City planning ideals from Prof Zueblin lecture
Saturday summary of Prof. Charles Zueblin’s Friday night talk on The Twentieth Century City praises Fairfield and urges urban beauty through coordinated planning. He cites the Columbian Exposition as a turning point, calls for wide avenues from a civic center, and argues for a single attractive railway station rather than duplications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Zueblin
Fairfield
Zueblin
United States
William Penn
Philadelphia
Chicago
Parks as City Breathin Space and Civic Progress
The piece argues cities need year round parks, citing Boston with 17000 acres and Harrisburg's transformation after civic groups hired experts and funded reforms. It envisions a girdle of parks and cleaner streets, promising the Gridiron city will shed ugly lines, alleys, and poles.
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Boston
Harrisburg
Municipal Improvement League
Civic revival urged for Fairfield by local leaders
The Fairfield community considers civic improvement through a revival of planning led by Prof. Zueblin. Proposals include a Commercial Club, Armory, diagonal public walks across the square, new housing, paving and sewers, new streets without excess alleys, and a boulevard from Parsons College to Chautauqua Park. Public support urged.
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Zueblin
Fairfield-Parsons College
Ladies Improvement Association
Evangelist Zeublin
Fairfields
Button Factory
Armory
East Burlington
South Main Streets
Fairfield
Parsons College
Old Settlers Park
Chautauqua Park
Local Social Notes and Visits Across Towns
Mrs A G Edmund and sons Harold and Carl spent Sunday in Ottumwa. Miss Margaret Roach returned Tuesday from Ottumwa where she visited several days. Mrs Frank Droz of Fairfield visited Miss Susie Carrigan Tuesday. Mrs Frank Ogden spent part of the week with relatives near Bernhart. Mr Hoover of Lockridge visited B C Roberts Thursday afternoon. A C Rauscher to hold second annual opening next Tuesday and Wednesday March 15 and 16. Mrs Ed Sullivan is on the sick list. Miss Nellie Ogden enjoys a vacation from Union school duties.
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A.G. Edmund
Harrold
Carl
Ottumwa
Margaret Roach
Frank Droz
Fairfield
Susie Carrigan
Frank Ogden
Bernhart
Hoover
Lockridge
B. C. Roberts
A.C. Rauscher
Ed. Sullivan
Nellie Ogden
Union School
Bosworth Describes Southern California Canning and Travel
In a letter from Santa Barbara H. P. Bosworth details a large canning factory using peach prune and apricot pits for fuel, notes high fuel costs, and mentions kernels shipped to Germany. He describes travel along the Santa Clara valley by train, a horse-stealing arrest, and cattle in river water as heat rises.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
San Jose
Germany
S.P. Coast Line
Santa Clara Valley
Santa Margarita
Salinas
Iowa
H. P. Bosworth
Soldier Bates Found In Daze After Rock Island Train Parley
John D. Bates a young soldier leaped from a Rock Island train yesterday afternoon and was found near Ball farm in a dazed condition with head and hand injuries. He was initially thought insane but doctors now believe drug effects caused the episode. His mind remains clouded and relatives are notified as investigators await fuller details from comrades.
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Daly
John D. Bates
Rock Island
Ball Farm
Comrads
Surprise Birthday Party for Miss Hillman
A large group of young ladies gathered across several homes and finally met at the home of Mrs. D. L. Baird on North Court Street to surprise Miss Misa Irene Hillman on her birthday. Gifts were exchanged after which ice cream cake and games followed in a festive evening.
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Misa Irene Hillman
C. T. Reynolds
North Court Street
D. L. Baird
Fairfield Hosts Mass Meeting on New Armory for Company M
Business leaders attended the mass meeting in Fairfield to back a new ground floor armory for Company M. Captain Dawson’s report cited an undersized current armory, urging either a proper facility or muster out. A five member committee was formed to explore funding and plans, with another meeting set for next Thursday.
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J. S. McKenney
Guy E. Logan
Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Dawson
Company M
Logan
Commercial Club of
Clarinda
Creston
Centerville
State Board
Iowa City
Waterloo
Sheldon
Ida Grove
Estherville
J. F. Ready
Dillon Turney
C. D Leggett
C. M. Junkin
Joseph Ricksher
Fairfield
W.G. Ross
C. M.junkin
O.D. Fryer
R. J. Wilson
D. Turney
Mrs Lola Wells Hughes Hosts East Jefferson Supper Party
Mrs Lola Wells Hughes entertained about sixteen friends at her East Jefferson Street home in compliment to Miss Bessie Greer of Fairfield. A pleasant evening was enjoyed with a delicious luncheon served.
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Washington Journal
Lola Wells Hughes
East Jefferson Street
Bessie Greer
Fairfield
Gertrude Kasoskey
Pleasant Plain
Kasoskey
School Ticket Nominated at County Convention
A Saturday meeting in the supervisors room of the courthouse nominated a citizens ticket for the school election. C. D. Leggett served as chairman and Ralph Munro as secretary. Nominees include R. W. Lamson for three year term director, V. W. White for two years, and T. Reynolds for treasurer.
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Court House
C. D. Leggett
Ralph Munro
R. W. Lamson
V. W. White
T. Reynolds
Centerville Welcomes New Ice Cream Factory
E A Hartman and E G Cuddy open an ice cream factory in Centerville as a branch of their Fairfield business. Hartman will stay in Fairfield and Lee Ill and Washington and Fairfield factories already operate. They closed a lease beside the Swede Store and began installing equipment for the new plant.
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E. A. Hartman
E. G. Cuddy
Centerville
Mr. Hartman
Lee, Ill
Washington
Fairfield
Missers Cuddy and Hartman
Pleasant surprises mark Good Folks club party
The Good Folks club held a surprise birthday party for Mr. Theodore Keltner at his home with a post card shower and pretty cards. He received a gold stick pin as a gift before guests departed after evening games and music.
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Good Folks Club
Theodore Keltner
Mr. Keltner
Keltner
Anderson invites for Ada Belle and Grant Harrison Johnson
Mrs Nancy Anderson of Libertyville announces the marriage of her daughter Ada Belle Anderson to Grant Harrison Johnson. The ceremony will be solemnized Wednesday evening March 23 at seven o'clock at her Libertyville home.
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Nancy Anderson
Libertyville
Ada Belle Anderson
Grant Harrison Johnson
Fairfield Button Factory Proposal Offered to Citizens
Fairfield residents receive a tentative offer from F. C. Vetter proposing a button factory project. The plan calls for a new 40 by 100 foot building with utilities, two furnaces, and a shell shed at about $4000 to $5000 total. If funded and a 100 cutting machines installed within a year, ownership terms hinge on profitability and labor costs.
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Fairfield
Mar
F. C. Vetter
Keokuk
Fairfield Gas and Electric Company
Vetter
Salina Notes On Local Movements And Deaths
Mrs Castile returned home Saturday after two months with daughter Mrs Fletcher in Mason City Iowa Eva Hollander moved to Ottumwa to work Elmer Edmund of Packwood visited here at sister Mrs Schillestroms and also at sister Mrs Bindell H Cummings and wife visited brother Erva Castell last Sunday Mr and Mrs Hauger learned of their fathers death in Illinois and of another brother in Nebraska they attended the funerals Russell Bates visited his parents George and Mrs Bates and works for Sim Sackett Swedish Lutheran minister will quit and move to southwestern Wisconsin Charley Tellers barn blew down Sunday night Doctor Lesher and son Charley went to Batavia to inspect rebuilding their burned farmhouse February 13.
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Dr. Lesher
Charley
Batavia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prof. Zueblin
Beck With
Miss Hillman
Society News
Salina
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