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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1917
Page
2
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A free-for-all between players and spectators interrupted the closing minutes of the Racine Wis and Chicago All-Star game. An incident saw someone slug With Hams of the Chicago six as he neared the visitors' net. With help from noncombatants the management restored order. The game ended in a 1 to 1 tie.
Secretary Baker announces a detailed plan to raise an army. The War Department will submit the plan to Congress if it desires to raise an army, marking a formal step in wartime mobilization.
Urbana April 2 Pinsetters pressured by Miner Chapin of Twin Lakes Cole and Robert Perry of Urbana University of Klmolts student. Chapin shot in the thigh Perry slashed in the face with a razor after the confrontation.
Dr. Arthur Goss, longtime director of Purdue University agricultural experiment station, resigns his post to devote time to farming interests near Vincennes Indiana. He has served since 1900? and departs to focus on agricultural work away from the university.
Sheriff Shan Campbell clerk Geo M Ball and Auditor A C Turner will have their terms extended to 1920 by the provisions of a law passed. The term of county officers becomes four years while other officers are to be elected in 1918 and every four years thereafter.
Yesterday the English Lutheran Sunday School held a record turnout of 208 members with Easter attendance expected to rise. A friendly contest ran since January 14 1917 among Sunshine Girls Builders and Baraca with Baraca winning by four points despite 13 Co M members being absent.
Beginning Tuesday night sermons will be held each night of Holy Week at the English Lutheran Church except Saturday. The services will review the last scenes of Jesus life with special music each evening and an invitation extended to all to attend for a new message in the familiar story.
Two Russians escaped to British lines near Ypres proving German use of prisoners of war for labor at the near front. The incident underscores German manpower strain on the Western Front during April.
The second battalion of the Thirty third Michigan Infantry, arrived from the Mexican border, was ordered to guard public property in Michigan city limits on April 2. The unit previously stationed on duty near the border was reassigned to protect government property and maintain order.
Under directive of the Wyoming National Guard a military census of all male residents of the state has begun in Cheyenne on April 2. The operation aims to document eligible personnel and strengthen state readiness.
Copenhagen April 2. Paron Pex. Joeveden the Russian minister to Denmark has resigned from his post.
A large Fairfield audience enjoyed a piano recital by Miss Katherine Fulton with Miss Carolyn Hamilton as soprano accompanied by Prof. James P Moorhead. The program featured Schumann Chopin and others, noted for memory playing and refined tone.
The Ottumwa Review reports Company M of Fairfield spent the night in their cars on a depot side track. Capt. Smith declined to confirm guard duty plans. The unit may set up pup tents in Caldwell Park while awaiting definite orders on duties and locations.
The family expresses gratitude for kindness shown after the death of their husband and father. They acknowledge floral tributes and extend thanks from Mrs. D. C. Wooltt, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woollett, and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Armstrong.
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