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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1917

Page

6

KNAL Printing Co. Subscription Rates Listed

Subscriptions priced for four weeks, with terms in advance. The note lists rates of 10 and 1.90, indicating a pricing structure for weekly or monthly periods. The editor, Taylor, is named as Manager.

Yesterday and Today Poem Fragments Mention Alice Corey

Fragmentary lines reference distant leagues and centuries and a twin Alice Felicita Corey. The rough text evokes literary or historical ties without clear events or dates. Readers may infer a biographical or poetic context centered on named individuals.

Alice Felicita Corey

Mowery in limelight over bachelor land plan

Jefferson County representative F. P. Mowery lives in a township dominated by five or six men who own most of the land. He says he will introduce a bill to require bachelors to contribute 500 dollars yearly for the support of old maids.

Jefferson Co Mowery Bachlors Des Moines News

Local Notes Highlight Visits and Illness Around town

Miss Lucile Allerdice spent Sunday at Glendale. Mrs. Norvell Barr and children from Libertyville are visiting her mother, Mrs. Emma Stever. Miss Helen Mitchell returned to Ottumwa after days with friends here. George Israel shows slight improvement at Jefferson County Hospital. Leland Lessenger returned from Mt. Pleasant. Charles MecCampbell visited friends in Brighton. Mr and Mrs Clarence Spratt and daughter Louise of Lew Van Bask Canada stay a few days at Richwoods. Karl Metcalf was in Birmingham on business. Miss Ina Crone spent Sunday in Washington. Miss Rena Hook of Lockridge visited her aunt Dr Iona Miller. Ed Murdock visited Ottumwa yesterday. Cecil Despain remains ill west of town. Mrs James Hammon ill on East Burlington. Clyde McKain of Omaha arrives for weeks with J Mekhamn family. Parsons College basketball at Monmouth coverage notes coach Garretson took Carroll Keeney Park Russell Glenn Gantz Wade Plinspach Raymond Zeigler John oedrick Chas Senger Harold Self.

Clarence Spratt Louise Lew van, Bask Canada B. F. Murphy Richwoods Parsons College Taft Monmouth Monmouth College Garretson Carroll Keeney Park Russell Glenn Gantz Wade Plinspach Raymond Zeigler John @oedrick Chas Senger Harold Self

A Son of Erin at the Orpheum January 23

Dustin Farnum stars in the new Pallas Paramount photoplay A Son of Erin at the Orpheum on January 23. The film follows Dennis O'Hara a humble Irish lad rising to chief of the metropolitan police while remaining true to trust and duty in an engaging screen story.

Dustin Farnum New Pallas Paramount Erin Metropolitan Police Orpheum Theatre Dennis O'Hara Ireland

Minor Matters in Legislature Today

The Iowa general assembly opens its third week with both houses at 10 o'clock and many members absent after the weekend. No bills are ready for passage yet. Caswell repeal of the anti tipping law will be examined in the senate. The session may extend past seventy days and many bills are expected to be killed in committee. The week’s key action is the house’s vote on the prohibitory amendment submission resolution.

Iowa General Assembly George W. Ball House Caswell Senate Harding Assembly Jef

Local Society Notes and Upcoming Meetings

The O E S Club will not meet this week and reschedule for next week. Eastern Star officers plan a 7 30 p m practice. A surprise party for Mr. and Mrs. Earl Carter honored their farewell move to the city with gifts. Miss Rena Johnson received a miscellaneous shower before her wedding. Fraternal Aid association holds an important meeting at 7 30 p m and B A Y Club gathers at 8 30 p m. Dr Effie MccCullom Jones from Waterloo addressed P E O Society on equal suffrage.

The Eastern Star Earl Carter Fraternal Aid Association Lodge Effie MccCullom Jones Waterloo P. E. 0. Society W. V. Hughes Jones

Forrest Clinkenbeard Closes Death After Pneumonia

Word reached this city of the death of Forrest Clinkenbeard in Iowa City where he died last night after a two week illness with pneumonia. He was 23, a local high school graduate and Parsons student, with a restaurant stake in Iowa City. Survived by his mother and several siblings, funeral plans await Smery Clinkenbeard’s arrival.

Forrest Clinkenbeard Iowa City Emery Clinkenbeard L. E. Clinkenbeard

Equal Suffrage Petition to Iowa General Assembly

Jefferson County Equal Suffrage Association seeks an amendment to the Iowa constitution to grant voting rights without sex distinction and backs extending suffrage to women. A Fort Madison reclamation project aims to reclaim seventeen square miles at near one million dollars.

Jerson County Iowa State Fort Madison

Beer Scarcity Hits Berlin Bottled Beer Favored to Laborers

London dispatch reports Berlin faces severe beer shortages due to barley rationing at breweries. Bottled beer is nearly unobtainable and restaurants serve only small portions at meals. Remaining beer is reserved for men doing hard physical work, highlighting a widespread supply crisis.

London Berlin Amsterdam

Jirka Extradition Charged Exactor Must Face Iowa Probe

Chicago attorney Harold W. Jirka must travel to Cedar Rapids Iowa to answer extortion allegations originating from Junkerman a wealthy druggist who alleges Jirka demanded ten thousand dollars to suppress alleged crimes Governor Lowden approved Iowa extradition papers Linn county State's Attorney H H Lockwood said Junkerman provided two notes for ten thousand dollars to keep quiet about the supposed offenses.

Springfield Harold W. Jirka Chicago Cedar Rapids Iowa Rank Junkerman Frank O. Lowden Jirka HH. Ix. Lockwod Linn County Junkermaan

Man Fined Fifty For Killing Bear In Off Season

Warren Pennsylvania reports James Nolan of Morrison near here was fined fifty dollars plus costs for killing a mother bear out of season. Nolan found a female bear with two cubs while fishing, returned home, shot the bear, then fed the cubs milk before state game warden L K Hogarth arrested him and took the cubs.

Warren James’ Nolan Morrisons Nolan Bis Time L K. Hogarth Hogarth

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bite Waly Fouciai Knal Printing CO Uan Taylor Lucile Allerdice Glendale Norvell Barr Libertyville Emma Stever Helen Mitchell Ottumwa George Israel Jefferson County Hospital Leland Lessenger Mt. Pleasant Charles MecCampbell Brighton Karl Metcalf Birmingham Rena Hook Lockridge Iona Miller Murdock Cecil Despain James Hammon East Burlington Street Clyde McKain Omaha Mrs. J. & Mekhamn South Third Street Orpheum O. E. S. Club Rosella Jewett Rena Johnson Yeomen Hall Clinkenbeard Chas. Webb Julian Roy Raymond Pauline Clinkeneard C. W. Leppo Smery Clinkenbeard Stuckey-Gossick M’fg. Co General Assembly State of Jefferson County Equal Suffrage Association I. P. Mecaught In J.C THORNE @ SON Athena Pennsylvania Hunter Cubs John T. Davies Undertaker George Q. Loesch L. E Ray Maxwell Frank D. Kerrick Iowa State Savings Bank
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