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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1917

Page

7

Local Briefs Roundup From Ottumwa Area

Mrs Anna Collins and Mrs Wm Cook visited yesterday afternoon with friends in Ottumwa. Mrs Chase McKee learned of her aunt Rachel Ross’s death in Kirksville Ia after weeks with typhoid fever. Red Cross Knitting Room closed for Miss Horton’s 3 pm library talk. Mrs Neal Randall and daughter Mary Jane left for Lynchburg Va to reside. Rev M D Webber will lead Baptist service at 11 am. Frank Stoutsman and relatives visited Ottumwa. Ministerial Association to meet at 10:30 am in the Public Library Agassiz Room. Local fund drive for Y M C A with lawyers and male quartet in Lockridge. Mrs James Boyd of Libertyville visited friends. Samuel Neiswanger ill on East Briggs Street, improving. Wim McBeth and J Monson of Renton in city on business. Mr and Mrs J H Fritz and others motor to Pleasant Plain and Germanville. Mrs James Turner and Mrs Andrew Louth visiting Mrs J C Faber in Lockhee. Fairfield Ottumwa High School score at half Fairfield 7 Ottumwa 0. Katherine Black of Hiteman visiting home for weekend. Nettie Parsons and Mrs Ernest Bailey called to Clinton. Mr and Mrs Linstrom returning to Marna IL after death of Mrs P A Swanson. Hugh Shriner family moving into Bradshaw property. Cox offers to give half year rent for Y M C A and Red Cross. $20 monthly rent, $126 proceeds split between causes if leased soon. Mrs Phillip Sauer Sr and Dorothy Sauer and Mrs Phillip Sauer Jr visited Ottumwa yesterday afternoon.

Former Corsicana Resident H. E. Kinsloe Found Dead

The Corsicana Texas daily reports the death of H. E. Kinsloe a former Fairfield resident and longtime Corsicana businessman who was postmaster for eight years. He was found dead in an outhouse on his premises on November 4 after returning from Beaumont. Autopsy by Drs Shell and Kelton deemed death from natural causes likely an apoplexy triggered by a long drive and car work.

Corsicana Texas H. E. Kinsloe Fairfield Kinsloe Pop Works Alex Easton H. E. Kinslee Blanding Ralph Kinslee Curington C. B. Southerland

College Notes Highlight Society Banquet And Student Events

Empyrean Literary society plans annual birthday banquet at Miss Helen Stever's West Burlington street home this evening with many alumni expected. Senior class hosts party at Miss Light's North B street home tonight. Carthage college game was scheduled yesterday afternoon in Carthage Illinois with Coach Yount taking eighteen men by autos Harold Day Guy Woelhaf and Harold Zeigler joined the trip. Miss Hazel Hibbitt, 17, visits campus friends while Rev hk Ames Montgomery was in Keota last evening.

Empyrean Literary’ Society Helen Stever West Burlington Street Miss Light North B Street Carthage College Carthage Hll Yount

Vitagraph Film Depicts Indian Race Development

The Fairfield Theater shows The Captain of the Grey Horse Troop based on Hamlin Garland’s novel tracing Indian history from primal days to the modern reservation. The piece contrasts ancestral camps with later decadence and suggests possible solutions to the redskin problem. Funeral services for Judge Blanding’s family were held with Masonic rites and Episcopal and Methodist clergy assisting. Car of Red River and Early Ohio potatoes listed for sale at $1.40 per bushel Monday. last seed potato opportunity. For rent a six room house with pantry and closet and a modern variant available from P. H. Fisher, 594.

Vitagraph Co Hamlin Garland Grey Horse Troop Fairfield Theater Garland America Wisconsin Iowa Dakotas Mr. Garland Red River Ohio

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Anna Collins Wm. Cook Ottumwa Chase McKee Rachel Ross Kirksville Red Cross Miss Horton Neal Randall Mary Jane Lynchburg Virginia M. D. Webber the Baptist Church Frank Stoutsman O. Kk. Stoutsman J. S. Martin Keota Ministerial Association Agassiz James Boyd Libertyville Samuel Neiswanger East Briggs Street Messrs Wim. McBeth J. Mon,son Renton J. H. Fritz F. D. Kerrick Tipping Chas. H. Gage Pleasant Plain Germanville James Turner Andrew Louth J. C. Faber Lockhee Katherine Black Hiteman Nettie Parsons Ernest Bailey Clinton Mrs. Linstrom Marna, IL P. A. Swanson Hugh Shriner Bradshaw West Hempstead Street C. L. Cox Phillip Sauer Dorothy Phillip Sauer, Jr West 3Rd Street College Harold Day, Guy Woelhaf and Harold Zeigler Accompanied Hazel Hibbitt Hk. Ames Montgomrey Jas. L. Autry Houston Beaumont Judge Blanding E. Bennett St. Johns Episcopal Church Oberschmidt First Methodist Church P. H. Fisher Emerson Emerson Records Saumer Bros Sein Brunswick Phonographs She Fairfield Theater Autstedler & Baker Sewing Machine Sale Argus Ads The White Progressive Club Yeu Progressive Club Frank Kerrick Tribune RAY Maxwell & Climax Grocery Montgomery Green Pure Life Insurance Ational Life Assn Des Moines W. B. Parrett James F. Wilson Jr Agts Fairfield, Is J. D. Scothorn Washington Skinner’s el Bow
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