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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1919
Page
4
The article traces football to ancient Rome calling it calcium and describes early rough play likened to soccer. It notes later revival in Florence with Medicis and cites Giovanni de Bardi describing calci as a public game of two groups of young men kicking a wind filled ball for honor.
The article traces Barcelona’s naval strength from its Moorish expulsion in the ninth century through its rivalry with Italian maritime states. It notes Catalonia’s sea empire waning after Spain’s political consolidation in the sixteenth century and its mixed feelings about Columbus and the American voyage.
The account surveys ancient shaving from Greek and Roman times. It notes beard esteem among Greeks, Alexander the Great’s beardless rule, and Roman beards until the Gallic wars. It mentions helmets guarding beards and early barber shop origins debated by historians.
Winch a Sydney N S W butcher kissed a customer who objected and was fined by the magistrates. Publicity drew the attention of a Sydney solicitors firm acting as trustees for a distant relative’s bequest. After confirming his identity the man became owner of a sizable inheritance.
A descriptive note on Stirling Castle perched over 400 feet above the sea. The passage extols the sight of the Forth links from the crag and praises the castle for its beauty and the rich history surrounding the local landscape. The river winds through towns, catching light, fading into distance, then reappearing as mist lifts toward the Yorth bridge.
City Clerk J D Glasgow suggests a combined soldiers memorial and city hall in Washington Iowa to serve as a community center. He favors bonds or subscription funding and a site with ample grounds, with a target of at least 75000 dollars. The plan hinges on a new state law allowing memorial bonds.
The directors listed shall hold office until successors are elected or qualified. Indebtedness may not exceed one half of paid-up capital. Stockholders' real and personal property exempt from corporate liabilities. Dated January 2, 1919. Fairfield Oil Company, J. A. Huglin, Secretary.
Five passenger Cada lac newly painted and overhauled with 4 new tires and storage battery. Call 3572. Farm for sale 67 acres south and east of Fairfield with 55 acres in corn and cloves tiled out and rolling blue grass 5 room house barn 32 by 32 with sheds fruit. Price 125 per acre $1000 cash balance 10 years at 6%. Don t write phone or come Russell Smith owner Fairfield Iowa 650 29 For sale or trade seven room house almost new partly modern large basement three blocks from courthouse Enquire phone 2704 645 30 For sale a few White Leghorn cockerels high laying strain Mervyn Allender Phone 6403 644
Notice of incorporation filed in Jefferson County Iowa and with the Iowa Secretary of State. Fairfield Oil Company authorized $100000 capital with $60500 paid up and $14000 more authorized. Board of nine directors to be elected by stockholders, meeting first Monday after first Sunday in January. Incorporation effective December 13 1918 for twenty years. Also classified notices offering real estate and jobs.
Several rental notices list available housing options. Russell Smith at 649-29 seeks inquiries for four vacant houses and flats, while Dr. DeMarsh at 507 W Broad Way invites calls to 1379 about a four room house. Additional ads offer four furnished rooms with phone numbers 2699 and 1751.
Jacob Scheffel offers a nine room house for rent featuring a furnace and a large garden spot. All in good order and ready for occupancy. Phone contact 333.
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