Bean Taylor A W Taylor at 110 South Court Street
Local directory fragment lists Bean Taylor and A W Taylor at the address 110 South Court Street. No additional context or events readable.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1918
Page
6
Local directory fragment lists Bean Taylor and A W Taylor at the address 110 South Court Street. No additional context or events readable.
Tonight at the high school auditorium the declamatory contest will select representatives for the Nine contest and the state contest. The event features top elocution talent from the school with no admission charged. Contenders include Elise Smith Edna Barr May Larson Charles Fulton Albert Thornberry Helen Jenks and Geree Frame. Judges are Prof L B Mull Ottumwa Prof E E Watson Parsons College and Miss June Chidester county superintendent.
Ft. Madison Iowa January 21 A local game warden J N Bever found several illegal nets stretched across the mouth of the Skunk River slough beneath the river ice. He removed the nets after hours of effort and has not identified the owners. Violators face fines or jail as authorities intensify enforcement.
At the Orpheum on Tuesday January 22 the first photo drama stars William S Hart in The Narrow Trail. Hart carries a tale based on stories from pioneer days told by his early horsemanship mentor Richard Wainwright. The film blends history and drama as Hart recalls his Dakotas youth and western legends.
The Fuel Administration asks merchants and citizens to conserve fuel, so Fairfield stores may shorten hours. A paper will seek signatures of shopkeepers in lines where 9 am to 6 pm is feasible, with food handlers exempt from these hours.
The Bushnell mayor revoked the permit to build a tabernacle in response to the current fuel shortage. The Fairfield Gospel Team was to start a campaign with a Sunday January 27 opening. Builder Swanson, en route, halted upon receiving the telegram. Future meeting plans are unclear.
Capt. L. D. James on furlough from Hospital Unit A praises Fairfield men and other enlisted members for rapid skill gains and strong spirits. He notes good food and health, and highlights Army YMCAs club rooms, entertainment, wrestling, boxing, music, and movies as key for soldiers. He urges support for Army Y work.
London reports Gen Sir Beau Chat Duff commander in chief in India from 1913 to 1916 found dead in his bed at a West End club. Duff, aged sixty three, had been summoned to Britain to testify before a Mesopotamian expedition committee which blamed several officers for the loss of Kut al Amara and Townshend’s force.
Walter Spoermann thirty one years old who was arrested near Langley aviation field Virginia by Justice Department agents for violating his alien enemy permit has been sent to a prison camp at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia
Relief supplies valued at 110000 dollars bought by the Red Cross from government stores in the Canal Zone have arrived in Guatemala City. The arrival was advised to the Red Cross through the State Department.
Semester examinations began today in all courses and will run through the week. Dr. Montgomery preached in Lenox Iowa yesterday. Professor Vartanian spoke in the Presbyterian pulpit at Birmingham yesterday morning. Brainard Covert, college Y M C A president, addressed the New Chicago Mission last evening.
The basketball squad returned from Cedar Rapids and Mount Vernon on Saturday night. In Cedar Rapids they lost 15 10 to Coe and at Mount Vernon they were defeated by Cornell 38 8.
A Red Cross request at the Elks lodge has yielded no sheet music so far. Organizers hope for a generous response to supply music for the soldiers’ boys.
Jennie C Higby writes of visiting Robert in his new uniform and on duty, the cold Georgia winter, possible Florida trip, plans to attend YW Patriotic League events for soldier boys, and pride in the Fairfield boys. She notes a death in Fairfield and sends best wishes to Daisy and Mr Anstead from 7 Braircliff Atlanta.
Sunday visits feature Miss Anna Harris with parents in Pleasant Plain and John Lambert from Batavia staying with his sister Mrs H C Min ster. Walter Fourt earns an Annapolis Naval Academy appointment due to Congressman Kennedy, with Fourt aboard the New York. Others include Mrs E Lamberson convalescing from ptomaine poisoning and Willis Bennett presenting a large wolf bounty at the Jefferson County courthouse.
In Libertyville Mayor Glotfelty and wife and Isaac Newland gave small sums to the Red Cross while townspeople recount pressure to donate. An official says Glotfelty urged a neighbor to keep their money for coal. The incident follows a large fundraising rally where $700 was raised quickly, prompting local resentment and plans to repaint damaged homes. Newland is relocating to Drakesville.
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