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Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1918

Page

7

Local Residents Have Busy Week with Travels and Ills

Mr and Mrs J T Rodgers and family motored to Ottumwa today. Samuel Culler is ill at Jefferson county hospital. C L Schieber of Lockridge is in the city. M W Roth returned from a business trip to Chicago. Blanche Banta went to Mt Pleasant to begin school Monday. Louise Wright returns to Chicago Sunday. Mrs Isabelle Sampson of Lockridge visited relatives. F E Sheehy and son Paul and Miss Mary ONeil visit Edina Missouri. A J Green improving after illness. Neilie Banfield leaves for Council Bluffs to begin school Monday. Mr and Mrs Joseph Ricksher learn their son Theodore arrived in France. Mark Whitney of Keosauqua visits relatives. J C Thorne leaves for Denver to visit son Harry P Thorne. Sergeant Major Walter W Hisel arrives safely overseas. Anna Roth to Runnels to attend school. Marjory Sloan to Pell a for Central College. W B Stokes and Cora Dybion visit Mrs Cora Rundley. Mrs W C Ball, Cora Ball, Mrs Thomas, and Mrs Harry Ball spend day in Mt Pleasant. Virginia Witkoski and Anna Droz go to Ottumwa for St Marys Academy. Mrs R G Whitmer leaves for Madison Wis to teach. Mr Whitmer to train at college. Dr L E Gordon and mother go to Chicago to visit brother at Great Lakes Training School. J C McKenzie undergoes jaw operation. nerve removed and tenth such procedure. remains conscious and not anaesthetized.

Community Bible Class to Resume With Parsons College Credit

Prof. Vartinian announces the Community Bible Class will resume in Fairfield and join Parsons College extension work. Participants may earn Biblical department credit, with the class aimed to remain truly community oriented. A opening date and program will be announced shortly.

Fairfield Vartinian Parsons College Biblical Department

Students to be Called for Active Service in 1919

Des Moines reports from Washington indicate nearly all students in the students' army training corps will be sent to active field service by June 1919. The War Department says they will be treated like other young men, except those in vital technical studies. Transfers to officers' schools or back to college will occur as needed to maintain unit strength.

Des Moines Army Training Corps Washington War Department

Notice to guardians and heirs on Jefferson county real estate

Public notice in Jefferson county Iowa lists W E Chandler guardian and other defendants as unknown claimants to part of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter in section 8 72 9. Marcellus Thompson sues claiming title in fee and seeks to quiet title with all claims barred. defense required by September 1918. Also an employment ad for Y M C A work and Old Settlers Day baby contest invite.

W. E. Chandler Guardian First National Bank of Fairfield Iowa James F. Wilson Mary A. K. Wilson R. H. Hufford Mary J. Hufford Z. H. Held Isadore Held William S. West Winnie E. West Frank L. West Jennie C. West E. A. Howard Mary L. Howard Morgan Keltner Nathan Berkhimer Temperance Berkhimer John Workman Delila Workman Jefferson County the District Court Marcellus Thompson District Court of Jefferson Richard C. Legfett

Entertainment Night at Golf Club Draws Praise

Golf Club members and guests enjoyed an evening at the club house with a short play The Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boil a violin solo by Robert Israel and a clever modern Cinderella. The performers directed by Mrs. C J Fulton and Mrs J H Montgomery earned credit for their work and talent. An outdoor program featured an orchestra dance following the acts.

Golf Club Robert Israel C. J. Fulton J. H. Montgomery

Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Vitality and Digestion

An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy for dull yellow skin, coated tongue, and poor appetite. It claims the tablets improve liver and bowel function without calomel risks, promising clearer skin and buoyancy after use.

Edwards

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J .T. Rodgers Ottumwa Samuel Culler Jefferson County Hospital C. L. Schieber Lockridge M. W. Roth Chica Blanche Banta Mt. Pleasant Louise Wright Turner Home Chicago Isabelle Sampson of F. E. Sheehy Paul Mary O'Neil Edina A. J. Green Neilie Banfield Council Bluffs Joseph Ricksher Theodore France Mark Whitney Keosauqua City J. C. Thorne Denver Colorado Harry P. Thorne Walter W. Hisel 337Th Field Artillery Anna Roth Runnels Marjory Sloan Pella Central College W. B. Stokes Cora Dyebion South Ottumwa Cora Rundle W. C Ball Cora Ball Thomas of Berkley, Calif Harry Ball Virginia Witkoski Anna Droz St. Mary’s Academy R. G. Whitmer Madison Wis Whitmer L. E. Gordon Great Lakes Eldon Forum J. C. McKenzie Claude Mr. McKenzie Yqu A. K. Harper Pearl Hague Fairfield Business College Junkin Bottie Wolf Wolke Chemical, CO Quincy Lilimoia CU. S&s. A Bushnell Hllinois John M. Brant Company Illinois
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