Fairfield Iowa Adopts 1917 1918 City Budget Ordinance
The Fairfield Iowa city council approves Ordinance No. 197 appropriating funds from multiple city departments for 1917 and 1918. Budgets cover general, water, grading, lighting, sewers, parks, roads, buildings, cemetery, city hall, fire equipment, judgments, bonds, improvements, road and purification plant, and road fund. Passed June 4 1917 by Mayor Ralph H Munro and City Clerk Paul Colnson.
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Fairfield
Iowa
City of
Water Department
Bec
Maifield
Airfield
Bec, l
Fairfield Daily Journal
Ralph H. Munro
Presbyterians Face A M E In Evening Baseball Showdown
Tonight at 6 20 at Alumni field the Presbyterian nine of the Sunday School league meets the A B EK ball tossers in a battle royal. Teams have practiced daily and fans expect an exciting contest this evening. Tomorrow the United Presbyterians and the Mission are scheduled to play.
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Alumni Field
Presbyterian
A. B. EK
United Presbyterians
The
Mission
Goethals Urges Big Fleet of Aeroplanes
Major General George W. Goethals and Frederick W. Allen urged the Senate committee to centralize authority for the $600 million air fleet program. They argued war will be won by aircraft and artillery and called for one man responsible to direct the entire air construction effort, praising the Sheppard-Hulbert bill. They warned that division of authority weakens the effort.
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Washington
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Frederick W. Alien
New York
Western Front
Senate
Goetham
Resalta
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Moves
Mrs. 8. W. Clark of Atlantic visits her daughter Mrs. Donald McGiffin. Miss Ruth Pinch of Huron visits friends in the city. Maurice Fryer returns from Chicago to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Fryer. Mrs. W. Montgomery and Edith move back to Brighton after a city visit. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Redick move into the state above GauMer drug store. Mrs. R. G. Walker and son Raymond visit Batavia to see Mrs. Walker's mother Mrs. Gillis. Armour Wilson of Wapello, after Yeoman training in Rhode Island, heads to Philadelphia for his ship assignment. He enjoyed ten days’ furlough here. Mrs. Ed Sawyer and daughter of Ames visit Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Gamrath.
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Ruth Pinch
Huron
Maurice Fryer
Chicago
O. F. Fryer
W. Montgomery
Edith
Brighton
Mer Drug Store
R. G. Walker
Raymond
Batavia
Armour Wilson
Wapello
Naval School
Rhode Island
Philadelphia
Penn
Ed. Sawyer
Ames
C. L. Gamrath
Fairfield Woman Credits Tanlac For Relief Of Ailments
Mrs Sam Bell of Fairfield attests Tanlac eases nervous indigestion rheumatism and aids sleep after starting a bark berry root preparation introduced by Gaumer Bros. She says appetite improved strength returned and pains ceased claiming she feels like a new woman and recommends the tonic to others.
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Sam Bell
Tanlac
Sam Hell
Fairfield
Mrs. Bell
Gaumer Bros
South Side
Square
Gaumer Bros. v
Despondent Woman Tries Carbolic Acid Suicide
John Logan reported his wife attempted suicide by swallowing carbolic acid at about five in the evening. Doctors treated minor burns in her mouth and throat and predicted no serious injury. The Logans reside in a Boyd flat on North Fifth Street amid domestic trouble. they have two young children.
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John Logan
Logans
Boyd Flats
North Fifth Street
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Paul Colnson
Pesbyterians
Goethals
8. W. Clark
Atlantic
Donald McGiffin
Mrs. C. M. Redick
Gau
Gillis
Tanlag
R Panlac
Orpheum Orchestra
William Fox
Genevieve Hamper
George Beban
Pee
Buaupur
WalCll Luis Paper
Broadway
Court Streets
Saal
A. V. Frazey Verle
Frazey
A. V. Frazey & Son
Thoma
Fairfield Pure Ice Company
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