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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
6
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Republican primary notices from Jefferson County announce candidates for State Representative Sheriff Clerk of Court County Auditor County Recorder County Attorney and Supervisor. Names include WM. L. LONG C. E. RISTINE SANFORD ZEIGLER Jr TURNER VER NES SAMUELSON R L LEGGETT M OLGA RAINES and GHO STEPHENSON with June 3 1918 primary dates.
The notice names candidates seeking Democratic nominations for county treasurer and clerk of court. RK HM SPENCH runs for treasurer and GEORGE M BALL seeks the clerk of court, subject to Democratic voters at the June 3 1918 primary.
Guise, the Ince Triangle actor, resembles General Joffre after a recent haircut. He plays General Gabriel Durand in Sweetheart of the Doomed at the Fairfield Theater tonight, part of Jerome N Wilson and Monte M. Katterjohn’s Triangle-Ray Bee production with Louise Glaum.
Notice states that from April 1 carpenters in this locality must mark a wage increase of 10 cents per hour. The directive applies to all workers in the trade within the area.
A cable from Major J F Clarke reports Hospital Unit R arrived safely at a foreign port. The message said arrived safe all well and letters from New York likely today. The ship may have docked about 24 hours before landfall, with possible landing in France amid related news of a British liner sinking off the Irish coast.
Miss Anna Brawner and Rosie Belle Heston were injured while riding a pony en route to school six miles west of the city. The pony fell into a mudhole, throwing them. Heston sprained her arm and Brawner suffered a facial cut from broken glass in her lunch bucket while the pony died from a broken neck.
The Batavia negative team Nita Huff Jessie Brown Lena Sherman with Katherine Druse faces Fairfield High School affirmatives Charles Fulton Arthur Castile and John Bartlett on the issue that the government should own and operate U S railroads. Parsons College professors Morris Winters and Crossman will judge.
Stockport High defeated Fairfield High in a basketball game last night with a final score of 17 to 10. Bruce Gobble from Fairfield refereed the Larue area contest.
Lorena Hook of Libertyville and William Oaks of Monmouth were married at the Presbyterian parsonage. A wedding dinner followed at Leggett House before they depart for California. Also, Miss Lucy M. Shaw and Clarence L. Horton wed at the Methodist Circuit parsonage. They will live on a farm near the city. The Westminster Bible class met at Prof. E. E. Watson’s. about fifty attended with music and games. Royal Neighbors and Royal Oaks class events and a surprise birthday gathering for Mrs. Unkrich and Mrs. Sullivan were noted with gifts and refreshments. The Hawkeye Rebekah club held an indoor picnic with a late picnic supper.
The Fairfield school election will occur next Monday. Sanford Zeigler, Sr. and W. W. White are the only nominees for the two board places they presently occupy. Polls open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Supervisors rooms at the courthouse.
Miss Blanche Miller of Ottumwa and Wade Voorhies of Batavia visit the city today on business and tourism. Prof EB Watson will judge the Batavia Fairfield debate tonight. Mrs D Higbee moves from East Adams to hospital care after illness. Rock Island train No 1 now stops at Brighton daily. First basketball tournament games tomorrow at Trustee gym. Lorena Hook and Wi Oaks marry today but lacked license due to age. parental affidavits required.
The notice lists changes in hometown life including store hours now set to six twenty pm to six pm with Wednesday and Saturday variations. It notes residents Logan McCoy and Von visiting Ninot Colorado to visit a sister and planning to settle there, Hugh Topping moving to a newly vacated farm, Kelley Gilbert planning a new home on a farm southwest of town, and Wm Phelps moving to a midtown farm. George Wilson purchased the Iola Snyder property of nine lots and will relocate from Pulaski with his family next week.
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