Local Post Office Mail Matter Notice
An Taylor A W Taylor Editor Manager entered at the Post Office in Fairfield Iowa as mail matter of the Second Class.
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Feld
Iowa
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1917
Page
6
Lecture on South America at Presbyterian Church
Tomorrow evening at 7:30 Mrs Williams of Bucaramanga Colombia will speak at the Presbyterian church on South America. The event promises an unusually interesting address and all interested are invited.
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Williams
Bucancerango
Colombia
Presbyterian @church
South America
J. S. Gantz
North Third Street
Charles Walker
Pythian Sisters Meet and Local Society Notes
The Pythian Sisters hold a regular meeting in the K of P hall. Announcements report the marriage of Miss Kathryn Ward Fink to Ralph Brown Greer in Los Angeles on Wednesday October 31. Greer, son of Mrs. Hattie Greef, serves with the Naval Base Hospital unit and will depart soon for Hoboken then France. Other society items note WCTU and Rowena Circle meetings, Royal Neighbor farewell for Mrs. Hodgens, and hostesses for White Rose Club gatherings with invitations to members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Ward Fink
H E Fink
Los Angeles
Cal
Ralph Brown Greer
Mr. Greef
Hattie Greef
Fairfield
Naval Base Hospital
Hoboken
New Jersey
France
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Clayton Hodgens
J. E. Johnson
W. Burlington St
Hodgens
Kansas
Allied chiefs to Italy reach Paris trip with Lloyd George
Premier Lloyd George leaves London for Italy in a party of high military officers including Smuts Robertson Maurice and Hughes Wilson. In Paris Lloyd George arrives with French premier Painleve and will accompany him to Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lloyd George
Itty
J. C. Smuts
William KR. Robertson
Imperial Staff
Army Headquarters
K. B. Maurice
War Office
Henry Hughes Wilson
General Staff
Paris
David Lloyd George
Paul Painleve
Keome
New Furnace
Jacob Scheffel
Forming Local War Emergency Farm Bureau Meeting
A Saturday Public Library meeting formed a temporary War Emergency Farm Bureau with L. H. Alexander as President and A. R. Yeager as Secretary. D. E. Fish and John Sundberg spoke for the Federal Government, funds to come from a $5 annual membership. An executive committee from Fairfield, Packwood, Lockridge, Libertyville, and Brighton will canvass for at least 200 members to support office and travel costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Library
War Emergency Farm Bureau
John Sundberg
D. E. Fish
L. H. Alexander
A. R. Yeager
Robert Louden
Fairfield
Carl Edmunds
Packwood
W. L. Bankhead
Lockridge
Orrin Fordyce
Libertyville
J. M. Myers
Brighton
Financing the Farm Bureau War Emergency Food Program
The document outlines funding for a farm bureau initiative including membership fees subscriptions county state and federal appropriations. Salaries for war emergency food agents will be paid by federal and state funds. Travel and office costs come from county bureaus funded by memberships and subscriptions. Estimated annual expense ranges from 500 to 1000 dollars. The board may contribute after incorporation is filed and the county supervisor certifies at least 200 farmer members and a yearly subscription of 500 dollars.
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War Emergency Farm Bureau
The
Farm Bureau
Board of Supervisors
Personal notices and local society events
Mr. and Mrs B R Kearns of Cedar Rapids visit their children in the city. Will Stephens of Richland visits his son Mel Stephens. Miss Ethel Turkington, Glasgow teacher, spends weekend here. Leonard E Stone leaves for Brooklyn to enter the navy. Mr and Mrs Wm Mitchell plan to move to Davenport. District Engineer Joseph Morrison of Ottumwa is in town on business. Ally C G Sparks of Batavia visits. Mrs M E Harter of Rome visits daughter Mrs Chas White. Chester H Kearns underwent an operation at Jefferson County hospital and is recovering. A county budget proposal allows up to 2500 a year from the general fund for livestock diseases. Landscape gardening and farm management topics noted along with Agricultural Meetings and rural schooling programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Morrison
Ottumwa
Ally. C. G. Sparks
Batavia
M. E. Harter
Rome
Chas. White
Chester H. Kearns
Jefferson County Hospital
Revival meetings highlight strong attendance at Christian Church
Audiences at the Christian Church revival exceeded expectations with 337 in Sunday School and full houses for morning and evening services. Large choruses accompanied Mr. Saxton and Mrs. Sax ton with a notable Bible Drill demonstration by children. The evangelist urged spiritual preparation beyond life, and services resume Tuesday night.
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Saxton
Fairfield
Ross
Mr. Earley
Large Attendance at Suffrage Meeting
Standing room was filled at the County Suffrage association gathering Saturday afternoon. The program highlighted growing support for woman suffrage, Red Cross work, and food conservation. Senator Ball framed a keynote on sense service and suffrage, urging democracy at home as democracy abroad. A reading on "Man's Place is in the Home" drew applause.
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County Suffrage Association
Washington
Wilson
Clara Barton
Cummins
Kenyon
Kennedy
Red Cross Department
Gary W. Ball
Geo. W. Ball
Joseph Roth
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Journal Printing CO
Publishers
South Court Street
AN Taylor
A. W. Taylor
Tele
Presbyterian Church
Pythian Sisters
K. of FP. Hall
Rowena Circle
Yeoman Hall
Clyde G. Bell
Emma Hartman
Florence Sargent
J. C. Norris
Clyde DuVall, Sr
White Rose Club
Norris
East Burlington Street
Italy
Painleve Mead
United States
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Organiang Livestock Breeders’ Associations
Alfalfa and Clover Demonstra
Organization For the
B. R. Kearns
Cedar Rapids
Will Stephens
Richland
Mel Stephens
Ethel Turkington
Glasgow
Leonard E. Stone
Brooklyn
New York
Navy
Mrs. Wm. Mitchell
Davenport
Chicago
Katherine Dirks
Hans Dirks
Ings
Farmers’ Institutes
Christian Church Revival
W. W. Dove
Bar
East Side
Ture Life Insurance
National Life Assn
Des Moines, la
W. B. Parrett
James F. Wilson Jr
Agts
Fairfield, Bs
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