Local Briefs Report Various City Moves And Visits
Sheriff Shan Campbell spent yesterday in Packwood on business. P. J. Erickson is seriously ill at home on West Grimes Street. Thomas Hannah was a business caller in Ottumwa yesterday. Mrs. Walter Stewart of Glasgow spent yesterday in the city. Regular Forest City Lodge meeting this evening at 8. Mrs. Thomas Pollock and daughter of Libertyville visited. Wm. Pool returns home from Pleasant Plain. Mrs. Taylor Watts returns from Camp Dodge visit. Mrs. Luther Heston and daughter of Libertyville visited yesterday. Arthur Moran of Lockridge spent yesterday in the city on business. Mayor Munro returns from Washington Town. M. S. Randall returns from Des Moines visit. Claude Bowermaster returns to the city from Ottumwa. Mrs. J. R. Parsons of Superior en route to Glendale for sister visit. Mrs. Mary Despain leaves for New London for several weeks. Phillip Sauer travels to Burlington for bakers convention. Ella Litton and son of Glasgow visit Des Moines en route home. Marriage license issued to Homer Ing ham and Vera Bray. Harry Easton returns from Ottumwa. Mrs. Florence Roth of Unionville visits Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Charles Roberts and Edna Roberts return home to Mt. Pleasant. Mrs. Ray Eckerman returns from two weeks with her parents. Sadie Goehner and granddaughter Bettye Lou visit Eldon. James Hammer taken ill in barber shop. not a stroke. Clay Brenneman leaves for Chariton, Des Moines, Milwaukee to join Twin City Tractor plant prep for county tractor work.
Dr House Urges Church Heal the Sick and Restore Healing
Dr E L House told a Methodist audience that healing the sick is part of the church work alongside salvation from sin. He traced church healing rituals from early times and warned movements may supplant orthodoxy if the church fails to re affirm healing efforts. He argued spiritual healing surpasses mental healing and that true healing requires Christian faith and Bible authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. House
Methodist Church
Jesus Christ
House
Episcopal Church
Bibl Wednesday Evening Dr. Hot
Chi
God
Rachael Hawkins Dies at Home in Libertyville
Rachael Melissa Hawkins aged 74 died after a long illness at her Libertyville home. She was born in Ohio in October 1843 and lived in Stockport before marriage to Henry Hawkins on February 2, 1865. Survived by husband, five children, a brother and sister, and several grandchildren. funeral at 1:30 PM tomorrow from the home with Rev. E.W. Stodghill. Interment in Fell Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachael Melissa Hawkins
Libertyville
Rachael Melissa Snyder
William and Elizabeth Snyder
Ohio
Iowa
Stockport
Henry Hawkins
Alice Swanson
W. E. Sasseen
Ames
Okla
Anna Maddix
Laura Lawson
Carpenter Creek
Mont
Will Hawkins
Elizabeth Lane
James Snyder
Methodist Church
E W. Stodghill
Fell Cemetery
Ed Gilbert Severely Injured in Fall
Ed Gilbert, a well known Black, was seriously hurt Tuesday evening after falling from a ladder about twenty feet onto a cement sidewalk. He landed on his feet, crushing both ankles with the left ankle more severely damaged. His back also hurt but not seriously. he will be unable to work for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Gilbert
Recital Tonight by Mildred Stewart Margaret White and Robert Israel
The recital in Prof Moor head's studio features pianist Mildred Stewart soprano Margaret White and violinist Robert Israel and will begin promptly at 8 o'clock this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Moorhead
Mildred Stewart
Margaret White
Robert Israel
Combination Sale at Buchanan's Feed Yard
At Buchanan's feed yard a combination sale is set for Saturday March 16 1918 with items consigned daily. Readily available are new work harness one horse harness plows a new incubator and a Ford car among other automobile items and numerous articles not listed. The venue serves as both buyer and seller for any and everything.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
Ford Car
Fairfield to host Des Moines Nursery Co rep March
Very Best Nursery Stock advertises first class trees and ornamental stock, true to name. Mr. W. B. Campbell will be in Fairfield during the last week in March representing the 124 Des Moines Nursery Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Campbell
Fairfield
Community Bible Class Sees Enrollment Rise Friday
Attendance for the Community Bible Class is increasing as the second term opens with Friday night meetings expected to reach 100. Tomorrow at 7 15 p m Dr House lectures and study guidance for chapter 9, Blind Beggar, links to chapter 8 The Light of the World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Christ
God
Books For Soldiers Drive Aids War Service Library
Two million more books are needed by the library war service for soldiers and sailors in camps, transports, hospitals, and overseas. A nationwide drive begins March 18 to gather books at public libraries for shipment, with camp libraries already established at 34 camps. Citizens urged to donate in good, up-to-date volumes across travel, history, fiction, science, poetry, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library War Service
United States
Uncle Sam
Jefferson County
Fairfild
Hook
Crazy Advertising Poetry for Suits and Shirts
A playful poem brags about store ads in verse to sell suits, shirts, hats, and boys wear. It touts low prices like Twenty-One and Thirty-Five, promises attentive service, homey atmosphere, and aims to make customers boosters for the shop.
Jefferson County Court Quiet Title Notice 1918
Marcellus Thompson files in Jefferson County Iowa District Court to quiet his title to part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter in Section 8 Township 72 Range 9, naming multiple defendants including the First National Bank of Fairfield and several West and Howard heirs. Defendants must appear and defend by April 8, 1918. failure to do so will result in default and judgment. Richard C. Leggett Jr. serves as attorney for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of
Fairfield
Iowa
James F. Wilson
Mary A K. Wilson
R. H. Hufford
Mary J. Hufford
Z. H. Held
Isadore Held
Wm. S. West
Winnie E. West
Frank L. West
Jennie C. West
E. A. Howard
Mary L. Howard
Morgan Keltner
Nathan Berkhimer
Temperance Berkhimer
Jefferson County
Marcellus Thompson
District Court
State of
Jereon County
Carpenter wage rise notice for April
Notice states that starting April 1 local carpenters must ask for a ten cent per hour wage increase. The document implies a general wage adjustment for trades in the area.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ntireland
Shan Campbell
Packwood
P. J. Erickson
West Grimes Street
Thomas Hannah
Ottumwa
Walter Stewart
Glasgow
City
Forest City Lodge
Thomas Pollock
Wm. Pool
Pleasant Plain
Taylor Watts
Camp Dodge
Luther Heston
Arthur Moran
Lockridge
R. H. Munro
Washington, Town
M. S. Randall
Des Moines
Claude Bowermaster
J. R. Parsons
Superior, Neb
Glendale
Atrs. Smith
Mary Despain
J. F. Despain
New London
Phillip Sauer
Burlington
Bakers
Burlington Hotel
Ella Litton and Son
Homer Ef, Ingham
Brighton
Vera E. Bray
Richland
Harry Easton
Florence Roth
Unionville, Mo
Dr. Hayden
West Broadway
Charles Roberts
Edna Roberts
Dorothy
Mt. Pleasant
Ray Eckerman
Avery
P. J. Brody
Sadie Goehner
Bettye Lou
Eldon
A. C. Wergerandt Home
James Hammer
Mullenix
Clay Brenneman
Chariton
Milwaukee
Wis
Twin City Tractor Company
DR. House
Rachael Hawkins
Nofice
Des Moines Nursery Co
Community Bible
V. A. Vartanian
Baptist Chuch
Jewell
M. H. Cuddy
N. W. Corner Square
Gaumer Bros
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
Burlington Street
Relia
West Side
Jefferson District Court
Richard C. Legget?t
Plaintiff
Goeke’s
Popham
Nrueiste Yrove
Prial
Ctaretans
Smith
J. Engel
Chicago
Scheffel
Music
James Hughes
W. H. Pence
Battery Department
Conbee
Willard Service Station
Eldridge Battery CO
North Court Street
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Down Town
Jericho
Easton
C. F. Long
J. M. McKain
South Third Street
J. F. Bolger
J. C. Penney Co., Inc
Leggett Hotel
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