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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1917

Page

3

Community Notices From Lockridge Area

Mr and Mrs J S Hicks returned home from Brighton after Fred Weidner funeral. C M Graham ill at home on West Munroe. Elizabeth Collins spending Sunday at Batavia with brother. Mr and Mrs Frank Sodergren of Lockridge visited. Ernest Hudgell of Burlington visiting with Everett Frye. Jesse Forrest of Abingdon city visitor. Richard Nelson of Glendale in the city. Mrs Mary Wright visiting her son Alvin Wright at Lockridge. Harry Johnson and daughter Charlotte of Oskaloosa visit with Johnson family. Bertha Murphy of Lockridge visiting Verle Frazey. L E Whitney motored to Keosauqua and visited relatives. Quality Soda Pop from Mr Pleasant Bottling Works recommended. Clifford Brown in Lockridge on business. Tiff Crail to Des Moines for field meet. Grace Carruthers and Mrs Gardner of Centerville visiting Florence Roth. George Begalty of Mt Pleasant in city on business. Gilbert McKee from West Burlington hospitalized at Jefferson County Hospital. Verner Koons of Batavia visited friends. Mrs O M Drummond and Miss Geneva Ripley visited Otumwa friends. Mrs Henry Manhardt of Pleasant Plain visiting. Harvey Burkhart of Co M in Ottumwa for visit. Mrs A Hutchins of Richland visiting. Hazel Scovel returned from Libertyville for visit. Frank Lawson and children of Keota visiting Robert Gumm. Mrs Curt Forrest of Abingdon visited J F Loehr. Mrs Hugh Huston and daughter Florence visiting. Victor Sodergren’s condition not improved. to go to Colfax by auto, hope for recovery.

Signs of the Times and Sacred Music at Local Churches

A rundown of morning and evening services across English Lutheran First Methodist Free Methodist and other churches. Sermons focus on Christian faith growth and prophetic signs while musical programs feature orchestras solos duets and overtures. Attendance and Sunday school details are listed with times and topics.

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Window flags and auto emblems offered by Daily Journal

The Daily Journal offers window flags and auto emblems for readers in Fairfield where some homes lack flags. Bring the coupon and six cents to obtain a flag, and seven and a half inch emblems are available for windshield or headlight mounting for night illumination. The coupon plus nickel covers either item.

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Community Meeting Announcement From Local Church

Our average may be normal for the second quarter. Come and bring someone with you. Bert Barrow Superintendent. There will be no after service during the summer except on special occasions. Regular prayer meeting Tuesday evening. Mr Charles B Walker will lead this meeting. Walker is an interesting leader with something good for his hearers. Let all come out and don’t miss the best meeting of the week. We are pleased at the growing interest in town toward our work and desire your prayers. B F Wnorowski Field Superintendent.

Kuhns Kuhus Bert Barrow Charles 8. Walker Walker

Turkey dinner at the Leggett Sun day event

FOR RENT Three furnished rooms for light housekeeping at 601 South Fourth Street. Phone 1244. 753.

the Leggett South Fourth Street

Sacred Concert Program at 7 30 PM with solos and readings

The program lists a grand religious selection with scripture reading and prayer. Performances include Mackie-Beyer cornets, Henry Fillmore soprano, Carl Pflenger, Miss Margaret White, Averill Hammer, W. Lewis, C. V. Von Gluck, and Robert Israel. Selections feature The Holy City, Joy and Praise, How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me, In the Cross of Christ, Angels Serenade, Hallelujah, Oh Savior Hear, and Abide With Me.

Cornet Stephen Adams Warren Mitchell Henry Fillmore Carl Pflenger Margaret White Averill Hammer W. Lewis C. V. von Gluck Robert Israel

Wabash College Adjusts Schedule Closing Early

Crawfordsville Ind May 19 Wabash college will be dismissed June 1 and examinations canceled for the year delaying the start of next fall until after October 1. The changes follow the departure of students to join army branches. Enrollment stands at 320 with 114 remaining at spring vacation.

Crawfordsville Ind Wabash College G. L. Mackintosh Army

Say War Chiefly To Blame Conversion of Car Plants Into Munitions

Testimony in the Indiana Public Service Commission coal hearing, held with the national defense council, blames railroad inefficiency and price boosting by jobbers and mine operators for coal shortages. It also cites the conversion of nearby car plants to munitions production as a contributing cause.

Gary Ind Indiana Public Service Commissions National Council of Defense M. I. Lewis

Thaw Transfer Ordered to Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane

Warry K. Thaw, who killed Stanford White, will be moved from St Marys hospital where he recovers from self inflicted razor wounds to the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane in West Philadelphia.

Waite Declared Sane by Alienist Panel in Murder Case

Albany May 19 Dr. Arthur Warren Waite condemned to die next week for murdering his father in law John Peck of Grand Rapids has been declared sane by a commission of alienists appointed by Governor Whitman.

Albany N. Y Arthur Warren Waite John Peck Grand Rapids Wich Whitman

Also Mentioned on This Page

J. S. Hicks Brighton Fred Weidner C. M. Graham West Munroe Street Elizabeth Collins Batavia Frank Sodergren Lockridge Ernest Hudgell Burlington Everett Frye Jesse Forrest Abingdon Richard Nelson Glendale City Mary Wright Son Alvin Wright Harry Johnson Charlotte Oskaloosa Wall W. E. Johnson Bertha Murphy Verle Frazey L. E. Whitney Keosauqua Mr. Pleasant Bottling Works Clifford Brown Tiff Crail Des Moines Grace Carruthers Gardner Centerville Florence Roth George Begalty Mt. Pleasant Gilbert McKee West Burlington Street Jefferson County Hospital Verner Koons 0. M. Drummond Geneva Ripley Ottumwa Henry Manhardt Pleasant Plain Harvey Burkhart Co. M A. Hutchins of Richland Hazel Scovel Libertyville Frank Lawson Keota Robert Gumm Home Curt Forrest J. F. Loehr Hugh Huston Florence Victor Sodergren Colfax Lockridge Times HK HH HS Miss Winetka Han Sen Paul Bishop Harold Voorhies the Avenger Keesey Presbyterian Church Presbyterian Sabbath School Orchestra Christian Baptist BY. P. U Free Methodist Church West Monroe Street New Chicago College Addition Mission Sunday School Wnorowski Presbyterian Sunday School Orchestra Barnard Wabash Dr. Waite Lane Armand Paradise Gaumer Bros SWIFT J. P. Foreman North Fourth Street Studebaker Hannah-Clinkinbeard Auto Co Masonic Building Fairfield, Iowa Zeearsdaz Detroit Studebaker Chas Sis Hannah Clinkinbeard
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