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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1917

Page

2

Postal marking for second class mail in Iowa notice

Entered at the Post Office at Mair Beld Iowa as mail matter of the second class.

Mair Beld Iowa

Irregularity Report Prompted About Tele phone No. 23 Carrier Service

Prompt notice requests reporting any irregularity in the carrier service associated with Tele phone No. 23. It urges prompt action and clearly identifies the contact handle for concerns.

Call for Volunteer Recruitments for Iowa National Guard

Local pride and presidential appeal urge Jefferson county youth to enlist in Company M Fairfield to meet June 30 1917 quotas. Adjutant General seeks maximum state strength by the deadline to answer War Department demands.

National Guard of Iowa United States War Department Fairfield Jefferson County Co. M Company M Adjutant General of

Chicago and Kansas City Live Stock Markets Report

Hogs receipts 27 000 at Chicago with varied quotes from 15.50 to 15.75 for heavy packers and 15.60 to 15.70 for light shipping. Cattle receipts 15 000 with prices from 8.75 to 15.65 for good to prime, ducks and other odds noted. Kansas City hogs 10 000, prices 13.50 to 15.95. cattle 11 000 with prime fed steers at 13.50 and dressed beef steers 10.00 to 12.25. sheep 6 000 with lambs 18.00 and yearlings 10.00 to 12.25. East Buffalo quotes cattle receipts 10 cars with prime steers 13.50, heifers 8.00 to 11.00, hogs 16.65 to 16.50, sheep lambs 17.00 to 18.50, calves 15.50. Cash grain lists No 2 red wheat 2.35 No 4 red 2.20 No 2 yellow corn 1.68 1.69 No 2 white 1.68 1.69 Oats No 3 white 65 14¢ standard 65 66c. Produce prices show butter and eggs ranges for extras to firsts and seconds.

Kansas City East Buffalo Dunning and Stevens Livestock Commission Buffalo N. Y

Local Weddings Highlight Fairfield News and Ottumwa Nuptials

Announcements report the marriage of Campbell Whitham and Lillian Kirby in Billings Montana with a July 1 home plan in Camp Crook South Dakota. Florence Yount and Owen Wilson wed in Ottumwa, with Marguerite Zeigler and Clairé Robinson present. they plan farming life together.

Campbell Whitham Lillian Kirby Billings Mont Episcopal Church Camp Crook South Dakota Mr. Whitham F. H. McQuiston J. M. Whitham Fairfield

Christian Endeavor Carnival at Presbyterian Church

Tonight at 7 30 readers are invited to a Christian Endeavor Carnival hosted by the Presbyterian church located at 566. The event aims to provide fellowship and activities for members and guests.

the Presbyterian Church

Miss Ruth Grove Dies at Stockport Home

Miss Ruth Grove daughter of Mr and Mrs William Grove died at her Stockport home yesterday after about three weeks of typhoid fever. She was known in Fairfield and Jefferson County with many relatives. The funeral will be at the Methodist church Friday at nine thirty. Interment follows at Evergreen Cemetery in this city around eleven thirty.

Florence Yount Owen Wilson Ottumwa Fields Marguerite Zeigler Clairé Robinson Yount Elizabeth Yount Ruth Grove William Grove Stockport Miss Grove Fairfield Jefferson County Evergreen Cemetery

Chautauqua Auxiliary Board to Meet Saturday

The Auxiliary Board of the Fairfield Chautauqua association and the Directors meet at 1 30 p m in the Supervisors room at the Courthouse to discuss boosting local Chautauqua and expanding this year's advantages for wider reach. Full attendance anticipated.

Fairfield Chautauqua Association Chautauqua

Oil Fire Destroys Kirkpatrick Town

A Clover Leaf train wreck in Kirkpatrick Indiana released seven oil cars causing a massive blaze that wiped out much of the town. A mother saved her child as flaming oil ran toward her home and the explosion drew motorists from Lafayette and Crawfordsville. Kirkpatrick has about 400 residents.

Linden Ind Kirkpatrick Here Clover Leaf Lafayette Crawfordsville

Kokomo Mail Carrier Indicted for Murder in Lovers Quarrel

Kokomo Indiana June 21 The grand jury indicted Earl Dunkle a city mail carrier for murder in the first degree after he shot Aradath Stroup a Kempton youth following a lovers quarrel authorities report.

Kokomo Ind Earl Dunkle Aradath Stroup Kempton

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