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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
3
Many Ottumwa and area residents are visiting relatives or traveling. Notables include Miss Irene Hammon returning from Ottumwa, Miss Alice Vandagriff visiting sisters, Mrs. Levi Peasley returning from Chariton, and Rev. L. E. Koenig spending today in Ottumwa.
The Corner University Lincoln publication notes Mrs Luce gave a Scotch program during chapel last Wednesday morning. Her history of Scottish music traced bagpipe origins and evolution. The centerpiece was the set of old Scotch songs with Mrs Luce’s engaging storytelling and performance.
Mrs Alice Thomas wife of Edward Thomas died yesterday at her home near Bernhart at seven in the morning after a short illness born May 17 1852 in Indiana and long resident in Iowa The funeral will be held tomorrow at ten from her residence with Rev Campbell and burial in Gantz cemetery near Brookville
From January 1 to April 1 the city barber shops will open at o clock daily. The notice specifies a citywide change in opening hours for the period ending April 1.
A report notes a social gathering described as a good time Tuesday at the M. E. church. The brief emphasizes community fellowship and local participation in church events.
Mrs Luce presented a program of Scottish songs and poetry in a Lincoln chapel with the Girls Glee Club assisting. She told the Robin Adair origin tale from a great great grandfather and performed with lyric nuance, earning strong applause and club praise despite icy sidewalks causing few slips.
Tickets for the Masonic Banquet cost one dollar each and must be obtained from the committee members Dr J F Gaumer A F Greer or R F Wilson by next Friday noon as no tickets will be sold after that time.
Smoke damaged furnishings for sale include solid oak gun cabinet sanitary couch two extra bed springs two fifteen dollar mattresses brass and iron beds damaged by smoke a medicine cabinet several kitchen chairs one dining chair a dresser typewriter table coal oil stove lawn mower fruit jars and more Mrs Virgil Howard 4587 201 West Kirkwood and Mrs E S Luce formerly soloist with the great American poet will sing at the James Whitcomb Riley program at the M E church on July 07.
Jefferson County Farmers Mutual Insurance Union calls its policy holders to attend the annual meeting at the courthouse on the second Saturday in January 1917. E D Culbertson secretary urges attendance for important matters. Bishop Quayle to speak on Factors of Destiny at Methodist church December 30 with 25 cent admission. Theater tribute to James Whitcomb Riley at Methodist Mustcale Tuesday with 2 to 50 cent prices.
San Antonio reports chief quartermaster Colonel Harry L. Rogers spends vast sums on supplies for the southern department including 75,000 army shoes, 100,000 mosquito bars, 100,000 cots, and gasoline at 22 cents a gallon. The piece notes large wads of money with emphasis on wasteful procurement.
Judge J. J. Brady used a walking pillory on two Kansas side men, including S. T. Pike who vowed to reform and leave town after his public shaming. Pike pleaded to live with his wife, while accomplice R. B. Stephens remained steadfast and was sent to the workhouse for a year.
John Gervieno fell twelve stories from a building under construction in New York. He plunged head first through scaffolding to the second floor, landing in a seated position and sustaining severe injuries, but doctors expect he will live.
In Valparaiso area muskrats burrow under gravel causing three auto wrecks within two days south of bouts. A Chicago rain unnamed man with one arm claimed his car with wife and daughter overturned at the same spot. One woman suffered a broken arm.
London reports a peace barometer from Albert where the gilded Virgin and child still hang tilted from Notre Dame de Brebieres in France. For over a year the statue leans fifteen degrees, face downward toward the street, with locals fearing its fall will signal the war's end.
In Sioux City, Iowa, a petition claims blacksmith Charles S. Burga has not spent a nickel on his wife in seven years. She alleges he once gave a dime for a car ride to a park but later forced her to borrow a dime to repay him.
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