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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1919
Page
2
Fragmentary text shows names EAN TAYLOR and LAURA R TAYLOR with editor and manager roles. Subscription options mention carrier delivery by week or month and mailed formats with prices. however OCR truncation leaves unclear durations and total costs.
Mrs Elsie Zichey Boies pleased a full Methodist church crowd with a recital last night to benefit the W R C memorial fund. Encores followed each number as she performed with strong support from Miss Gladys Goff on piano and Miss Florence Loehr with whistling solos.
Leo and Leonard Adler Harry Shatner and Dallas Miller will be taken to Ottumwa tomorrow to appear in the Juvenile court. They broke several windows in the Holcomb feed barn and damaged an automobile therein. The first two named are now under parole.
Thirteen Rainbow soldiers were sent to Des Moines by the club last week after a parade in Ottumwa. The welcoming committee included D. J. Johnson, Richard Warner, and Capt. L. D. James. The train arrived 10 p.m. Wednesday, soldiers given leave until 6 a.m. The club plans a Great Home Coming Day for July 4 and hopes Mr. Curtis M. Johnson will speak June 12 if arrangements permit. A Farm Bureau stock sale committee was formed. Clinton badge No.18 meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. for fret degree work.
Fairfield adds two new factory structures alongside the grey iron foundry expansion. The Dexter Washing Machine Co contracts a three story building at South Depot and Fifth in New Chicago and a west of plant addition will add 20,400 square feet. Thomas Son, paint and glass wholesalers, moves to larger quarters as demand grows.
Miss Anne Wilkins and John Ross wed at the bride’s parents’ home in Little Rock Arkansas on May 16. Ross, formerly of this city, serves in the Dental corps at Camp Pike. The couple visit relatives here for a few days. Also active were meetings of the W C T U and Health Club, a South Side Bridge luncheon hosted by Mrs Oscar Easton, and a marriage of Miss Jessie Olive Sandley and Wm R Tompkins at the Methodist parsonage. Tompkins remains in the army and hopes for discharge soon. The Pythian Kensington hosts a 1 PM luncheon at Mrs John Huglin’s home, with assistance from Mrs Spratt and Mrs Blough.
A Cedar drainage meeting at the Court House with about 50 land owners elected E. B. Smith as chairman and E. A. Orrin as secretary. Discussion covered sinking a new Fox River drainage canal or straightening the old creek, noting potential land value increases. Bonds were signed to cover a preliminary Cedar Creek survey.
The Fairfield Iowa Board of Education last night adopted a resolution reaffirming authority of superintendents and teachers to administer corporal punishment to reformat unruly pupils. It states the board does not judge the severity used in the Crane case, supports Crane’s appeal to the District court for full disclosure, and notes Sgt. Kb. L. Garrett of Shenandoah will supervise Fairfield schools next year as a guest of Crane.
The ad invites students to join a summer piano course at the teacher's home at 404 West Briggs Street starting June 9. Interested parties are asked to call 1558 297-23 for Bessie M. Kemp. Read the Peoples Column.
London reports General Pershing’s proposed England trip is indefinitely delayed. He will not leave the Rhine until Germany signs the treaty, making the visit inadvisable at this time.
Washington May 20 Representative Carl Van Dyke Democrat of St Paul and commander in chief of Spanish war veterans died of stomach hemorrhage He was serving his third term in the House Message notes his leadership in veteran affairs and ongoing congressional service.
Berlin reports violent rioting at Stettin with nine civilians and twenty soldiers killed. German troops have occupied the city as unrest spreads.
City water may be unsafe for home use for several days due to repairs at the Waterwees Filter Plant. Work will be completed as soon as possible. City Clerk F. J. L. Black signs the notice. All aboard for the Orient, Thurs.
Local notice states those leaving ironing and aprons at the gauze ahgp will find them at hed Croas headquarters. Call for them between one and five Tuesday afternoon. All remaining after this date will be sold. Miss Gantz.
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