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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1916
Page
2
National ticket lists President Charlies Fe Hughes and Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks. Congressional line names Congressman C. A. Kennedy as part of the ticket.
Administrator J. P. Starr files final report and discharge application in Jefferson County District Court Iowa. Objections must be filed by noon on November 1, 1916, the start of the November term, after which the report will be approved and the administrator discharged.
A sheriff sale of personal property in Jefferson County Iowa follows a landlord’s attachment in a G T Bell and P H Fisher case. Items include a self binder McCormick mower riding cultivator corn bay mare black colt two year old Weilie Automobile motor 8833. Sale on November 13 1916 at 2 pm at G T Bell farm southwest of Libertyville for debt 1100 plus costs.
Notice to qualified electors that Fairfield Iowa registration boards will meet at regular voting places on October 26 27 28 and November 4 1916 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on November 7 1916 until polls close to register absent voters.
Republican gubernatorial hopeful W L Harding spoke in Fairfield en route from Mt Pleas ant to Washington. He urged a protective tariff, warned of the saloon's return, lauded prohibition, and criticized the state’s road funding scheme while touting 365 day roads and local bond projects for schoolhouses.
Fairfield voters must register this year to vote on election day. Registration occurs October 26 to November 4 at Ward specific locations including Court House Second Ward Chester Fulton’s Cafe City Hall and Library basement. Registration is allowed from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today or tomorrow.
The speaker argues for paying as you go on roads, rejects bonded revenues, and urges voting for the Republican ticket on November 7th for national prosperity and Iowa home rule. A local ad promotes a Special Discount Sale Friday and Saturday at Lambersons Pattern Hat Shop.
English Lutheran members met October 25 1916 to discuss replacing Rev W W Barkley who resigned a month earlier They unanimously voted to call Rev A H Anspach then pastor at Waterloo Iowa The committee reports were strong and the congregation hopes he will accept and join the evangelistic work in Fairfield
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