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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1916
Page
2
The Daily Journal imprint shows OURNAL PRINTING CO publishers with BEAN TAYLOR and W. TAYLOR listed as editor and manager respectively.
The elected state senator thanks voters in Jefferson and Van Buren counties for their support and pledges to fulfill duties with conscience and dedication. He invites counsel and assistance to advance district and state interests.
Miss Bertha Gobble hosts the Thursday Embroidery club Friday at 2 30 PM at 708 South Main street. Mrs Clarence Hague and Mrs A B Hague host a Kensington at 106 Iowa avenue tomorrow and again on Wednesday November 22 at the Mrs Clarence Hague home for a company of ladies.
New York reports the National City Bank obtained permission from the Russian government to establish a branch in Petrograd, to be opened immediately. It becomes the second foreign bank in the Russian capital as wartime trade relations between Russia and the United States expand.
The Rev William Alexander Leighton once pastor at Petten Wisconsin is reported in Chicago amid delirium tremens. His broken engagement to Mita Mudee Willison of Wadeerton Wisconsin was followed by a $50000 demurrer suit from her father, related to earlier business ties.
The Morven bladt reports a Norwegian torpedo boat fired on a German steamer that did not stop near Stavanger. The Norwegian crew boarded the vessel, dismantled its wireless, and removed the apparatus as foreign ships are barred from carrying wireless gear in Norwegian waters since the war began.
Tonight New Chicago Mission night. Thursday Noon Shop meeting at Fairfield Grove and Mitten Co. Thursday Night Presbyterian church and Parsons College night. Friday Noon Shop Meeting at Raney Tile Works. Friday Night United Presbyterian and W C T U night. Saturday Night London Machinery Co night. All employees meet Baptist church at 7 10 for march to tabernacle.
The Tuesday afternoon tabernacle gathering was disrupted by a fire alarm. Evangelist Mr. Peacock urged active personal work, citing biblical passages and his own experiences with Billy Sunday. He warned that passive church members risk spiritual danger and urged believers to identify with God’s work. The service resumed with Methodist night praise and further lessons on faith, courage, and obedience.
A passage presents fiery religious thoughts from Peacock on hypocrisy laws and hell. It contrasts sermons with strict obedience to God and condemns spiritual anarchists and hypocrites in the church while stressing personal responsibility and continual praise.
Mrs. J E Wilson learns of the death of her brother A Ht Wilson at the National Military hospital in Leavenworth Kansas He was 74 and served in the 35th Missouri Regiment Co A throughout the Civil War He marched with Sherman to the sea He moved from Iowa to Missouri in 1864 where he held the offices of sheriff United States marshal and other public posts He is survived by three sons and two daughters His wife died earlier
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