Fairfield Club Seeks City Improvements At Luncheon
A Fairfield Commercial Club gathering features A G Jordan pressing a single question on the city’s greatest need. Members debate water filtration and sewers as key priorities with 90 business leaders present and a plan to pursue four main improvements including park commissions and paving in coming seasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Jordan
C. M. Junkin
Jordan
Commercial Club
Fairfield
Leggett House
Blaks
J. B. Monfort
F. Simmons
Commercial Club of
Fair
Ladies Improvement Association
E. F. Simmons
J. B. Montfort
C. Thorne S. A
R. F
Wilson W
Cook
William Louden
W. P. Sullivan
Starr
Clarke
Frank Fourt
Park Commission
Dillon Turney
C. J. Fulton
R B. Louden
Dean Taylor
Court House
J.S. McKenney
Benns of Stockport Attend Business in Town
Mr and Mrs John Benn of Stockport were in the town to attend to various business matters, appearing briefly in public before continuing their schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Benn
Stockport
Dr Kepford to Lectures Here Across Jefferson County
Rev Aretas E Kepford, lecturer for the Board of Control of State Institutions, will give free talks in Jefferson county at Pleasant Plain Libertyville Batavia Abingdon Lockridge Four Corners Salina Packwood Germanville Glasgow County Line March 6 to 21. Topic: The Social Aspects of Tuberculosis. Lectures promise educational value and wide accessibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Aretas E. Kepford
Board of Control of State
Pleasant Plain
Libertyville
Batavia
Abingdon
Lockridge
Four Corners
Salina
Packwood
Germanville
Glasgow
County Line
Kepford
Dairy Special Train Tour Opens March 15
The State Dairy association and Burlington railroad launch a three car dairy lecture tour visiting Pairfield Birmingham Libertyville Batavia Fairfield and Lockridge with 7 30 pm evening meetings and a 9 30 am lecture the next day. Speakers include Hugh G Van Pelt E S Estes G W Patterson W W Marsh and others on dairy cattle silos feeding testing breeding and barn design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Dairy Association
Burlington Railroad
Pairfield
Theevening
Birmingham Libertyville
Batavia
Fairfield
Lockridge
National
Repu Ation
Jersey
Guernsey
Hugh G. van Pelt
E.S. Estes
G. W. Patterson
North Iown
WW. W. Marsh
Dairymaid of
Pinehurst
E.R. Showmaker
Kimball’s
Dairy Farmer
W. B. Barney
G. H. Tellier
American Association Creamery Butter Manufaturers
Dr. O. ©. Thompson
Phone the West Side Laundry Service Ad
Laundry pickup and family wash offered by E M Sam with phone number 2299. Wagons will call for your laundry and delivery provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Sam
January History of Jefferson County in 1911 Summary
January history for Jefferson County notes extreme weather with rain turning to ice and subzero temperatures. The month records many accidents and several deaths, including locals Anthon Zillman Nimrod Dyer and Sarah Whiting Van Nostrand, with long-running pioneer histories and a contested auditorship result from the December election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
H. Heaton
Ledger
Rock
Paddy
Wm. H Coop
Merrimac
Peter Salzman
William Achenbach
Lookidge Township
Lockridge
John Be@enberger
Hggenberger
Switzerland
San Francisco
Alexander McCracken
Commodore McCracken
Anthon Zillman
Zillman
Elizabeth Moone Campbell
Edward Campb
Campbell
Pennsylvania
Nimrod Dyer
Mr. Dyer
James Montgomery
Mr. Montgomery
James R. Davis
Beckwith
Mr. Davis
Ohio
Sarah Whiting van Nostrand
van Nostrand
Clark van Nostrand
Walnut Township
Nancy Hetzel Womelsdorf
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Senate Defeats Borah Direct Election Resolution 544 to 33
The Washington senate rejected the Borah resolution for constitutional amendment to elect U S senators by popular vote. It fell four votes short of the required two thirds with 54 yeas and 33 nays after a roll call. Senator Borah predicted renewed effort in the next congress and pledged continued advocacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Wee
Virginia
Yeas
Bailey
Beveridge
Borah
Bourne
Bradley
Briggs
Bristow
Brown
Burkett
Burton
Carter
Chamberlain
Clapp
Clark
Wyo
Clarke
Ark
Culberson
Custom
Cummins
Dixon
Dupont
Frye
Gamble
Gore
Grenna
Guggenheim
Jones
LaFollette
McCumber
Martin
Nelson
Newlands
Nixon
Overman
Curtis
Davis
Owen
Paynter
Perkins
Piles
Rayner
Shively
Simmons
Smith
Stephenson
Stone
Sutherland
Swanson
Taylor
Thornton
Warner
Watson
Young
Bacon
Bankhead
Brandegee
Bulkeley
Burnham
Burstows
Crane
Depew
Dillingham
Fletcher
Flint
Foster
Gallinger
Hale
Heyburn
Johnston
Kean
Lodge
Lorimer
Money
Oliver
Page
Penrose
Percy
Richardson
Root
Scott
Smoot
Taliaferro
Tillman
Warren
Wetmore
Georgia
New England
Atlantic
West Virginia
Central
West
Mississippi
South
Recount Boosts Columbus Population to 9400
Unofficial returns from a city recount place Columbus population at 9400, 600 above the census figure. East Columbus records 1500 residents and a campaign to merge East Columbus with Columbus begins to gain metropolitan privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ind
East Columbus
Greater Columbus
Morrison Gets Thirty Days
Judge D M Anderson sentences William Morrison to thirty days in Jefferson County jail after a 28 hour jury deliberation. The trial for alleged attempted rape drew crowds and jurors reported guilty of assault, with minors excluded from the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
D. M. Anderson
William Morrison
Morrison
Mos
Two anniversaries mark Pairfield elders birthdays and golden union
Sylvester Clapp at 87 receives neighbors greetings at his daughter J Fred Clarke’s South Main home. John Turnbull and Miss Sarah Jane Ruggles celebrate a wedding anniversary in Libertyville with family guests. Local figures Olive and Edmond McCleary join the festivities while distant relatives travel from Richland Packwood and Beckwith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Clapp
Pairfield
J. Fred Clarke
South Main Street
Clapp
John Turni
Ted
Libertyville
John Turnbull
Sarah Jane Ruggles
Packwood
Edmond McCleary
Herbert Steele
Richland
Henry Shy
M. Ruggles
Nor
Man Caviness
Beckwith
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Dr. Kepford
Lhe Fairfield Journal
Iowa
Jefferson
the Fairfield Journal
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