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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1917
Page
6
A brief notice announces three month mail subscriptions in advance, with rates and contact details. It asks readers to report irregular carrier service promptly and provides the local post office information and phone number.
Tonight at Alumfi Field the Presbyterians edged the Baptists 5 to 4 in five innings. Gaines homered for the Presbyterians as Feyerabend sparking the Baptists with a two run four bagger, while the Baptists showed growing strength despite two regulars out of the lineup.
Major J Fred Clarke, head of Red Cross Unit A, reports to Washington on swelling hospital needs as base hospitals of 596 beds prove undersized. Units of 1400–1500 beds emerge as economical, with staffing and equipment expanding rapidly. He notes gifts from Southeastern Iowa and the sacrifice of doctors and nurses as Unit A aims to be among the nation’s best.
The Presbyterian women held their annual picnic at Miss Julia Parsons’s Parsons College Campus home Thursday afternoon with a large turnout and an enjoyable program. Richard O Roop and Miss Hilda M Cerny wed July 4 at the bride’s mother Mary Cerny’s house. they plan to live at 304 West Burlington after a Denver trip. Red Cross note: no swords or firearms. Hospital Unit A may be sent to the front without public knowledge.
Wabucue Louisiana July 6 Sheriff Kennedy demolished nearly 100 slot machines and dumped hundreds of gallons of whisky beer and other liquors seized by state agents into the sewer. Des Moines Iowa July In a move to obtain release of freight cars the Iowa railroad commission will probe charges that carloads of foodstuffs have been held on tracks at destination longer than necessary to unload them.
O H Phillips a 58 year old Larimore machinery dealer died of apoplexy after a one day illness. Survived by his wife Lena Olmstead two daughters Marion and Helen his mother and father and multiple siblings. Funeral services were held July 4. Want Ads are sure result getters.
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