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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1917
Page
3
A vintage advertisement touts maple oxford shoes described as new and dressy. The pair is noted as cool and comfortable cut from brown kid leather that pairs with any light summer outfit, offering a glove like fit.
Local brief notes report the birth of twin boys to Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Parks two miles east of the city. Several residents travel to Ottumwa for the Nady-Wray wedding while others visit relatives in nearby towns and attend school term events. An orchestral meeting is announced for Wednesday at Baker's Music store rooms.
Members of the 8 C P H club were entertained at Mrs John Conner's home on South Third Street. The evening featured music and contests followed by an artistically appointed luncheon. Guests of honor were Miss Nettie Tedrow of Libertyville and Miss Fern Nichols of Charleston Ill.
F. K. Minor, head of the U S Navy Recruiting Station in Burlington, will interview 17 to 35 year olds at the Leggett Hotel in Fairfield this afternoon and evening. He urges publicity to recruit to full strength, notes pay advances and training paths, and stays until about six P M.
Indiana officials will investigate a bank hoax tied to Rom ney State. Cashier Claude Hedworth planned a vacation after boasting no one could rob him. Friends summoned Dr. O Z McCay to host the staged raid. Three men dressed as desperadoes entered the home and Hedworth was assaulted and robbed.
The National Crop Improvement Service reports the tenth annual North Dakota Demonstration Farms release. Crops were rotated across farms and yields improved. Wheat averaged 29 percent higher with corn after manure. oats 58.14 bushels, barley 37.46, rye 21.14, and alfalfa 2.5 tons per acre. The full rotation details and field practices are documented.
Summer term starts June 11 for day and evening sessions. NOW is THE TIME to enter for lowest prices at Junkin Block South Main Street. See us AT ONCE. 811.
Mayor R H Munro proclaims June 5 1917 Registration Day a legal holiday in Fairfield city limits.
Citizens of Fairfield gather in the Agassiz room of the Public Library this evening at 7 30 to discuss Parsons College welfare and confer with Dr Montgomery. All Parsons College friends are invited to attend this important meeting.
Wallace Reid and Myrtle Stedman star in the Lasky-Para film The Prison Without Walls at the Orpheum this afternoon and evening. Beulah M. Dix adapted the photodrama from Robert E. MacAlarney's story. Reid is a prison reform expert and Stedman a young philanthropist entangled with graft.
National Crow Improvement Service notes barley yields vary with threshing records. Wisconsin Experiment Association members averaged 33.3 bushels in 1914 and 39.5 in 1915, with top individual reports of 60 57 56 55 42 and 45 bushels. J. Jarland comments higher yields possible but uncertain.
We announce a shorthand study opportunity with day and evening sessions beginning June 11 at Block on South Main Street. The program invites interested students to join now for flexible scheduling and intensive practice, led by experienced instructors.
Miss Margaret Collins of Parsons College Conservatory will give an organ recital tomorrow morning at Barhydt Chapel as part of Commencement week. She is assisted by Luella Fern Young and Mertie Pooler Mercer with a program including Bach, Nevin, and Grieg pieces. Tickets for the College dinner on Commencement day are 60 cents and available at the college office and other locations.
Frances Hutchinson announces piano lessons to be held at her home after June 16. Location listed as 301 South Sixth Street. Contact number 808 for details.
Summer term begins Monday June 11 at Fairfield Modern Business College Junkin Block South Main Street 813. Day and evening sessions offered to suit students. Enroll now to secure a place in the shorthand program.
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