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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1918
Page
7
A roundup of city visits and travels includes Miss Blanch Banta returning from Kansas City and Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Workman visiting friends. The Fairfield Band booked the U. S. Carnival Co. for an engagement starting June 10. Multiple residents and visitors are noted, plus notes on gardening delays due to recent rains.
The week of June 3rd has been set aside as Early Ordering Week by the U S Fuel Administration per the local fuel committee. The aim is to urge consumers to place coal orders where immediate filling is possible and to maximize available supply.
Rev. Henry Dalrymple former pastor of Burlington Free Methodist churches was slightly injured when his Ford car skidded on a muddy road near Wapello after leaving a Methodist conference in Columbus Junction. His wife was nearly suffocated but freed her head from fumes and escaped. she remained under the wreck while he fetched help with two fractured ribs.
A request to attend a Wednesday evening prayer service at the New Chicago Mission for soldiers and national victory. The message invokes Washington Valley Forge and Lincoln as examples of faith guiding the nation and calls Christians to pray for right and triumph in world strife.
Strong screen drama at the Orpheum tomorrow centers on Belle Jones a cabaret singer who adores her child despite desertion and a gambling husband. A guardian's daughter of a wealthy miner and Belles hidden brother complicate their fates fueling drastic revelations and a gripping resolution.
The annual alumni reception will be held in the High School building on Friday May 31. A patriotic program includes a Service Flag presentation by If Starr and an address by Capt Donald McElderry of Kelly Field. Members urged to attend and pay dues at the door. By Committee, 523.
Beginning Monday June 8 Iva Scheffel will teach an eleven week summer term in piano. Pupils may register at any time.
Creditors with accounts against the Journal Printing Company or its firm members are asked to file statements. Journal Printing Co and B. J. Taylor Sons urged timely submission of account details to settle balances.
Parsons College held its Forty third annual commencement in Barhydt chapel with a full program of services and an evening May Festival. Students showcased orations music and a two act comedy Mrs Mainwaring s Management starring senior girls including Katherine Shelby Madelon Peterson and Anna Roth as well as a pledge to support the war effort.
Col Fred S Holsteen, once head of the 108th ammunition train and now attached to Camp Cody, arrived in Burlington from the south. He said officers are temporarily relieved but awaiting orders. He noted low sickness at Camp Cody and that about fifty to sixty men from each company are expected to be sent overseas this week.
All barber shops in Fairfield will be closed for Memorial Day on May 30. Shops reopen Wednesday night at 10 PM for last-minute grooming.
Miss Margaret White will teach voice for ten weeks beginning June 10. For enrollment, call 1403.
If the weather is unfavorable this evening, the May Festival will be held at nine o'clock Wednesday morning.
Wilbur E. Keesey announces a simmer term of plano beginning June 5. Students may register at any time at 206 West Briggs or by phone at 2436 516.
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