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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1918

Page

3

Local Briefs Highlight Eldora Guests and Family Visits

Miss Marion Wills of Eldora visits in the city while Mrs. Ben Parks of Kansas City Kansas stays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Pogue. Pauline Clinkinbeard leaves for Des Moines to visit friends and Mrs. Levi Graber of Davenport visits her parents. The Fordyce home in Libertyville hosts several from Me diapolis and Washington. S. T. Lyon returns to Lincoln after visiting his sister Mrs. McClintic at the Rakow home. Mrs. A. R. Messer and daughter travel to Mt. Pleasant to visit relatives. Ada Easton party returns to Mediapolis. R. G. Whitmer of Washington visits the Flinspach home. LaRue Fisher returns from Batavia after visiting Gladys Raines. Hartman returns from Lenox after the death of her nephew James Stevenson. Charles Yanaway visits in the city from Sibley. Mrs. Rakow returns from Mt. Pleasant. William Russell and Robert Raines head to Burlington to enlist in the navy. Myrtle Hufstedler returns from Burlington. F. McNew learns of his mother Mrs. J. W. McNew’s death at Polo, Mo. The Garmo party from Cedar Rapids returns after an over Sunday visit. William Ohirich, now with Hartz & Bahnsen, shifts to Rock Island as order clerk.

First District Boys Off Next Week for Camp Dodge Draft

Ninety seven registrants from the First district depart for Camp Dodge in the June 24 draft with Des Moines and nearby counties sending contingents. Des Moines County plans 36 men from Burlington train No 3 at 6:20 am June 24 arriving 1:26 pm. Other counties list June 24 25 or 26 departures with exact trains and arrival times.

Burlington Camp Dodge Des Moines County Henry County Jefferson County Mt. Pleasant Fairfield Ottumwa Des Moines

Local News Briefs and Government Service Notices

Local items note Mr and Mrs Truman Greenfield and Florence Katheryn visiting James Greenfield's home in Washington. Mrs R W Franklin of Monticello is visiting her mother. Lucile Lamberson left for Des Moines. George Bickford of Washington named manager at Graham theater. Government calls for enlistments and various civilian roles in Fairfield Iowa. apply at 108 South Court Street Fairfield.

Truman Greenfield Florence Katheryn Washington James Greenfield R. W. Franklin of Monticello George Bickford Schubert Orchestra Graham Theater W. S South Court Street Fairfield Rollin J, Wilson Military Training Camps Association Jefferson Co Ele Stenographi

Davis and a Globe-Wernicke bookcase in a ruined Belgian chateau

The narrative recalls war correspondent Richard Harding Davis seeking shelter in a century-old chateau near Louvain. He describes discovering a Globe-Wernicke bookcase amid wreckage, a symbol of American taste preserved in adversity. The item is sold by H. P. McLaughlin Company of Fairfield.

Richard Harding Davis Brand Whitlock Magne Louvain Davis Balkans South Africa Orient Mexico Antwerp Davie Roland Suripides

Fairfield Team Secures Second at Tri State Golf Meet

Fairfield Golf Club finishes second in the Illinois Iowa Golf association tourney at Burlington. Team: W D Hunt Huyett Gaines C H Heer C W Raines with J R Crabb as alternate. Galesburg takes first. Fairfield 19 down Monmouth 24 down. Heer wins longest drive brassie. Gaines ties for first in forenoon ball match. Crabb ties for second in afternoon match.

Fairfield Golf Club Burlington W. D. Hunt Huyett Gaines C. H. Heer C. W. Raines J. R. Crabb Galesburg Fairfield Monmouth E. R. Crabb

Fairfield Theater Announces Extraordinary Attraction

The Fairfield Theater books the high class production Shirley Kaye starring Clara Kimball Young and her company for Wednesday and Thursday. The plot follows Shirley daughter of Edgerton Kaye head of Union Central Railroad, with T. J. Magen and John Rowson plotting to oust him as Shirley balances society life and high finance to save the family fortune.

Fairfield Theater Shirley Kaye Clara Kimball Young Fairfield Hubert Footner Miss Young Shirley Edgerton Kaye Great Union Central R. A Kaye T. J. Magen West Kayes East T. J John Rowson Easteners Union Central

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Lontireland Marion Wills Eldora Mrs. Ben. Parks Kansas City Kansas Mrs I. T. Pogue Pauline Clinkinbeard Levi Graber Davenport John Johnson Mary Gonterman Ruth Mary Armstrong Fordyce Libertyville S. T. Lyon Lincoln Neb Mrs. C. M. McClintic A. W . Rakow A. R. Messer Verner Johnson Vinnie Johnson Frances Hizer Ada Easton Mediapolis R. G. Whitmer Fred L. Flinspach LaRue Fisher Gladys Raines Batavia O. B. Hartman Lenox James Stevenson T. F. McNew Charles Yanaway Sibley Iowa A. W. Rakow William Russell Robert Raines Myrtle Hufstedler F. McNew J. W. McNew Polo, Mo McNew Polo M. KB. Garmo Virginia Cedar Rapids W. D. Garmo William Ohirich Thoma & Son Hartz & Bahnsen Wholesale Drug Co Rock Island Lucile Lamberson France Sale Joseph Clinkenbeard South Seventh West Jackson Streets WM. L. Long Bay Anderson’s Shoe Store BUY W. 8 Journal Fairfield Theater AN Iowa Electric CO United States National War Savings United States Savings Director United States Treasury Gall SILSO ZOOL Fmily Sroops Womier A. Miller Young Men's C. E. Anderson Sumer Unkrich’s East Side Square
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