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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1917
Page
7
Parsons College Concert Company formed last October aims to lead the Vesper Choir music and tour on weekends. The group has already performed in Packwood Winfield and Middletown with trips totaling several days, and has appeared at Batavia among other towns.
Bethesda notes report Ed Ogden at the parent al home in Mimia Illinois. On Sunday March 4 the thermometers registered at zero. Prof Douglas to speak Wednesday at 3:00 PM at Beckwith school house. Roy Burnett returns from Kansas to work with Ed Ogden next year. Mrs D M Green visited daughter Mrs Holgate in Center township. Clarke brothers preparing.
A French soldier writes to Bob about falling in love with an American girl in Longueval. He recalls the old castle and estate, fears of change, and how the arrival of the hen owners sparked romance, noting the emotional impact on everyone.
Francis Hammond improves from pneumonia. Jefferson County Historical Society meeting postponed to March 21 at the Library. Ladies Improvement Association banquet set for March 15 at the Methodist church. Cross Lanes church puts on play Out In the Street March 14. Abbie Shrader visits from Parsons College. Kathryn Turney visits from Chicago. Mrs. C. J. Fulton returns from Kansas City. Mrs. George Roth visits then returns to Mt. Pleasant. Orpha De Witt returns home to Stockport. J. E. Long of Lockridge visits the city. Charles Freding and daughters Hilda and Helen visit the Fosters in Washington. M. R. Collins returns from Fremont. Mrs. Charlotte Johnson sells 80 acres west of town to J. F. Nelson of Richland for 225 per acre. P. N. Goodwin named administrator of Armstrong estate. Goodwin and J. C. Frain guardians of Armstrong heirs. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cochran and children depart for Lew Van Canada after months here. Mrs. Dan Riggs of Chicago visits. Riggs works at Marshall Field. B. T. Raines returns from several weeks in Florida. Fred Breckenmaker of Columbus visits sister Anna Harris then travels to Kirkwood. Ed. Alfred visits from Batavia. Mrs. William Gifford of Bloomfield visits D. B. Craft. A. K. Harper returns from Bloomfield. Mrs. W. C. Knight expected today from Des Moines after visit with relatives.
The Burlington Hawkeye praised a New London performance by the Parsons Concert Company with a strong male quartet and skilled readings by Miss Collins. Oakville Sentinel lauded varied program, noted Miss Stewart's piano, Miss White and Mr Mountain, and the two ladies’ quartet numbers. A Morning Sun Presbyterian pastor called it the best Lecture Course concert of the year. next Monday the company’s home concert will be in the Presbyterian church.
Curt Forrest longtime Jefferson County resident died Sunday at his home northwest of Abingdon after a short illness. Funeral services were held at his residence this afternoon at two o'clock and burial followed in Abingdon cemetery. Attending were Mr and Mrs Lee Loehr and Mrs Hugh Huston. He is survived by his wife Belle Loehr and son Jesse Forrest of Abingdon.
Four Chinese were killed and five shot in a Tong War outbreak spanning San Francisco Oakland and Stockton. In San Francisco two dead one fatally wounded and a bystander shot in the leg. in Stockton one dead one dying and two bystanders wounded. in Oakland one dead. Participants were Bing Kong and Suey Sing tong members.
Community notes record W F Johnson visiting Des Moines for a shoe dealers convention. Florence Loehr leaves Hufstedler Baker for The Fair. Mrs. Deardruff returns from a funeral in Abingdon. Lydia Oliver named administrator of Joseph Olver estate. W R C meets at Court House. Mrs. Pinskie mourns mother Mrs. Anderson. Joseph McDowell in Ottumwa for district highway work. Miss McGaw leaves Huglin Rorick for Ford Garage. Ernest Frank visits Washington. Naomi Wicksell visiting sister Eric Aaronson after teaching at Montezuma. Mrs. M C Renshaw of Des Moines visiting local relatives. Attorneys Webber and Gray noted on business.
B. M. Metzer advertises moving services available by load or by the hour with phone contact at 3716. Local notice notes flexible pricing and prompt handling for relocations.
Now is the time to enroll for spring or summer term at Fairfield Business College located in the Junkin Block on South Main Street. Day and evening sessions are offered with a tuition of 35 dollars.
The British steamship Andania sailing from New York on Washington's Birthday with sixty passengers including a Harvard unit of American ambulance men reached Liverpool safely, per Cunard line cable advices.
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