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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
12
Freedom in Dress by Ben Jonson
Poem describing the allure of natural simplicity over ornate fashion. The speaker contrasts refined styling with unadorned grace and questions whether adornment truly pleases.
Death of Ray Longwell Shocks Fairfield Community
Ray Longwell, 34, a member of Company M and a familiar figure in Fairfield, died this afternoon at Jeffison County Hospital after a pneumonia illness. Funeral plans are not yet set. In a separate incident Mrs. P H Fisher was injured when a car struck a horse being moved to Birmingham, killing the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Longwell
Company M
Jeffison County Hospital
Mr. Longwell
William Longwell
Fairfield
P. H. Fisher
Mr. Fisher
Birmingham
Federal raid on Chicago election office probes 1948 ward votes
Federal agents raided the Chicago city hall election commission offices after moonlight seizing records from the November presidential election in four wards the First Second Eighteenth and Twenty first ward ballots. Grand jury subpoenas were served on County Judge Thomas J Scully Chief Mierk Dennis J Egan of the section commission and members of the commission as the probe into alleged general election fraud begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mar
Federal Department of Justice
City Election Commission
Moon
Thomas J. Scully
Mierk Dennis J. Egan
Section Commission
British Close to Bapaume in West Front Push
London reports the British forces closing in on Bapaume with stubborn resistance. They are now under two miles from the town as Berlin notes the Ancre Somme engagements are progressing as the German command desires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bapaume
Ancre
Somme
Berlin
Chicago and East Buffalo Live Stock Market Report
Hogs receipts 280000 with light shipping to good to fancy pigs quoted $13.25 to $18.35, heavy packing $15.30 to $15.40. Cattle receipts 18000 with good to choice steers $11.00 to $11.40. butcher cows $8.50 to $11.50. Cash grain corn No 3 white 99 to 101, oats No 3 white 57 to 58. Potatoes prices listed. East Buffalo market shows cattle receipts 15 cars slow, hogs 10 cars strong with heavy and workers $13.90 to $14.00, pigs $12.25 to $12.50, sheep 10 cars top lambs $14.55 to $14.65, yearlings $12.00 to $13.50. Veals $12.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Buffalo
Dunning
Stevens
Livestock Commission
N. Y
Old soldiers seek transport to Vicksburg Jubilee
Commander J S Gantz of the George Strong Post lists veterans planning to attend the Grand Peace Jubilee in Vicksburg Mississippi on October 16 to 19, contingent on free transport. A Des Moines legislature bill would fund their trip for World War era service, with names and units including Iowa Infantry and Cavalry veterans from Fairfield Packwood Batavia and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 8
S. Gantz
George Strong Post
Vicksburg
Miss
Des Moines
Westminster Guild to Meet at Mrs Louden Home
Society items note Westminster Guild will meet tomorrow afternoon at Mrs Roy Louden’s South Third street residence. Ladies’ Aid parties recount farewells for Wheatley Roach households with gifts and soon-to-depart couples. Grace Canby and Harold Unkrich wed at Chas Heer home on North Court street with luncheon and floral decor. Jefferson Lodge 4 held a social meeting with chicken supper. Bridge party hosted for Misses Ripley and Mrs Becker. Parsons hosted a country-spot observation gathering. Women’s Foreign Missionary Society to meet at Mrs Horner’s Briggs street home Friday at 2 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Guild
Roy Louden
South Third Street
Prairie Chapel
C. D. Wheatley
Wheatley
David Roach
Bertha
Ladies’ Aid
Wheat
Grace Canby
Mt. Pleasant
Harold H. Unkrich
Lockridge
Chas. H. Heer
North Court Street
W. R. Keesey
Methodist Church
J. G. Browning
Miss Canby
George P. Canby
Unkrich
C. H. Litton
Glasgow
Olds
R. Bruce Louden
West Adams Street
Geneva
Helen Ripley
Burlington
Becker
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Women's Foreign ‘Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
O. EB. Horner
E. Briggs Street
Libertyville man dies by own hand amid alcohol troubles
Joseph W. Oliver a farmer near Libertyville is found dead with a 32 caliber revolver after an apparent suicide. He had a history of drinking, prior hospitalizations, and a recent car crash with a $50 bond. The body was found by his sister and local authorities said no inquest was needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Oliver
Libertyville
Oliver
L. D. James
Shan Campbell
Ottumwa
Joseph
Dutch steamer rescues 179 aboard five torpedoed ships
The Armando reported arrival at Newport News that on January 28 it picked up 179 survivors from five ships torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay. The women and children among the survivors were landed at Vigo, Spain, aboard the Armando, which was en route from Rotterdam to Hampton Roads. The sunk ships included two Norwegian, two British, and one Italian vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport News
Armando
Bay of Biscay
Vigo
Spain
Rotterdam
Hampton Roads
House approves 400000 for food inquiry amid will o the wisp claim
Washington March 1. The House, over protests by Chairman Fitzgerald, voted 400000 for the federal trade commission to investigate the high cost of living in the civil sundry bill. The chairman called the inquiry a will o the wisp on a roll call vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fitzgerald
Appropriations Committee
Federal Trade Commission
House
Willard Helps Wolgast Enter Milwaukee Sanitarium
Champion Jess Willard and ex lightweight champ Ad Wolgast visit Milwaukee to seek rest and treatment as Wolgast suffers a nervous breakdown. Willard and manager Tom Jones persuaded Wolgast to enter the sanitarium for a rest cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolgast
Milwaukee
Wis
Jess Willard
Ad Wovast
Willard
Tom Jones
Teutons Press Drive Against Russo Roumanian Lines
Berlin reports a sudden Teuton assault in Moldavia along the Valpuita road. The offensive captured heights, 1,300 prisoners, eleven machine guns and nine mine throwers. Petrograd acknowledges a reverse but claims some positions were retaken by a counter attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Mar
Teutons
Moldavia
Valputia Road
Petrograd
President Wilson Acknowledges Peace Question Easier to Believe
President Wilson told peace advocates that he has always favored peace and will use his power to sustain it. He said the nation must grasp the magnitude of the peace question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
Mar
Whlson
Prominent Iowa Leader James McConologue Dies
Colonel James McConologue, member of the state board of control and longtime Democratic figure, dies in Des Moines after weeks of illness. He previously served as mayor of Mason City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
James McConolgue
State Board of Control
Iowa
Mason City
Governor Harding to Speak at K P Banquet
Forty first annual K of P lodge banquet at Leggett house tomorrow evening with Governor W L Harding as principal speaker. Short talks by J A Huglin J S McKenney and Hon Geo W Ball. Tickets selling fast. unsupplied callers should visit Bevering's cigar store before noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. of P. Lodge
Leggett House
W. L. Harding
J. A. Huglin
J. S. MceKenney
Geo. W. Ball
Order
Bevering’s
Mrs C L Walker Dies After Months of Illness
Mrs C L Walker widow of the late Rev C L Walker and mother of Ross Walker of Batavia Iowa died this morning at Jefferson County Hospital after a cancer illness. Born October 30 1858 at Batavia she married Rev C L Walker in 1875. Survived by ten children including Ross G Rulie Mamie E Guy and Anna Collard. Funeral Saturday at 2 from Batavia Christian church with burial in Batavia cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Walker
Rev. C. L. Walker
Ross Walker
Jefferson County Hospital
Susan M
Alfred
Elizabeth Grey
Batavia
Iowa
Ross G
Rulie B
Mamie E
Guy R
Anna Collard
Cedar Rapids
Christian Church
Coats
Brown
Batavia Cemetery
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W. Taylor
Ben Jonson
U. S
Election Commission
Germany
Vicksburg, Miss
John H. Downard
T. S. Waters
H. C. Maxwell
Farfield
H. C. Smith
G. A. Smithburg
Iowa Cavalry
O. P. Taylor
Glasgow, Co. M
Albert Howell
Selma, Co
Lowa
S. S. Crane
Fairfield, Co
Iowa Infantry
Henry Schriber
John Miller
25Th
George H. Frasher
J. W. Shaffer
Wm. H. Huffstedler
S. B. Turner
J. S. Gantz
J. E. Roth
19Th
David Metzler
Packwood
Francis Forney
30Th
Ohio Infantry
Benjamin Ivens
Abe Frakes
Wm. Hendricks
Henry Grammer
Lherryville
Towa
Lewis W. Shaw
17Th
Geo. W. Unkrich
West Washington Street
Jefferson Lodge No. 4
Wm. Parsons
Will-o’-the
Governor Harding
Frank
Kerrick
Iowa State Savings Bank
Roth & Co
Redfern
Paris
America
Public Square
T. B. Allender
Nunn & Kline
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
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