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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1917

Page

3

Personal notices from local paper recall lives and moves

Mr and Mrs N B Regester return from Florida with visits in Charleston and Chattanooga. Florence Gavin ill at home. G A Nelson resigns Western Union post for Washington. George McCleary buried at Evergreen. Rev H A Mosser ill with mumps. Dr Parsons to fill Presbyterian service. Christine Elliott ill with mumps. Lutheran conference held this evening. Pearl Parsons visiting Ottumwa. C P Wright at Albia on business. Mrs E G McKiben attends Missionary convention in Sterling Kan. Lee Leverton takes city job. Ed Herman sick with measles. Marion Patterson joins White Tea store. R T Finch takes Western Union post at Ft Madison. C W Woodford in city on business. Mrs H P D Minster and Edna return from Brighton. Walter Myers leaves barber shop for James Alfred shop. Ed Allender in Mt Pleasant on business. Mrs Cox and Rena return from Memphis. L T Gobble on business in Albia. Mrs J M Horn and Ralph visit from Woolson. Etta I mser elected to New London schools. Mrs E L Richardson of Milwaukee visiting MclIntosh family. A K Harper illness delays Rushville trip after 633 converts. Cecil Swanson ill at home. G S Anstead to Rock Island for government work. Mrs Francis Edmonds to Brighton for weekend visit. Roy Hutchison and wife to Mediapolis after Mayo Clinic trip for appendicitis. Mrs Charles Riggs and Mrs McBeth of Libertyville visiting. Mrs Frank Ball off to Kirksville for visit with mother.

Florence Gavin G. A. Nelson Western Union Telegraph Office Washington George McCleary Evergreen Cemetery H. A. Mosser N. Main Street Presbyterian Church Dr. Parsons Christine Elliott East Adams Street Lutheran Sunday School Workers’ Conference Pearl Parsons Ottumwa C. P. Wright Albia E. G. McKiben Sterling Kan The Missionary Society of the United Presbyterian Church Lee Leverton Cantril Ed. Herman East Kirkwood Street Marion Patterson White Tea R. T. Finch Ft. Madison C. W. Woodford Brighton Etta iMser New London E. L Richardson Milwaukee Wis T. M. MclIntosh A. K. Harper Rushville BE. Keltner Stockport Guy S. Anstead Rock Island Government Arsenal Francis Edmonds Roy Hutchison Mediapolis John J. Hutchison Rochester Minn Hutchison Mayo Bros. Hospital Charles Riggs McBeth Libertyville Frank Ball Kirksville

Local church groups host showers and socials this week

Mrs. W. R. Keesey’s Bible class and Willing Workers met at Mrs. Morris’s West Burlington home for prayer, a literary program, music, and refreshments. The Methodist choir hosted a shower for Miss Ruth Young at East Adams Street. guests enjoyed gifts, refreshments, and a celebratory mood.

W. R. Keesey Methodist Church Ruth Young Carrie Ruth Rangner East Adams Street Miss Young

Elizabeth Dyer dies after six weeks of illness

Mrs Elizabeth J Dyer aged 78 died at 905 South Main Street last night after six weeks of illness She was born March 30 1833 in Illinois and married Nimrod Dyer in Fairfield in 1851 Surviving children include Luella Cook Sadie Lee J W Dyer Claude Dyer and Winnie Dyer Funeral held Sunday at 1 30 pm from the residence with Rev W R Keesey in charge Burial in Richwoods cemetery

Elizabeth J. Dyer South Main Street Alice Caviness Mt. Ayr Sybbell Dyer Fairfield Luella Cook Graham, Mo Sadie Lee Almyra Ark J. W. Dyer Fairmont Neb Claude Dyer Denver Col Winnie Dyer Presbyterian Church Methodist Church Richwoods W. R. Keesey

Brazil facing opposition to foreign minister over German descent

Reports from Rio de Janeiro say Dr Altiller, foreign minister for several years, faces attacks rooted in German ancestry. Agitation grows for an immediate declaration of war against Germany.

Rio Janiero Altiller Germany

Delightful Bridge Party on South Main Street

Guests gathered at South Main Street for a bridge party hosted by gracious hostesses. A dainty lunch followed the playing, adding a refined close to the afternoon’s social event.

Ricksher South Main Street

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