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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1917
Page
8
Tonight no game scheduled. Thursday Mission vs United Presbyterian. Friday Presbyterians vs A M E. All games start promptly at 6 30 p m.
At League Park the Methodist team and Eastside Christians staged a playful match that devolved into miscues and a lopsided score. The M E s benefited from errors limiting the opposition to a handful of hits as Williams and Coffman changed pitchers after a rough second inning.
Scores show multiple games including Boston beating New York 3 6 1 with Schupp and Rariden on the mound and Rudolph Nehf Barnes Gowdy in Boston. Philadelphia defeated Brooklyn 14 4 behind Cadore Meyers Fittery Burns. Cincinnati split games with Chicago and faced St Louis Pittsburgh with 13 2 11 0 and 8 0 11 0. Game notes mention darkness end after six innings.
Incomplete game score details show players James Covaleskie and Stanage for Washington and Johnson Ainsmith for Washington based on partial lines from the box. The phrasing suggests a basketball or similar team scoring brief from a past matchup.
Funeral services for Edmond John Clarridge were held at the Libertyville Methodist church at 10 30 a m conducted by Rev E W Stodghill with interment in Fell cemetery He was born October 2 1844 in Ohio and died June 17 1917 at his son’s Davenport home He married Sarah Clinkinbeard August 5 1867 and they had son O J Clarridge He leaves a son wife two grandchildren sister Mary Gumre and brother James Clarridge
Company M beat a team from Company G in Ottumwa by 9 to 2 with Captain W C Smith pitching. It was their third game, with two wins and one loss, played to break drill monotony during army life.
Deputy Sheriff M S Randall and Sheriff Shephard of Mt Pleasant pursued a reported theft near Rome. The big black team was found returned home after a long night watch but showed signs of hard driving and possible loosening.
Miss Helen Osborn daughter of Dr and Mrs Thomas Osborn departs by way of Niagara for a summer visit in and around Boston Mass relatives await her in the big city a pleasant season lies ahead
An American ambulance detachment of 250 persons has arrived at a French port. W. K. Vanderbilt of New York crossed on the same liner.
Keokuk Iowa June 20 Inspector Charles VY Efner city sidewalk inspector sustained a broken neck when he fell from a wagon. He was found unresponsive and died shortly after at a local hospital. The incident remains under investigation by city authorities.
Laura Alice McCleary and Perry O Harper, both of Fairfield, were married last evening at the Christian church parsonage by Rev R H Polly in a quiet ceremony attended only by Mrs Elmer Forney.
A compact list of sale ads and wants from a newspaper column. Items include a gas plate and small kitchen table for sale, chicks, a cook stove with pipe, a laundry store, and various used typewriters. Also requests for two girls to apply in person and a second hand tent wanted. Contact numbers and addresses provided.
A two unit rental listing offers a double house four blocks from the square with contact numbers 134 and 4409 for inquiries.
Paul Spitaels, 34, a veteran of Belgian trenches, was killed when he fell from a manure load on a local farm near Duluth Minnesota. A found auto crank on South Second street is being claimed by the owner. A lost 85x4% Standard Four tire on a rim was reported on the Blue Grass road between Fairfield and Mt. Pleasant Iowa, with contact to E Turney.
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