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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1917
Page
8
College notes report R Ames Montgomery departing for Sioux Rapids to attend YMCA events. A campus visit mentions family, and Ekio Mege invites women to a Triangular Debate on ways to begin the year’s work. Haughell, class of 1915, visits, while the Ladies Quartette and College Gospel Team perform at a Chicago Mission service.
Lessie Love stars in a new Fair Gem Theater drama Nina the Flower Girl portraying a blind girl who crafts artificial flowers to support her grandmother. Jimmie, a crippled newsboy, protects her as wealth offers a chance to restore sight. Elmer Clifton plays Jim, with Dorothy Gish and other stars attached to the program.
At a morning meeting the Ministerial Association discussed forming a community Bible class led by Prof. Vartanian, head of Parsons College Bible Department. Ministers unanimously supported the idea and appointed a committee with Prof. Vartanian as chairman to develop details for a Sunday afternoon session on October 21 at 3.
Five of the memoirs of the strike committee in Spain were sentenced to solitary confinement by a court martial. Three others received eight years in prison, and two got one to two and a half years. The two women members of the committee were acquitted.
Local draft exemption board defers to the United States district attorney as the case remains unresolved. The proceedings center on Matt Mexican Webatchee who received a final summons to appear.
Notice to policy holders: annual meeting at Fairfield Public Library on Saturday October 13 at 10 00 a m. All policy holders urged to attend. Election of officers and any other business to be transacted by the executive committee. E D Y Culbertson Secretary 241 0 486 11
The Orpheum in Fairfield Iowa shows two days starting October 22 featuring A Daughter of the Gods by William Fox. Annette Kellermann stars in a lavish fantasy epic with exotic settings and battles. Three daily showings with reserved seating and prices from 25c to 1.00. Also a political notice urges a YES vote for Iowa constitutional amendment on prohibition October 15.
A column listing various sale items including young chickens two and a half and three pounds. Advertisements include contact names Stella Griffith phone 218, W Ball phone 2265, Will D. Garmoe & Son for details on an 80 near town with out buildings and orchard, Lib eral terms, house hold furniture for three or four rooms, new gang plow, a vacant lot in the 700 block south Fourth street for 650, a Willard piano, and rebuilt typewriters from American Writing Machine Co. Inc. Chicago Illinois with catalogue on request.
Classified notices include requests for experienced married farm help, two furnished rooms with light housekeeping, a six or seven room house purchase inquiry at Bantas Second Hand Store, and various helper needs for Old Settlers Days such as kitchen staff and race officials. Contact details include phone numbers 811 1277 2699 and locations like Newport and Court Hotel.
The Jefferson County Suffrage Association held a session at the Library. Mrs. M. I. Perkins outlined government work for national defense. Mrs. C. C. Haworth spoke on Spanish Cuban women and world-wide suffrage. Rev. Haworth urged equality and progress. Mrs. Sloan reported activities, and Mrs. W. W. Dove was elected official delegate to the Des Moines state convention October 8 to 10.
A set of small rental notices and a found item listing. Furnished rooms and a good house are described with street addresses and phone numbers. One entry notes a modern home and location near the square, another mentions a car crank found on East Broadway and a reward to claim it.
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