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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1916
Page
6
George W Ball expresses gratitude to voters in Jefferson and Van Buren counties for their support in his election as state senator. He pledges to carry out duties with determination to do right, welcomes counsel, and wishes constituents well as he assumes office.
Society notes show Miss Bertha Gobble hosts the Embroidery club Friday at 2 30 PM at 708 South Main. Mrs Clarence Hague and Mrs A S Hague plan Kensington gathering tomorrow afternoon at 106 Iowa avenue with follow up event on Wednesday November 22 at the Hague home.
National City Bank has authority from the Russian government to establish a Petrograd branch, the second foreign bank in the Russian capital. The move follows expanded financial and trade ties between Russia and the United States amid World War I.
The towboat Northern owned by Captain E. T. Slider sank in five feet of water at the foot of the Louisville locks opposite New Albany Indiana after striking an obstruction, knocking a large pole in the hull.
A Norwegian torpedo boat fired on a German steamer that did not stop near Stavanger. The crew boarded the vessel and dismantled its wireless apparatus, as foreign ships have been barred from carrying wireless installations in Norwegian waters since the war began.
Announcement of church events and meetings for a religious community. 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 WCTU night. Saturday Night London Machinery Co night. All employees to meet at Baptist church at 7 10 for the march to the tabernacle.
Peacock urged personal Christian work linking tales from Billy Sunday and John Wesley. He pressed public confession of Jesus, identification with church, and daily devotion while denouncing hypocrisy and spiritual anarchists amid a Methodist night crowd.
Mrs. J E Wilson receives word that her brother A B Wilson 74 died in the National Military hospital Leavenworth Kansas. A B Wilson served in the 35th Missouri regiment Co A throughout the Civil War and was with Sherman on the march to the sea. He moved from Iowa to Missouri in 1864 and held offices including sheriff and United States Marshal. He is survived by three sons and two daughters. his wife had died earlier.
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