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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
2
The Iowa Forum argues that efforts to promote General Pershing for the Republican nomination are unlikely to succeed. It asserts the administration has controlled his glory to favor Pershing while sidelining other military figures, shaping war hero narratives for political aims.
Mrs Hilda Nichols visits W B Longwell home north of city. Edgar Bean arrives after his father Dr J W Bean dies. he travels from Camp Merritt to Camp Pike. Mrs J E Woog visiting friends in Ottumwa. Miss Christene Elliott returns from Glendale after a week with friends. Mr and Mrs R F Wilson visiting friends in Ottumwa. Mr and Mrs E S Hulse return from Lockridge. Mrs Harley Hoopes goes to Ottumwa for a visit. Mrs Theodore Hochuly returns to Des Moines after days with Dr Stubbson. Mr Howe Hand from Burlington arrives for visit with mother Mrs Elizabeth Don.
Signor Alberto Salvi, one of the greatest living harpists, will give a concert this afternoon at Barhydt Chapel. The performance is set for four thirty.
Fairfield merchants are invited by the Ottumwa Ad Club to hear Curtis Johnson in Ottumwa next Monday evening. Delegations from Washington and Rush City Minn will attend. Secretary David Cassatt should be seen to make reservations. Johnson has spoken at Marshalltown St Louis Cedar Rapids and is billed as a top business speaker.
Des Moines reports indicate the Republican caucus for the thirty-eighth Iowa General Assembly speakership nomination will be held Saturday forenoon. All five candidates are on the ground with observers not expecting a clear strength indication before the vote.
Berlin dispatch says Polish troops moving from Kolmar south of Pos en were defeated by German volunteers who then occupied Kolmar. Both sides suffered heavy losses and Germans also claim victory at Weissentoehe in the Kolmar district after a fierce fight.
Clyde Smith of West Van Buren street died this forenoon at 10 30 from influenza after a two week illness. He worked for Loudon Machinery Co and was married to Lenora Lathrop. Lenora's mother, Mrs Jasper Lathrop, is critically ill with influenza. Funeral arrangements are not yet made.
Ottumwa police suspect Ernest C. Joyners died after a freight train fall while he and Arthur Proctor, a Davenport man in custody at Fairfield, may have been involved in a Monday night attempted holdup at 905 North Jefferson. Proctor was brought back to Ottumwa for questioning as investigators link two Davenport robberies with the Ot tumwa incident.
A grand military ball at the Armory features the 16%in Depot Brigade Jazz Band of Damn Dodge. Funds raised go toward farm and city property loans as Thoma & Thoma advertise financing options.
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