Post Office Entry Noted in Fairfield Iowa
Entry appears as the main matter of the second class at the Fairfield Iowa Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Iowa
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
6
Three Months in Advance Subscription Price
A brief notice lists a three month advance subscription price of one dollar.
Local Society Notes and Marital Announcements
Society items show the Presbyterian Ladies Aid meeting at 2:30 PM in church parlors and the Woman's Home Missionary Society gathering at Mrs. S A Howard's on East Burlington Street with an 2:30 PM business session followed by a picnic if not rainy. Also reports on marriages of Mable L. Kauffman and R M Hickenbottom at the Christian parsonage, Cecile Danielson and Gilbert Wickoff at the Baptist parsonage, and the golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs J Park Campbell. A note on Mrs Anna Collins hosting guests with Mrs Wm Mother of Los Angeles as honored guest, plus a Washington County item about J B Crail's son Rodney's marriage to Naomi Thayer at Red Lodge Montana and a Young Women's Home Missionary Society meeting at the DuBois home on North Court Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church
S. A. Howard
East Burlington Street
Mable L. Kauffman
Fairfield
R. M. Hickenbottom
Lockridge
Christian Parsonage
R. H. Polly
L. S. Kauffman
J. M. Hickenbottom
J.h Tkenbottom
Cecile Danielson
Gilbert A. Wickoff
Brighton
Baptist Parsonage
A. R. Toothacre
Mrs. Wickoff
J. Park Campbell
South Third Street
Arthur Campbell
Libertyville
Anna Collins
West Broadway
Wm. Mather
Los Angeles
Cal
Washington
Crail
Young Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Mies Hedvie Leafgren
DuBois
North Court Street
Parsons College Campaign Outlines Fairfield’s Stakes
An editorial urges Fairfield and Jefferson county to support Parsons College as a key opportunity for local leadership, education, and cultural growth. It warns that denying aid would weaken intellectual and moral vigor, diminish civic progress, and erode the community’s character and material prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Adam Blakely
Fairfield Lyceum
Fairfield Female Seminary
Fairfield University
Fairfield College
Parsons College
Jefferson County
Irregular Carrier Service Noted In Report
Report urges prompt notice of any irregularities in carrier service. Contact number listed as 23 for submission of concerns and updates on issue resolution.
Red Cross Commission Sent to Roumania for Relief Work
The Red Cross War Council announces a Roumania relief commission led by Henry Watkins Anderson to assess sanitary conditions and deliver aid to Romanian refugees. A twelve doctor twelve nurse medical unit accompanies, with $200000 emergency relief approved. Other commissions are active in France and Russia. Local leader John C. Cummings remains ill at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross War Council
Henry P. Davison
Red Cross
Roumania
Red Cross Commission
Europe
Organization of the War Council
Grayson M. PF. Murphy
France
Frank Billings
Russia
Henry Watkins Anderson
Richmond
RowiNinia
War Council
Davison
Anderson
Arthur Graham Glasgow
Washington, DC
Glasgow
London
Francis W. Pabody
Boston
Rockefeller Foundation
Emperor William remarks on America in Berlin reception
The Post Zeitung of Augsburg reports Emperor William told Reichstag members in Berlin that Socialist leader Philipp Seiddemans ridiculed America and doubted the United States would play a decisive role in the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Post Zeitung
Augsburg
Bavaria
William
Berlin
Reichstag
Philipp Seiddemans
America
United States
Visitors from Ottumwa Cheer Brothers in Co. M
Walter Lewis Peter Edward Fred Comingore and Tom Freshwater spent Tuesday in Ottumwa visiting their brothers in Co. M John Harper is seriously ill at his home on West Grimes street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Cummings
South Court Street
Walter Lewis
Peter Edward
Fred Comingore
Tom Freshwater
Ottumwa
Co. M
John Harper
West Grimes Street
Prairie Chapel Girls Hold Food Sale for Church Piano
The Prairie Chapel neighborhood girls plan a food sale Saturday afternoon July 28 1917 at Crail Foote market. Proceeds go to Prairie Chapel church to buy a new piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Chapel
Crail & Foote
Prairie Chapel Church
Fairfield Iowa Ordinance Sets Street Grades Across Avenues
Ordinance No 198 establishes grade levels for Cromwell Avenue Broadway Briggs Park and Morgan and Burlington streets in Fairfield Iowa. The measure details exact grade figures at multiple intersections and sides of streets with effectiveness five days after publication in the Fairfield Daily Journal. Mayor R H Munro and City Clerk Paul Coleson sign the ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Iowa
Cromwell Avenue
Burlington Street
Broadway Street
Briggs Street
Morgan Avenue
Briges Street
Park Avenue
Briess Street
Fairfield Daily Journal
R. H. Munro
Paul Coleson
Eighth grade examination at the court house schedule
County Superintendent June Chidester announces an eighth grade exam at the court house on August 17 and 18. The program lists Reading and Grammar on Thursday morning, History spelling and physiology Thursday afternoon, Arithmetic civics and writing Friday evening, Geography and music Friday afternoon. Students missing half the day should attend the start of the remaining half day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Exemption Board Delayed Waiting on Master List
Jefferson County Exemption Board has not begun work as the master list has not been received. Meetings will be held at the courthouse in the supervisors or courtroom, or grand jury rooms, with notifications by mail to those appearing delayed until early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeerson County
Grand Jury
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