby and for the beautiful floral offerings from Mr. and Mrs. George Consbrock.
Notice announces the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Iowa Loan and Trust Company at 2 20 p m on Tuesday January 1 1918 with O F Fryer listed.
R P Thoma of the local fuel administration board relays a notice from the fuel administrator announcing lightless nights on Thursdays and Sundays. All signs and exterior lighting must be discontinued or minimized to the level necessary for safety, with enforcement authority granted to the administrator.
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