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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
8
The Keosauquan Stephen Lee Fellows and Burlington council members were injured returning from Farmington. Mayor Maltbie was thrown from the car with glasses near his nose damaged. Councilman Fellows sustained a bad scalp wound. Councilman Zeigler escaped unharmed. The group had gone to Farmington to inspect the city well after hitting a hole near a bridge on the return.
Chicago reports Col Edward Green son of Hetty Green married Miss E Mabel Harlow on Tuesday. The groom presented the bride with cash and liberty bonds totaling 625000 dollars.
Private 4yde Gardner of Lynn Massachusetts and Private Martin L Dietz of Staten Island New York drowned in the Rio Grande while battling a log jam near El Paso Texas on July 11.
For sale seven modern houses with gas and electric lights and sanitary sewer and water paid. Possession September 1. Inquiries at Wilson's Art Store on South side square. Phone 2715.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Charles and children returned home from a camping trip on the Skunk River near Bright. Miss Blanche Turner leaves for Moravia for a month off from Starr & Jordan law offices. Dr and Mrs W C Smith back from Amés visit. Supervisor E M Blouger well after quinsey illness. Beatrice Huddleston visiting sister in Brighton. Mr and Mrs Glen Richards honeymooning in Galesburg after marriage there. Eva Loomand returns from two week visit in Floris. Mt Pleasant Gospel Team to hold service at Parsonsville church Sunday at 7 40 PM. Ed Thomas of Brighton was a city visitor yesterday.
The Jefferson County Equal Suffrage Association will meet at the Fairfield Public Library at 2 30 p m next Saturday. All are welcome. The program includes Current Affairs, department reports, and a program by Liberty Township members with talks by Rev E W Stodghill and Miss Mary Harkness, plus music and readings.
City of Fairfield requires every dog to wear a registered tag under Ordinance No. 182. Violations incur fines from 1 to 100 dollars and costs, with possible hard labor until fines and costs are paid. Obtain dog licenses and tags at the City Clerk's office. Mayor R H Munro.
In Janesville Wisconsin on July 12 sheriff Bob Whiple served Miss Lackersteein at Rev Jenkin Lloyd Jones pacifist camp with orders to remove the white bordered United States flag and lower it. The action followed federal statutes and came on orders from the United States district attorney.
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