Community Church Services and Local Attendances
Local faith notices outline morning and evening sermons across multiple churches including First Methodist, Baptist, English Lutheran, Christian Church and New Chicago Mission. Topics cover A Greater Methodist Church in Fairfield, A Greater Iowa, Lord's Day Observance, and Pilgrims of destiny with special music and prayer meetings.
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Wilbur R. Keesey
Christian Church Bible School
Christian Science First Church of Christ Scientist
Agassiz
NEW
Chicago Mission
Kulns
L. E. Kuhns
Bert Barrow
Heaven
Hell
For 1 £ ale 1 heating stove baby buggy and ice box
Classified note offers a heating stove a baby buggy and an ice box for sale at low price with contact at 901 West Grimes.
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West Grimes
Red Cross Gauze Shop Praised By Chicago Inspector
Inspectors praise the Fairfield Chapter Gauze Shop for accurate gauze dressings in the first shipment. The Elk’s Club rooms host the daily operation with two supervisors guiding volunteers. The article urges county and town women to contribute one hour weekly, detailing upcoming muslin bandage work and needed supplies.
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Red Cross
Chicago
American Red Cross
Fairfield
Elsie Hampton McNeil
Elk’s Club Rooms
the Red Cross
Absent Voter Registration and Prohibition Vote Planned
Absentees may cast ballots starting Monday October first ahead of the October 14 constitutional amendment election in Fairfield. New residents since the last election must register October 4 5 and 13 at Court House Chet Fultons Restaurant City Hall and Library Basement. Absentees may vote any time before October 12 with ballots left with County Auditor A C Turner.
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Iowa
Fairfield
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
A. C. Turner
Unkrichs Boys Band Pleases at Mt Zion Presbyterian Church
Large crowd enjoyed a concert by Unkrich’s Boys’ Band directed by Geo W Unkrich at Mt Zion Presbyterian Church. Highlights included solos by Warren Mitchell and Margaret White, duets by Glen and Clarence Shafer, and a Star Spangled Banner finale. Attendees also reported strong audience enthusiasm for encores and the band’s polished performance. Funeral attendees James Carney and family traveled from Marseilles Illinois to Fairfield Iowa for Benjamin S Lyon’s services.
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Presbyterian Church
Mt. Zion
Unkrich
Geo. W. Unkrich
Warren Mitchell
Clark
Il Trovatore
Margaret White
Washington Post
Sonsa
Barnhouse
Mitchell
Glen
Clarence Shafer
Fairfield
Iown
Benjamin S Lyon Funeral Held At Local Methodist Church
Funeral services for Benjamin S Lyon who died Thursday morning were conducted at two o clock in the local Methodist church with Rev Keesey in charge. Interment followed at Evergreen cemetery. Lyon born January 27 1841 near Hopedale Ohio, was 76 at death and had lived in Jefferson county and Fairfield for 25 years.
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Benjamin S. Lyon
Methodist Church
Keesey
Evergreen Cemetery
James Carney
Marseilles
Chas. Dellinger
Ottumwa
Benjamin Stone Lyon
Hopedale
Harrison County
Samuel
Lydia Stone Lyon
Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
Mr. Lyon
Jefferson County
Packwood
Fairfield
Local Reading Notes and Small Town Visits
Miss Bernice Snider of Oskaloosa and Miss Carrie Beardsley of Birmingham visit friends in the city. Fairfield High School heads to Columbus Junction for an afternoon game with the local high team. Rev and Mrs C E Ward of Packwood and Mr and Mrs Marsh with daughter Emma K Marsh attend events in the city. Howard Wood plans a Sunday at his Burlington home. Mrs Sarah Parsons of Burlington visits granddaughter Celeste Howlett. Roy Carl Tygret and Anna and Freda Tygret of Batavia join Misses Anna and Lucy Miller for a Washington trip to visit relatives.
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Bernice Snider
Oskaloosa
Carrie Beardsley
Birmingham
Marion Patterson
Fairfield
Columbus Junction
C. E. Ward
Packwood
Marsh
Ft. Madison
Well Known Community Figure Passes Away After Long Life
A longtime Methodist church member described as sincere and upright has died. He lived through a long, industrious life and was remembered as a good neighbor. He leaves two daughters Elizabeth Carney of Marseilles Ill and Ella Solomon of Dewar Oklahoma and a stepson Charles F Dellinger of Ottumwa Iowa.
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Methodist Church
Lyon
Elizabeth Carney
Marseilles
Ill
Ella Solomon
Dewar
Oklahoma
Charles F. Dellinger
Ottumwa
Iowa
Solvay Coke Helps Fuel Stoves and Base Burners
A Solvay Coke ad notes a large car of nut size coke ideal for stoves and base burners. It warns customers to order early as the Coke Company has refused to accept more orders due to demand.
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Coke Company
Leader Announces Sale for Lookout Mountain Item
The Leader advertises a sale titled Some where in France and All the World will be Jealous of Me with Lookout Mountain featured in the listing. Buyers urged to place orders today.
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France
Lookout Mountain
The
Leader
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