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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1917

Page

8

Edward Hildreth Chosen Beloit Basketball Manager

Edward Hildreth of Fairfield Illinois a Beloit College sophomore has been chosen by the college Athletic Board to manage the basketball team next season. He earned the post in tryouts amid several assistant managers this year and has prior experience at Forest Academy handling athletics and in track.

Beloit Wis Edward Hildreth Fairfield Beloit College College Athletic Board Hildreth Fake Forest Academy

Local social notes and household news from Libertyville

Libertyville social items report visits by Kathryn Druse and Edna Pollock, a new baby boy to Mr and Mrs Charley Hagan, and multiple relatives traveling to Richland Ottumwa Keosauqua and Birmingham. Moves and illnesses are noted, along with school term starts, church revival plans, and club meetings in the community.

Kathryn Druse Batavia Fern Riniker Edna Pollock Humeston Miss Pollock Charley Hagan William Riggs Carl Riggs Richland Harley Yost FB. G

Why I Believe in Women’s Suffrage

A concise five point argument for women’s suffrage. The author cites taxation without representation, mothers’ insight, protection of home and child welfare, the flaw of male dominance, and higher female moral standards as justification for allowing women to vote.

Wanted Ads In The People’s Column

Classified notices show vacancies for a second hand Ford seeker at 444, a chamber work position at Leggett hotel 442, and a general house work role needing a girl with contact options at 401 or visit 202 West Washington Street 449.

Ford Leggett Hotel West Washington Street

Help Wanted to Invest in Mt Pleasant Iowa Business

Classified notices show multiple short ads from Fairfield Iowa area items. A Machinists position seeks a partner with at least 400 dollars to invest in a Mt Pleasant business, plus other housekeeping, rental, sale, and real estate offerings listed with contact details and phone numbers.

Louden Machinery CO Fairfield Iowa Mt. Pleasant L. K Journal

Rural School Notes Highlight Long Tenure and Planning

Jefferson county records show many rural teachers serving an entire school year at one school including Edith Essley Margaret Clark Eldra Hopkirk Verna Stever and dozens more. The note urges early district inquiry to retain top teachers and mentions a spelling contest next Saturday at Library Hall with reading contestants to be announced April 14.

Edith Essley Margaret Clark Eldra Hopkirk Verna Stever Clay Harwood Bertha Murphy Grace Barr Nell Benson Mrs. Powell Dorothy Scannell Marie Whitmore Effie Johnson Carrie Brim Myrtle McCreery Clemma Watkins Frances Meacham Marian Patterson Gladys Bankhead Lucile Pequignot C. F. McMican Viola A. Kelly Edward Whitacre Isal Jackson Ethel Greeson Dorothy Labagh Lucile Burke Florence McWhirter Eliza Gardner Helen Mafferty Gladys McCleary Emma Lewis Helen Murphy Helen Grammer Velma Kent Sanford Zeigler Mabel Buchanan Zear Hinshaw Anna Culbertson Lillian Erskine Elsie Johnson Hazel Stever Hazel Daggett Crissie Lyon Mertie Sears Edith Stull Frank Stewart Edith Flinspach Helen Goehring Blanche Craig Margaret Ford Pearl Tucker Treva Bennett Josephine McConnell Lottie Beck Valera Johnson Jefferson County Library Hall

Parsons Glee Club Concert Pleases Mystic High Audience

Parsons College Men's Glee Club delivered a strong spring tour concert in Mystic High School auditorium drawing enthusiastic praise. Management expects a larger crowd next year with ads drawing crowds and notes a pre concert dinner by Domestic Science girls and a Barnett family reception in Centerville. The group also performed in Blomfield under high school auspices and a Sunday sacred program at a Presbyterian church. Nearby notices report a dual declamatory contest set for April 6 and Grinnell Outing Club plans to stock Arbor Lake with game fish with Boy Scouts helping clear debris.

Parsons College Men’s Glee Club New High School Mystic Sanger G. M. Barnett Barnett Centerville Presbyterian Church Blomfield Grinnell Grinnell Outing Club Arbor Lake

Handsome new homes and lots for sale on this street

James Bailey advertises three new modern houses and fourteen lots for sale with easy terms and monthly payments. He offers to build a house to the buyer’s plan on liberal terms and invites inquiries by phone 3499 or in person at 226.

C Street Pancoast Hendrickson & Ronk Stubbs Square B. Duvall C. B. McPeek James Bailey

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