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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1917

Page

3

Local Social Notes Include Visits and Travel

Personal items report Esther McGugin as a guest in Washington at Mrs. Alice Stever's West Broadway home. Glendale visitors Mr. and Mrs. Russell Johnson. Batavia couple Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hidy visited C. H. Gustison's. E. S. Parks travels to St. Louis then spends a week in Ottumwa. Fred Turner shows slight improvement after illness. A. B. Mulenix buys Hiram Heaton’s 87 acre Glendale farm and will move in spring.

Esther McGugin Washington Alice Stever West Broadway A. B. Mulenix Hiram Heaton Glendale

Parsons College to Install Iowa's Largest Telescope

Parsons College announces the largest telescope in Iowa will be set up on its campus. Prof. Watson led fund raising and is praised for adding this asset to the mathematical department and the college.

Iowa Parsons Parsons College State Mathematical Department Watson

Probate of Will in Jefferson County Iowa 1917

Notice that an instrument purporting to be the last will of William B. Cowan is on file in Jefferson County Clerk Court. A proof and final hearing is set for February 20, 1917 at 9:00 am during the February Term. Also classified ad seeking broody hens with contact numbers 532 and 141.

State of Iowa Jefferson County William B. Cowan District Court Geo. M. Ball

Local Briefs Note Visits and Travel Across Towns

Mrs Walter Matlock visited her mother in the city then departed to El don. Mr and Mrs C M Cochran and children from LewVan Sask return today after a stay at Lockridge. Mr and Mrs O B Kirby and son Jack traveled to Ottumwa for relatives. Mrs Carl Hawk is ill at home on West Burlington. Ray Hemmings returns from a business trip to St Louis. Mrs Walter Hunt visits Washington with her mother. Mr and Mrs Frank McClain plan a sale Friday Feb 23 after selling their Salina farm and moving to 506 North Court. Mrs Pearl Billingsley of Hillsboro visits sister Mrs E J Foster. Mrs C W Trowbridge of Ottumwa visits yesterday. The Misses Aletha Eva and Robert John Cupp of Keota visit grandmother Mrs…

Frank McClain Salina North Court Street Aletha Eva Robert John Cupp Keota

Local notes on residents and visitors in city

Kate Cupp and J T Davies recover at home after illness. Mr and Mrs C L Starr of Keokuk relocate to the city. Alice B Booker returns to Chicago after a short visit with Mary Alice Smith accompanying her. H H McKee state inspector of county homes visits the city. Mrs W C Knight leaves for Des Moines to visit the A B Pray home after visiting her mother Mrs Mattie Junkin.

Alice B. Booker Chicago W. C. Knight Mattie Junkin W. E. Johnson Des Moines A. B. Pray

Free garden seeds at Journal Office

Senator George W. Ball has received a consignment of garden seeds from Senator A. B. Cummins and they may be had as long as they last at the Journal Office. Packages will not be given to children.

Journal Office A. B. Cummins Journal

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Russell Johnson Ralph Hidy Batavia C. H. Gustison A. M. EB. Church M. M. Kenyon Linby E. S. Parks St. Louis Ottumwa Fred Turner Mrs. C. W. Wade Alice Wilson Davenport Guy Burrows Chester Kearns Cedar Rapids Enroute John Randolph James Raymond Bentonsport Mary A. Davidson Luther Quillen George Zeigler Muscatine S. A Walter Matlock Eldon Carl Hawk West Burlington Street Ray Hemmings St. Louis, Mo Walter Hunt Pearl Billingsley Hillsboro E. J. Foster C. W. Trowbridge Kate Cupp J. T. Davies Mrs. C. L. Starr Keokuk Mary Alice Smith H. H. McKee State Inspector of County Homes Gairfield Theater Thomas H. Ince Bessie Barriscale Charles Ray Louise Glaum Dewolf Hopper In Keystone Grace Cunard and Francis Ford The Pathe Cord Brunswick Brunswick-Balke- Collender Co Europe Pathe Records Brunswick-Balke-Collender CO Gaumer Bros Fairfield, Iowa George W. Ball Peacock Tabernacle Charles .Ly
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