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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1918
Page
3
Burlington and Mt Pleasant residents mingle in city life with visits and illness noted. Measles illness for Miss Wilma Parsons and multiple return trips after basketball tournaments are recorded along with job changes at Hufstedler Baker and Gaines Bros. stores and a pneumonia illness from Camp Cody.
Fairfield residents vote today to elect two members to the school board. Incumbents Sanford Zeigler and W. W White are nominated, with Lew Israel drawing added support. Polls open at the courthouse until 7 p.m.
Rev R H Polly received a commendation from Rev H De Voe of the Church of Christ in Oskaloosa praising Dr House for his lectures. He is noted as being in Fairfield next week for a series of talks and in his second week here.
Dr. E L House of Portland Oregon captivates Fairfield IA audiences at the Methodist church weeklong lectures. A ministerial commendation from Oskaloosa praises his mind power, spiritual clarity, and Bible loyalty. He explains the mind as three realms and asserts mental action can cure many ills.
The Buchanan feed barn hosts a public sale on March 16 1918 at 2:00 p m featuring horses cattle machinery harness household goods and other items. Auctioneer T B Allender lists the event with lending money on improved city property by Thoma & Thoma Oy.
Des Moines and Cedar Rapids reports list Capt Harrison Cummins McHenry of Des Moines a nephew of Senator Albert B Cummins among the dead in France. The wounded include Isaac Davis Woodburn and B Rons van Raden plus several Des Moines Waterloo and Norwalk soldiers. Jerry Schulz of Cedar Rapids also reported in France casualty list after enlisting a year ago.
Mobile Alabama March 11 Ex Senator Jonathan TL Bourne of Oregon wed Mrs Karol B Spery a local resident at a quiet ceremony. Spery formerly lived in Portland and has overseen Bournes plantation near Mobile. The ceremony drew only close friends.
Illinois faces a severe seed corn shortage with as much as one third of acreage potentially abandoned or switched to other crops. The state council of defense backs a $2 million revolving fund to buy up to 400000 bushels of seed, urging farmers to declare needed quantities now to avoid waste.
Washington March 9 Property in the United States owned by Kaiser the German junkers and the German government will be sold to the highest bidder under A Mitchell Palmers plan as alien property custodian. Palmer testified before the senate appropriations committee proposing legislation to break up German cultural outposts in America.
Mrs. Martha Rasmussen longtime Libertyville resident died Sunday at 5 45 pm at the home of her daughter Mrs Andrew Thompson after a long illness. She would have been 86 on March 28. Survived by daughter Mrs Thompson and one son in Denmark and eleven grandchildren. Short funeral services set for the Thompson home with Rev E W Stodghill. burial in Glasgow. Special services at Moyer Chapel ongoing under Evangelist and Mrs Moyer. All invited.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy after the death of Frank Duke and for the floral offerings. Mrs. B. F. Cox Mae Duke B. A. Snook and Family.
This evening at 7 30 the McCord Chapter holds a regular meeting for hem stitching. For details call 1370. Miss Hagedorn 130.
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