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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1917
Page
4
A dense church column lists Bethany Presbyterian First Methodist and various others with worship topics and times. It covers morning and evening services, sermon titles, minister names, and invitations, plus Sunday school and mission notes across campus and city churches.
Centerville visitors include Ruscel Maynard and Thomas Campbell with other locals and families noted. Births, marriages, funerals, and travels across towns such as Keosauqua, Riverside, Burlington, and Des Moines are recorded with hints of upcoming reunions and military news including Major Wilson Heaton leading a cavalry regiment.
Tuesday evening September 18th marks the opening of the fall term for evening school at Pairfield Business College on Junkin Pick, South Main Street. Prospective students are urged to enroll during the day Monday or Tuesday to obtain the lower price.
Readable ad copy touts low cost methods to achieve results by calling a number. It uses imperative language urging readers to phone in to take action and hints at an ongoing campaign or sales pitch labeled as No 23.
Properties available in Fairfield and nearby areas await buyers. Two lots on the east side of South Main with half interest in three lots on West South Main and three lots on West South Second, with McRemey holding the other half. Terms described as cheap or easy. contact J. D. Loofburrow or mail in care of the publication. Also listings for 2 dene e in excellent condition with fruit trees, a home with yearling gifts, and a selection of used typewriters from American Willing Machine Co. Included are prices and contact notes such as 496 dollars cash price and phone number 9112.
Fairfield may hear Serjeant G. H. Hanley of the Princess Pats, one of 13 survivors, describe trench warfare in France and Belgium with five reels of front line motion pictures. The event aims to bring vivid war scenes to local audiences.
Multiple rental notices list properties near the square with rooms and houses for rent. Entries include addresses such as 709 South Sixth street 102 North Fourth street and Washington at Sixth with contact phones 2472 1244 11655 333 4537 4409. Modern furnished rooms and nine room houses are advertised with landlords Louis White and Mrs Louis White.
In California township near Coldwater, farmer Frank Van Tassell was shot to death by about 700 men after he killed Sheriff George Ralston who tried to arrest him. A nighttime siege ended with Van Tassell dying as the barn he hid in was torched and he fled into the flames.
Tuesday evening September 18 students will begin the fall term of the Fairfield Business College located in the Junkin Block on South Main Street.
A Duncan Mills Oregon woman credits Foley Kidney Pills with curing her lumbago after a neighbor’s recommendation. She says two or three bottles relieved pain completely and praises the product for toning weak kidneys and improving sleep and energy.
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