Local residents and visitors noted in city briefs
A series of short notices lists Prof. L Kizer and many visitors from Libertyville Batavia Burlington and Ottumwa among others. Profs A L Crecraft Verna Schoen Georgia Trent Hulda Whitney and several Misses are mentioned as visiting or returning home. A basketball game was postponed and a teachers club meeting postponed due to cold weather.
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Lela
Gladys McGleary
Libertyville
Georgia Trent
Batavia
Pleasant Plain
Jefferson County
Teachers’ Club
Court House
Big Gathering of Royal Arch Masons in Fairfield Jan 22
The McCord Chapter Royal Arch Masons in Fairfield plans a January 22 program starting at 2 30 p m with two Royal Arch degree teams under H P C L Glass A dinner follows at 6 00 p m with venison and trimmings A third degree team performs at 7 30 and lectures by Bence Bloomfield and Ely Mt Pleasant will be given State officers are expected and attendees should sign up by January 17 to estimate food.
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McCord Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Fairfield
C. L. Glass
H. P
Royal Arch
Panion Bence
Bloomfield
Ely
Mt. Pleasant
When They Met Again in Flanders
Two former friends meet in Flanders. Dan Daly, once an ad man in Brooklyn, had visited Germany before the war. A Frankfurt party included Nora Bayes and Arthur Blaut, owner of a major German tannery. Daly later helped tend wounded and was hailed by a German soldier who called his name.
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Flanders
Dan Daly
Brooklyn
Germany
Frankfurt-am- Main
Nora Bayes
Arthur Blaut
Blaut
Daly
Dan
Drunk Man Disrupts Funeral In Portuguese Africa
A drunken man slept by a roadside in Portuguese Africa. A passing patrol, mistaking him for dead, prepared him for burial. The noise at the grave halted the burial, and he was fined a large sum for drunkenness and causing a disturbance at a funeral.
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Africa
Taper
Parsons College edged in close home contest
Parsons College loses to Coe 18 to 12 in a tight game. Capt Keesey and Flinspach starred for Parsons while Myers and H Kremers led Coe. Parsons performs well despite fouls, and tonight meets Monmouth College in a double header at the High School Gymnasium.
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Parsons
Coe
Capt. Keesey
Flinspach
Myers
H. Kreiers
Monmouth College
Gymnas_ium
Fair_ field
Mt. Pleasant
Parsons Keesey
McKeever
Parsons College Donates Football Equipment to Camp Cody
Following a suggestion from Sergt Park Russel of Camp Cody N M Parsons College athletic board sent 24 pairs of trousers 15 jerseys 14 shoulder pads 14 head gear 6 pairs of shoes and two footballs to the camp Football equipment is being requested as camps install football to boost training with colleges asked to contribute Their spirit to buck the line is echoed in the call to go over the top over there.
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Sergt. Park Russel
Camp Cody
N. M
Parsons College
Athletic Board
Revival Meeting Postponed at Methodist Church
Weather conditions and sickness among church members lead to postponement of the revival meeting at the Methodist Church. Pastor W R Keesee announces the change.
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Methodist Church
Golf Club Meeting Postponed to January 21
The annual Golf Club meeting scheduled for this evening is postponed to Monday evening January 21. It will be held in the Agassiz room of the public library.
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Golf Club
Agassiz
U S Plans Rate Increase Under Railroad Reform
Washington reports a general readjustment of the nation s rate system is an early outcome of government railroad operation. Officials indicate a noncompetitive situation will drive several readjustments, with many likely resulting in higher rates.
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Washington
Card of Thanks from Fairfield merchants to Lodge members
The Retail Merchant's Association of Fairfield expresses gratitude to Fairfield Lodge No. 1192 B. P. O. E. for use of club rooms for a meeting and banquet on January 10 1918. Roy L. Emry, Secretary.
Notice of Normal Training Examination Date
The Normal Training examination will be held at the Court House on January 6. Teachers holding Normal Training certificates and members of the Fairfield Normal Training classes may enter.
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Court House
Lias
Fairfield
J Engel Piano Tuner Seeks Orders in Fairfield Area
J Engel piano tuner formerly of Chicago now based in Fairfield offers seventeen years in the trade and six years of factory experience. Leave orders at Scheffel's Music House or contact James Hughes at phone 1691.
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Chicago
Fairfield
Scheffel’s Music House
James Hughes
Iron Cross tale from a Toledo notebook
A Toledo paper recalls a German veteran who earned an iron cross in the Franco Prussian war and said its value was small. The item’s significance fades with years, highlighting a quiet, modest pride amid century old conflict lore.
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Toledo
Thanking friends for flowers after bereavement
The family of Mrs. James Salts thanks friends for flowers kindness and sympathy shown after the death of their husband and father.
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James Salts
The Blind Soldiers In World War With Total Blindness
Statistics from the French British authorities to the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund show that in England France and Belgium over 3 000 soldiers have been totally blinded and about 25 000 blinded in one eye with many likely to lose the remaining sight. In France alone nearly 200 have lost both eyes and arms or legs and even become deaf from explosions or wounds.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
England
France
Belgium
McCord Chapter to Meet Monday Evening at 7:30
Regular McCord Chapter meeting set for Monday at 7 30 PM includes installation of officers and Royal Arch degree ceremony.
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McCord
Royal Arch
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Ciy
Edna Thompson
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Edith Stull
A. L. Belles
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R. A. Whitham
Holyoke
Colo
Iness Mission
A. L. Crecraft
Ab Ingdon
Verna Schoen
Vermont, Ill
Gladys Lee
Burlington
Golda Aldrich
West Jackson Street
Isabel Bishop
Grace Oliver
Four Corners
Gail Whisler
Brighton
Margaret and
Marie Whitmore
C. W. Trowbridge
Ottumwa
Mary Wilson Blair
Hulda Whitney
Howard Wood
Henry Hooper
Galesburg, Ill
Mildred Spielman
Business
Mr. and
George Spielman
Beth Buchanan
Penn,sylvania
H. A. Moseer
J. P. Allen
Everett
Danville
Howard Woods
Kerr
Lowe Se Obok
L. Kremers
Galiher
West
Ohio State
Camp
Cody
W. R. Keesey
U. S
J. Engel
J. M. McKain
Pension Claim Agent
Fairfield, Iowa
South Third Street
Orpheum Orchestra
Jesse L. Lasky
Jack Pickford and
Louise Huff
THE
Alex Saunders
Panama
Dustin Farnum
West Broadway
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Down Town
Jericho
Easton
C. F. Long
Frank
Kerrick
Licenc
Tribune
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Burlington Street
Caumer Aros
Vesta
Lon H. Israel
Codagan & Atherton
East Broadway
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