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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1917
Page
6
The Fairfield Boy Scouts aim to install nesting boxes to protect gardens from pests. Proceeds fund more boxes as birds benefit crops and provide natural insect control. Display boxes are in Gobble & Heer windows. orders can be placed with Scouts or the local troop.
Parsons College Freshmen defeated the Fairfield Tigers last evening at the College Gymnasium by a score of eight to five. The game featured fast play and close guarding from both sides.
Rev L E Koenig travels to Burlington on business. Robert Wray ill with mumps at North Main home. FF H MacQuiston J C Thorne and Dr Sayer return from Des Moines telephone men convention. Fay Riggs family returned from Kimberly Idaho due to Mrs Hafferty death near Libertyville. Mrs Frank Dusain of Libertyville visiting. Prof H M Truesdale returns from Richland Center Wisconsin after father J T Morris death. U1 Peoria man on city business. Mrs J A Riniker of Libertyville visits. Mrs Ed Glotfelty visits home.
Telegraaf reports serious disturbances among German troops near Namur and Huy. Fragmentary word says soldiers have mutinied and are crowded into towns as police and troops fail to disperse rioters until firefighters use hoses. An officer was wounded by stones amid the unrest.
Eric Corey recalls early Bethesda church beginnings in 1861 1862 with wood from Phinehas Fawcett mill and local labor. He names William Clover Philip Polston Richard Caviness and others, notes Fawcett funded most building, and land came from Howard and Booker connections near Beckwith.
Ann Leathers daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Leathers married Nellie Ehrhardt at the Ehrhardt home seven miles north of the city. Rev J W Carson officiated in a ceremony attended by relatives and friends. Martha Summers sang and played the wedding march. A St Patrick's dance follows at the Elk's rooms with music by Washington Schubert's Orchestra.
Tickets available from Firemen for the Fire men's benefit performance at the Orpheum tonight. Proceeds support the fire department.
Community event hosts a roast beef supper with mashed potatoes gravy pickles sherbet and cake and beverages. Tickets available from the firemen for an Orpheum appearance this evening supporting a firemen's benefit.
Federal investigators probe a possible foreign plotted fortification map case after a skeleton found by a Long Beach party near Glendora yielded military sketches a diary a German book and other effects. The diary last dated April 6 1911 suggests Teuton activity six years prior and the mystery man may have killed himself.
Benjamin Smith a 40 year old farmer of Moral township two miles north of London Indiana escaped serious harm when two cows charged him as he tried to shoot his dog in a field. The rope entangled, he was knocked down while a horned cow pinned the dog. neighbors intervened and the cows then diverted attention to the bystander.
Gordon Hale of Richmond survived a Newcastle tornado Sunday afternoon because he slept on the second floor. Mrs. Alice Williamson and her daughter Opal perished as their house was lifted from its foundation while they fled to the cellar. Hale was awakened by the roar, knocked unconscious by a flying timber, and later found by rescuers.
Robert Hall McCormick a Chicago capitalist died at 6 pm in Augusta Georgia. He was seventy years old and had suffered a long illness, only recently realized as nearing its end.
The Grimes Street home at 308 West Grimes burned last night around eight o'clock due to an overheated stove. Harry A Easton and family were away, and firefighters saved the structure though dining room furniture, bed, closet clothing, and woodwork were badly damaged.
Rev W R Coventry from Wapello spoke at Chapel this morning while Miss Perkins and Clarence Hicklin of Wapello visited with prospective students. The Men s Glee Club debuted this morning with two songs and begins a spring tour next Thursday lasting thirteen days. Mrs Hibbitt of Winfield took her daughter Hazel home for easier care as Hazel has been ill for several days.
A fragment notes that today some To Rent advertisements may guide readers to the exact place they seek. It underscores the potential value of classified listings in locating desired homes.
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