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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1917

Page

4

Local Nuptials and Community News Highlight Feb Events

Ray Webber and Ona Crawford wed at M EF parsonage with attendants Miss Buchanan and Mr Crawford. Edith Spencer and Hugh Newman staged a Tiny Tot Wedding at Spencer district school. A new daughter arrived to Marion and Mrs Silver on Feb 14. A masked ball at the opera house drew 35. The Webber and Lucas families note illness and travel, and Emma L. Webber funeral was held at East Union Chapel.

Ray Webber Ona Crawford M. EF. Parsonage Stine Mabel Buchanan Erie Crawford Nancy Webber Francis Wilson Spencer Edith Spencer Hugh Newman Dean McKee Miss Wilson Marion Silver Valentine Earl Bales Opera House Bee Newman Edgington North Dakota Lucas Frank Lucas Clarence Webber Wheeling W. Va Ben Webber Alberta Canada Emma L. Webber East Union Chapel

Local Social Notes and Marriages in Libertyville

Libertyville social items list residents traveling to Manguin Oklahoma and visiting relatives in Ridgeway Missouri. A marriage unites Rue Davis and Ruth Cornell at the Cornell home near town, with Rev Campbell officiating. Other items note moves, illness, club events, and local visits.

Local News Briefs From Mt Pleasant and Surrounding Areas

Sunday visits include George Q. Loesch at J. H. Lessenger home in Mt Pleasant and Mrs. John Ward of Delta visiting Fred M Gaines. Delta lumber manager Ward plans to attend a Lumberman's convention in Dubuque. Others travel or host, including Festing, Hibbard, and Traxler connections. Unkrich's Boys Band concert at Fairfield High School Auditorium with Miss Margaret White soprano on Feb 22 supports the Senior Class. Admission 25 cents at 8 p.m.

Wyatt Thompson Frank Hurst Nettie Seavel Silas Pearson H. D. Davis Carl Riggs G. F. Swanson A. B. Cleasby L. L. G. Club Lester Burnaugh ,Sr Curtis Vaught Louis Heston Sadie Lewis Goldie Anderson Tebekah Batavia John Ward Delta Fred M. Gaines Frank Baker John Hibbard Birmingham Gilbert Ottumwa Mildred Haus Mt. Pleasant Rena Traxler H. Emry Brighton Jefferson County Hospital Bert Horner Packwood Iowa Miller Chester Fordyce Fred Graber Davenport Z. T. Moore Charley Hagan Lewis *McCleary Unkrich Margaret White Fairfield High School Unkrich Bove

Public Sale at Will Sales Farm Near Fairfield Iowa

A public sale in 1917 will offer 40 acres of farm land near Fairfield Iowa with a good abstract and 10 percent down sale day, balance March 1 1917. Also included are six horses one cow two sets of double harness two wagons one spring wagon one buggy nearly new sulky plow two discs two harrows two mowers two binders hay rake and hay racks feeder box one hundred bushels of potatoes and miscellaneous items. Terms: 12 months on sums over $10 with note at 7 percent interest. under $10 cash.

Fairfield Iowa

Wanted and For Sale Classified Snippet

A collage of classified ads listing Wanted helpers at Gilbert's Feed Yard for 5c, land and farm options with prices, sale of real estate and personal items, and multiple small notices for services and goods in Fairfield. Includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and brief item descriptions.

The Town Slouch on Domestic Taboos and Divorce

A quip argues a woman will not jump at a mouse and warns that many divorces arise from wives not living by their husbands rules. The piece satirizes gossip and marital expectations in Leander.

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