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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
6
The Daily Journal and Durnal Printing Co. are presented as publishers in the brief notice, indicating their role in producing the local newspaper. The fragment notes the paper’s name and the publishing house, suggesting a standard masthead reference.
August Johnson sues Charles Kyle and numerous defendants to quiet title to 60 acres in Section 13 Township 72 north Range 9, alleging unrecorded deeds and misrecorded acknowledgments created via faulty chains of title. The case seeks a court order establishing plaintiff's fee simple ownership and barring any competing claims, with publication ordered in Fairfield Daily Journal.
Fairfield High School hosts its annual Declamatory contest in the auditorium with judges Olive Williams L B Mull and R G Whitmer. Winners advance to sub district March 23 and district March 30 with state finals April 13 at Atlantic. Supt A W Crane leads state group.
British, French and Serbian nobility travel to Chicago for the Allied bazaar supporting the ten allied nations. Arrivals include the Marquis and Marchioness Aberdeen the Baron and Baroness Huard Mme Slavke Grouiteh and the Marquis de Pelignac the official representative of the French government.
Adjutant General Guy B. Logan announced that Company A J N G engineers would be mustered out January 15. He said no word had been received on movements of other Iowa state troops from the border.
Lansing authorities report that Anti Saloon League leaders consider bone dry prohibition for Michigan impossible after a meeting of dry attorneys drafting a bill. Grant M. Hudson and Attorney Rawden say a bone dry approach would be likely ruled unconstitutional.
Nellie McKenny, staying at the Clarendon hotel, told Chicago police she helped Harry K. Thaw escape to Matteawan and now regrets it. She called herself the chief conspirator and asked to be held for inquiry.
Additional speakers invited for the Ili nois capital dry campaign opening in Springfield on January 23. Speakers include Richmond Hobson former Alabama congressman now in Illinois Governor George A Carlson of Colorado and Mayor Walter H Bennett to back the anti liquor cause as William Jennings Bryan delivers the lecture.
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Fairfield residents should not expect Company M to arrive before Monday. They will be mustered out of federal service on Monday and, if possible, entrain for Fairfield the same day. Preparations for a preliminary reception at Rock Island station aim for Monday afternoon or evening, though the exact time remains uncertain.
The Ladies Aid Society meets at Mrs D C Wollett 307 East Jefferson Friday at 2 30. Helen Hall and Perry Freshwater wed yesterday at the Christian parsonage. Miss Mildred Iona Clapp to Roy B Castile set for January 18. Euchre party at Mrs Louis Thoma’s features dinner and bridge. Fraternal orders plan meetings and officer installations this week, with a seven thirty PM Eastern Star session and a six thirty PM picnic supper.
John Richard McElderry, two year old son of Dr and Mrs C A McElderry, died this morning at 7 45 at their West Harrison street home after an illness. He is survived by his parents and one brother Chester A. McElderry. Funeral from the residence Saturday with burial in Evergreen cemetery.
Telegram reports the death of Mrs Wm A Charlton at Ayr Nebraska. Her remains will arrive in the city for burial on No 10. She leaves a husband two children Margaret and Arvid and many relatives including her parents Mr and Mrs A J Green. Survivors include brothers and sisters Harlan Green Spirit Lake D M Green Beckwith Myrtha Green Mrs John Conner Mrs Benjamin Leathers and Mrs Omar Hoskins Fairfield.
Volunteers who joined the Iowa National Guard after the Presidents June 19 call must repay federal salaries received before muster into federal service. Many fear loss of state or federal pay for pre muster days, calling the ruling an injustice while others in other states have some compensation. The dispute centers on no Iowa provision to cover these volunteers.
Two Iowa natives are bound for the French hospital service. Roland Speers of Marshalltown and Edward J. Welles of Los Angeles join the American hospital and ambulance corps and Harvard surgical unit respectively. Speers is a 21 year old Stanford medical student. Welles studies medicine at Harvard. A group of San Francisco benefactors funds transport and equipment for nine Stanford students sailing February 1.
For sale a nearby yard lot with sheds at East Briggs Street area. Inquiries directed to Reddick and Russell, Stubbs' building. Phone 59 101.
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