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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 27, 1917

Page

4

Rural School Notes Reflect District Activities and Policies

Rural districts report attendance, teacher reports, and upcoming study center programs. Notes mention modest absenteeism, pupil discipline rights, a parents meeting at No 9 Penn, and district efforts to improve facilities with new teeter boards swings, a basketball court, and shoe racks. A fire drill rule and a study center program led by Prof. McGlade are outlined. Penn Township raises teacher salaries by five dollars monthly.

Mildred Buchanan Edith Flinspach Finmi No. 9 Penn Ethel Lundquist John Messer A. W. Mohun Lonaquaist Virtiad High School Dee Sth J. McGlade Prof. McGlade Eva Luse Effie Schuneman J. C. McGlade J.C. McGlade

Horse Sale Promised With Jersey Cows and Calves

A horse sale is announced for Wednesday November 28 with a fine selection of Jersey cows including calves and fresh stock. Buyers are urged to inspect these milk cows as they are expected to bring high prices. For details call A C WISECARVER at phone 2890 640.

C. Wisecarver

Army Football Team to Arrive for Thanksgiving Game

The 352nd Regiment football squad, 21 National Army men, arrive in Fairfield at noon for a Thanksgiving Thursday game with Parsons on Alumni field. Coach Yount warns that ordinary fighting is no match for the tougher test ahead in this real contest.

Fairfield National Army 352Nd Regiment Parsons Yount Alumni Field

Jefferson County Army Y M C A Fund Raised and Honored

The Army Y M C A fund for Jefferson County reached its goal with $7 000 initial and over 2 000 more toward a 3 900 addition after the Italian army collapse. Local townships and churches contributed generously with honor rolls, sales adding 132 and many small donors recorded for posterity.

Army Y. M. C. A Jefferson County

They Crowded Cy Dawkins Into a Job in Lecture

An item notes Cy Dawkins was pressed into work after a lecture on Inaction. The column mocks his reluctance and comments on public sentiment about disturbance and generosity. It ends by promising Fairfield's best male chorus at the M. E. church Tuesday night.

Cy Dawkins Fairfield M. E. Church

For Sale Notices in City Columns

A mix of items for sale and notices lists various items and requests. Deals include a Jersey cow for sale by Ray Sayers and a Fish Market business sale by E. E. Martin, plus a Grant Roadster and horse offered by B. Gibson. Also advertised are New York lands, two houses for sale, a maid wanted in Chicago, rooms for rent, and lost items.

Weat Washington Street Ray Sayers Broadway E. E. Martin B. Gibson Willard Street Ottumwa Iowa Highland Avenue J. G. Browning New York Polk County Whitaker & Bogardus, Inc Fulton

For Rent Notices From Historic Local Ad Sheet

For Rent listings describe a half of a double house four blocks from the square with 5 rooms and utilities at 12 dollars a month. Contact phone numbers 134 or 4404, 663. Also a six room modern house with sleeping porch three blocks from the square and a seven room partly modern house on South Fourth street via Frank Berard. Another modern seven room house seven blocks from the square with new furnace in a good neighborhood at cheap rent via Jacob Scheffel 530.

South Fourth Street Frank Berard Jacob Scheffel

Wanted Help and Boarders at 205 South Main Street

Classified item listing boarders and a 19 year old girl seeking store or office work. Includes contact phone 4207 and notes about work for War Y M C A fund and high school boys earning money through corn husking and furnace tending. Also mentions cleaning tasks.

South Main Street

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