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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1917
Page
6
Iowa to face second draft quotas by population
Washington signals a second draft before January 1 with Iowa counties and cities like Des Moines Sioux City Davenport and Dubuque facing larger shares. Exemptions may top 50 to 75 percent in districts. Drafts begin with county boards active Tuesday and Wednesday and most men will be ordered to Des Moines cantonment as facilities are ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guy A. Logan
Iowa
Des Moines
Sioux City
Davenport
Dubuque
Regular Army
National Guard
Iowa Guard
Fairfield Chautauqua Opens Aug. 15 With Big Band
Fairfield Chautauqua arrives August 15 24 drawing strong interest as campers reserve tents and seats. Sunyside Amusement Park access boosts bathing. season tickets are on sale at local stores and via township directors. Opening day features the Canadian Kitties band and a full ten day program outlined in the association booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Chautauqua
Suninyside
Jericho & Easton’s
Personal notices from the era reveal travels and visits
Miss Bertha Freshwater returns to work in Lead after vacation. Leona Thomas spent Sunday with relatives in Hedrick. C R McKeen of Trenton Mo visits in the city. Wm Kennedy and Hugh Gaumer visit Burlington. Wm McGiffin returns from Marinette Wis. Mrs Wm Gifford is critically ill in Bloomfield. Mrs Charles Maxwell visits Ottumwa. May and Lillian Sadler of Muskogee Okla visit Nieman home. Wm C Wiggins building a seven room farm house northwest of the city. Prof Leon Smith and wife of Iowa City visiting Sumner home. Mr and Mrs Smith moving to Iowa City for postgrad work. Ralph Parrett visits Burlington. A H Sumner returns from western state trip. Jeff Pence arrives from Des Moines after grandfather Isaac Pence's death. James Freshwater family returns from Belknap visit. Ralph Peebler visits Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Freshwater
The
Leader
Leona Thomas
Hedrick
C. R. McKeen
Trenton
Wm Kennedy
Hugh Gaumer
Burlington
Wm. McGiffin
Marinette
Wis
Wm. Gifford
Bloomfield
Charles Maxwell
Ottumwa
May
Lillian Sadler
Muskogee
Okla
H. H. Nieman
Wm. C. Wiggins
Leon Smith
Iowa City
A. H. Sumner
Smith
Ralph Parrett
Jeff Pence
Des Moines
Isaac Pence
James Freshwater
Freshwater
Jas. B. Painter
Belknap
Isaac Pence Dies After Long Illness at Home
Isaac Pence a longtime city resident died Sunday morning at 8 40 at his North Fifth street home after more than a year of illness. He suffered from dropsy and heart trouble and could not lie down at night. He is survived by his wife and two children W H Pence of the city and Mrs Sarah A Pade of McCook Nebraska, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the home conducted by Rev R H Polly, with burial at Mt Maria cemetery near Douds Leando.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Pence
North Fifth Street
W. H. Pence
Sarah A. Pade
McCook
Neb
R. H. Polly
Mt. Maria
Douds- Leando
Fairfield Boy Scouts Picnic at Fox Island
An automobile procession left Fairfield at six this morning bound for Fox Island on the Des Moines river. Fairfield Boy Scouts opened their camp at Fox Island near Kilbourn. Mr. J. M. Hammer and Floyd Laughlin went to Centralia Missouri. Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Wood and Silas M. Wright from Chicago visited the Louis Easton home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Fox Island
Des Moines
Fairfield Boy Scouts
Kilbourn
J. M. Hammer
Floyd Laughlin
Centralia
Frank L. Wood
Silas M. Wright
Chicago, Ill
Louis Easton
Delegates Named for National Farm Congress
Jefferson County will be represented at the National Farm Congress in Peoria Illinois in September 1925. Delegates named are Paul McLean Kilmer Schwartz welter E DB Y Culbertson Walter Stewart and Z T Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Peoria
Ill
Paul McLean
Kilmer Schwartzwelter
E. Db. Y. Culbertson
Walter Stewart
Z.T. Moore
Grace returns from Louisiana visit with Etta Jackson
Mrs Grace returned from a month long visit with relatives in Louisiana accompanied by Etta Louise Jackson who will visit Emil Grove Jr. Mr and Mrs Hugh Shriner and their children spent yesterday with relatives in Libertyville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Louisiana, Mo
Etta Louise Jackson
Emil Grove, Jr
Hugh Shriner
Libertyville
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Kiltie Band
Ralph Peebler
BOY Scouts
Arcewning, Phe
Photographker
Unkrich
Jerwear
Unkrich’s Dry Goods Store
Roth & CO
Voiles, Crepe de Chines, Georgette Crepe
Chautauqua
Fairfield Steam Laundry
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