Memorial Notes and Local Legion Affairs Report
Representative William Long expressed support for a state bonus for ex-officers and ex enlisted men who served in the great war. Memorial services announced with band music, addresses by Wilson Reed and John Barwise, and scripture reading. Membership tops 350, Leap Year dance planned, and local coverage praises Fairfield Journal. bees’ honey production noted.
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William Long
Marseillaise
Quartette
Wilson Reed
Star Spangled Banner
John Barwise
Drake University plans two million endowment drive
Drake University, in the Midwest, marks thirty nine years and an enrollment over 5,281 graduates. The war and high living costs push a two million dollar endowment campaign beginning soon, with $600,000 earmarked for the Bible college funded by churches. Two ten thousand dollar gifts have already been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake University
Cow Ebm Hapards
Bible College
Colorado National Forests Draw Over A Million Summer Visitors
More than a million people visited Colorado national forests during last summer, enjoying wilderness areas and recreation activities across the region. Data show high turnout at popular sites and extended seasonal access for hikers campers and picnickers.
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National Forests of
Colorado
Salt Rich Dead Sea Famed for Impassable Waters
The Dead Sea earns its name from waters so saturated with salt that no animal can survive therein.
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Dead Sea
Long lived Swedish colonial matriarch Lino Lamson dies
Lino Lamson born in 1832 in Sweden sailed to the United States in 1845 with Swedish emigrants crossing the Mississippi. The group settled near Lockridge at New Stockholm and helped shape local history. She married Ward Lamson in 1853 and had nine children, though one daughter Clara died in infancy.
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Lamson
Sweden
United States
Mississippi River
Jefferson County
New Stockholm
Lockridge
John Danielson
Cassel
A. F. Cassel
Ward Lamson
Four Corners
Clara
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George Ball
Allen Jewett
Ross Walker
The
Fairfield Tribune
Fairfield Daily Journal
Jack Dempsey
American Legion
Elks’ Hall
the Post
Buddie
Brake Clothing Company
Fairfield
Lancaster
Bert Alspach
Alspach
NEW Chicago
W. H. Pence
Lino Lamson
Janes
Iowa
Goodyear and
Racine
Frye Bros. Garage
S. W. Cor. Sq
la Record
Soldiers and Sailors of
W. F. Bevering
Montgomery Green
Spurgeon’s
T. E. McLean
Audubon
C. E. Anderson
Mrs. Peck
Crail & Brown
Allen-Streed CO
Pierson Heating and Plumbing
Pierson
Stanford
Fairfield, Ia
Jefferson County Abstract & Loan CO
Rgayloan
Charles Lyon
Allender Bros
First National Bank
East
Burlington Street
J. C. Bradshaw Furn. CO
J. A. Huglin
Goeke
Chevrolet
G. H. Atherton
E. Broadway
Business College School of
W. H. Pence Manufacturing and Contracting Machinist
Fairfield National
Bank of Service
A-2
Chicago, Ill
Middle West
Fairfield Ice & Cold Storage CO
Chas. A. Jones
James P. Moorhead
Davies Oil Company
Chas. A. Herring CO
West Side Cafe
V. L. Kessel
Prop
John S. Rumer
Leggett House
Geo. E. Mart
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