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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1917

Page

3

Personal notices from local areas include travels and visits

Harry Kilpatrick traveled to Stockport on business. Miss Lea Buckles visited Oskaloosa with friends. Jean Van Zant and companions visited this city. Various locals report operations, illnesses, and family moves. A.K. Turner suffers an infected arm while others attend graduations and view relatives.

E. BE. van Zant Glen House Mr. Dodge Keosauqua Jean van Zant Greeley Col

May Festival at Parsons Stuns With Colorful Dances

A large Parsons crowd witnessed a May Festival on the college campus featuring the crowning of Queen Gertrude Downs, flower girls, and multiple dances. Performances by Miss Buckles, Mrs. Boies, and Miss Vernon plus pianist Mrs. Grace impressed, highlighting Mrs. Boies’s training and Columbia University ties.

Parsons College Joseph Roth Gertrude Downs Margaret Watson Grace Marie Anderson Verne Mendenhall Miss Kirk Lea Buckles Frank Boies Willard Vernon Zaida Wisecarver Nicholson Humphrey Dorothy Agnes Jones Orr Bolick Green Johnson Taylor Bauman Scovel Huston Stewart Woods Goff Stiles A. Nicholson Buckles Miss Buckles

Lawrence Raymond Kelly dies after illness

Lawrence Raymond Kelly, age 0, died yesterday at two miles east of Libertyville after two weeks of diphtheria and spinal meningitis. Funeral services were held at ten this morning and burial followed in Fells Cemetery. He was born January 29, 1914, and is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Daniel Kelly and brother Clifford.

Josephine Frasier Birmingham Jefferson County Hospital C. B. Gilworth Davenport J. R. McKain Independence J. R McKain South Third Street McKain James Drexler Charles City John H Merckens Carter Collins DD. C. Collins Leland Stanford University California B. F. Crail C. C. Taylor Ottumwa George Woods Thos. Osbborn Methodist Church Mt. Pleasant Lawrence Raymond Kelly Daniel Kelly Libertyville Clifford

Festival praised by YWCA leader and former pupil

Mrs Boies and former student praise Miss Gladys Workman as chair of the YWCA Social committee for the festival's successful management and execution.

Mrs. Boies Gladys Workman

Roy Spratt Hurt After Stairs Fall at Home

Roy Spratt, a blind man, was badly bruised when he fell from the second floor stairway at his West Monroe Street home while taking his young daughter for water. He sustained back injuries but no bones were broken and he will miss work at the broom factory for several days.

Roy Spratt West Monroe Street Mr. Spratt

Hannah Clinkenbeard Auto Co Formed in Strike of Carlson

Messrs. T. W. Hannah and BK J. Clinkenbeard purchase Anton Carlson interest in Hannah Clinkenbeard & Carlson Auto Co and will run the business as Hannah Clinkenbeard Auto Co.

Carlson Hannah Clinkenbeard CO Messrs T. W. Hannah BK. J. Clinkenbeard Anton Carlson Hannah, Clinkenbeard & Carlson Auto Co The Hannah-Clinkenbeard Auto Co

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Harry Kilpatrick Stockport U. S. Cochran Abe Oskaloosa Peter Despain Orr Lawson Iowa City Paul Reed Court Carter Clapp & Carter Grocery F. Hamill Company Keokuk C. E. Faulkner Gethsemane Commandery No Knights of Templar Fred McClain Packwood Jessie Martin Rose Gardner Washington Walter Hunt A. C. Turner Walter Snyder Marcus McBeth Richland White Delta Colo Matt Kaldesburg Co. M Fairfield John Adams Lockridge C. H. Gustison James Turner Hazel G. W Bean Ainsworth Nora Bean Ainsworth High School Stylish Oxfords C. E. Anderson Lawrence Kelly Thoma J. C. Bradshaw. Furniture CO J. C. Bradshaw Furniture CO Men's Union Men’s Athletic Union Ladies Union Boys Union Misses Union Gaumer Bros Presbyterian Church George W. Unkrich Tomorrow’s Daily Journal Margaret White Lie Per Dozlie SWIFT J. P. Foreman North Fourth Street Just Stovall’s J.w.oliver&son FORD Gray & Davis North Fourth
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