George Strong Corp W R Cs meeting notices
The regular meeting of the George Strong Corp W. R. Cs will be held tomorrow night. All members are urged to be present as there will be a number of applications presented and balloting upon candidates. Mrs Walter Hunt was guest of honor at a five o clock Saturday tea at Leggett Hotel as she departs for Dayton Ohio. The W C T U will meet Tuesday at two thirty with Mrs J E Cummings. all members urged to attend.
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George <Strong Corp W. R. Cs
Walter Hunt
Fred Hunt
Day Hunt
Leggett Hotel
Mrs. Hunt
Dayton
Ohio
J. E. Cummings
South Court St
Eight new Spanish influenza cases reported in city
Eight new cases of the Spanish influenza are recorded in the city. The rise is slight and limited to a few households. The Board of Health says no action is needed at this time.
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Board of Health
Pupils Recital By Miss Scheffel Tomorrow Evening
The pupils of Miss Iva Scheffel will present a recital tomorrow evening at 7:30 in Prof. J P Moorhead's studio. An excellent program is planned.
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Iva Scheffel
J. P. Moorhead
Americans Helped End the War in Meuse Battle
Dispatches reveal 21 American divisions totaling over 750,000 troops took part in the Meuse battle that began September 26 and led to Germany’s decision to seek armistice, sealing the war’s final decisive phase.
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Paris
Flanders
Verdun
The
Meuse
Germany
Italian War Leader Vittorio Alfieri Dies of Influenza
Vittorio Alfieri, member of the Italian war commission and former minister of war and food controller, dies of influenza in Northern Italy. His role in Italy's war organization is noted as armies advance toward the frontier with evacuating troops tightening contact. Food and equipment transport struggles heighten as Americas units move rapidly toward Tomino to assume frontier positions.
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Italy
Vittiro Alfieri
Talian War Commission
Weer
Americas
Tomino
Von Tirpitz a Good Retreater
Copenhagen reports Admiral von Tirpitz fled to Switzerland as Germany's revolution began. He was chiefly responsible for Germanys submarine campaign and chose retreat over staying in the turmoil.
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von Tirpitz
Copenhagen
Admiral von Tirpitz
Germany
Switzerland
Lieutenant E E Rorick Dies In Fairfield Home
Lieut. E E Rorick died at his Fairfield home Sunday morning from neutritis and pneumonia likely worsened by a recent accident. Born December 12, 1882 in Wilton Iowa, he practiced law in Red Lodge Montana and Fairfield, served as City Solicitor, and held church and Masonic roles. He earned a commission as First Lieutenant in 1917, served in multiple units, and had just completed a ten day leave before reporting to overseas duty. Funeral at the Presbyterian Church Thursday at 2:30 conducted by Dr Mosser.
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E. E. Rorick
Rorick
John Rorick
Wilton
Iowa
Estella Piddat Downey
Red Lodge
Montana
Tothem
Shirley Mears
J. C. Rorick
White Salmon
Wash
Fairfield
J. A. Huglin
Huglin & Rorick
First Presbyterian Church
Clinton Lodge
Order of the Eastern Star
Fort Snelling
41St Infantry
Fort Sheridan
Ill
304Th Cavalry
Camp Stanley
Texas
Camp Perry
Ohio
54Th Field Artillery
Fort Sill
Okla
54Th Artillery
Splendid Recital on Player Piano in Fairfield
Local music lovers enjoyed a remarkable demonstration of the Bald win Manuela player piano by Mr. Perzina of Chicago. He played Carmen selections with remarkable pedal control, while Miss Margaret White sang The Rosary and Mighty Lak a Rose. The event, praised for harmony and technique, urged more concerts from the McLaughlin Company.
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Perzina
Chicago
Baldwin Piano Co
Manuela
Carmen
Margaret White
Fairfield
McLaughlin Company
Wilbur E. Keesey Recital At Barhydt Chapel
Next Friday evening at eight o'clock in Barhydt Chapel the graduation piano recital of Sergi Wilbur E Keesey will be held. Public invitation extended. Kee sey will be assisted by Miss Margaret White soprano and Mrs Mertie P Mercer violinist.
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Barhydt Chapel
Sergi
Wilbur E. Keesey
Keesey
Margaret White
Mertie P. Mercer
Rowena Circle to Host Husbands and Families Night
The Rowena Circle will entertain their husbands and families at Yeoman Hall on Tuesday evening November 19. Each member brings bread and butter and a dish of something. Supper will be served at seven o'clock.
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Rowena
Yeoman
Used organs for sale by H. P. McLaughlin Co
Wanted to sell several good used organs all in first class condition. Prices start at seven dollars fifty cents. H. P. McLaughlin Co.
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H. P. McLaughlin Co
Russian Symphony Orchestra to Perform Here
Arrangements are made for the fifty piece Russian Symphony Orchestra to give a Friday afternoon concert in this city. The group has toured the United States, and Fairfield residents are invited to attend. Announcements will specify the concert venue.
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Great Russian Symphony Orchestra
United States
Fairfield
Bar Members to Honor Memory of Lieut E E Rorick
Jefferson County Bar met at the Court House to honor Lieut E E Rorick who died Saturday night. Committees were named to arrange a memorial at the opening of court on Wednesday afternoon November 27 with resolutions to be spread on the record and remarks by fellow members.
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Jefferson County
Court House
E. E. Rorick
W R C District Convention Postponed for Flu Epidemic
The annual Woman's Relief Corps district convention set for Washington on November 19 is indefinitely postponed due to a renewed Spanish influenza outbreak in the city and quarantine orders.
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Woman’s Relief Corps
Washington
Civil Service Examination Held Here December 10
County Clerk George M. Ball announces a civil service exam on December 10 for a law clerk and a typewriter to fill vacancies in the Naturalization service.
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George M. Ball
Local Briefs: residents return from trips and illness impacts
Mr and Mrs Phillip Sauer Jr return home after visiting relatives in Ankeney and Des Moines. Mrs Cecil Pauls, Iowa Wesleyan student, visits friends en route to Brighton for weekend. Miss Blanche Banta resumes Mt Pleasant schoolwork after visit with parents. Miss Iva Galliher returns from Silver City and Omaha. Local residents George W. Yarrington Hor ner Floyd Laughlin Wm West JL W Van Nostrand and Mrs Woolums plan a stay in Chawehla California. Master Paul Grooms suffers Spanish influenza in Ottumwa. parents, once Fairfield Tribune pressman, are well known locally.
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Phillip Sauer Jr
Ankeney
Des Moines
Cecil Pauls
Iowa Wesleyan
Brighton
Blanche Banta
Mt. Pleasant
Mrs. O. A. Banta
Iva Galliher
Harry
Silver City
Omaha
Nebraska
Chariton
George W. Yarrington
O. K
Horner
Floyd Laughlin
Wm. West
JL. W. van Nostrand
Paul Grooms
Ottuma
Fairfield Tribune
Prohibition Law Push For Florida Legislature
Tuallahassee Phi reports Governor Chris has issued a proclamation calling the legislature into extraordinary session to enact a law prohibiting bringing intoxicating liquors into Florida after January 1, when the new prohibition amendment to the state constitution takes effect.
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Tuallahassee
Phi
Florida
Chris
British POWs report Dutch bitterness toward ex-kaiser
British prisoners of war returning from Germany via Holland say there is strong bitterness in the Netherlands over the ex-kaiser. The report highlights public sentiment and unease about his presence among Dutch towns and refugees.
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Hohenzollern
London
Germany
Holland
Netherlands
For Sale Iron Beds at Bargain Prices
For sale 40 iron beds in good strong construction available in 3 ft 36 and 4 ft sizes. Quick sale offered at 3.98 dollars and up. Bargains on durable metal beds from H. P. McLaughlin Co.
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H. P. McLaughlin Co
Major J. F. Clarke Writes of France
Clarke recounts a Sept trip to St Germain with Mr. Estes, describing arrival, tea, a rain-soaked tour of the forest and Terrace, English gardens, and a dinner with 20 boarders. He praises Estes, notes the baby’s bilingualism, and reflects on Turkey’s wartime fate before noting a cold, dreary late September day and a visit to the Compas dOr.
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St. Germain
Mr. Estes
Seine
St Germain
Constantinople
U. S
Paris
Estes
Red Cross
Pension
McGuire
Museum
Versailles
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SHE Daily Journal Journal Y Joga Co. Publishers
South Court Street
Cpme
Society
E. S. Club
Yank Drive
HMS
Argonne
West
Presbyterian Church
H. A. Mosser
BAR
Lieut
Catts
Major’ J. F. Clarke
France
the Stores OF Quality
Muscatine Auto Radiator
J. Goldman
Cedar St
Muscatine
Coats
Roth & Co
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