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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
2
The notice lists subscription terms for by car, by mail, and advance payments. Rates include one month, three months, four months, and annual options. It notes delivery from Mattfield, Iowa, and that the paper is mail matter of the second class.
Readers urged to report promptly any irregularity in the carrier service linked to telephone number 23. The notice emphasizes quick action to address service issues and protect customers.
A Missouri cyclone and tornadoes across Kansas and Missouri left ten dead and many injured. In Richmond three relatives of Mrs. Arthur Long died including Mrs. Gerald Brown, Miss Fannie McGaugh, and Kenneth Brown, while Mrs. Long heads toward the disaster scene. Across Kansas, Eskridge to Bishop suffered heavy destruction and fatalities were reported in Lawrence.
A compact history tracing early milestones in photography from alchemical silver nitrate experiments in Italy to Della Porta’s camera obscura and Scheele Ritter Niepce Daguerre Talbot and Howe. It notes helography and calotype efforts and the shift from glass to flexible film as photographers sought durable, portable materials.
Dr. R. Ames Montgomery of St. Louis was elected president of Parsons College by the trustees. He has signified willingness to accept pending Presbytery approval. Montgomery is pastor of a leading St. Louis Presbyterian church and is a brother of the late Rev. W. W. Montgomery.
Trustees announce a campaign for a 500000 endowment with a kickoff meeting at the Library. An initial 1000 gift from Dows Smith Reed via R S Torrance was reported, with subscriptions secured in Fairfield and surrounding area contingent on reaching 20000 pledged and paid over five years at five percent interest.
Jefferson County and Iowa joined the nation in a mass registration effort with 1428 county wide and 475 in Fairfield registering. Cedar area volunteers traveled up to 30 miles despite Cedar Creek flooding while others faced risky crossings. Des Moines dispatch notes about 200000 Iowa registrants and potential first draft rules based on physical fitness, dependents, and official status.
John Rugowski, a tenant farmer near Manitowoc, discovers seven thousand dollars in gold buried two feet deep after striking an old kettle. The estate of John Meyer claims the treasure, while Rugowski cites possessory rights. The farm once belonged to eccentric Huck, suspected to have hidden the money.
The ancient Egyptians viewed iron as the bone of Typhon, foe of Osiris, and deemed it impure. Its use was forbidden as it would pollute the user’s soul both in this life and the afterworld, even for ordinary needs.
In a brief exchange the speaker laments feeling “all zone to pieces” and attributes it to being broke. The Baltimore American conveys a moment of financial distress with a hint of humor in the reply.
A Brownings Magazine quote notes that a man may forgive enemies readily but finds it hard to forgive friends, illustrating a paradox of mercy and loyalty. The line reflects a rural or humor magazine voice about human fault and memory.
Marriage licenses issued June 4 to Alex Fasaules 24 and Lillian Fish 20 of Ottumwa. Mrs. Kate Dunham and her daughter Fay of Westboro Missouri visited last evening with Mr. and Mrs. B T Buckles at the Court Hotel while enroute to Ainsworth.
Principal O F Nixon returns home to Ottumwa from a trip. B A Dill leaves for Chicago on business. Ed Ulm visits Ottumwa from Fairfield. No prayer meeting at Lutheran church tonight. W C Spaulding ill with heart trouble but improving. A L Rodenmayer visits Ottumwa then returns to Fairfield. John Ebert departs for Nackel Idaho for health reasons.
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