Community society meetings and a farm wedding
Ekke and the Woman's Home Missionary Society meet at Miss Hattie Hite's home Friday at 2 30. The Christian church holds an annual meeting tonight with officer elections and reports followed by a social hour. The S O P H Club hosted a music filled evening with a two course luncheon. Mrs J W VanTassel attended from Keokuk. Margaret Faulkner and Verle Porter wed at Mr Faulkner's home with Rev Behner officiating and the couple leaving for a farm near Brighton. The Young Ladies Foreign Missionary Society plans a New Year program at Mrs C Breman's and Miss Hattie Hoops hosts social hour. please bring place settings. Forest City Lodge Moose meets at 8 00 with a lunch to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Hattie Hite
West Broadway
Minta
Berta Hoagland
West Harrison Street
J. W. VanTassel
Keokuk
David B. Faulkner
South Sixth Street
Young Ladies’ Foreign Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Forest City Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Near Drowning in Swamp After Mosquito Ordeal
Stanley Bolowski, 23, was found in a marsh near Michigan City Indiana after days missing. He was exhausted from loss of blood and heat and was covered with mosquito bites. doctors say he survived a near-fatal eclipse of conditions and faces recovery after hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan City
Ind
Stanley Bolowski
Bojowski
Bolowski
Free municipal movie plan for Los Angeles youths
Mayor Sebastian proposed free motion picture theaters for boys and girls unable to pay. A city committee of teachers would oversee regular screenings in various districts to provide supervised entertainment and instruction, aiming to curb juvenile mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Sebastian
Riley Entertainment at M. RB. church concert
Out of town baritone L. EB. Strain appears in Riley Church program Tuesday. Admission 26 cents for adults and 15 cents for children. HS
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. EB. Strain
Riley
M. RB
First National Bank of Fairfield Election Meeting Notice
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the First National Bank of Fairfield Iowa will be held at the banking house on Tuesday January 9 1917 between 10 a m and 4 p m for the election of a board of directors. Dated Fairfield Iowa December 12 1916. Frank B Boibs Cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Fairfield
Fairfield
Iowa
Frank 8. Boibs
The Town Slouch by Ellis M Clarke
A man casts off trouble as he tosses clothes aside while a woman dresses with cautious care to stay in trim in case an accident occurs.
Chicago Markets and East Buffalo Livestock Figures
Chicago hog receipts 44,000 with bids from 10.15 to 10.40 for live shipping, 10.15 to 10.40 for heavy packing, 8.40 to 9.10 for good to fancy. Cattle receipts 20,000 with steers 10.25 to 11.00, cows 6.85 to 7.25, dealers 11.50 to 11.75. Wheat No. 2 hard winter 1.78, corn No. 2 white 93 ¼ to 93 3/4, oats No. 3 white 51 ¼ to 52 ¼. Butter 38 1/4 to 41 1/2 cents, eggs firsts 40 to 41 cents, potatoes 1.50 to 1.70. East Buffalo quotes: cattle 15 cars slow, hogs 50 cars lower with heavy at 10.85 to 10.95, Yorkers 10.70 to 10.80, pigs 9.50 to 9.75. sheep 10 cars strong led by lambs 18.50 to 13.75, yearlings 11.00 to 11.50, wethers 9.00 to 9.50, ewes 8.00 to 8.50. veals 14.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Buffalo
Dunning and Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Views in Bucharest Many Fine Buildings in Roumanian Capital
A sweep through Bucharest highlights numerous notable structures in the Roumanian capital. The article surveys architecture, urban planning, and the evolving cityscape with attention to public and private buildings.
Bucharest's Athenaeum and Queen Elizabeth's Palace Panel
Bucharest has transformed into a modern city with notable architecture. The image shows two landmarks: the Athenaeum, an upper building, and the palace of the late Queen Elizabeth, a lower structure.
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Bucharest
Athenaeum
Elizabeth
Blanche Sweet Stars in The Storm at the Orpheum
Blanche Sweet appears Friday December 29 at the Orpheum in the Lasky Paramount drama The Storm written for her by Leighton Osman and produced by Frank Reicher. The plot follows Natalie and her two suitors amid a Maine summer setting and a storm stranded night, with marriage and fulfillment resolved in dramatic turns. The cast features Thomas Meighan Theodore Roberts Richard Sterling and Chandler House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanche Sweet
Orpheum
Laskey
Paramount
Leighton Osman
Lasky Company
Frank Reicher
Miss Sweet
Maine
Natalie
Robert Fielding
Sheldon Avery
Fielding
Avery
Thomas Meighan
Theodore Roberts
Richard Sterling
Chandler House
FOR SALE Classified Ads Roundup in Fairfield
Multiple property and livestock offers from Fairfield Iowa area. Homes and fourteen lots on South Second Street with easy terms, builder options. 80 acre farm with new house and barn. various horses geldings and mares for sale. crafts like barber glass and heating stove. dry hardwood and other building lots. exchanges offered for land or merchandise. Includes contact numbers and deadlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Second Street
Fairfield
James Bailey
Farfield
Soenuta
F. W. McClain
South Dakota
A. M. Kauffman
Boy doubles height in eight days at Mount Beacon
Donald Rushmore, twelve, from Jamaica New York, grew from four feet ten inches to five feet two and three quarters in eight days after a rest trip to Mount Beacon. His father H S Rushmore notes weight rise from seventy-two to eighty-two pounds. A local friend reports another boy grew five inches in five weeks in Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Donald
H. S. Rushmore
Jamaica
N. Y
Mount Beacon
Shelton Avenue
Maine
Peanut Monthly Editor Ethel Milburn Leads Local Paper
In Alexandria Louisiana a 12 year old girl, Ethleen Milburn, is named editor in chief of the new Peanut Monthly. The paper features social, personals, movie news, editorials, and housewife corner, priced 8 cents locally and 5 by mail. Noodies Randolph is circulating manager and reports three new subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Cub
Earth
Ethleen Milburn
Peanut Monthly
Noodies Randolph
Camp Stafford
Hazel Clay
John Buie, Jr
Wanted ads and notices from the Journal column
Wanted a good boy address BB care Journal. Wanted two girls at Fairfield Steam Laundry at once. Wanted to rent three rooms for myself and a little girl not downtown. Call Mrs Augusta Eckwall. 45. Wanted to raise teeth pay up to 2 dollars full sets broken accepted Western Metal Co Bloomington Illinois 37.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Care Journal
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Augusta Eckwall
Western Metal Company
Bloomington
Illinois
For Rent Packages and Rooms in City Area
FOR RENT Good six room house and five acres of land one half mile south of city limits. All kinds of fruit and berries. For rent Jan 1. Phone 8403. FOR RENT Rooms for light housekeeping unfurnished at 801 West Burlington street. FOR RENT Two furnished rooms in a modern home bath room on same floor Enquire at 309 West Burlington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Street
West
Prof Mountain to Sing at Riley Program Event
Prof Mountain will perform at the Riley program scheduled for Tuesday at the M. E. church, delivering a solo vocal before the community audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Mountain
Big Riley
M. E. Church
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Ekke
Christian Church
Skeeters
Indiana
Los
Angeles
Ellis M. Clarke
CY Cawkins
Chicago
Photos
American Press Association
C. L. Brawner
Girl
People's
Fairfield Theater
Gloria
Billy Burke
Fatty Arbuckle
Charles Ray
The
Walker
William W. Walker
East Lowe
Q. Depot
Montgomery
Holland
Holland Rusk
Lieland
Mich
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Frank D. Kerrick
Iowa State Savings Bank
Redick & Russell
Jane Cleate
Wis
Horlick
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