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Fairfield Was Ablaze With Pep (Her (fee Slim Inf of Arm Mice TermsMarKInir IVorlcI of War*« I nd.HtrNaiv£Fairfield, la . Oct. 12.—There can be but one more glorious day in Fairfieldand Jefferson county than was Mon- j, day, November 11, and that will be ‘•when our boys come inarching home.”When news of the signing of the armistice spread over the city about 4 ^ o’clock Monday morning people ea- \^ gerly arose and began their thank * giving Everybody was happy. Business was entirely suspended and no-one complained, Factories bad post- u ed notices upon their doors by 7 js o’clock advising their workmen that ♦ y ’ there was nothing doing because of the kaisers fate,” Although the city j( schools were supposed to open after ^a four weeks’ enforced vacation because of the quarantine laws, not a lesson was heard, but after chapel ex- : rr circs and patriotic addresses by James p. Starr, president of the hoard is oi education, and Superintendent h Arthur W. Crane, the entire student ° body, even to the primary and the Rkindergarten tot?, staged a parade all n their own and, led by the High a school hand, marched through the principal streets singing patriotic h songs and yelling for the lads inkhaki. I vBy noon thousands of people from h the surrounding countryside had gathered in Fairfield and a monster e parade was held at 3 o’clock, it being o led by the Fairfield Iowa band and thewmembers of George Strong post No.; fi 19, G. A. R. Theses veterans marched I o ! as proudly behind “Old Glory” at this w time as they did fifty years ago when S peace was declared in America and sithe country truly united. The W. R. tc |C Indies, the Red Cross workers, h Parsons S. A. C. T boys, Company K, h Home guards, and delegations from ° all the factories in the city, together , a with the Parsons college students, the ci High school and grade schools and citizens, made up this spontaneous a outburst of enthusiasm. Many were d the flags that were carried, while G mottoes and banners were freely dis-i played. An automobile loaded with Belgium men followed a conveyance ; n j upon which an effigy of the kaiser n had been placed. Julius Standeart, a j well known Belgian, kept shooting .V the figure and jabbing it with his bay- j X, onet, much to the delight of the small e , boys in the crowd. ;During the afternoon addresses * were made by Rev. Roy Polly, pastor of the Christian church; Attorney Jamse P. Starr, O. F. Fryer and oth- ^ers, and a community sing was organized for the evening.At the evening celebration, which was even larger than the one in the day time, the kaiser was burned to j death, while the audience sang patri-otic songs and the bands played merrily.dHflt:
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Burlington Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Tue, Nov 12, 1918
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
William S.
USA 08 May 2019
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