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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 23, 1918

Page

3

Rush For Seats To Senior Class Play Two Nights

High School Auditorium seats sell out as the senior class play Grandma Gibbs of the Red Cross lights up Friday and Saturday performances. Cast includes Eloise Smith Kathleen Workman Esther Coffman Libba Carroll John Bartlett and more in a four act war era vignette with Liberty Music by Imperial Sextette.

Grandma Gibbs Red Cross Grandma Gibbs Presher Eloise Smith Kittie Clover Kathleen Workman Sumadthy Snapp Esther Coffman Wellington May Larson Loretta McBride Sane Aaida Wisecarver Janine Wellingtons Willard Vernon Edna Alston Marie Allison Lizzie McBride Elizabeth Fry Ezra Gibbs Bisons Lanee Richard Crail Mike Hanningan Tee Ralph Brown Happy Jim Hawkins Poe Robert Conlee Cousin Welington Miss Boyer Lillian Hanson Miss Deine Aeriel Zeigler Miss Taylor Robert Langford Shannon William Cuddy Gladys Larmore Grace Connell Elizabeth Harreld Madeline Whitmore Vera Parks Florence Peebler Inez Hoffman Mildred Stever Gladys Scott Erma Culp Mertie Galliher Mary McCormick

School Board Seeks Bids for 500 Tons Coal

The School Board invites bids for 500 tons of coal to be delivered in June and July. Bidders must state district and coal quality. Bids are due by May 27. Cc U Emry, 502 Sec'y.

Cc. U. Emry

Public School Art Exhibit Display Friday and Saturday

The public is invited to attend the High school and grade school art exhibit Friday and Saturday in the vacant store room north of the Iowa State Savings Bank. The show covers a full year of work in free hand drawing composition poster and design with originality as a key feature. Miss Katharine Tyler and teachers urge a large turnout.

Iowa State Savings Bank Katharine Tyler

Fairfield Iowa Band Postpones Concert This Week

There will be no band concert this evening as members participate with the Masonic Band at Keokuk and others at the High School Commencement in Birmingham. The Senior Class play also affects attendance, so the concert is postponed to next week.

Fairfield Iowa Masonic Keokuk Birmingham

Community Bible Class Will Hold Two Final Sessions

The Community Bible Class meets tomorrow evening and again next Friday for the close of the term. Members are urged to attend the last two meetings.

Piano Tuning Visit in Fairfield Announced

Piano tuning will be in Fairfield from May 27th to June 5th with orders left at Leggett House or Scheffel's Music Store. Notices also remark on opinions about slavery, the Louisiana lottery and liquor license.

Fairfield Leggett House Scheffel’s E. J. Eisenhart Chicago Music House James Hughes

Notice to creditors of Journal Printing Co and B J Taylor Sons

Notice to all with accounts against Journal Printing Co or the firm’s members to submit statements of account. Journal Printing Co B J Taylor Sons expected to reconcile balances and close books.

The Journal Printing Company

Senior Class Play Tickets On Sale May27 At Jericho Easton

Tickets for the Senior Class Play will be distributed Friday morning at Jericho and Easton's. Seats in Trustee Gymnasium are limited so buy early. The message urges acting on probability and avoiding Sunday shows.

Jericho & Easton Trustee Gymnasium

Man’s Fight Against the Sabbath Overthrow

A terse call to defend sacred practice against political or social change. The text questions whether citizens must resist threats to religious observance, framing it as a duty of men to oppose what it terms an overthrow of the Sabbath.

Forces of Good Rally Against Sunday Shows and Decay

A civic gathering condemns Sunday entertainment excess and moral decline. Organizers urge community action to defend traditional values and address perceived cultural erosion. The movement emphasizes unity, discipline, and public virtue amid ongoing social shifts.

Republican Nominees Announced for Jefferson County Offices

A stream of announcements from Jefferson County Republicans lists candidates for state representative sheriff clerk of court county auditor recorder county attorney and supervisor with June 3 1918 primary dates. Notable names include WM L Long A S Ritchey C Erristine Sanford Zeigler Jr A C Turner Geo Stephenson Vern S Samuelson R C Leggett M Olga Raines Clyde C Bell and M B Humphreys. The notices urge Republican voters to support their nominations.

Jefferson County WM. L. Long A. S. Ritchey District Court Sanford Zeigler, Jr A. C. Turner Geo, Stephenson Vern S. Samuelson M. Olga Raines Republian County Recorder Clyde C. Bell

Democratic slate of Jefferson county candidates in 1918 primary

Local notices announce re nomination bids for U S House Iowa and county posts. Frank P. Mowery seeks renomination for Congress. R H Spence for County Treasurer. George M Ball for Clerk of Court. Glen Neibert for Sheriff. Primary dates June 3 and June 8, 1918.

Jefferson County House of Representatives of Iowa 87Th General Assembly Frank P. Mowery R. H. Spence Glen Neibert

Summers Property Sale Advertises Bargain on West Hempstead

The M. E. Summers property on West Hempstead street is offered for sale at a bargain. Ten to a modern house centrally located near depots, high school, and the public square. An excellent proposition as a combined residence and rooming house. C. A. Summers, Executor.

M. E. Summers West Hempstead Street C. A. Summers

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