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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1917
Page
2
Notice states ESA entered at the Fair Geld Iowa post office as second class mail matter. The brief item records the mailing designation and location in the official post office notice.
Report promptly any irregularity in the carrier service. Telephone number 23 appears in the notice for contact.
Iowa City June 20 The State Bar association seeks immediate recodification of Iowa statutes and reduction of appeal time to two months. They also favor trial of equity actions at the first term and faster court procedure. Recommendations were discussed at Council Bluffs with judges and lawyers and may be sent to the Iowa legislature. The reform committee includes judges Evans Wade Miller Farville Lake McCarty Silwold and others.
L C Edginton returns to Iowa City for school work while Quartermaster Sergt Rus sell from Des Moines visits family. Harry King to Emmetsburg for summer as traveling book salesman. George Zillman from Great Lakes Illinois visits parents. Armour Wilson in naval training at Great Lakes visited friends. County clerk's office fumigated to prevent disease. Mrs Ward B Rice and children of Ottumwa visit her mother. Frank Swisher of Brighton gifts two cocker spaniel pups to Co M mascots. Dr N W Labagh of Mystic visits relatives. Earl Davenport attends state Eagles convention in Davenport as a delegate.
Special notice announces recruiting for officers second training camp in Fairfield Kansas through July 15 1917 at Fort Riley. For application blanks consult Rollin J Wilson branch chairman immediately.
Fairfield is portrayed as the ideal home for Parsons College with rail access, good sanitation, a modern county hospital, thriving stores and factories, and a prohibitionist record. The piece credits early community leaders for building schools, supporting teachers, and planting Parsons College, while noting seven new buildings since a fire and a near doubling of enrollment. Plans under Dr. Montgomery promise growth and strengthened impact on Fairfield and Jefferson.
The L T L Girls plan a final meeting with Mrs Emma Dowd on West Briggs street for last preparations ahead of the state convention in Oskaloosa next Tuesday to Thursday. Attending the convention are Mrs M Chilcott Portia Harper Maude Murdock and Lucile Harris. Invitations are out for the marriage of Miss Carrie N daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Tyim to Mr Tracy N Fenner of Moline NL with the ceremony planned at the bride's Brighton county home on Wednesday June 27. Readers are urged to watch for further details in future issues.
Fairfield Iowa band announces Thursday evening concert with Miner's Overture Bridal Rose When You and I Were Young Maggie Silver Threads Among the Roses Waltz popular numbers Somewhere On Broadway Come Out of the Kitchen and The Defender The Thunderer finale. A. G. Lazenby of Keosauqua visiting relatives in the city.
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