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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1917
Page
3
Ottumwa residents and visitors are noted in a string of social updates. Paul Gosick travels to Ottumwa, Harold Voorhies sees New London friends, Miss Ethel Brier visits from Washington, and others including J C Campbell, Albert Swanson, and Frank Bruggemeyer recall weekend visits. Several couples and families motor to Burlington, Mt. Pleasant, or Stockport, while Miss Josie Ball returns to Kewanee after a stay.
The Ebenezer church in eastern Jefferson county plans its annual Home Coming Festival on Sunday June 24th led by Rev. William Burdine who has served as pastor for seventeen years. Mrs Ella Litton rejoices at a letter from her son Earl in the English army at Selonka noting no word since January. Harold Gustison, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Gustison, was injured after a fall at a parental Erickson home. Dr Sherlock treated scalp injuries.
Hansell Fields, son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Fields of Rome, was accidentally shot while handling a 22 revolver at a National Guard detachment camp. He was taken to Jefferson County Hospital with the bullet not yet located, believed near the heart, and no blame is attached to anyone.
House Peters and Myrtle Stedman star in As Men Love at the Orpheum tomorrow a screen drama about two lifelong friends whose bond fragments when one marries a frivolous society wife then reconciles as a child’s illness tests their rivalry and loyalty.
A committee led by S E Mulholland C N Chubb and J D Forrest filed with the Indiana Public Service Commission to lower the heating value standard for artificial gas from 600 to 550 BTU. The petition covers 29 Indiana companies citing material shortages and rising costs as reasons for the adjustment.
The Duma in secret session calls for an immediate Russian offensive in close cooperation with allies. It follows the Pan Russian congress ratifying the expulsion of Swiss socialist Robert Grimm, amid notes on peace talk and war aims. Analysts expect Root's mission to spend weeks in Russia meeting ministers and visiting Moscow, Kiev, and Odessa.
Harper's Brush Works defeated Mission 11 to 9 on Saturday afternoon at 2 30. The game featured sensational plays as Brush Works, led by Simons Williams and Randall, outscored Mission with Olinger Lanam handling the battery for Mission.
The African Jubilee Singers will give a concert at the A M E church on Tuesday evening to raise funds for the Sunday School ball team. Refreshments will be served by the church ladies and the public is invited.
Prof C W Mountain returns from vacation to start a ten week summer term covering voice and theory. Assignments available on Monday Thursday or Friday. For voice or harmony arrangements call 3484 or visit 205 North 5th Street.
Union Labor Meetings OF EACH MONTH outlines weekly gatherings. Trades and Labor Assembly meets on the second and last Fridays monthly. Federal Labor Unions meet Wednesdays weekly. Barbers Local 368 meets the third Monday. Carpenters Local 1804 meets first and third Tuesdays. Cigar Makers Local 490 meets the first Monday.
Italian forces have carried Coro Cavento, a strongly fortified Austrian position in eastern Trentino, according to an official statement from the Italian war department issued in Rome.
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