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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1919
Page
3
Local notes list visits in Washington Ottumwa Trenton Libertyville and Fort Pierce. Officials attend Board of Supervisors meeting while others travel for family illness work school and relocations. Military service update notes Harold Day of the 45th Coast Artillery arriving in New York from overseas.
Mrs Harry Snyder and Miss Letitia Kendall were badly bruised when a frightened horse-drawn buggy ran north then west past the Court Hotel. Both occupants were taken to the Court Hotel where a physician found they were not seriously injured despite painful bruises.
The Jefferson County WSA met at the library and discussed state work and a large food sale set for February 8 at McLaughlin's. Committees were named for General Arrangements and four wards plus out of town, with the sale featuring contributions from Fairfield cooks. A paper on Women in Industry was presented and a civics discussion on Citizenship and Naturalization followed. The next meeting will cover Iowa laws on women and children.
The Junior Class held a meeting after chapel this morning to discuss a class play. The Senior Class also met after chapel, and the Elzevir Society met at Chapel. The Y M C A will meet tomorrow morning with Bryans McClure to speak.
Paris reports that only a single Crimean representative would attend a princes island peace conference meeting. Sazonoff and Bahkmetieff, backing the Kerensky government, refuse to join talks with Bolsheviks, leaving no satisfactory Russian participation.
William S Hart stars in Shark Monroe at the Orpheum Theater tonight. Hart plays a sealing skipper on the Alaskan coast who rescues a woman captured by traffickers after slaying a rival. Katherine MacDonald co stars with Joe Singleton and Geo McDaniel in this thrilling drama directed by Hart under Ince supervision.
The Gauze shop in the Elks building will be open Wednesday and Thursday this week from 9 to 5 to make compresses for Jefferson County Hospital. Former workers are urged to donate as much time as possible.
Jefferson County Community Club directors gather at the Armory for a 7 30 PM meeting with a call for all to attend. An adjacent ad offers yard cleanup and trash removal services by Wm Cox, phone 1732.
Presbyterian church hosts a chicken supper on Friday February 7 from 5 30 to 8 00 PM. Tickets are 35 cents. Contact numbers 683 3 4 5 6.
Mrs. Mary Josephene Glaze born July 1 2844 in Sistervinle West Virginia died January 24 2019 in Wairfeltown. She moved to a Missouri farm in 1857 married Alfren M Clate an officer in Cowan Kansas Ohio Cavalry and had one child Edna Mabel Grove. She mourned three sisters and one brother and was devout in the Presbyterian Church a longtime Eastern Star member and former teacher. Attending mourners included Mrs Ya Smith Mrs Myrtle Carbit of La Harpe and Mrs Eva McCloud of Bowling Green.
Brussels reports Charles Magnette, Belgian Masons grand master, opposes renewing relations with German Free Masons. He protested German atrocities in a letter to German grand lodges, which few acknowledged. Darmstadt Darmstadt Reuth and Frankfurt lodges called the appeal "stupid."
Senator Hale of Maine told the Senate the United States went to war to avert danger, not to fulfill President Wilsons ideals. He urged an immediate peace conclusion, return of American troops, and a return to pre war conditions, calling for a showdown on the war aims.
Warsaw reports Kiev falls to Bolshevik troops as General Vetlura’s forces defect. Ukraine government moves from Kiev to Winnitaw while rail links to Kiev are severed. German troops at Kevel try to maintain order as disorderly Germans retreat from Ukraine.
A Cleveland based company promotes Zemo as the effective remedy for eczema itching and skin troubles. The ad claims it cleanses soothes and penetrates to heal sores burns wounds and chafing. Available from druggists at 35 cents or one dollar for a large bottle.
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