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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1916
Page
4
Chairman Ward of the Tabernacle Building committee issues an urgent S O S for volunteers to help raise and enclose the great shed for Peacock evangelistic meetings. The frame is up and siding and roofing begin. fifty men are urged to gather at Burlington and Third Street tomorrow morning to speed completion.
A compact readerable list of rental offers and sales. Furnished rooms and houses for rent appear alongside items for sale including vehicles and furniture. Also notices seeking help wanted and a local loan offer from Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Company.
Strayed small white pig last Tuesday. Phone information 2723. Found black muff on road between Agency and Fairfield. Return to McKenzie, College campus. Reward offered.
Farm property loan offer placed by C. Pool. Contact phone 2633 for details.
Aldine reports weekly literary programs with items on Princeton School Days and Kansas Harvest Fields. Empyrean lists vocal and instrumental solos, a Rag Time versus Classical debate, and dramatic papers by multiple students. Elzevir segment covers Chaplin vs Hughes and college study versus play sentiments.
A jury was selected in Washington for Glenn Brier of Brighton versus Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railway. Brier seeks 30000 dollars for injuries from a September 21 1915 speed car accident in Davenport while working as a telegraph lineman. The suit claims a defective speeder and negligent operation caused permanent injuries. The trial likely lasts several days.
The letter defends Ball against Bauman’s claims on the Capitol Extension bill and road taxes, accusing Bauman of evasive denials about agreeing to vote for the extension. Ball recounts his own efforts to repeal or modify measures, notes committee support for the extension, and challenges Bauman’s statements on printers bonds and public works in the 35th and 36th General Assemblies.
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