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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1917

Page

7

Personal notices from Ottumwa society page

Mrs A S Grace of Chicago visits for May Festival at Parsons College. Mrs J E Bowermaster visits Richland. E W Woolums visits in city. Several residents travel to Ottumwa Ottumwa events noted. Birth news includes a seven pound girl born to Mr and Mrs George Manley. The Boy Scouts plan a benefit at the Orpheum tonight. Juries in Squire Wilson court acquit chicken theft defendants. Cook and Jack Edler bound to grand jury.

A. S. Grace Chicago Frank Ss. Boies Grace Columbia School of Expression Parsons College George Manley Martha Darbyshire Dorothy Wallace Helen Wilson Washington E. J. Clinkenbeard Mt. Pleasant Craig Kirkpatrick Keota Louisa Kaska Pleasant Plain George M. Ball Ottumwa Joel Turney Jefferson County Hospital Turney Robert Despain Burlington West Kirkwod Street W. A. Atkinson Hubbard,s Squire D. B. Wilson W. H. Nylander Liberty Township Squire Wilson Cook Jack Edler

Fairfield Citizen Arrested For Wardrobe Violation

Miss Lizzie, a Fairfield resident, visits Mt. Pleasant to search for a corset purchaser and is jailed briefly after being accused of wearing clothing not belonging to her sex. The incident ends with a $25 fine and the person released from custody.

Mt. Pleasant Fairfield Lizzie Pixley South Jefferson Street City

May Festival at Fairfield College Captivates Residents

Senior examinations start tomorrow signaling the end of term. The May Festival on campus at six thirty will enchant Fairfield residents with a planned prettiest-ever display. After the event the College Orchestra with Milton Blaul will perform in the chapel at about eight. Mrs. Thos Shevlin to Wed Marshall Russell of Winchester Virginia was announced in New York May seventeenth.

Lizzie Pixley Sheriff Shepherd Ford Fairfield Milton Blaul Burlington New York Thomas Shevlin Yale Marshall Russell Winchester

Illinois Marshal Fends Off Burglar at Grand Power

Murphyboro Illinois May 17 An unidentified burglar was killed in a fight with Duff Cady the town marshal at Grand Power where the confrontation ended fatally for the intruder and left Cady unharmed.

Iinois Murphysboro Ill Grand Power Duff Cady

Suits Cleaned and Pressed for $1 in New Chicago

Pearl McGill offers to bring in last season's clothes for a brand new look. Suits cleaned and pressed for one dollar at 726 in New Chicago.

New Chicago Pearl McGill

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J. E. Bowermaster Richland E. W. Woolums Packwood W. C. Spaulding W. W. White A. F. Greet H. L. Branlie Long Grove Iowa Mrs. Branlie J D. Ebert Fast Kirkwood Street Rev. L. E. Koenig Presbyterian General Assembly Dallas Texas Marshall Chilcott Iowa City Albert Swanson M. D. Rodabaugh E. Lamberson Ottum C. D. Greeson J. Kk. Bowermaster Buford Murray Peoria, Ill Pauline Clinkenbeard L. E Linkenbeard Fred McClain Davenport John Crawford Stockport O. A. Banta Ture Fairfielder College Aontireland Panamas L. E. Clinkinbeard J. C. Bradshaw Furniture CO Men’s Athletic Union Gaumer Bros Autstedler & Baker Banta’s North Fourth Street Just Stovall’s J.w.oliver&son Gray & Davis Peace Machine Shop
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