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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1916
Page
16
A Shriners delegation was hosted in Sity at the airfield and Elks rooms this noon. They were bound for Davenport after a Cresco ceremonial, welcomed by the Fairfield band and escorted to dinner. They departed this afternoon aboard a Rock Island train for Davenport.
The Mt. Pleasant News reports the case Neller Manufacturing Co versus the defunct Jesse L. Mendgren Manufacturing Co proved hard to adjust. Three witnesses were heard including Neller and Gage from Fairfield and die maker Wyker of Burlington. Closing arguments were made and the jury was sent for in the middle of the afternoon. W F Kopp represents Weir the bondsman for Edston Co while J C McCord acts for the plaintiff.
C F Devereaux a railroad telegraph operator at Coal Bluff was found with a skull fracture and a severed leg after a handcar he lay on was struck by a train. Police believe foul play may have occurred before the collision as the emergency brakes failed to stop the train. Engineer T W Bane reported Devereaux was lying on his back on the car as the train approached.
An English boy in Bazentin le Sorand and Longueval endures a harrowing stint in a dugout near Mametz wood. Bombs silence him, he is wounded four times by German and later English shells, and he survives until rescue as the area finally falls to British forces.
Kansas City park board creates a women only recreation ground after a business women's plea. A high river overlook site will host tennis courts croquet grounds a Dutch oven and a shelter house for unmolested leisure.
Fall bulb planting urged as weather stays favorable. Large new shipment arriving with attractive prices. T. E. Fariss, Florist, advertises at Crail and Brown's Southwest Corner.
A series of rental ads list rooms and houses for rent. Listings include a partly modern furnished room at 206 East Adams, furnished or unfurnished rooms at 301 West Burlington, three rooms with electric lights and gas via J M Hunter at 411 North B Street or D T Kilroy at 3682, and a seven room modern house at 1100 South Second Street with immediate possession.
A garbled early classifieds list offers items for sale including oak furniture kitchen pieces a refrigerator an organ and a base burner. Also includes multiple houses land near Fairfield South Dakota land offers with lots of acreage and sample price per acre plus an excursion notice and contact by A M Kauffman and others.
Classified want ads seek a girl for collecting and office work in Fairfield, housework in private homes, two furnished rooms for light housekeeping, a dining room girl, two men to drive teams, and sewing services. Also loans for prairie corn farms, and a live pigeon and guinea pig for sale or exchange. Lost keys offered reward.
The Brownsville Daily Sentinel notes the largest recruit influx since border guard deployment. From Camp Dodge Iowa brigade there were 90 recruits, 81 to Brownsville and 9 to Donna Iowa cavalry. Virginia regiments received 64 rookies from Richmond, 20 to the First Virginia and 34 to the Second. Competent drill sergeants will train the new soldiers. Many militiamen view this as proof they will remain at the border for now. The Iowa recruits were gathered by a recruiting detail that left weeks earlier for Iowa.
Ethel Grandin will be seen at the Orpheum Monday in The Crimson Stain Mystery. Cut This Out It is Worth Money. Cut out this slip and send 5c to Foley Co. Chicago for a trial package of Foley remedies. Jericho & Easton sell the products.
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