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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1919
Page
3
City of Fairfield Iowa requires dog owners to pay tax at the City Clerk for each male dog one dollar and each female dog three dollars to obtain a metal tag for the collar. City Marshall may destroy untagged dogs after June 1 1919 under Ordinance 182.
Cedar township Bradshaw No 2 becomes a Jefferson county standard school after a noon picnic celebration. Miss Belle Allender and Mr. Robert Fulton led the effort with parent cooperation. Iowa plans state standard schools next year, with unknown requirements likely higher than county standards.
Gethsemane Commandery No 59 Knights Templar holds its annual inspection tonight May 6 with the Order of the Temple to be conferred under E C Cummings 212 6 F S Cummings.
Free piano tuning promotion offered with one tuning per church. Conscientious, careful service guaranteed. Orders taken by Unkrich the jeweler. A. J. Petrie, piano tuner, Ottumwa. Read the Peoples Column for details.
Railroad timetables show East Bound trains No 2 Overland Exp No 4 Chicago Local No 6 Chicago Lim No 8 Fast Mail No 12 Chicago Lim No 18 Chicago Local No 178 Peoria Local and West Bound No 3 Overland Exp No 5 Nebraska Lim No 7 Fast Mail No 9 Colo Calif Lim No 17 Burlington Local No 15 Fast Mail No 17 Peoria Local all trains daily except 178 179 17 and 18. Do not carry passengers. Rock Island services include No 12 Fast Express No 30 Local Passenger No 84 Local Freight No 11 Fast Express No 29 Local Passenger No 856 Local Freight
Camp Upton New York May 6 The 168th Infantry last formation was held with Colonel Matt Tinley commending the unit for war service. An informal gathering before demobilization transfers to Camp Dodge. Governor Harding and Adjutant General Lasher attended. Routing details remain unsettled, though official word places the departure for May 11. About 300 men from companies D G and H will travel on a train stopping at Keokuk Ottumwa and Oskaloosa.
The Jefferson County Hospital Auxiliary will hold a food sale on Saturday May 10 at H P MecLaughlins furniture store. Buy your Sunday dinner there. Also home and business insurance with 15 to 35 percent savings and bargains in vacant lots and other real estate. Phone 2551. F W Lundquist.
The program lists exams for rural eighth graders on May 15 and 16 with sessions in the A M and P M. Reading grammar geography spelling physiology arithmetic civics writing history music and a pathway for seventh grade completers to skip repeated subjects. Normal training tests run May 14 16 overseen by June Chidhester county superintendent. Gaumer Bros. ad notes safety razor blades sharpened 30 and 40 cents per dozen.
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