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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1917
Page
2
The notice outlines subscription options by carrier and mail for three months in advance, with prices and a request to report irregularities in service via telephone number 23.
Mrs Mary A Gilchrist widow of Archibald Gilchrist died last night at 11 at her home 300 East Adams after a brief illness with heart trouble She was born June 9 1840 in West Morland County Pennsylvania and came to Fairfield in 1875 Survived by siblings David Clendenin Toronto Kansas Lizzie Funk Altona Kansas and Laura Funk Reynmore Kansas The funeral is set for tomorrow at 2 30 pm from the Nome with Rev Mc Kibben officiating and burial in Evergreen cemetery
Pleasant Plain doctor Dr C W Bailey and editor C E Neukirt visit Batavia while Libertyville doctor R B Stephenson travels in from yesterday. Burlington and Batavia residents are listed as city visitors. An ice cream social at Bradshaw School supports the Red Cross with homemade ice cream and cake. Uriel Goldizen of Batavia recovers after a buggy collision with a rear hitting auto. passengers aid him.
Fairfield residents celebrate Capt. W. C. Smith of Company M as he is temporarily relieved from command to serve as mustering officer or paymaster. The report notes strong local approval of his demonstrated ability.
Fourteen Jefferson County men have been tentatively accepted for the Second Officers Training Camp to be held at Fort Riley Kansas. The Iowa quota is 355 with applications possibly reaching four to five times that number. Names from Fairfield include Fred L. Koster William J Ankrom Hiomer Brown Elroy E Rorick Kenneth Thorpe Raymond Ray Alison Ralph R Reed Lloyd Be Faulkner Ernest P Bailey Jeff G Pence Arthur Victor Wicksell Milton Theodore Lorimer Cassius W Bailey Ralph Gilbert Hoskins and others. A few applicants failed the first physical exam. The note thanks Dr J S Gaumer for the free examinations and praises local papers for publishing the public notice.
Final results are not yet in but reports show $5 000 raised for Dr F Clarke's Red Cross Hospital Unit R and $7 022.80 pledged for the regular Red Cross work, with $5 172 paid. The total may reach about $7 500 as some townships have not finished their drives.
Citizens urged to support Parsons College amid wartime pressures. The piece argues business fears and war burdens threaten subscriptions to education, urging a united effort to sustain Parsons College as a path for youths to realize their potential and contribute to society.
A snap Inter-Sunday School game had the Lutherans beating the Presbyterians 5 to 3 last night. Batteries were Dick and West for the Presbyterians and Wisecarver and Teeter for the Lutherans. A Christian and Baptist Sunday School game follows tonight at Alumni Field at 6 20.
A Washington message reports the death in Washington D C of Bo Sweeney of Seattle assistant secretary of the interior. Born in Missouri he once practiced law in Trinidad Colorado and later served in government service.
H D Wagoner of Ft Madison was subpoenaed to appear before the Jefferson County Grand Jury investigating the death of Elmer Bates near Libertyville. Wagoner, arrested after returning from the Elks convention in Boston, is one of three Ft Madison men tied to the case. Also named are Will Heising and L B Harter. Heising’ s case was dismissed when called. A rummage sale by Parsons College Ladies Auxiliary is planned for the last week in October.
A big chicken pie dinner is planned at the A M E church Thursday evening from five to eight o'clock. Tickets or additional details were not provided in the notice.
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