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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
2
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The Woman's Home Missionary Society meets Friday at 2 30 with Mrs A W Jaques. Mrs Don McGiffin hosts the Westminster Guild Friday at 2 30. Royal Neighbors held an all day meeting at Fraternal Aid Hall with meals and nineteen applications. Next Wednesday features a joint Yeomen initiation and banquet for Jefferson and Wapello counties at Ottumwa, with a large Fairfield delegation and banquet by the Ottumwa Homestead. Further arrangements via Mrs Ida J Stephenson.
The Orpheum screens Dustin Farnum’s The Light of the Western Stars a major western drama praised for its desert chase and perilous leap sequence. Zane Gray’s tale promises high tension as a heroic wife fights for love and survival under a sinking sun and looming execution.
Miss Marie Mews of Quincy visits Mrs. J. A. Workman on South B Street. Mrs. W. L. Vernon plans weeks with relatives in Udell. A marriage license issued in Mt Pleasant for Thornton Radley and Bertha Stiles of Fairfield. Mrs. Etta Clark returns from Pella visiting daughter Ruth White. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Faston and Mr. Frank N. Lucas back from Chicago. Principal O. F. Nixon returns from Chicago National convention. Supt. Crane to return Saturday. FOR SALE: Six horse gasoline engine and drop head sewing machine.
Excitement erupted on Fairfield’s square as intoxicated youths overturned piano boxes and fought without provocation. Emmet Peacock and Fred Connell faced charges after breaking a barber shop window and entering several eateries. Both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to twenty days in jail.
Funeral services for Charles Overstrom will be held at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the Lutheran church in Lockridge. Interment will be in the Lockridge cemetery.
The state Legislature advances a reform measure amid a national push for prohibition. The Pennsylvania vote edges toward final approval as lawmakers move to unify the effort, marking a step in the larger national treatment initiative.
The Parsons College girls Glee Club will present a two part program at the High School Auditorium on March 4 at eight o clock. The show includes musical numbers and a comic opera An Ad Amanless Eden promising to lift spirits. Founders Day at Parsons College noted. Mrs Sarah Jane Maries dies after a week long illness at Jefferson County Hospital. Funeral at Parsonville church with burial at Union cemetery.
For rent a five room furnished house located three and a half blocks from the square. See George C. Woods. 810.
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