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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1917
Page
4
Ed Fligg was badly injured this morning after slipping on an icy walk while going to work. He struck his head and face, suffering a gash over the eye and a minor brain concussion. A physician treated him with two stitches.
Thomas H. Ince producer of the screen epic Civilization explains his casting and production philosophy. He favors choosing types over star power and notes his Inceville Culver City facilities and eight thousand acres for on location work. Civilization opens at the Orpheum tonight and tomorrow.
Nine year old Stephen Williams of 1485 Charles Street leapt from the Brookton bridge guard over the Naugatuck River, saying his mother beat him. Passersby halted the fall and pulled him to safety.
Miss Clara Grice returned home after nursing a patient in Keota. Leo Kasowski of Fargo visited at the C. J. Gilly home. Lawrence Frabert of Blue Earth returned home after a stay at the Gilly residence. Mrs Sophia Trabert returned home at Four Corners after visiting the Gillys. BE A Long returned home to Brooklyn on business. Miss Gertrude Dixon, ill for a week, was taken to Jefferson County Hospital for treatment. Bruce Russell learned his mother Mrs Frank Russell is critically ill in Pueblo Colorado.
Washington reports Admiral George Dewey, nearly eighty, fading rapidly with doctors saying he may live only a few hours. He lies unconscious most of the time while Mrs Dewey and Dewey Jr. keep vigil. The hero of Manila Bay remains an active navy officer by congresses special act as his health declines.
William Jennings Bryan will speak in Madison January 22 to kick off the campaign for a state wide prohibition referendum. In Rockford Henry T. Baldwin, former Peoria mayor and pioneer resident, dies at age eighty one after moving to Rockford thirteen years ago.
William Catheard of Sidell Illinois donates five thousand dollars toward the pension fund for retired Methodist Episcopal clergy. The gift marks a significant contribution to the ongoing fundraising effort announced January 16.
In Georgetown Texas on January 15 Harry McBride of Ardmore Oklahoma and Jesse McLaren son of the slain man were indicted for the murder of Frank R McLaren a wealthy Taylor Texas farmer. They confessed to the killing.
Rev. W. E. Graham of Fort Madison spoke on Peace at chapel this morning. Cheyenne Indians team will face Parsons College Quintet next Thursday in a season highlight with re organized fast players. Extra seating available and season tickets for five games priced at seventy five cents at Gobble Heer’s.
Perditta L. Green daughter of Alonzo J. Green was born November 7, 1867 in Richwoods Iowa and died January 9 1917 near Hastings Nebraska in her fiftieth year. She taught school for over fifteen years and married W A Charlton March 21 1906 moving to Nebraska. Survived by husband two children Margaret and Arvid her parents two brothers and four sisters and many friends. Funeral January 13 conducted by Rev W R Keesey at her parents home with music by Gertrude Conner and Winetka Hanson burial Evergreen Cemetery.
Classified notices show requests for rental and living space, nursing help, and livestock sales. Listings include a woman for chamber work at Legget house, a six to seven room rental by a married couple, nursing help at 1102 South Second Street, a furnished room for rent at 202 West Adams, a four room brick rental, a new five room cottage for cash sale, three young calves, a six room modern house for sale, a residence property at 900 West Burlington Street, a nine room modern home, several exchanges of farmland with prices per acre, and farm or town-property trade options with easy terms.
A small yellow purse containing a sum of money was found on the south side of the square near Maxwell Grocery Store and a fancy work bag with a tatting shuttle and embroidery scissors was found. please call 3769 or 3505 to claim.
The passage asserts that a genuine soul seeks a true center from which it revolves, linking moral life and religious vitality as inseparable. It presents the idea that inward orientation shapes outward conduct and spiritual trajectory.
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