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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
3
Ottumwa residents and guests are seen in the city for business while others travel to Des Moines Glasgow and Birmingham for visits and health. Several are reported returning from trips to Rockford Kansas Missouri Chicago and Burlington as well as family illness and hospital notes.
Fairfield entertainment opens with a Maxwell store party for Miss Lucy Dempsey as she heads to Parsons Kansas for schooling. Mrs Zeigler hosts a miscellaneous shower at West Stone Street, then Barnett family marks eighteenth wedding and Hazel Barnett’s seventeenth birthday with a Fraternal Aid hall gathering. Washington Journal reports the Kessel Ledger wedding at St Joseph Catholic church Pleasant Plain, followed by a reception and plans to farm nearby. Ottumwa Courier adds a quiet Tuesday wedding for Miss Katherine Ammerhauser and John C Welch, with supper at the bride’s home and honeymoon trip. A St Mary’s Elks hall benefit dance concludes the roundup with a hopeful final note.
Rev. Roland Butler of Iowa Falls Iowa will preach at the Baptist church Sunday at the usual morning hour and all church members and congregation are urged to attend.
C A Pheeney advance agent for Lowery's minstrels praised the Orpheum show last night noting an excellent orchestra under Miss Gertrude Mason. He said he has not heard a finer ensemble in many larger cities and commended the latest music selections.
Ottumwa Iowa February 1. Mayor Pat Leeny is the subject of growing speculation about a June primary bid for Congress on the Democratic ticket. Letters from admirers in adjoining counties urge a nomination to represent the Sixth Iowa district, though no approval has been given yet.
The eighth grade examination will take place at the courthouse on Wednesday and Thursday February 20 and 21 at nine o'clock. If roads are bad and attendance is impossible the state superintendent normally schedules an August examination allowing two trials remaining.
H M Dysart librarian urges city schools and college students to prepare lists in advance of reference needs due to new fuel administration order restricting library hours to Wednesdays and Saturdays.
A Negro Minstrel is presented by the My America Club at Brookville Church on Friday evening February 1. Admission is 15 and 25 cents. Everyone is invited. Also noted is a money loan offer on improved city property by Thoma & Thoma.
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