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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1919
Page
2
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Last night the old city administration held its final session and the changes are confined to the council. Mayor Munro is re elected and F J L Black becomes city clerk for two years. Retiring councilmen are W H Conner J W Price Len Israel and Ray Baker. J F Deardorff and G A Castile are re elected councilmen with ward representatives Harlan Gossick L J Nelson A D Long J E Cohagen.
Government proclaims a state of siege in Muhr Industrial district to shield plants and workers. Troops move in as mobs free prisoners from Frankfort police, plunder shops, and shoot in several parts of the city. New courts shattered. records and furniture burned amid riot sparked by harvest shortage and food fears.
Bloomington April 2 Mayor FE Jones a Republican defeated John Lennon Union Labor nominee by 278 votes in a dramatic counterpal election. Four labor candidates for commissioner also lost by pluralities between 200 and 800 votes.
The British steamer Korona bound from St. Thomas to New York, carrying cargo and passengers, was towed into Wilmington by the coast guard cutter Seminole as food supplies ran short. The ship endured days of heavy gale with huge seas breaking over it during the attempt to reach safe harbor.
Springfield voters in Sangamon County rejected wet status as Divernon township shifted to dry by a small margin. Absentees or partial counts show 456 wets 800, sealing the dry outcome by May 1. counties like Union and Mellenty favored the dry measure by notable margins, signaling a broader dry trend across the region.
Manchester April 2 All regional mills spinning American cotton will shut for 14 working days from April 10 to 28 after a Federation of Master Cotton Spinners Amalgamation decision. The move affects about 100,000 operatives as trade remains weak. Also note tonight’s big show Coney Island at the High School Auditorium.
W A Lewis cashier of Batavia Savings Bank was found dead from a revolver wound behind the right ear in a pasture near his home. Sheriff and coroner arranged an inquest. no reason given. Lewis, about 50, leaves wife and four children. He had left the bank to clerk a sale yesterday and did not appear again.
A large crowd fills the high school auditorium for the Elks musical comedy A Day at Coney Island. Miss Carolin Elinor Staley directs about 150 Fairfield citizens including a 75 child chorus. Sideshows with local businessmen close the lineup. full dress rehearsal completed, show opens tonight.
The Lutheran mission society meets at Mrs H E Wisecarver on W Madison Thursday at 230. Ladies Improvement Association gathers Thursday at 330. Christian Church Women’s Board holds regular meeting Thursday at 300. D A R meets with Mrs S L Machesney on W Burlington Thursday at 730. Suffrage meeting postponed to May 5. Presbyterian Ladies Missionary Society hosts a 100 luncheon at Mrs Wilson Reed on East Burlington. program starts 230.
Captain McKendrick spoke to Parsons College students yesterday and will address the male students at 6 45 this evening in Barhydt Chapel All local men are urged to attend B C Tracey of Brighton Ia visiting his son Pierre Aldeen Tracy and friends on campus yesterday
In Cape Town on March 21 the union assembly passed the second reading of an amnesty bill. It grants amnesty to participants in the rebellion that broke out as the war reacted in 1914.
H Shultz sold half interest in the Ford Garage to O A Miller of Ottumwa a longtime machinist and automobile repairman who will oversee shop work.
Notice states starting next Sunday April 6 we will have Sunday papers available and prompts readers to order a copy now. It mentions the Lunch Room and New Chicago Cafe as locations or vendors associated with the sale.
Fairfield residents and especially church members are urged to attend church services in April. The Fairfield Ministerial Association designates all four Sundays as Go-to-Church Sundays and ministers appeal for morning and evening services throughout the month.
Real estate listings show multiple transfers including E B Ragsdale to Harry Bates for 107 acres in Des Moines section 31 at $9000. Louis Mairet to C D Bailey for Locust Grove tract in section 21 at $14750. Parrett to Mairet two tracts Locust Grove section 21 at $8250. Elijah James to Mary James for lots in Pleasant Plain old plat at $1. Frank Ball to Omar Fracht etc. 80 acres Round Prairie section 7 at $5600. Other small deeds include McNew to Cochran lot 8 block 21 Fairfield and Glass to Hun ter 26 acres Center section 36 for $1. Names and locations recur across numerous transfers.
Raysol butter milk starting food for little chicks promotes rapid growth and health. Feed Raysol for a week or so, then switch to Purina Chick Feed and Chicken Chow Der. Sold by Milling Co.
An epidemic of bicycle stealing has developed in the city in the last few days. Fred Fulton and Harry Elder each had bicycles stolen Monday afternoon while working. Fulton found his wheel in a vacant lot in the southeast part of the city, but Elder has not recovered his yet.
Charles Edmunds of Packwood is in the city on business today. Mrs. Rinehart had an operation at Jefferson County hospital this morning. Miss Pearl Reed will teach at No 7 Center School next fall. Fairfield manufacturers enjoyed a banquet at the Leggett House last evening with about 30 men present. A snowslide killed Canadian Rail Men in Edmonton with Allen Fraser of Winnipeg among the dead. British Cotton Mills Close as employers plan to suspend operations starting April 4.
Meet me at Coney Island tonight 29 2 rk. FOR SALE A gas plate and fire cooker Phone 3616 28 2. FOR RENT Three blocks from square a house Call John Bartholomew Court Hotel 26 4.
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