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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1916

Page

4

Fairfield Oratorio Society to perform Monday program

The Fairfield Oratorio Society presents a Monday evening program at the First Methodist Church featuring contest numbers to be sung at Albia on Thanksgiving Day. Soloists and choruses are praised as well drilled, with Mr. H. Clay Worth performing a special solo.

Fairfield Oratorio Society First Methodist Church Albia Fairfield H. Clay Worth Harlech Perry Hubert Parsons College Deees Bonheur Delbert Pierce John Gates Gillette Parsons Desponinnier Mascherone Delbert Pierce Bess Dickerson Margaret White Strause

Notice in District Court of Jefferson County 1917

Guy Lyford sues Frank Armstrong for $650 with 7 percent interest from 1915 and costs. A writ of attachment levied on Armstrongs undivided interest in specified parcels in Jefferson County Iowa. Garnishee A Armstrong Administrator of Margaret Armstrongs estate attached. Proceed to answer by Feb 5 1917 noon to avoid default and sale of real estate.

Guy Lyford Frank Armstrong District Court Jefferson County Iowa Fourth Judicialistrict State of Idaho Gooding A. Armstrong Margaret Armstrong Fairfield Town Hove

Foley advertising slip for cough remedy trial package

An old promotional card offers a trial package from Foley and Co. at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago. Enclose five cents and name and address to receive Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets via Jericho and Easton.

Foley & Co Sheffield Ave Chicago Foley Jericho & Easton

Feeding an Army Colossal Work Hidden From Casual View

The article explains the vast task of provisioning troops in Europe, noting civilians struggle to grasp the scale. It compares food service to ammunition supply, estimating a hypothetical 10,000,900 soldiers in the field and outlining the daily logistical challenge.

London Europe America

Confession Clears Auto Thefts In Indiana Tri-City Area

Richmond Indiana reports Forest Davis of Lynn confessed to attempting to steal an automobile here and to thefts in Greenville Ohio and Union City. Davis sold cars to Far Pickett for 225 dollars Cort Jarrett for 250 dollars and James Mason for 240 dollars.

Richmond Ind Forest Davis Lynn Greenville Union City Davis Far Pickett Cort Jarrett James Mason

Salesmen Wanted Advertisements in Chicago Papers

Two classified notices seek saleswomen and salesmen for established lines. One ad offers salary commission and expenses to a suitable traveler with no experience required from Brady & Co. The other calls for a Delco light salesman with a car who can grow into a mechanical service role, housed at Court Hotel, 920.

Brady & Co Chicago Delco-light G. W. Hill Court Hotel

One of Europe’s Field Kitchens

The article describes European field kitchens feeding large armies with up to 12 000 tons of food. It notes portable camps bake bread and prepare rations as stews soups or hash to sustain troops on duty away from main kitchens. It emphasizes nourishment efficiency and overall abundance despite wartime reports.

Church Notes Teach Timely Bible School and Alaska Offering

Christian Church announces Bible School at 9 30 with a call for teachers and scholars to arrive on time. Members are urged to bring a special offering for the new work in Alaska.

Christian Church Bible School Alaska

Ancient and Modern Necromancy Debated in Lesson

Christian Science lesson tomorrow focuses on ancient and modern necromancy also called Mesmerism and hypnotism. The topic is presented as a debounced practice and examines its distinction from true spirituality.

Parsons College Auxiliary Calls Monday Meeting

A called meeting of the Parsons College Auxiliary is set for Monday at 3 PM in the library. KK. G. Wagner of Shellsburg, Iowa, was a guest yesterday at the E. E. Rorick home.

Parsons College Auxilliary KK. G. Wagner Shellsburg, Ia E. E. Rorick

For Sale Classified Bargains and Listings

Multiple items offered for sale including a No 2 Pensmore typewriter, young turkeys, Christmas gift crotched articles, an eight room house with barn near the square, dry hardwood stove lengths, and available lots on South Second street Fairfield. James Bailey offers three new houses and fourteen lots with flexible terms. Reach via phones 929, 9712, 2505, 7102, 3499.

Pensmore A. D. Long J. F. Leathers North Third Street J. E. Hickenbottom South Second Street Fairfield James Bailey

Tanlac touted as cure for auto intoxication in Fairfield

The ad claims Tanlac, a purely vegetable tonic, fights auto intoxication by boosting digestion and recovery. It asserts the remedy makes weak people strong for life’s battle and promotes health, vigor, and prosperity. Fairfield’s Gaumer Bros. drugstore is introducing Tanlac.

Tanlac Fairfield Gaumer Bros Dugstore

For Rent Notices In Downtown Classifieds

Multiple rental notices list unfurnished downstairs rooms with electric lights at 406 East Washington Street contact 1787 and a modern five room house nine blocks from the square via J. P. Wilson at 917 for rent. Also four upstairs rooms not modern for light housekeeping near 105 West Grimes at 908.

Washington Street J. P. Wilson W. Grimes

Road work crews join five mile stretch at center

Citizens from Cottonwood Falls and Bazaar Kansas gathered with picks shovels and rakes to shape a five mile road in a cooperative effort. Witnesses county officials merchants and farmers joined the project with Bazaar men bringing horses and road scrapers to assist.

Cottonwood Falls Bazaar Kan Winess

Lost Roll of Currency Found Reward Offered

Lost on Tuesday in the northwest part of the city, a roll of currency containing over $50 of company money. It must be replaced by a working man if not found. Finder to return to Journal office and receive a liberal reward.

Journal Office

Live Chickens and Ducklings Float From River Dump

In Kansas City a baggage man, Harry Deutsch, was asked to dump thirty cases of baby birds into a river. He began tossing them from his wagon. cries emerged from a case revealing two live chickens. Two ducklings also escaped, tumbling into the water and floating away.

Kansas City Harry Deutsch Deutsch Tle

Probate Hearing Set For Caldwell Will in Jefferson County

Notice of probate for the purported last will of Charles B. Caldwell deceased filed with the Jefferson County District Court Iowa. November 27 1916 at 1 30 o clock p m fixed for proof and final hearing in the November term. Clerk of the District Court R V Peebler deputy signs.

State of Iowa Jefferson County S. 5 Charles B. Caldwell District Court

Neighbor Tells Cure for Lumbago and Rheumatism

A Duncan Mills woman credits Foley Kidney Pills with curing her lumbago after a neighbor lent a half bottle. She soon improved after using two to three bottles and praises the remedy for toning weak kidneys, boosting appetite, energy, and sleep.

G WA. Moeland Duncan Mille Til

Quail Nest Hatched by Hen Nurtured with Chick Relation

A Bedford Indiana boy found a quail's thirteen eggs in a wheat field. He placed them under a setting hen at home and the hen hatched them. The young quails now run to Biddy the hen for mothering, feeding them grasshoppers and keeping them close at night like her other chicks.

Bedford Ind Eliza Smith Biddy

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Oratorio Society Mr. Worth Anetta Fern Young Evees Fairfield Ladies Léa Ea Rys Herbert Fairfield Accents of Liberty Heyett Gaines Miss Young Messrs Pierce & Gates Iafe Reese Fair Flora White Young Evans Mendelssohn Fairfield People's American Press Assecution Church Notes R. V. Peebler J. C. Bradshaw Furniture CO Ledger Office Wes Weelgins Wolf Chemical CO Quincy, Ii Shriner & Johnson M. H. Cuddy
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