This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
3
A long list of residents and relatives spend Christmas and holidays visiting in and around the area. Names include Neibert Banta Belding Gaines Stingley McLaughlin Carroll Adams Myers Lambert Richardson Blakeway Pickering Hiteman Bruggemeyer Peasley Copeland and others with trips to Monmouth Danville Brighton Ottumwa Ames Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Davenport.
The Iowa Gas and Electric Co announces $40,000 of seven percent preferred stock for funding new lines and existing property. Dividends are quarterly, payable in full before common stock dividends, with $100 par value and $105 call option. The firm serves multiple towns from Washington, plans 70 miles of high tension lines, and reports over 4000 current customers with growing franchises and strong tax-free status in Iowa.
Raymond Gaul of Birmingham applied for naturalization papers. He is a native American who lost citizenship by taking an oath to Great Britain in Canada. A Williams youth near Birmingham has filed first papers, and Minor Silver of Stockport will soon file second papers to regain U S citizenship.
Regular winter term eighth year begins Tuesday January 2 1917. Students urged to enroll now to secure special low rates. Junkin Block South Main street Fairfield.
The church calls all members to attend the midweek service this evening. Special invitation extended to those recently united with the church. W R Kesey, Minister.
A $25 reward is offered for a lost black pocketbook found between Fairfield Dry Cleaning Works and Q. depot. The item contains two diamond rings a wedding ring and some money. Contact W. H. Parker at phone 331 if found.
Knights of Pythias notice for a 7:30 Wednesday Knight rank work and a smoker hosted by W. R. Baker, C. C. at an unspecified location.
One more car of hard coal departed Chicago on December 22. Prospective buyers are urged to place orders at eight dollars per unit by contacting A Power at telephone numbers 532 and 141.
To our members the annual meeting of policy holders will be held in the courthouse at 10 a m January 13 1917 second Saturday. Matters of importance will be brought up for your consideration and action be sure to attend. E D Culbertson secretary December 15 1917
Banquet tickets priced at one dollar are available from the committee members Dr J S Gaumer A F Greer and R F Wilson. Tickets must be obtained by next Friday noon. new tickets will be sold after that time.
Notice announces enrollment at Fairfield Business College Junkin Block South Main Street with day or evening sessions and special low rates valid through this week.
Tomorrow at ten o clock a m auction begins offering all stock including three Shorthorn milch cows a span of mules a team of grey mules a registered pair one day mare one brown horse hogs chickens hay corn oats and all farm implements Augusta Eckwall administrator T B Allender auditor W C Brawner clerk Lunch on grounds
Austrian naval dispatch reports two allied patrol boats sunk and four allied warships damaged in the Strait of Otranto raid on December 22. Austrian destroyers engaged six larger hostile destroyers, with one enemy craft set ablaze and others hit. Indomito class Italian destroyers involved.
Washington December 27 James R Mann Republican leader defended his peace efforts in a formal statement saying he prefers supporting the President for peace over winning the speakership and denied Gardner's charge that he favors Prussia and Prussianism, asserting he is for America first.
Jane Addams of Hull House Chicago has promised to aid Cedarville Illinois in establishing a community house and social center. An abandoned church will be purchased and remodeled for the project in her birthplace.
Philadelphia reports John H. Scott completed a cross country walk from San Francisco to Philadelphia in 70 days 5 hours 6 minutes, beating previous records held by John Ennis and Edward P. Weston. The 56 year old hiker lost only ten pounds and credited prayer and persistence for the achievement.
Chester Lawson a 40 year old furniture salesman wed Arminda Rolen also 40 of Alexandria at noon in the chapel of Clayte Sells undertaking establishment in Anderson Indiana. The ceremony was performed by Rev W L Lundy with no superstition about a Christmas wedding in the funeral home.
William Amble of McLean stabbed Mayor John C. Stubblefield of Bloomington after a quarrel over diphtheria quarantine regulations. The mayor suffered a side wound and may die. Amble was jailed in Bloomington.
Bristol Connecticut resident Francis J. Bill survived a near fatal shock when 66 000 volts of electricity coursed through his body while on a power house roof examining storm damage. Doctors call his recovery remarkable given extensive burn injuries.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.