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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1916
Page
3
A long list of local social visits and travel notes dated around Thanksgiving period. Residents from Corn ing Liber tyville Ottumwa Lincoln Ottumwa Pleasant Plain Denver Denver and other towns appear visiting relatives and friends. Forest City Lodge K of P meets November 29 1916 in Fairfield.
A Sunday night sermon led by evangelist Peacock centers on salvation through Jesus Christ. He urges accountability for sin, condemns drunkenness gambling and immorality, and warns that only faith in Christ saves souls, citing Saul of Tarsus and urging listeners to seek redemption. The Journal Want Ads are promoted as effective.
Feacock Revival notes announce Thursday Thanksgiving sermon and Thursday night Federation of Labor event urging all workers to attend. Reports of custodian ward’s lost and found business, a lively revival with three conversions last night and a week-ago reclaim, praising Miss Speer for campaign work. The Fisherman’s Club at New Chicago Mission boosts cottage meetings and recruitment as the gospel team presses ahead with live-wires in the campaign.
One week from Friday the city council will pass the gas and electric franchise ordinances and submit them to the voters for approval or rejection. John A. Reed of Cedar Rapids and Engineer J B Hill of Iowa City conferred with citizens, merchants, and the council on franchise matters regarding rates and provisions.
The Rebekah lodge No. 6 held an evening of games contests and an old fashioned spelling school with prizes to Mrs Mason Mrs Deardruff and consolation prizes to Mrs Bennett and Mrs Fulton Nearly 200 attended a reception at St Patrick's Catholic church for Rev Henry Hlogan hosted by the Knights of Columbus with a program featuring Miss Anna Hess Miss Helen Swift Miss Regina Ward and Miss Kenta Ostdick Yellow chrysanthemums decorated the rooms and refreshments were arranged by Mrs A L Love and Mrs A Rongers A Fraternal Aid Union pie supper and social is planned for tomorrow evening inviting all members and friends
State University of Michigan granted the PhD to Prof Winter head of Philosophy and Education. Rev Dool of Winfield will address the YMCA chapel group tomorrow morning. Parson College announces new literary societies Arist o Delphic. Mens society Aristo meets Fridays and Delphic meets first, third and fourth Fridays afternoons.
KE J Eisenhart announces piano tuning in Fairfield on December 4. Leave orders at Leggett House or music store. 635-eod.
The Pvritian Sisters are asked to meet at 7 o clock at the home of Mrs Jay Copeland on West Washington street. They will proceed in a body to the tabernacle meeting.
The Business Men's Prayer Meet will be held at the office of Attorney EB. R. Smith on Wednesday at 12 30. The subject is Prayer. All businessmen of the city are urged to attend as it promises to be very interesting.
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