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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1917
Page
2
Robert C. Winthrop emphasizes on an anniversary the duty of every citizen to cherish and enforce the principles of liberty and law, the Constitution, and the Union, tracing to colonial and Revolutionary forebears. The address urges enduring civic obligations.
Home made Fourth of July table favors and decorations use colored paper and cardboard. Children copy an existing design to create reversible goblet ornaments with eagles shields or flags. Firecracker fringe, napkin centered doilies and red white blue motifs accompany simple place and finger bowl decorations.
In society notes the Epworth League picnic scheduled for Wednesday, July 4, has been postponed indefinitely. Also announced are meetings of the English Lutheran and Presbyterian church groups with hostesses and transport arrangements, inviting members and young ladies to attend and enjoy planned gatherings.
Community host invites all to a supper on the church lawn Saturday evening. Serves from 6 to 9 p m with proceeds benefiting the Red Cross.
Packwood invites the Jefferson County Red Cross to join the parade tomorrow. Autos assemble at 1 15 p m from Steigleder lumber yard under Co F Fryer. Cable Lumber Co. truck will carry Red Cross and Hospital Unit emblems, about twenty Fairfield cars expected.
Reverend McKibben denounces Sabbath School baseball as a questionable practice in the church, noting that teams consisted of adult players while boys aged ten to fourteen faced them. He cites scheduling disputes and compares the games to other church outings, urging fairness and caution in religious contexts.
At four o clock this afternoon 175 employees of the Louden Machinery Co joined the Red Cross Chapter. It is expected there will be over 200 members when the canvass is finished.
The Fremont newspaper profiles Dr C M Collins a former Fairfield boy who built a thriving veterinary practice. He bought the Fremont livery barn to expand into a full hospital with an operating table and stalls, demonstrating rapid, hands on progress and local trust. The piece notes visiting relatives in town and recent family connections.
Local brief notes list visits and travels of Miss Elsie and Anna Bucher in Washington and Brighton, W H Pence and family to Douds, McKain brothers reunion after forty years in Quinter Kansas, and multiple relatives visiting Denver Ottumwa Oskaloosa Des Moines Ottumwa. Others include Barry Frink named Iowa Yeomen State Manager, and trips to Birmingham Cedar Rapids Rock Island Mt. Pleasant and Topeka with family and friends.
Mrs A C Anderson returns from Lusk Wyoming after attending sister Mrs Jennie B Lawton's death and the infant daughter born last Thursday did not survive. Lawton leaves husband and daughter LaVerdne and many relatives. LaVerdne will visit Mt Pleasant and Des Moines then Omaha to grandmother Mrs C Lawton. Mrs Paul Clark of Indianapolis visited Viva Valentine before heading to Chicago. Miss Gertrude Mason is seriously ill at home from inflammatory rheumatism. Chicken Pie Dinner at The Kozy Wednesday noon.
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