Fair Dates for 1918 Adjusted in Warlington and Mt Pleasant
Mt Pleasant and Warlington adjust fair dates for 1918 linking Burlington Aug 5–10 and Mt Pleasant Aug 12–16. Other fairs Kahoka Memphis Milton Bloomfield set late August into September with tentative schedules. Secretary Paul Augsberger notes Burlington may shift to Aug 5–10 or September and Mt Pleasant’s date hinges on securing star horse show entries.
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Mt. Pleasant
Henry County
Warrington
Burlington
Mount W
Kahoka
Memphis
Milton
West Point
Bloomfield
Fort Madison
Paul H. Augsberger
Frndison
Washington fathers and sons banquet voted to expand board
Nearly 200 men and boys attended the Washington fathers and sons banquet at the Commercial Club gymnasium. Toastmaster Charles A. Dewey led a brief business session. directors were increased from eight to eleven with four current members re-elected and seven new ones. Dr W R Keesey of Fairfield missed his address due to Rock Island train No 36 running two and a half hours late. an unexpected group of prepared speakers waited and delivered after 9:30 as benediction began.
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Washington
Fathers’ and Sons
Commercial Club
Charles A. Dewey
W. R. Keesey
Fairfield
Rock Island
Shere
Farm sale to be held at Thomas Rider farm near Parsons College
Elmer G. Carlson and T. B. Allender of Fairfield announce a February 14 auction at 10 30 p m. at the Thomas Rider farm three miles north and 1 1/2 miles west of Parsons College. The sale lists cattle hogs horses and farm implements plus seed corn potatoes hay and grain with nine month credit on larger sums and cash on smaller purchases. W Brawner is clerk and Lunch by Ladies Aid.
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Axam
Thomas Rider
Parsons College
John Deere
Ohio
Elmer G. Carlson
Allender, Fairfield
W. Brawner
Ladies’ Aid
Named Master of Trinity College London and Cambridge
Sir Joseph John Thomson, renowned physicist and master of Trinity College Cambridge, has been named Master of Trinity College London in a notable appointment reflecting his prominence in science and higher education.
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Trinity College
London
Joseph John Thomson
Cambridge
College hosts indoor carnival in Foster Hall
Saturday night the big indoor car nival, an all school affair by the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A., drew many students. Shows cost one cent. all enjoyed the event and urged more gatherings. The carnival yielded a neat sum for the associations. Vocational Week opened at Parsons with Dr. Gageby of Washington, Ta., addressing students daily. Private talks with Dr. Gageby were arranged. Elzevir Society hosted old members at Miss Leggett’s home. Emma Kirk returned to work in the College Library after a Toledo visit.
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Foster Hall
Y. M
Parsons
Gageby
Presbyterian Church of Washington
Elzevir Society
Society
Elizabeth Leggett
South Main Street
Emma Kirk
Miss Kirk
Toledo
Ohio
Mt Pleasant to Host Bill Hamilton Revival Meetings
Mt Pleasant hosts a series of union revival meetings at the Methodist church starting Sunday evening led by Hon William Hamilton of Sigourney Iowa a former Keokuk County attorney and Democratic candidate. The gospel team he leads has a history of many conversions and will travel at his own expense with a free will offering collected at the final service.
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Mt. Pleasant
Methodist Church
William Hamilton
Sigourney
Iowa
Hamilton
Keokuk County
Congress
Charles A. Goff
Personal notes of visits and travels around Ottumwa area
Miss May Ackerman and Miss Helen Hammon visited friends in Ottumwa yesterday. Dr. Leo Kilfoy of Melrose spent Sunday with his parents in the city. John Brookhart of Washington spent the weekend with friends here. B. Humphrehey, wintering in Pleasant Mains, was in the city yesterday. Shirley Clark of Washington was a guest yesterday. Miss Havel Treen, Richland teacher, returned to work after a weekend with her mother. Cecil Johnson visiting his parents will return to Davenport tomorrow. Eleanor Bonar, a student at Eldon High, spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sauer and children returned home from Batavia. Miss Cora Porter spent the weekend with friends in Washington. B. S. Rateliff is in Washington on business.
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May Ackerman
Helen Hammon
Ottumwa
Leo Kilfoy
Melrose
LD. T. Kilfoy
John Brookhart
Washington
B. Humpherey
Pleasant Main
Shirley Clark
Havel Treen
Richland
Dan Treon
Cecil Johnson
Davenport
Eleanor Bonar
Eldon High School
Albert Sauer
Batavia
Cora Porter
Rateliff
For Rent Listings in People’s Column
Modern rooms near square with bath and gas lighting available for 15 dollars per month. Light housekeeping rooms offered at 300 W Hempstead Street. Three room houses for six dollars monthly at 614 West Van Buren and 609 West Van Buren. Store roofs occupied by Gaumer Bros to view Thomas & Thomas. Thirty acre stock pasture for rent contact 9612.
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Bath
W. Hempstead Street
West
van Buren Street
W. van Buren
Gaumer Bros
Thoma & Thoma
For Sale and Wanted Classified Notices
A dense block of classified lines lists For Sale and Wanted items including automobile work, sewing, cream buyers, wood choppers, farm help, and room rental. It features names like G. W. Thomas and W. D. Garmoe, various phone numbers, and local addresses in Fairfield Iowa and Skidmore Wisconsin advertising real estate and goods. The item assortment reflects a bustling town market in a historical paper.
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S. Main Street
G. W. Thomas
Porter
Gett House
Lost diamond ring in small box near Fairfield
Lost Sunday evening February 3 between Walter Harlin and Neal Stallman southwest of Fairfield. Diamond ring in small box. Finder should call Journal office to claim reward. 976.
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Walter Harlin
Neal Stallman
Fairfield
Journal Office
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Warlington
College News
Bill Hamilton
Heens
Jones
People's
Wm. F. Schaefer
Burlington Street
Power Coal Yard
S. A
W. D. Garmoe
Don
South Main
N. C
E. E. Sidoreus
Landology
Skidmore Land Co
Skidmore Bldg
Marinette
Wis
Orpheum Orchestra
William Fox
Gladys Brockwell
Adolph Zukor
Marguerite Clark
Bach’s
York Film Corp
Harold Lockwood
Community Producing Co
Goldwyn Distributing Corp
Rex Beach
Ruby de Remer
America
England
John Vogelgesang
Palmer School
Iowa State Savings Bank
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