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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1916

Page

8

Fairfield prepares illuminated Come to Church board

The Ministerial Council of Fairfield negotiates with the Leonard Fowler Bulletin Service to install a 30 by 10 foot steel lighted bulletin board. For three years it will feature biblical images and the message Come to Church with Welcome All banners. Supported by local banks, businesses, and pastors, the display aims to draw younger residents to church.

A. R. Toothacre Baptist Church W. J. Coulston First Baptist Church of Pella A. Mosser Presbyterian Church E. G. McKibben United Presbyterian Church W. R. Meesey First Methodist Church Fairfield Iowa Leonard Fowler American Advertising Company Des Moines Naomi Sy Hoffman Allerton Indianola Marion Tama Perry Toledo Rockwell City Iowa Falls Cedar Falls Eldora Ack Sey Hampton Traer Winterset Charlton Toothacre First National Bank Harper Brush Works Iowa State Savings Bank the Louden Machinery Co Allen Streed Co Fairfield Grove & Mitten Co Leo. W. Cable Jr Fairfield Steam Lyiun“iry Clapp & Carter Richardson Hwd. Fo IP. D. Kerrick Leggett Hotel Frank Boies

Stoves Wanted for Tabernacle November Use

Richardson Hardware, Rodabaugh and Bean, and Gaines Bros. seek six or eight large heating stoves. Owners willing to lend or sell cheap should notify via phone numbers 38, 2241, or 137.

Tabernacle Richardson Hardware Rodabaugh & Bean Gaines Bros

Remedy Endures Eleven Years For Coughs And Colds

Chas Rietz of Allen Mills Pa says Foley's Honey and Tar has eased his coughs and hoarseness for eleven years. It relieves tickling throat and wheezy breathing promptly. For sale by Jercho and Kasto.

Chas. Rietz Allen Mills Foley Ty Jercho & Kasto

Rally Day Observed at Christian Church

Rally Day will be observed at the Christian church on Sunday October 22 during the Sunday school hour. An unusually fine program has been arranged and the aim for the year is set at five hundred with every member urged to attend and bring someone. All those not attending other churches are invited.

Pie and candy social at Chandler School

Miss Ruth Ireland will host a pie and candy social at Chandler School Friday evening. Everyone is invited and ladies are asked to bring a pie or candy.

Chandler School

Season's Sensation Peacon Roll at The Purity

Readable OCR notes a novelty item titled Peacon Roll offered at The Purity for 50 cents per pound.

Farm Hands Organize Union in Fowler Indiana

Farm workers in the Fowler area form a Hired Hands union. Leaders demand a minimum pay rate of four cents per bushel for husking corn. The movement marks a collective effort to set wages and improve bargaining power for local labor.

Farm Hands Farm Union Fowler, Ind

For Rent Listings In City Columns

Multiple rental notices list furnished rooms five room houses and offices across streets including North Court West Stone Hempstead Burling ton Fifth Street Second Street and address contacts Sam Burnett Mrs Elizabeth Stevenson A J Boyd The Hub Store and phone numbers 186 2671 2768 3718. Some ads mention lights gas city water sink toilet and partial furnishing.

North Court Street Sam Burnett West Stone Street A. J. Boyd W. Hempstead Elizabeth Stevenson South Fifth Street South Second Street

College Notes Brighten Parsons with Orchestra

Mrs. P. C. Hildreth hosts her mother Mrs. Ayer and nephew Mr. Ralph Ayer of Colorado Springs. Mr Ayer, formerly assistant secretary of the Army and Navy YMCA in San Francisco, visits. Mrs. M. P. Mercer to organize a Parsons College orchestra. first call issued this morning and many respond. Paul A. Reichel, traveling secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement, spoke at chapel. Seniors meet this afternoon to select class pins.

P. C. Hildreth Ayer Ralph Ayer Colorado Springs Col Mr. Ayer Army and Navy San Francisco Cal M. P. Mercer Parsons College Parsons Paul A. Reichel Student Volunteer Movement

Upland church to hold all-day meeting with mission sale

In Glendale the Teeter child remains at the hospital but improving. The ladies of the Upland Swedish Lutheran church plan an all-day meeting at Hiram Heat’s home on Wednesday October 25 with a missionary sale. Rev. Anson Steadwell visits relatives in the area. H Heaton celebrated his 71st birthday after driving to Farmington and staying over. Miss Anna Leu leaves hospital for home after four weeks of treatment.

H. Heaton Farmington Anna Leu

Peacock Evangelistic Committee Meeting Tonight

The executive committee and chairmen of other committees of Peacock Evangelistic meetings will meet in the Presbyterian church study this evening at seven thirty.

Peacock Evangelistic Presbyterian Church

For Sale Roundup of Household Items and Cars

A collection of classified sale notices lists an almost new washing machine at 205 West Lawe with phone 1591 and a 1914 Ford touring car offered cheap with terms via phone 2678. Other items include a five foot high mahogany bed Davenport, a Mission Oak dining set, various small furniture pieces, a baby buggy, a baby walker, and a base burner, with addresses and contact numbers noted. An eight cylinder Cadillac is advertised by Mrs. Alice Booker at 796, and a large eleven room house plus a six room house are offered by D. F. Spratt at 763.

Onquire West Lawe Alice Booker South Court Street D. F. Spratt

Wanted Help and Household Jobs Advertisements

Classified notice lists several job and purchase ads including a girl for general housework and a dining room girl at the Court hotel. Also buyers seek second hand coal and wood heaters and unfurnished rooms. A loan offer targets a prairie corn farm at five percent from Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Company.

Banta Fairfield P. S Journal Court Hotel Jefferson County Abstract and Loan Company

Lost and Found notices in Journal office

Lost three blade pocketknife reward returned to Journal office. Lost pig on Tuesday small white phone 2723 for information. Black muff on road between Agency and Fairfield return to Prof. McKenzie College campus reward.

Journal Agency Fairfield McKenzie College

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