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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1917
Page
7
Local readers list visits and travel notes from area residents
Local brief highlights note Miss Lucile Pequignot returning from Perlee and Mrs J J Welday visiting family in Allerton. Others include Mrs W V Linder in Libertyville and Mrs Edward Gibson with daughter Louise visiting Mrs Etta Miller. Lieutenant Elmer E Fleagle visited relatives in the city. Mrs Jones from New London visits Parsons College with daughters Agnes and Dorothy. Mrs John Ward hosts at Delta. Carrie McElhinny and daughters Marion and Marjory return from Los Angeles. Par son College attendees attend the senior class play. various residents travel, visit, or relocate to Memphis Missouri Libertyville Creston Parsonsville Mt. Pleasant and Ballard Hall. Professor E E Watson to teach at Iowa State Teachers College summer school in Atlantic. John Overholser returns from Dexter after illness and death in family. A K Harper to lead Methodist prayer meeting. Fairfield Imperial Sextette performed at Mt Pleasant commencement. Julia Roth returns from Chambersburg after study.
Tries 10 End Life With Rifle
John Farmer of this city lies in Jefferson County Hospital with a rifle wound in his left breast after an attempted suicide yesterday afternoon. He had threatened to end his life at his South Depot street home around three thirty, then fired a 22 calibre rifle, the bullet grazing his chest. Doctors do not anticipate serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Farmer
Jefferson County
South Depot Street
Dorothy Messer Struck by Lightning Near Rome Iowa
Dorothy Messer an 18 year old girl was struck by a lightning bolt while crocheting in the living room at her father's home near Rome Iowa this morning. Doctors from Mt Pleasant were dispatched despite impassable roads and Miss Messer remains in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
lIa
Dorothy Messer
Mt. Pleasant
Miss Messer
Joe Meyser
Card of Thanks for Kindness and Flowers
The family of Olive Davis and Mr. and Mrs. J. Overholser thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during their father’s illness and death and for the floral offerings. Signed 814 W. H. Overholser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Overholser
Olive Davis
Mrs. J. Overholser
Local Clubs Postpone Events Amid Rainy Weather
The Golf Club picnic is postponed due to rain. Forest City Lodge 1491 Loyal Order of Moose meets Thursday as the last pre state convention gathers in Dubuque on June 11. Delphic Society at Parsons College hosts a breakfast for Mary Nutting with toasts by Ruth Gonterman. N J E Club postpones to June 14. Lutheran groups invite members to Parsonage for a talk by Indian missionary Wunderlich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golf Club
Forest City Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Dubuque
Delphic Society
Parsons College
Florence Light
North B
Mary Nutting
Ruth Gonterman
Harriet
N. J. E. Club
D. M. Holgate
The
Lutheran Church
Miss Wunderlich
India
Soldiers' notes published for pen pals in Fairfield
Five troop trains carried the 18th U S Infantry through Fairfield en route from Douglas Arizona to Hoboken New Jersey. The soldiers included Harold Koenig Anthony Tillman Albert Wilke Thomas Paschal F Harvey Dan Sanders Peter Hendrickson Lewis Olson Walter Govein E Russell Thomas Uren Guy Carter Elmer Flowers Herbert Streeter Homer Mays George Sedlock and Glenn Carr Letters may be addressed to Hoboken N J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Infantry
Fairfield
Rock Island
Douglas
Arizona
Hoboken
New Jersey
Harold O. Koenig
Anthony J. Tillman
St. Louis
Albert Wilke
Franklin Park
Ill
Thomas
Corp
Herbert S. Streeter
Homer Mays
George Sedlock
Chicago
Glenn Carr
N. J
Home Cooking and Baking Sale at Lewis Market
The Baptist Ladies will offer home cooked dishes and baked goods at the Lewis meat market on Saturday June 9. Proceeds support church activities and community programs. Local residents are invited to attend and enjoy desserts, pies, and savory dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Piano Teaching Resumes at 801 South Second Street
Leland R. Holgate announces resume of piano lessons at his residence starting June 1. To arrange times, contact by telephone numbers 246 or 1268. Public notice includes address and instructor name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Second Street
Leland R. Holgate
Piano lessons offered at 301 South Sixth Street
Frances Hutchinson advertises piano lessons to begin after June 16 at her home located at 301 South Sixth Street. Contact: 808.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sixth Street
Frances Hutchinson
Enroll Now for Shorthand Course This Summer
Summer term starts Monday June 11 at Fairfield Modern Business College in the Junkin Block on South Main Street. Day and evening sessions offered. The course invites prospective students to enroll for accelerated shorthand instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Modern Business College
Junkin Block
South Main Street
Modern Business College
Fairfield
THE QUESTION OF LABOR National Crop Improvement Service
Farmers face two peak labor periods seed time and harvest. The county should mobilize three labor classes: regular farm hands, workers from factories and wholesale houses who can be spared, and businessmen raised on farms who volunteer. Commercial clubs and manufacturers should compile lists and offer detached service to aid farmers during rush periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Crop Improvement Service
School Law Requirement Lists Heads of Families
Section 2785 of 1915 school law requires directors to prepare between June 1 and June 15 a list of heads of families, number and sex of school age children, and report to the township secretary by June 20. In independent districts the secretary must prepare this list. Jane Chidester, County Superintendent.
Barley Shifts Ahead of Corn for Pig Feed Profits
National Crop Improvement Service touts barley as more profitable than oats and often superior to corn for pig feed. Wheat harvest is delayed, leaving 2 3 weeks to reallocate acreage. Barley’s feed value remains high as most grain goes to dairy by products, with minimal loss in brewing use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Crop Improvement Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oxford
Lucile Pequignot
Perlee
J. J. Welday
C. C. Griswold
Allerton
W. V. Linder
Libertyville
L. T. Gobble Home
Edward Gibson
Louise
Oskaloosa
Etta Miller
Elmer E. Fleagle
Co. M
Jones
New London
Misses Agnes
Dorothy Jones
John Ward
Delta
Fred M. Gaines
Carrie McElhinny
Marion
Marjory
Los Angeles
Alis
Wm. Parsons
Parsonsville
Rose Huston
Creston
Ray Loehr
Memphis
Ercel Carl
Elois Foote
Louis Heston
Ralph Spencer
Omaha, Neb
Goldie Hill
Mrs. Nutting of
Milo
Ballard Hall
Frances Porter
Washington
Nettie Tedrow
Jessie Traxler
Ottumwa
Tremont
Mildred Haus
E. E. Watson
Atlantic
Iowa State Teachers’ College
John Overholser
Dexter
William Overholser
A. K. Harper
Methodist Church
Fairfield Imperial
Julia Roth
Chambersburg, Penn
Pythias
K. of P. Lodge
Castle Hall
Bolick
Agnes Jones
Marcia Smith
Bernice Green
Mrs. Jones
Jane Chidester
C. E. Anderson
C. C. Conner
Ottumwn
A .V. Frazey Verle
Frazey
A. V. Frazey & Son
T OF
C. G. Taylor
Highland
Gaumer Bros
Ture
Fairfield Purence Company
D. Kerrick
Iowa State Savings Bank
United States
J. W. Howard
Mgr
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