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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1918
Page
7
Local News Briefs From Salina And Surroundings
Criefs note multiple residents and visitors in Salina today for business or visiting relatives. Names include Kerrick, Brown, West, Burnaugh, Martin, Eaton, McCormick, Sargent, Koenig, and many others. social, religious, and civic events are listed along with a restaurant sale and a Masonic banquet in Brighton tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. O. Friend
H. W. Helmick
Carlton Jones
C. S. Woodford
Eugene Brinton
Carl Thomas
Homer Brinton
Gail Heacock
Roy Ready
W. H. Lloyd
Ed Thomas
Glen Beauchamp
Lem Ready
al R. Moreau
Brighton
Hooverizing War Time Verses by Dr S K Davis
A wartime poem praising Hoover to save food and resources for soldiers. The speaker vows to Hooverize bread meat sugar and coffee, urging rationing and unity behind soldiers in the trenches. It mocks enemies and slackers while pledging support for national effort and bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Kaiser
Stoker
Devil
Local Briefs and Arrivals From Davenport to Keosauqua
Edwin Walker returns from Davenport after a multi day visit. Mrs. Howard Lane recoveries allow her to go out. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Whitney of Keosauqua relocate to the city for their future home. Miss Bertha Murphy of Lockridge visits sister Mrs. Verle Frazey. Country cross roads remain snowbound while main state roads are open for autos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Wheeler
Kansas City
Roy Erickson
Wilbur Whitney
Keosauqua
Bertha Murphy
Lockridge
Verle Frazey
No Final Draft Classification Under Local Board Review
The local draft exemptions office continues to adjust classifications for industrial and agricultural exemptions, noting that no final classification exists unless death or permanent disability occurs. Changes must be reported within five days, with penalties for noncompliance. affidavits show new dependents, and physical exams begin for all in class one as the government appeals cases from after May 18, 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Best-Chiropractic Office Ad Relay Listing
An ad-style notice advertises Best-Chiropractic, noting J Vogelger D C in the second doorway north of the Iowa State Savings Bank at 881. The brief entry presents a compact local business reference with address details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Vogelger Sang
D. C
Iowa State Savings Bank
Army private confesses setting Washington storehouse fire
Frederick L. Woodward, a private in the army quartermaster corps, confessed to starting a fire that damaged the Washington storehouse last week, destroying about $50,000 in food and supplies. He declared himself a pyromaniac and cited a 1916 fire at a Worcester lodging house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frederick L. Woodward
Army Quartermaster Corps
Seyvs Woodward
Worcester
Mass
Standard Oil Announces 25 Point Oil Export Rise
The Standard Oil Company of New York declared an advance of 25 points in refined petroleum for export, setting the price at 16.75 cents per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advance Export Petroleum
New York
Standard Oi Company of
Roumanian Queen Honored by Academy of Fine Arts
Paris January 21 The Academy of Fine Arts unanimously elected Queen Marie of Roumania a corresponding member of the institute, recognizing her cultural stature and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
The
Academy of Fine Arts
Queen Marie of Roumania
Tentative Iowa farm income tax return blanks offered
The Iowa State Savings Bank announces a supply of blanks for preparing farm returns of income for 1917. These forms are not final reports and will not be accepted as such. They aid taxpayers in determining the returns they must file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Savings Bank
Life of Mahlon Heston Confirms Long Local Ties
Mahlon Heston born August 3 1848 in Harrison County Ohio died January 16 1918 in this city. He moved with family to Iowa in 1852 then Cross Lanes. He married Harriet Stiles April 27 1868 in Fairfield and had seven children four of whom preceded him. Survived by wife three sons James Luther Charles and siblings Jane McCleary Douglas William Absolom. Funeral Friday at Christian church 10 30 conducted by Rev R H Polly burial Evergreen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahlon Heston
Samuel
Lucinda Heston
Harrison County
Ohio
Bladensburg
Iowa
Cross Lanes
Harriett Stiles
Fairfield
James
Luther
Charles Heston
Jane Heston
Libertyville
Larf%n McCleary
Batavia
Douglas
William
Havensville
Kansas
Absolom
Christian Church
R. H. Polly
Evergreen Cemetery
Cottage Prayer Meeting Schedule at First Methodist Church
The First Methodist church announces Wednesday prayer meetings at 7 30 PM led by Geo Stephenson C V Pool Prof Mountain Mrs A W Jaques J J Stuckey W W Harris Prof Job Johnson S A Power Mrs T B Short Mrs Laura Chilcott and others at their homes across South Second West Grimes West Broadway North Main North Third East Madison and fast Broadway. A ministerial study session will also host neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Geo. Stephenson
South Second Street
C. V. Pool
West Grimes
Prof Mountain
A W. Jaques
West Broadway
J. J. Stuckey
Louis Easton
North Main
W. W. Harris
Job Johnson
Wilbur R. Keesey
Also Mentioned on This Page
Criefs
F. D. Kerrick
Salina
Hal Brown
Ottumwa
Floyd West
Lester Burnaugh
Gale Martin
Glasgow
City
W. J. Eaton
Guy McCormick
Beckwith
A. Sargent
Centerville
L. E. Koenig
Clarinda
Newport
J. P. Starr
Rollie Nott
Maxwell Grocery
Clarence Miller
Camp Grant
Rockford, I
Esther McCampbell
Des Moines
Ida McCampbell
W. V. Linder
Homer Murray
Fred Jewell
Worthington, Ind
Prof. Jewell
Fairfield Iowa
Rex McNerland
Finkle
Little Son
Jefferson County Hospital
Wilbur Norris
Oklahoma
Brother
J. C. Norris
East
Burlington Street
Mrs. W. E. Richardson
Delta
Frank Chidhester
West
Washington Street
Effie Gantz
Leslie Fulton
Quincy, Inl
Texarkana
Tex
Frank Edwards
Yale
S. D
William Edwards
West Hempstead Street
Noah Edwards
S. K. Davis
Soliers
Unit A
Hapsburg
Edwin Walker
Davenport
Howard Lane
W. H. Pence Machine Co
W. H. Pence Mach. Co
J. M. McKain
South Third Street
Cottage Prayer Meeting
Caumer Bros. Jewelry
Comfort
Servelx
J. Engel
Chicago
Scheffel’s
Music House
James Hughes
A. F. Carlson
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