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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1917

Page

7

Personal Notes From County Engineer to Libertyville Visitors

A parade of local social updates lists County Engineer Don L. Teal in Ottumwa on business, plus visitors from Libertyville and Pleasant Plain. Several residents attend funerals, travels include Kirkwood and Batavia, and musical events anchor the community scene with Parsons College and Unkrich orchestra assignments.

Don L. Teal Ottumwa Oscar Swanson Libertyville C. W. Bailey Pleasant Plain Josephine Melinsky Marie East Pleasant Plain Gertrude Melinsky Alice B. Booker Carl E. Harris Chicago W. H. Hope Birmingham Clarence Hope Valley Junction Bell Waterhouse Washington Jefferson County Hospital Clarence Bower Glasgow E. E. Watson Hillsboro

American Express Assists on Liberty Loan Sales

American Express Co. buys a large block of Liberty Loan 1917 bonds and offers employees and the public a chance to subscribe at actual cost. The firm will not profit, and bonds will be tax free except for estate and inheritance taxes.

American Express CO Liberty Loan H. J. Wood Fairfield Express Company

Registration Questions From June Fifth Eligibility List

Questions to be answered at the registration June 5 cover full name age home address date of birth citizenship status birthplace occupation employment details and family dependents. The form notes that draft exemption is not guaranteed and urges claims if exemptions are sought for occupation or dependents.

War Department U. S United States United Stat

Golf Picnic Tomorrow Evening at the Golf Club

The opening picnic of the summer season will be held at the Golf Club grounds Friday evening with supper at 6 30. Members not on the committee bring only dishes and silverware while those with club house dishes need not bring them. Mrs Ella Gibbons of Ottumwa will visit relatives in the city today.

Golf Club Ella Gibbons Ottumwa City

Former County Resident Honored in Nebraska

Wilson E. Majors of Peru was elected department commander of the G A R of Nebraska, with installation at a public ceremony in the tabernacle. The event featured an address by William T. Church, commander in chief of Illinois, and recalled Majors’ Civil War era roots near Libertyville.

William T. Church Chicago Illinois

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