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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
2
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Judge Vermillion at Centerville overruled A K Harper’s motion for a retrial in the Ward Harper slander case. Starr argued for the new trial to alter jury character facts while Thoma opposed. Harper plans to appeal to the supreme court.
Washington reports relief from postwar housing congestion as 20 000 workers depart since Armistice. Civil Service Commission says Homes Registration Service lists available private rooms and government residence halls house about 2 000 women. Room and board costs range from 40 to 46 dollars monthly. vacancies persist in permanent positions, with stenographers typists and bookkeepers in demand.
George Henry Billingsley and May Lu Ellen Despain wed at Mt. Pleasant with a brief ceremony by a justice of the peace. The bride, daughter of Theodore and Mrs Despain, recently moved from Fairfield to a farm south of Lockridge. The groom hails from Hillsboro and helped on the Despain farm this spring. They will travel in Illinois, then live on the bride's parents farm this fall before likely taking a farm of their own.
Local Methodist church hosts Helen Osborn in the romantic comedy Peg o My Heart on Tuesday June 24. Admission is 25 cents with children under 12 at 15 cents. event number 471.
Claude E. Downard of Farfield Iowa, a returned soldier in Chicago to accept a job, was robbed of 430 dollars after a stranger befriended him. The theft occurred today. police were notified but no trace of the man was found.
Harrisburg June 20 The Pennsylvania Senate approved by 81 to 66 the joint resolution ratifying the woman suffrage amendment to the federal constitution. The measure went to the House for action.
The Great Lakes offer premier vacation travel with a fleet of passenger ships led by the Seeandbee. Operating nightly between Cleveland and Buffalo, this massive steamer earns its title The Floating Hotel with luxurious décor. Travelers and businessmen alike enjoy a restful night aboard arriving by 6:30 a.m. the next day.
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