This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
6
The notice outlines subscription rates and delivery options. Carrier deliveries cost 1.60 for three months or 1.25 for one month, with options for pac week and wine month unclear. Mail delivery is 0.60 per month or 2.00 for three months. additional period details are partially garbled.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the M E church meets with Mrs A W Jaques Friday at 2 30. Mrs Don McGiffin hosts the Westminster Guild tomorrow at 2 30. The Royal Neighbors held an all day meeting at the Fraternal Aid Hall in the Orpheum building with dinner and supper served and nineteen applications presented at the lodge meeting. Next Wednesday features a joint Yeomen initiation and banquet at Ottumwa with large classes in Jefferson and Wapello counties. a sumptuous banquet will follow, with details from Mrs Ida J Stephenson and a large Fairfield delegation expected.
Fairfield screens Dustin Farnum western The Light of the Western Stars based on Zane Gray work. The tale follows a heroic wife and a perilous desert dash as a car careens toward execution and salvation amid suspenseful sunlit chase and peril.
Miss Marie Mews of Quincy is a guest of Mrs. J. A. Workman on South B street. Mrs. W. L. Vernon has gone to Udell to spend several weeks with relatives. A marriage license was issued in Mt. Pleasant to Thornton Radley and Bertha Stiles of Fairfield. Mrs. Etta Clark returned home from Pella after visiting her daughter Mrs. Ruth White. Mrs. Oscar Faston and Mrs. Frank N. Lucas returned from Chicago. Principal O. F. Nixon returned home after attending the national convention in Chicago. Sept. Crane will return home Saturday. FOR SALE Six horse gasoline engine, drop head sewing machine in good order, Wool Ingrain carpet.
Unruly celebrations by intoxicated youths on Fairfield square led to overturned piano boxes, broken windows at Bartons shop and Allender meat market, and a scuffle at Erickson’s restaurant. Officers arrested the pair Emmet Peacock and Fred Connell, who pled guilty and received twenty days in jail. Also noted was BV White’s shipment of six quarts of Old Kentucky, with prior injunctions violated, implying further district court action.
Funeral services for Charles Overstrom will be held at two oclock tomorrow afternoon at the Lutheran church in Lockridge. Interment will follow in Lockridge cemetery.
Harrisburg Pa February 26 The state house passed unanimously the joint resolution ratifying the national prohibition amendment The vote was 20 to 0 Pennsylvania thus becomes the fortieth fifth state to join the constitution adoption came three weeks late according to official records
The Parsons College girls glee club will perform a concert at the High School Auditorium on March 4 at eight o'clock. The program includes two parts musical numbers and a comic opera An Adamless Eden. The event marks the club’s first effort in several years and is expected to be a success. Reverend Hortaire of Winfield spoke on The League of Nations at Chapel this morning. Wilbur E. Keesey played the organ at Chapel.
Mrs Sarah Jane Maries died this morning at Jefferson County Hospital after a week of illness due to apoplexy. She lived with her daughter Mrs Gerald Despain in Burlington and is survived by a brother and sister. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 30 PM from Parsonville church with interment in Union cemetery. Founders Day at Parsons College is noted with a girls chorus and upcoming home concert.
Five room furnished house available near the square three and a half blocks away. Contact George C. Woods at 810 for details and arrangements.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.