Fairfield Local News Highlights Marriages Births and Meetings
Avery couples wed with Rev Frank Leeds officiating. Illinois Senator Hamilton Lewis to speak at Chautauqua on August 25 after Walter Hughes Newton on August 24. Births include Mary Louise Calhoun and others at Jefferson County Hospital. Local officials joining state boards and area youths attending encampments. Multiple town visits and travel notes plus piano recital and housing purchase in Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Evans
Avery I.a
Ih Evans
Avery Sa
Glessie Worley
Frank Leeds
Jamies
Hamilton’ Lewis
Illinois
Chautauqua
Walter Hughes Newton
Jefferson County Hospital
Newton J. Calhoun
Mary Louise Calhoun
R. S. Jones
Commercial Club
State Secretarial Association
Leland Tallman
John Montgomery
Camp Foster
Lake Okoboji
State
Hi Y
Fairfield
Arthur Minster
Ralph Jacobs
George Woolsy
E. C. Johnson
Ernest Banjay
Evergreen Cemetery
Charlotte White Pierson
Methodist Church
L. A. Branard
Eclipse Lumber Yard
Kenneth Thorpe
South Second Street
Barnard
North Dakota
Ray Finger
S .C. DuVall
Paul and
Floyd
Libertyville
Harry Langer
Ottumwa
Langer
Davenport
Fred Morris
Marshall
Mgr
S. J. Morris
Fred Perkins
Mabel
Moline
Local Undertaker Advertises Chocolate Sale and Parlor Note
Butler undertaker, successor to Frazey, lists phone 1582. A small shipment of Fancy Chocolates in one-pound boxes sent by mistake is being closed out at cost. Elite Billiard Parlor notice appears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Butler
Undertaker
A. V. Frazey
Foley Kidney Pills Advertised For Kidney Relief
An August friendly housework note promotes Foley Kidney Pills as relief for back ache stiff joints and kidney trouble. A testimonial from Mrs. L. Gibson of La Junta Colorado claims quick help after using the pills and Jericho & Easton druggists are listed as sellers.
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L. Gibson
12Th
Edison Sts
la Junta
Colo
Foley
Jericho & Easton
Woman of Method Forces Change at Lyndon Home
John Bryce learns the value of steady home life when his mother, a stern disciplinarian, confronts his neglect of wife Lillian and unborn baby. He resigns from the club, chooses family, and vows to restore harmony in their Lyndon household.
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John Bryce
John
Lillian Duane
Lyndon
Lillian
Mrs. Bryce
Spiders in Hoboken Factory Keep Surveying Gear Glowing
In Hoboken a 200 worker spider colony produces essential cross hair thread for surveying instruments. The spiders work all day in August and September earning no wages, while four trained girls coax them to spin by tapping them and attaching their silk to a wire frame, yielding hundreds of feet of thread per spider.
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Hoboken
N. J
Digger Welcome for Birdwood Sparks Dismissive Rain
General Birdwood wins affection of Australian troops in Melbourne as a rain drenched digger jokes the other hand is here in Melbourne. The crowd recalls Gallipoli and France and a cartoon of a big digger hand welcoming the general.
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General Birdwood
Gallipcoli
France
Melbourne
Birdwood
Victoria
Western Australian
Twenty-eighth
Swinging Granite Monolith Discovered on Green Mountain
A massive granite monolith near Green Mountain north of Canon City Colorado is described as the world’s only swinging monument. The shaft exceeds 100 feet in height, 50 feet thick at the center, and tapers to a similar base width. It freely sways two to three feet at the apex under light winds, its base perched in a three foot hollow with surrounding rock severed.
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Green Mountain
Canon City
Colo
Army aviators report high altitude winds and supercharger value
Flights at 25,000 feet reveal a strong west wind estimated at 175 mph and a non cooling temperature trend with altitude. Tests of a new supercharger promise major military speed gains and potential commercial use enabling heavy passenger planes to clear high mountains with lower powered engines.
Embarrassing Moment on Train with Stranger
A passerby recalls the awkward scene on a train when he confronted a man he mistook for his fiancée’s fiancé. He brandished shower items and asked why he rode alone, realizing the man was entirely unfamiliar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chum
Student Arguments for Six-Hour Workday
A student of economics says he rises at six each morning and works until midnight giving speeches to prove that six hours of work per day suffices for any man. He describes balancing study and advocacy as taxing yet purposeful.
Toadstool Club Reports Odd Fungi From Meeting End
The Toadstool Club described a stinkhorn Dictyophora ravenelli and a Judas Ear Himeola auricula Judae as notable specimens. Edible species cooked included Agaricus campestris and Coprinus micaceus. fungi were gathered at Second Main and Court and judged wormy specimens discardable. The group plans continuous sessions during Chautauqua and invites visitors bringing toadstools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenelli
Judas Iscariot
Child Cured of Bowel Trouble
A child of Floyd Osborn a Notary Public of Dungannon Virginia was taken with bowel trouble. Mr. Osborn gave Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and it quickly recovered. He says it is the best I ever used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Osborn
Dungannon
Notice of Final Settlement in Hammond Estate
Notice to heirs and interested persons that Nettie C. Hammond executrix files a final report seeking approval and discharge. Objections must be filed by noon September term at Fairfield Iowa court. Simmons & Ross represent executrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William 5. Hammond
District Court
Jefferson County
Iowa
Nettie C. Hammond
Wm. S. Hammond
Fairfield
Executrix
Simmons & Ross
Fancy 26-1-c shipment to The Elite Billiard Parlor
A small branded shipment labeled Fancy 26-1-c has been sent to The Elite Billiard Parlor. Details on contents and origin are not specified in the available text.
Tribune Office Ads Offer Carbon Paper and Typewriter Ribs
Tribune want ads advertise carbon paper and typewriter rib bons for all machine makes for sale at the Tribune office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Health Column Encourages Daily Health Chores and Literature
Cho Cho extols outdoor living and balanced meals while urging readers to request health bulletins such as Save the Babies and Is a Calf Worth More Than a Child. It promotes National Child Labor committee materials and Keep Well leaflets, advising visits to the Red Cross tent at lot 19 during Chautauqua for free literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Board of Health
National Child Labor Committee
Children’s Bureau Dod
Red Cross
Iowa Reports 418 Consolidated Rural Schools Open
George S. Dick of the Iowa Department of Public Instruction notes 418 consolidated rural schools across 94 of 99 counties with enrollments over 50 000 students including 10 000 in high schools. About 2 800 one room schools have closed and last month 1 800 county youths completed four years of high school. State aid supports four room or more schools with 500 initial equipment funds and 750 annual for manual training home economics and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
George S. Dick
State Department of Public Instruction
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