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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1917

Page

8

No Orders Yet For Iowa Troops On Border

Brownsville Texas sentinel reports district headquarters have no information on any militia troop movements from the area. Iowa and Virginia regiments remain in camp with expectant officers and men hoping for home orders this week. Generals Funston expected to announce next state troops to be sent home while Pullman cars and bylines suggest upcoming redeployments.

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Glendale pie social and local news brief

Glendale school house hosts a pie social Saturday evening to aid Parsonville Sunday school. Albert Larson from Lockridge starts a saw mill on Chester Hickenbottom farm two miles from Glendale. Harold Gobble farewell party for a move to a farm near Abingdon. Mary Damm laid up with grippe. Marcellus J. Cline named railway agent. Chesney Smith of Company M home from duty.

Glendale Parsonville Albert Larson Lockridge Chester Hickenbottom Harold Gobble Abingdon Marcellus J. Cline Frederick Chesney Smith Company M District Court R. M. Smith Packwood D. A. Humphrey Fairfield H. H. Ruhrmaster Lockridge Ray Voorhies J. K. Calhoun Fairfield Pay Miller Frank Nelson Wee Lockridge Co L. Glass Raymond Burke J. H. Reeder Etree Recrowse Lockridge Gust Kelley A. C. Wisecarver Fairfield Hubert -Fry Joe Nelson Rome Geo. Blosser Ee Batavia G. C. Cassady E. Pleasant Plain James Hudson & 2 Ch .S E. E . Winslow Birmingham C. L Reeder Connesee Fairfield Elmer Smith E. L. Allender Harold Angstead Abe Maddix Libertyville Joe Hickenbottom Grand F. F. Pumphrey Des Moines Henry Diers Ehaud Walnut Arthur Loomis Daniel Hutton Eree Henry Jacob Eee L. J. Marcy Eens Wm. Crowner Cedar W. T. Atwood SAC Center Leonard Pickard Penn J. H., Cummings Buchanan I W. Peebler Liberty A. L. Emerson Round Prairie

Firemen to add club rooms for evenings and banquets

Ellis Hose company members entertained the council at an oyster supper and secured approval to fit a room over the fire station into a club room. The space will be equipped for evenings of relaxation and occasional banquets while keeping it near fire alarm access for the crew.

Ellis Hose Company

Wanted ads evoke a bustling wholesale and local trades

A column of classified notices lists numerous WANTED items and services. Listings include salesmen for a wholesale groceries firm, requests to buy a 1916 Ford car, land sections in Kansas or Colorado, rental needs, hauling services, housework help, and trades for town lots or a second hand auto.

John Sexton & Co W. Lake St Chicago John Harper Kansas Colorado Journal H. L. Rizor J. P. Starr J. M Legger House Taylor & Kilpatrick

For Rent and Sale Classifieds Read Across Town

Multiple small ads list rentals and sales around town. Properties include the Coffin property opposite The Orpheum and a furnished room at 202 West Adams Street. Also offered are a four‑lot residence at 900 West Burlington Street and a Presto Lite tank for sale. Lost and found items appear, including keys and an auto tire chain.

West Adams Street West Burlington Street J. Morris Marshall, Mo Eastwood Maxwell Grocery South Main Street West Kirkwood Journal Office

Five room for sale and lost and found notice

For sale a five room modern home listed as a for sale item. A lost and found note mentions a small yellow purse containing money. The ad also notes availability of dry cabs cheaper than coal from Stuckey Gosick Mfg Co located at 125.

Buckeye Mazda Stuckey-Gossick M’fg. Co H. C. of

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