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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1917
Page
3
Personal notices reveal many travelers and visitors
Pay Frank 8S Boies returned from a Mesa Arizona business trip and other Southwest stops. John and Mrs Hellman of Pilot Grove visited, and Hellman is cashier of Pilot Grove Savings Bank. Parrett brothers in New York and Des Moines area joined military units. Numerous relatives and friends visited here from Chicago Davenport Birmingham and Cedar Rapids over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Boies
Mesa
Arizona
John Hellman
Pilot Grove
J. H. McCarty
Hellman
Ralph Parrett
Co. M
Bruce Findlay
Ariz
Frank S. Boies
Ina Farmer
Bernhart
Harry Fair
Betty
Chicago
Marcia James
Texas
O. M. Young
Davenport
George Young
Ruth
J. C. Campbell
Birmingham
Vivian Nelson
Kansas
Henry Hart
Ottumway
Susan Fulton
Henry Stichter
Washington
John O'Neil, Jr
Edina
John O'Neil
West Depot Street
Bernice Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Conscription Registration Officers Named in Jefferson County
Jefferson county to conduct Se lective Conscription registration on June 5. Sheriff Shan Campbell appoints clerks for each precinct including Abingdon B F Collins and Batavia T G Watterson in Abingdon. Blackhawk M L McCracken. Brookville Dan Johnston. Buchanan Adrian Frame. Cedar H C Pattison. Center E G Carlson. Des Moines E O Gonterman. First Ward Lon Israel. Second Ward H A Oliver. J F Deardorff. Third Ward Louis Chapins and Harley Carter. Fourth Ward Frank S Cummings and Vern Hague. Liberty Township Dr R B Stephenson. Lockridge Township O O H Sherman. Lockridge A A Anderson. Packwood F E Stewart. Penn John J Kyle. Round Prairie Clifford Taylor. Walnut M H Corey. Registration at regular voting places 7 am to 9 pm. all men 21 to 30 must register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Shan Campbell
Abingdon
B. F. Collins
Batavia
T G. Watterson
Blackhawk
M. L. McCracken
Brookville
Dan Johnston
Buchanan
Adrian Frame
Cedar
H. C. Pattison
Center
E. G. Carlson
Des Moines
E. O Gonterman
Lon Israel
H. A Oliver
J. F. Deardorff
Louis Chapins
Harley Carter
Frank S. Cummings
Vern Hague
Liberty
R. B. Stephenson
Lockridge
I. Anderson
Packwood
F. E. Stewart
Penn
John J. Kyle
Round Prairie
Clifford Taylor
Walnut
M. H. Corey
Explosion at Vienna Pyrotechnic Institute Kills Nine
A Vienna dispatch reports the Hansel and Tektbaum pyrotechnic institute where explosives were made was wiped out by a blast. Nine workers died and several others were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Vienna
Hansel and Tektbaum
Governor Telegram Urges Registration for World War I Draft
A telegram from the governor to Sheriff Campbell announces the May 18 proclamation of the selective service act. It orders all men ages twenty one to thirty to register June 5 in their home precincts, with one registrar per eighty registrants and extra staff if needed. Registrars must be appointed, with blanks supplied and notices mailed by May 24. Publics urged to acknowledge receipt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Heavy hail storm damages Fairfield area
A severe hail storm struck Fairfield around five pm Saturday causing extensive damage. Fruit trees and gardens suffered, and greenhouses reported broken lights including 205 Window lights at Montgomery green houses and 11 lights at the B. F. Black residence. Some hailstones were as large as guinea fowl eggs and fell for about twenty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Montgomery
B. F. Black
Barbers Urge End to Egg Shampoo in Nation
Patriotte Muncie barbers call razor artists nationwide to drop egg shampoo thus saving eggs for 50,000 breakfasts weekly, a move pitched as wartime conservation from Muncie Indiana dated May 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Patriotte Muncie
Painter George Gordon Injured In Fall At Wilkerson House
Huntington Ind May 21 George Gordon a painter suffered serious injuries when he fell eighteen feet from a scaffold to a cement sidewalk, landing on his head at the A C Wilkerson residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ind
George Gordon
A. C. Wilkerson
Sudden Death of Boston Youth Charles Fligg
Telegram from Boston reports the sudden death of 16 year old Charles Fligg, second son of Mr. and Mrs. James Fligg. He was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fligg of this city, where his parents once resided, drawing sorrow from local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fligg
James Fligg
Boston
Mass
Card of Thanks and Piano Tuning Notice
Card of thanks from Mrs J H Charles and R J Charles for flowers in memory of their husband and father. Alaska exports 60 million dollars worth of salmon annually. Piano tuning service offered in Fairfield from May 28 to June 6 with orders at Leggett House or Music Store by E J Eisenhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
J. H. Charles
R. J. Charles
Alaska
May
Leggett House
E. J. Eisenhart
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Paul E Crowther
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Dan Stout
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Mayo Bros.’ Hospital
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Sanny
Wm. Prewitt
Los Angeles
Cal
Willard Boyd
St. Paul
Lockridge Township
Campbell
Iowa
W. L. Harding
Chas. Fligg
Boston, Mass
C. E. Anderson
Gaumer Bros
Studebaker
Studebaker Worth
Hannah Clinkinbeard
Etbograph Company
Anna Nilsson
Eugene Strong
Jessellasky
B.a.rolfe
Sweetest of
Mabel Taliaferro
William Fox
Virginia Pearson
Oliver Morosco
Kathlyn Williams
Lone Star Film Corporation
Charles Chaplin
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