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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
6
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Par son s College fundraising total reaches 85 328 with 181 subscriptions and a $15 000 gap to reach 100 000. Fairfield area residents and county farmers are urged to donate, with a house to house drive led by Fairfield women starting Tuesday, October 16, to support the college under Christian influence.
W B Kilpatrick delivered a Christian Science lecture at the High School auditorium with Edward E Peterke introducing him. He urged that Christian Science answers What is Christian Science and What does it teach? and argued for a true Bible based religion guiding present healing and hopeful awakening for humanity.
The Jefferson County Red Cross Chapter holds its annual meeting Saturday at 1:30 PM in the court room at the Court House. A new board of directors will be elected and officers will present reports. All chapter members are urged to attend.
Rev Wilbur R Keesey will discuss why constitutional prohibition may be needed in Iowa at Sunday morning service at First Methodist church. The event urges all workingmen voting no on the amendment to attend and those wishing to help pass the amendment to be present. Music and a welcoming atmosphere promised.
Community letters urge a yes vote on an amendment to end the bone dry policy. Proponents argue a change is needed while opponents warn of consequences. Postal mailers are circulating to mobilize support ahead of October 16.
The 1917 Old Settlers' Celebration concluded with cold snap weather and dismantled stages. A large crowd attended yesterday for the Industrial parade and attractions as the Kangaroo court entertained Fairfield residents. Good order prevailed with little police presence, highlighting Jefferson area citizenship.
Through a typographical error the Pleasant Plain Consol Consolidated School failed to receive full credit in the awards list. The school’s exhibit won first prize of $15. There is no school in East Pleasant Plain.
About thirty auto loads of boosters from Woolson and nearby areas will tour the county seeking support for the amendment. They are due in Fairfield at noon and will stay about thirty minutes.
Portland dispatch reports Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane sent a message to President Wilson from the Pacific coast stating that the people of the West and East are prepared to provide men and funds as needed to bring the war to a successful conclusion.
The Reichstag likely to move on Alsace Lorraine within days with a majority backing a monarchical federal state and democratic parliamentary guarantees. Also items note a rummage sale by Parsons College Auxiliary and a mattress sale at Fraze y’s, plus a road tax deadline and clinic hours for October 1917.
Camp Dodge Ia Oct 11 four thousand national army men will leave early next week for Houston Texas and Deming NM as soon as properly equipped. Sixteen hundred fifty Minnesota men and one thousand Illinois drafted men with thirteen North Dakota and thirteen hundred fifty Iowa men are included. Liberty bond subscriptions by 88th division officers and enlisted men on day one total ten thousand five hundred dollars. Temperature nears freezing as hot air stoves heat every barrack.
All persons having bills against the Old Settlers' association are asked to present them at once.
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