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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1917
Page
2
Local Briefs Highlight Meetings and Visits Across Town
Local notes report a Clin ton lodge A F and A M meeting Wednesday at 7 30 for Fellowcraft work. Many residents visit relatives in Davenport Lockridge Lib ertyville Mt Pleasant Cedar Rapids and Ottumwa with others traveling for business and news of a new baby born to Mr and Mrs Ralph McPherson at Emerson Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Lodge
A. F
A. M
Fellowcraft
Charles H. Heer
Davenport
Clarence Murphy
Lockridge
City
Warren Blossom
Katherine Black
J. M. Hammer
West Jefferson Street
J. H. Leesenger
Mt. Pleasant
Eve
George Q. Loesch
R. B. Stephenson
Liberyville
Minne B. Jerks
Sarat MelIntosh
I. Coen
Melvin Bowe
Prairie City
A. T. Brom
Wise Helen Hammon
Cedar Rapids
Mra J. W. Shaffer
Terrie
Port Elder
Libertyville
Kirkwood
Ninth Streets
Clarence Hedding
J. E. Roth
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Ralph McPherson
Emerson
Iowa
McPherson
Ethel
Major J F Ready to Speak at St Marys on Border Experiences
Major J F Ready will deliver a lecture titled Experiences at the Border at St Marys church on Wednesday evening February 14 for the Catholic Ladies Aid Society. Admission with refreshments set at 25 cents. Public invited. A gold tie pin with ruby was lost near the C B Q depot corner. reward offered to finder returning to J H Coffman, phone 4200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Ready
St. Mary's Church
Catholic Ladies’ Aid Society
J. H. Coffman
Exchange Offer for Keokuk Home and Fairfield Property
A six room modern dwelling in Keokuk offered for exchange with a Fairfield property. Terms liberal with a $2,000 real estate loan at first mortgage. Some good building lots for sale. House to rent. Will D. Garmoe & Son, 217.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Fairfield
D. Garmoe & Son
Court Takes Up Damages Case Today
Court reconvened this morning to hear Elsie May Clark versus F. W. Carter for damages. At 11 45 the jury was sworn and the case opened with twelve jurors listed for the trial of an accident in Libertyville in August 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie May Clark
F. W. Carter
Joe Hickenbottom
G. C. Casady
Co. P. Johnson
Gus Keller
Raymond Burg
J. H. Reeder
Hugh Emry
Frank Nelson
Alvin Leathers
F. L. Allender
Hubert Fry
John Lindeen
Libertyville
Mrs Craig Proper Dies in El Paso Iowa Woman Dies in Texas
Mrs. Craig Proper formerly Miss Mary Farnum of Bonaparte died in El Paso Texas. Funeral will be at Bonaparte, with burial there. She survived by husband daughter parents Carl and Gertrude, and a George Israel relation in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Proper
el Paso
Texas
Clinton Farnum
Bonaparte
Proper
Mary Farnum
Fairfield High School
Parsons College
Carl
Gertrude
Mr. Proper
George Israel
Died Early Sunday Chas H Armstrong Passes Away
Charles Howard Armstrong died Sunday morning at Jefferson County Hospital after a several days illness with pneumonia. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. from his residence 614 West Stone Street with Rev A R Toothacre of the Baptist church officiating. Interment followed in Evergreen cemetery. Armstrong was born in Illinois on October 20 1876 and was 40 years three months and twenty one days old. He leaves his wife. He had been an employee of the Iowa Malleable Iron Company and was well liked by his colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Howard Armstrong
Jefferson County Hospital
Pneu
West Stone Street
A. R. Toothacre
the Baptist Church
Evergreen
Mr. Armstrong
Illinois
Iowa Malleable Iron Company
China Joins Neutral Protests Over German Submarine War
Switzerland and Greece join China in protests against Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare. China's note to the German minister threatens severing diplomatic relations if rights are not respected. Greece responds to President Wilson but says it cannot take concerted action to protect its national shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Switzerland
China
Greece
Germany
Wilson
Editors pledge loyalty at Indianapolis banquet
Indiana Republican Editorial association members vow undivided devotion to America and loyalty to President Wilson at a banquet. Frank B. Willis of Ohio spoke, urging firm stance amid foreign relations crisis. The news item mentions other brief dispatches on Cardinal Mercier and German-American regiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
Wilson
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Lost weed chain tightener found on fire truck
A weed chain tightener with four springs and a chain went missing from the fire truck during this morning’s run. Finder should return it to the Fire Department.
Davenport social notes and upcoming events
Local residents gather for weddings and club activities as Charles H. Tappert and Genevieve D. Chrisler wed in Wisconsin and plan a Davenport home. The Health Club hosts a mid winter picnic February 14 at 2 30 PM. Jefferson County Equal Suffrage Association meets February 17 at the Library with talks by local women leaders. The Pythian Sister Kensington meets at North Main Street with members bringing sandwiches and dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haalth Club
William Hufstedler
North B
East Hempstead Streets
Kensington
Frank Cooper
North Main Street
Woodmen Camp Holds Important Meeting Tonight
Fairfield Camp Modern Woodmen of America convenes a regular session at Moose Hall with a key communication from the Head Clerk. Delegates to the upcoming County Camp will be chosen, and officers urge all members to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Camp
Woodmen of America
Moose Hall
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