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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
7
Miss Marion Wills and Mrs Ben Parks visit city friends while Pauline Clinkinbeard travels to Des Moines. Several residents visit relatives in Libertyville Mt Pleasant Batavia and Me diapolis. Navy enlistments and job changes are noted alongside family deaths and travel to Polo.
Ninety seven registrants from the First district depart next week for Camp Dodge in the June 24 draft. Des Moines county sends 36 men from Burlington on June 24 at 5 20 a m. Henry Jefferson Lee Louisa Van Buren counties each provide several men to reach Camp Dodge by 1 25 p m. Some extras may be sent beyond the quota.
Local notes report Mr and Mrs Truman Greenfield and daughter Florence Kathryn visiting Washington state relatives and Mrs R W Franklin visiting in the city. Des Moines trip for Miss Lucile Jaamberson. George Bickford of Washington joins Graham theater management. Government announces June 6 call for enlisted personnel and skilled trades along with limited service draft options. apply at 108 South Court Fairfield Iowa with Rollin J Wilson V C M T C Jefferson Co.
The article recalls Richard Harding Davis arriving at a ruined Belgian chateau after a shell blasted night. In the hall he seeks the library and savors La Chanson de Roland Euripides and a Globe-Wernicke bookcase, noting the American writer's joy in books and home comforts found far from his fireside. The piece ends with an ad mention for Globe-Wernicke bookcases sold by H. P. McLaughlin Co.
The referee will sell the residence of the late Joseph Clinkenbeard at the corner of South Seventh and West Jackson. This full lot with a four room house will be sold cheaply to settle the estate. WM. L. LONG, Referee.
The Fairfield Golf Club finished second in the Illinois-Iowa Golf association tournament at Burlington. Team members were W. D. Hunt Huyett Gaines C. H. Heer and C. W. Raines with E. R. Crabb as alternate. Galesburg won, Fairfield was 19 down Monmouth 24 down. Heer won a brassie for longest drive.
The Fairfield Theater showcases Shirley Kaye starring Clara Kimball Young and her company on Wednesday and Thursday. The production, adapted from Hubert Footner’s book, follows Shirley as she navigates high society and family finance to save the Kaye fortune while also winning John Rowson’s heart.
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