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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1917
Page
2
A notice from the editor manager directs prompt reporting of any irregularity in carrier service and provides a telephone contact number. The instruction emphasizes quick reporting by staff.
Subscription terms show prices for carrier and mail delivery. Rates include 40 issues at 10 cents each and three months in advance, plus a $1.25 option per issue, with all subscriptions strictly in advance.
In Lockridge and Four Corners districts a surge of upgrades marks Jefferson County rural schools. Miss Oliver teaches at Lockridge No 2 with Mrs Chas A Stephenson directing, now a standard school. readers and new desks highlight gains. Salina, Tiltkum club, and No 1 Polk note improvements and planned support for Red Cross. Lockridge adds first year high school with an extra teacher Mr Homer, praised by the board.
Mrs. G. S. Grinstead was fatally injured and her daughter Berea suffered a fractured arm in a horse driven vehicle crash one mile southeast of the city at about 6 20 last evening. Miss Berea Grinstead was driving with her mother when a front approaching horse struck their surrey. Clyde Doe and Zell Brown Jr. were uninjured.
The Log Cabin Chapter D A R meets at Mrs Lois Sackett on East Broadway Thursday at 7. The Hawkeye Rebekah Club meets with Mrs Adolph Pagel on East Adams Wednesday 2 to 6. Miss Myrtle Kinney and John Schreiner wed yesterday at Christ Episcopal Burlington. Clyde Dove and Zell Brown Jr assisted after Mrs Grinstead was injured in a collision near a culvert. she died at Jefferson County Hospital at 1 50 AM from a skull fracture.
In Rio de Janeiro the committee of the chamber of deputies accepted President Araz's proposed reprisals against German aggressions. The package includes canceling public works contracts with Germans, halting new land concessions, inspecting German banks, possibly canceling licenses, extending controls to German firms, seizing German properties, interning German suspects, and authorizing nullification of all German contracts.
Effie M Bell daughter of J J Bell was born June 7 1864 at Mt Pleasant Iowa. She married G S Grinstead May 15 1892 in Mt Pleasant. They had three daughters Leland Holgate Berea Elma all of the city. Survived by five brothers and three sisters. Funeral tomorrow at three from the residence with Rev W R Keesey. Fried Spring Chicken Supper Wednesday at Newport Cafe. Read the Want Ads they contain items of interest.
Clerk Geo Ball reports the final discharge of Millard Cox of Oskaloosa who was sentenced in Fairfield in 1914 for assault to commit felony related to a hotel robbery attempt at the Court Hotel in this city.
Mrs Joseph Bucher visited her mother Mrs Mary Kilcher in Merrimace for several days. Mrs Charles Jordan returned to Ottumwa after visiting relatives here. Mr and Mrs Chas Cornick of Mt Pleasant spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs John O Samuelson. Marriage licenses issued to Ralph M Johnston and Ava Clementa Clark both of Birmingham. Judge Hunter went to Keosauqua on court business. Mr and Mrs J B Fleming and family motored to Ottumwa. Lee Myers joined them home. Miss Lucy Dempsey visited relatives and friends at Libertyville yesterday.
The article lists the November term court assignments by day for law cases chancery probate and criminal dockets. It includes names such as Ashmead Warwick Myers Smith Goodrich Horton Ritchey Nelson Carter Hinshaw Wilcoxen Damm Gage Williams and others with dates from November 7 to November 28 including probate and chancery entries and a criminal case State of Iowa vs Charles H. Pauls.
Coroner L D James convened a 2 p m inquest into Mrs G Grinstead’s death with jurors J T Wisecarver Wm L Long and J A Crawford. The hearing continued to tomorrow as Miss Borea Grinstead described a runaway horse with two boys in the cart. Zell Brown Jr testified the horse shied and ran galloping throwing him 25 to 30 feet into a ditch. Both rigs stalled in the road after the collision.
This evening at 7 30 at the Presbyterian church Mrs Williams of Bucanerango Colombia will give a very interesting lecture. Everyone is invited to be present especially those interested in South Africa.
A Starr and Jordan meeting planned a campaign for the YMCA war fund in Jefferson county aiming to raise 7000 dollars. The committee includes A K Harper as chairman J P Starr as vice chairman J W Dole E BE E Watson Roy Louden and E F Simmons.
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