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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
2
Tourists May Marvel At Australia New Zealand Contrast
National Geographic contrasts the two southern lands noting New Zealand’s mountains glaciers and geysers with active volcanoes and advanced aborigines versus Australia’s vast plains and fewer permanent lakes. It emphasizes climate geography and distinct indigenous histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
New Zealand
Bermuda
New York
Wellington
Sydney
Adelaide
New Jersey
Dominion of
Newfoundland
Dominions
Norway
South Carolina
South Island
Switzerland
North Island
Yellowstone Park
Captain Cook
National Geographic Magazine
The Next Hour Editorial on Life in Sixty Minutes
A Woman’s Home Companion editorial argues the next hour holds all possibilities from birth to death and disaster to triumph. It asserts the hour can compress every future and defines courage and joy as keys to meeting fate with hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Woman's Home Companion
Jane
Start Saving Now Says Banker
A banker urges young workers to embrace thrift and start saving as soon as they begin earning. He warns that regular, counting savings grow with salary increases and that saving can lead to independence by age sixty if sickness does not intervene.
Weather Man Relents For Parsons Commencement
After days of pressure the weather man provided ideal conditions for Parsons College forty second annual commencement. The Class of 1917 graduation took place at Barhydt Chapel at ten o clock with a college orchestra processional invocation a vocal solo and the commencement address by Rev W S Plumer Bryan D D pastor of the Church of the Covenant Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Man
Parsons College
Barhydt Chapel
Allitson
Luella Ferne Young
W. 8. Plumer Bryan
Church of the Covenant
Chicago
Farewell Party and Local Announcements Chronicle
The Unkrich Boys Mand treated Wm Bell to a farewell at Warren Mitchell’s home on Tuesday evening before Bell moves to Cres ton. Fairfield events include degree conferrals by Dr. R Ames Montgomery and a Doctor of Laws honor to C J Fulton, plus marriages and school notices. A Parsonville ice cream social, engagements, church meetings, and Yeoman Lodge plans conclude the local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unkrich Boys Mand
Warren Mitchell
Bell
Creston
Ruth Margaret Collins
Mendelssohn
Margaret
Charlotte White
Ferne Young
R. Ames Montgomery
Fairfield
C. J. Fulton
Parsons
Esther €. Ablin
Hazel S. Black
Katherine Black
Frances M. Dool
Gertrude D. Downs
Louise E. Fichter
Parsonville
Glendale
Rev J W Carson graduates at sixty in Iowa Wesleyan
Rev J W Carson and wife returned from Mt Pleasant after his graduation from Iowa Wesleyan College with a Bachelor of Arts degree at age sixty. He previously studied at Lincoln University and resumed studies two years ago while serving as Circuit Pastor of the Fairfield Methodist Circuit. His son Edgar and daughter Viola are also connected to the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Carson
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
Carson
Lincoln
Fairfield
Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity
Edgar
Viola
Walton Alfie Claims He Married For Wealth
The Life item notes Alfie Walton says he wed a wealthy woman so his wife could have everything she wanted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton
Alfie
Rioters Detained as Tolleson Registration Protests Erupt
In Gary Indiana police reserves suppressed a small riot in Tolleson tied to registration opposition. A Pole named Alex Colton refused to sign his card, Bulgarian George Dennis resisted, and Frank McCirr was arrested for creating a disturbance at a registration booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Tolleston
Alex Colton
George Dennis
Frank McCirr
Springfield Girls Prohibited From Flag Decorated Ankles
United States marshal in Springfield Illinois issues order banning patriotic ankle decorations with tiny American flags. The ban applies to all stocking and not just the ankle. The marshal warns sellers of hosiery bearing flags may face prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
United States
Horse Kicks Farmer to Death in Lyndon Illinois
A Lyndon farmer, August Waterstreet, was fatally kicked by a horse in an incident reported near Lyndon Illinois on June 2. Authorities described the event as a fatal agricultural accident with the horse attacked by the panicked animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon
Ill
Waterstreet
Heroe
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A.W. Taylor
Earth
Weatherman
G. J. Fulton
Mitchell
West Grimes
Lillian Fish
Alex Fasculas
Ottumwa
R. H. Munro
Miss Fish
Annette Kellerman
White City
J. W. Young
18Th Street
Marie
Myrl Gilchrist
Mr. Gilchrist
State University At
Iowa City
Des Moines
Ladies Aid of
Methodist Church
Louis Easton
North Main Street
Leslie G. Brier
Helen E. Crail
Blaine Myrick
Charles 8. Sanger
Frances T. Spence
Ruth M. Collins
Mildred Anna Stewart
Ada Ruth Selby
Loretta Blossom McKee
George Andrew Axline
Albion
Idaho
J. Fulton
Otis Grant Dale
Los Angeles
Cal
Frank A. Gageby
Washington
Iowa
Horace B.silliman
Lowe Franklin Berger
Liza Matilda Foster
Madelon
Anna Peterson
George Lincoln Seeley
Orion
Otto Coppick
Yeoman Lodge
Charles Clapp
AIT
Simmons Sackett
Company M
Co. G of
Cement Workers of
Odd Fellows
Rebekahs
McDougall K
N. Court Street
Baby
Roth @ Co
J.C. Thorne & Son
Wayne
Pole
America
Pure Life Insurance
National Life Assn
W. B. Parrett
James F. Wilson Jr
Agts
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