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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1917

Page

7

Fairfield Co operative Store Opens October First

The Fairfield Co operative Society rents the former Royal Cafe room on North Wales Street to launch a new store on October first. G A Unkrich named manager with Keith W Luke leading a stock holder campaign. Unkrich brings years of grocery loan experience to Fairfield.

Fairfield Co-operative Society Wees Wale Street Royal Cafe Exwet’s G. A. Unkrich Keith W. W. Luke Wr. Unkrich Gro Fairfield

College notes and opera cast list for the week

The Elzevir program is on Friday at 4 p m and the Orio program at 8 p m The Opera features Tales of Hoffmann and other acts with students S Bell Ruth Davis D Phelps M Scholar M Stewart and Hayes Parsons notes of travel and visitors including Leland Page Pierre Tracy Genevieve and Glen Cooper Also mentions draft considerations and Roscoe Whitmore returning as a Sophomore center from last year.

Personal visits and travels noted in city

Dr. F R North of Packwood and Roy Copeland of Libertyville visited the city while others, including Messrs R H Spence J H Hammer and Claire Monson, drove to nearby towns on business. Mrs E R Smith and Mrs J N Smith attended Mrs H D Smith’s funeral in Batavia. Wade Flinspach named football captain to replace Nubs Russell. Aldine Literary Society held a brief meeting.

Frank Gobble Claude Tucker Washington Roy Hartman Dr. Smith F. R. North Packwood R. H. Spence J. H. Hammer Libertyville E. R. Smith J. N. Smith Batavia H. D. Smith Wm. Cupp Birmingham T. L. James Des Moines Ralph Eck Woolson W. R. Keese Sadie Goehner Chicago Ira Perry Grandville Ohio S. A. Power Mt. Pleasant Perry Burlington Wade Flinspach Nubs Russell Wade Iowa Parsons

The Town Slouch Editorial Verse

Comic verse laments that fear of death paralyzes effort while the bold negotiates life’s burdens. The piece mocks those who wait for the other to act and notes the paradox of rightness leaving one behind.

Fragmented Verse on War Rumor Across Global Circles

An anonymous fragment traces rumors of a war’s end through a tangled chain. It mentions a laborer, a letter in Greek, a Chinese worker in Timbuctoo, cuban niggers, a Texas town, a circus clown, Klondike, South African Jews, Borneo, a swell society rake, and a seventh husband’s relation, weaving a global gossip loop.

Timbuctoo Borneo

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Manv Wathion Williams Wallace Sell Orpheum Cal- Mernia Seerras Ee Big Timber Stella ‘Menton Eck Fyie Big Timber College Elzevir Orio OPERA S. Bell Madam ButteroSeave Shelby Cerotig Ewe Ees M. White Faust Ruth Davis D. Phelps Bans Is Cakes Tales of Pee A A Is Eee M. Stewart Hayes Parsons Keokuk Ft. Madison Leland Page Keota Pierre Tracy Genevieve van Bennett Cantril Glen Cooper Brighton Walter Bean Roscoe Whitmore Roscoe Wilbur Keesey Keows Coppock Keesey Tracy Sweden Ss . Schillerstrom Roy Copeland J. C. Bradshaw Moline Illinois Carroll Messrs Claire Monson Perry Wright Ottumwa The Aldine Literary Society Ellis M. Clarke Cy Dawkins Orpheum Orchestra William Fox Caprice Wallace Reid and Kathlyn Williams I “ Big Timber AeRiaaiaa el Lipwis Cence Ince Es Biden Walter Baker Chocolate Arm & Hammer Soda Prince Albert K. C North Side Sq
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