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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1917
Page
3
Albert Thornberry of Farfield High School captured first place in the Southern Iowa Declamatory contest held in Oskaloosa on May 12. Eight contestants competed with Knoxville taking second and Washington third as a large audience enjoyed the spirited event.
W C Wallace former convict will address the New Chicago Mission Monday evening at 7 45 exposing his fifty years in crime and thirty five years in prison He will discuss his escape and tell the story under the title A Good Time Who Pays A public invitation is extended to attend.
Enrico Arlotta head of the Italian commission arriving in New York says Italy does not need more men at the front as it has provided troops and emphasizes seeking a war loan in America to pay for purchases. He calls for ships to transport provisions and war materials and trusts the United States will meet industrial needs.
Gaumer Bros provided the Brunswick phonograph music that enhanced the Junior Class play staged last evening.
Fred Hinkhouse sails to London with New York Hospital Unit No. 2 for service in a base hospital. Seniors appear in caps and gowns at chapel. Dean Wirtz begins a series on patriotic observances. A. E. Fridell of Des Moines visits Parsons for the YMCA conference camp preparations at Lake Geneva.
Miss Ruth Sutton of Middletown and Miss Glaggs Dodds of Mediapolis visit Miss Harriett Bolick at Ballard Hall. Mrs. H. G. Shelby of Burlington visits her daughter Katherine while Mrs. G. F. Blake and Mrs. D. M. Clayton of Mediapolis stay with Dorothy Blake. Miss Schoene of West Point weekends with Miss Mabel Fett at Ballard. Miss Louist Harper of Mediapolis attends the Junior play and visits friends.
The event invites the public to hear Clark son of Albia Sunday afternoon at the Fairfield theater starting at 2 45 pm local time.
A back order of black hats arrives and is offered at fifty percent off the dollar at Lam Berenson's Pattern Hat Shop.
School Board secretary orders payment of bonds No. 75 to 84 inclusive at the secretary’s office as directed by notice from Co. Y. EMRY.
Des Moines May 12 Governor Harding vetoed Senate File Sixteen which repealed the non partisan judiciary act and restored the circle on the ballot. The veto leaves political parties without authority to list candidates for district and state supreme courts and keeps the ballot without the circle in state elections.
A Mexican refugee in El Paso said General Felix Diaz nephew of Porfirio Diaz was shot and killed by General Calimayer near Salina Cruz Oaxaca after a dispute over supreme command of revolutionaries. Mexican secret service in New Orleans partially confirms the report.
An old European bound to rise again theme is paired with a claim that peas contain more calories than any other soil product. The speaker urges preference for peas as a dietary staple.
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