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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1917

Page

7

Local Briefs Highlight Social Visits Across Ottumwa Area

Local notes list Mrs Bates and Mrs Stoner families motoring to Ft Madison and Keokuk, Miss Crail visiting from Locas, Briggs and Gobble families spending weekends in Ottumwa, and numerous relatives touring nearby towns, camps, and schools.

Ernest Bates Ed. Stoner and Ft. Madison Keokuk Helen Crail Locas B. F. Crail John Briggs Lockridge Clara Reno Greenfield Iowa Rose Goddard West Briggs Street Ruth Nelson Winnetka Hanen Ottumwa G. W. Gaumer Ina Crone Everett Frye Brighton L. T. Gobble Bruce Gobble Muscatine W. R. Gobble David Roth T. L. Gavin Des Moines J. Jd. Gavin Ray Maxwell Imar Frazey Yestern Minnesota G. B. Orris Ernest Swanson Carroll Lora D. James Camp Dodge Edmund Linder Libertyville C. C. Cochran Theron Cochran May Shelton Sara O’brien Keota Washington M. W. Roth Florence Roth

Monmouth Beats Parsons 6 to 0 in Narrow Victory

Monmouth outplayed Parsons College for most of the game but needed a third quarter touchdown pass from Wray to Graham to break the deadlock. Page at fullback and Captain Flinspach anchored a consistent Monmouth effort while Parsons’ self- strike refused to quit, with Keesey punting well and Scovel and Halbrooke contributing for the visitors.

Parsons College Monmouth Wray Graham Parsons Page Flinspach C. Keesey J. Keesey Scovel

Safety First call urged for October 15 vote

O F Fryer urges all citizens to adopt Safety First as October 15 approaches. He cites King Alcohol as a threat to families and highlights the need for voters to go to the polls and support the amendment with a yes vote. Eternal vigilance, he says, is the price of success.

King Alcohol Themenalons O. F. Fryer

Local Briefs Highlight Weekend Travel and Birth Announcements

Mr and Mrs A E Johnson and Mr and Mrs Fred Rains traveled to Ottumwa Eldon and Birmingham yesterday. John Lindbom left for Columbus Ohio to work at the Loudon exhibit for the National Daily Show. Announcements include a birth in Lew Van Sask Canada and a Washington War and Navy Signal Office stenographer appointment for Miss Ruth S Fulton.

Joseph Loofbourrow Ponaparte Margaret Flynn Ottumwa Burlington R. C. Sayers Edison Ohio Georgeg.h. Stephens Columbus Louden Machinery Co George Hill Daughters Centerville S. B. Tur A. E. Johnson Illinois Fred Rains Eldon Birmingham John Lindbom Loudon Genevieve Tracy Brighton Claribel Roth Clarence Cochran Lew van, Sask Canada W. M. Hyde W. H. Pence Kansas City Denver Colo H. L. Easling Bonaparte George Bloomer Mildred Winfield W. D. Garmac Old Settlers Ruth S. Fulton Fairfield High School Iowa Success Business College Civil Service War and Navy Signal Office Washington, D. C

State Examiners Arrive in Fairfield for Audit

State Examiners C. E. Carlson and J. P. Adam arrived in Fairfield this noon and began auditing the books of all county officers.

C. E. Carlson J. P. Adam Fairfield

Notice on Road Tax Due and Public Vote

Road tax now due at City Clerk's office with penalties after October 31 1917. Evening payments possible Wednesdays and Saturdays seven to nine. Street Commissioner C J Gilly urges a yes vote for the October 15 state amendment opposing alcohol.

C. J. Gilly

Court offices close afternoons for Old Settlers’ celebration

The Board of Supervisors announces the courthouse offices will be closed on the afternoons of October 10 and 11 for the Old Settlers’ celebration. They will remain open in the forenoon as usual.

Court House Board of Supervisors

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