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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1917
Page
8
Fairfield scouts convene at City Park Saturday at 9 a.m. under Scout Commissioner Frank with plans to march to Parsons Athletic Field for drills and instruction. Adults may bring requested materials to Benedict Monaster s. Rev. Bever y and Rev. Kuhns oversee donations and equipment readiness.
The Orpheum presents Ame Daprice in Patsy from William Fox. The Sunshine Maid era promises thrills as Patsy Prim travels from a Western town to New York to meet Richard Hewitt, a bachelor rich with ties to an adventuress and a change of heart.
A gas explosion beneath the sidewalk in downtown Burlington injures worker Harry Luchner and wrecks the Sewlair Refining Company area. The blast lifted a 60 foot sidewalk section, toppled onto gasoline tanks, and caused estimated damages of 2000 dollars with no major building damage.
Paris reports German troops attacked south of the Miette river and reached French lines toward Neufchatel road before being driven out with losses and prisoners. General von Ludendorff texts note heavy artillery exchanges along Laon Soissons road Meuse front. Haig reports patrol encounters in Ypres with a few British prisoners taken.
An Italian official statement reports enemy counter-attacks in the southeast sector of the Bainsizza plateau were promptly repulsed. In the area there were brisk artillery duels and harassing fire. A London report cites Austro Hungarian claims of Italian forces driven back in desperate combat on the Bainsizza plateau.
Program for Fairfield Iowa Band concert in the park directed by C. W. Smith listing pieces such as Minstrel Days March Idyl The Mill in the Forest and Star Spangled Banner among others with performers Kendis & Bava Rose & Olmian and Jolly Fellows noted.
The YMCA and YWCA joint meeting in the chapel featured Professor Vahan Vartanians talk on Christian ideals for students. Dr. R. Ames Montgomery returned from Chicago and Nubs Russell, football captain elect, is visiting campus while stationed at Ft Des Moines.
A selection of local sale notices includes real estate plots in Princeton and corridors on South Main and South Second Iowa Ave., a half-interest in several lots, and contact via J. D. Loof burrow or Princeton Club in New York City. Also listed are Rhode Island Red pullets, a Jersey cow, auto parts, second-hand tires, and a refrigerator set. Local sellers advertise other items such as rugs, china, and furniture with prices and pickup details.
A slice of old news humor and social notes mentions Col Henry Watterson exclaiming against the Kaiser, Peru warning Germany, a Kansas rooster trying to hatch eggs, a slacker dodging the draft, and a plan for cheaper bread in Cleveland. Also notes a jury exonerates Mr Roundenround of Michigan and Chulalongkorn II touring New York with twelve wives. An advertisement offers an automobile found south of the city.
Miss Gladys Workman is elected secretary in yesterday's Elzevir society vote. Aldine and Empyrean groups hosted a college browse for new students at the log cabin with games and refreshments. Prof. Vartanian led parlor games and guests later enjoyed ice cream and cake at Wade Flinspach's home.
Paris reports American aviator Harold Willis of Boston missing since August 19 has been captured and is now a prisoner in Germany according to German sources.
Multiple rental listings appear for properties on Stone Street West Washington Street South Sixth Street and Main Street. Rentals include furnished rooms flats houses barns and a two horse barn with contact numbers for A J Boyd Gilbert McKee Lou Thoma and Mrs Louis White.
Investigators from the United States department of justice were sent to Nogales Arizona to probe a claim that Mexicans are trying to persuade men selected for military service to evade the draft by fleeing to Mexico.
Albert Metin undersecretary of state in charge of the blockade arrives from Paris with expert advisers to confer with the British government on closer blockade coordination.
Washington report states the apostolic delegation announced two new Roman Catholic bishops. Bishop J Henry Tipen of Lincoln Nebraska will become bishop of Denver Cole. Rev. qeba f Cantwell of San Francisco is named bishop of Los Angeles California.
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