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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 05, 1919

Page

8

Fairfield Grade School Athletic Contest Rules Championship

Grade schools organize a basketball tournament to decide the city and grade titles. First games Saturday at 7 15 p m Logan vs High School grades and Washington vs Lincoln with nominal admission for equipment. Rules require building principals as managers, teachers as assistants, standard Spaulding and Iowa High School rules, eligibility limits, and forfeit penalties for violations.

Spaulding Iowa State High School Athletic Association Fairfield

New Library Books Gathered From Public Shelf List

A list of recently added volumes at the local public library includes works on European democracy World War topics and history from authors such as Cestre Davis Fiennes Friedman Hauser Ibanez Korni lov Von Freytag Bassett Mahlon Paine Pinkerton Rouvier Sack Arrhenius Armstrong Fabre Cooley Tufts Shakespeare and Obrien plus fiction titles Mary Gusta and The Rising Tide.

France England Cestre Davis Fiennes Friedman Germany Hauser Ibanez Korni Armstrong Fabre Cooley Tufts Wm. Shakespear White Russia Russell United States McMaster Thomas B. Reed McCall Skidmore

Chicken Supper at Presbyterian Church Friday Evening

A chicken supper will be served at the Presbyterian church on Friday February 7 from 5 30 to 8 00 p m The price is 35 cents Proceeds support church activities. For more information call 683 3 4 5 6.

the Presbyterian Church

Bethlehem Steel Recedes From Stand on Labor Board Ruling

Bethlehem Steel accepts collective bargaining for its employees after resisting the National War Labor Board. The move, announced in New York on February 5, is described as revolutionary for labor relations in the steel industry and may impact employer employee dynamics nationwide.

Bethlehem Steel Company New York National War Labor Board Bethlehem Company

Fire destroys mail car on express train near Pittsburgh

A fast mail train traveling from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh caught fire near Pitcairn, destroying a car loaded with Chicago bound mail and badly damaging another bound for Indianapolis. Officials say the registered mail was valued at many thousands of dollars. The blaze disrupted the Pittsburgh section of the line as crews fought the flames.

Pittsburgh Philadelphia Chicago Indianapolis Pitcairn Here GALLS

Chicago Board of Trade President Attacks Price Control Plan

L. F. Gates of Chicago, president of the Chicago Board of Trade, told the House Agriculture Committee that returning grain marketing to prewar supply and demand is essential. He called government price fixing an economic fallacy and urged a normal postwar market without wartime controls.

Chicago ‘Board of Trade Washingdon House Agriculture Committee L. F. Gates Chicago Chicago Board of Trade

Center Township Forms Chapter of Farmers' Union

At a largely attended meeting at No 9 schoolhouse Center Township organized a local Iowa Farmers' Union chapter with about 35 charter members. O E Wilson of the Iowa Union served as organizer. Local officers elected: President W D Hudgell Vice President Chas Ross Secretary and Treasurer Ernest Walker.

Center Township Iowa Farmers’ Union O. E. Wilson Iowa Union W. D. Hudgell Chas. Ross Ernest Walker

For Sale Classified Mix of Household Items and Properties

Numerous listings include garden tools, bedroom suite, mattress, mirror, stove, curtains and dishes. Real estate includes a six room house, three houses with lots in Fairfield, and a 53 acre property with improvements for quick sale. Also a reed baby carriage and a five passenger car offered or trade. Contact numbers and addresses provided.

W. Burlington Fairfield Calvin Hoskins West Washington Street Harry Howell R. B. Louden East Lowe Street Garst

For Rent Listings Include Furnished and Unfurnished Rooms

City rental notices show four furnished rooms available with contact numbers 2699 or 1761. Unfurnished upstairs rooms with electric lights and gas for cooking listed with phone 1749. A eight room house for rent appears in the same notice.

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Fairfield Grade School NEW Library Books von Freytag Waterloo Bassett Europe Mahlon Paine Pinkerton Rouvier Sack Teasdale Arrhenius Hudson the Peaks Altshel Ler Jacob Scheffel Pennsylvania Chapter Farmers’ Union Galz Madge Kennedy Goldwyn Roosevelt America Humanity Ford Automobile F. B. Dickerson Co Detroit Mich Leggett House J. C. Leonard Civil Service Kends’ Building Washington D. C West Side Bevering’s Iowa Cafe Cook Fambez Packwood Shropshire Ead OF FORD Charles E. Hisel Chas. E. Bailey W. J. C. Ladies WM. C. Brawner
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