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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1917

Page

4

Unusual Talent for Chautauqua at Fairfield Event

The Fairfield Chautauqua lineup includes Waikiki Hawaiian Singers and Players noted for native dress and guitar work by George Awai with Amy Awai and Jack Heleluhe as a tenor. The group, recently featured at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, offers a program of Hawaiian songs in native tongue and popular airs. Also featured is Dr Edward A Steiner, educator and lecturer, head of Applied Christianity at Grinnell College, known for Tolstoy studies and social critique. The roster also mentions the Chicago Operatic Company and the Ken Gearetie Company in the ongoing program.

Talking San Francisco Mark Twain Hawaiian Islands Waikiki America Pacific South Seas Hawaii George Awai Jack Heleluhe Amy Awai Edward A. Steiner Austria Bohemia Germany University of Heidelberg Russia Iowa College Grinnell Steiner Tolatio Lolstio Ln Grinnell College Dr. Steiner Tolstoi

Cardinal Mercyier Reported Held Prisoner by Germans

Card in point featuring a distinguished artists ensemble known for Chautauqua tours. The group includes John B. Miller tenor. Edgar A. Nelson pianist. Frederica Gerhardt Downing contralto. Lenora Antonette Allen soprano. G Magnus Schutz. Amy Emerson Neill violinist. all praised by critics. Also notes arrest of John Nicked in Des Moines for Mann Act transport.

Chautauquas John B. Miller Chicago Symphony Orchestra Apollo Club Mendelssohn Club Sunday Evening Choir Chicago Musical College Edgar A. Nelson Chicago First Presbyterian Church of Oak Park Sunday Evening Club of Swedish Choral Society of Chica Bush Temple Conservatory of Music Chautauqua Lyceum Frederica Gerhardt Downing J Tralto Middle West Lenora Antonette Allen America Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra G. Magnus Schutz Amy Emerson Neill Des Moines John Nicked Bessie Brown Omaha

Women Impose Potato Fast in Monroe Wisconsin

Women of Monroe Wisconsin stage a potato fast after a council on living costs, threatening action unless tuber prices fall by week’s end. The move follows discussions on the high cost of living and grocery prices.

Monroe Wis

Overalls Caught Whirled to Death in Paper Plant

Stephen Hitchcock, an employee at the Ford Manufacturing paper plant in Clinton Iowa, was killed when his overalls were caught in a shaft causing a fatal machinery accident on February 15.

Clinton Stephen Hitchcock Ford Manufacturing Company

40 Acres Public Sale Near Fairfield Iowa

I will sell at the farm to the high est responsible bidder near Fairfield Iowa on February 24 1917 40 acres of good land all Americans and land owners For particulars please write H M Schooley Libertyville Iowa The Wesleyan Bible Class of the Methodist Church will serve a Creamed Chicken Supper in the basement of the church Saturday evening from five to seven o'clock Supper 25c

Fairfield Iowa H. M. Schooley Libertyville Wesleyan Bible Class Methodist Church

Concert by Unkrich's Boys Band on Washington's Birthday

On Washington's Birthday a concert will be given by Unkrich's Boys Band with soprano soloist Miss Margaret White at the High School Auditorium.

Washington Unkrich Margaret White

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Chicago Operatic Company Ken Gearetie Cardinal Mercier American Press Association Rome Belgium Ellis M. Clarke Cy Dawkins Lot H. E. Wisecarver City Property Fairfield National Bank Nemo Con A. G. Thorne & Son The Store of Quality Orpheum Tonight Orpheum Orchestra William Fox William Farnum Pauline Frederick Nanette OF the Wilds Hlalpey Tinharnes WOLF TOOTC Wolf Chemical CO Quincy Til Shriner & Johnson Fairfield Steam Laundry
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