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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1917
Page
6
Following a Benton hotel raid at 2 a m Chief of Police W H McEndree was shot three times. Grocer J E Woolard is held after the quarrel escalated when Woolard slipped a revolver from McEndree and opened fire. Wounds not believed serious. Woolard recently bankrupt under St Louis creditors and said to have been drinking heavily.
The state board of health orders a sanitation drive around Camp Lincoln and the state fair grounds in Springfield to guard against mobilization. An inspection zone a quarter mile wide will oversee private premises and garbage dumping near the sites must end.
Epworth League will stage the religious play In His Steps at First Ma Church on Thursday evening April 12. Dr. Sheldon’s drama features 15 to 20 leading characters from the book and promises a series of incidents to the climactic finale. The production is intensely religious and dramatic from start to finish with several musical numbers.
The CMH Chicago and Alton railroad announces three months back pay under the eight hour law will be paid April 27. The total amount is about $140,000 to employees in Bloomington WL.
Two men were killed and five seriously burned in an explosion at the People's Gas company gasoline pumping plant at Lrave thirteen miles south of Waynesburg Pennsylvania on April 2.
Two companies of the First Regiment Pennsylvania National Guard left Philadelphia for police duty somewhere in the United States. The move underscores national guard mobilization amid internal security duties.
Police in Chicago arrested seventeen people for sleeping in an all night movie theater where intruders pursued heroines on screen. The crackdown followed reports of ongoing loitering and lodging for a nickel.
Mayor Ralph Munro and the new council were installed last night with City Clerk Wilson Heflin administering the oath. New clerk Paul Coleson and City Attorney X. C. Nady were unanimously elected. The body created committees and raised water department wages from 21 1 2 to 25 cents per hour, while planning economy and a forthcoming city finances report. The Board of Health and Board of Review organized and begin their sessions.
Mr C J Gaines former owner of the Stag Pantatorium was released from custody after settling the mortgage sale charge brought by H C Weir. He had been arrested in Leon Iowa and transported back by Sheriff Shepherd. A preliminary hearing was canceled as he paid the $50 mortgage and was freed.
In New York a surge of trade workers seeks enlistment as the War Department orders one year on active service for ages seventeen to thirty five with six years in reserve. The recruiting office at 614 Eighth Avenue reports unprecedented applications as clerks stenographers automobile drivers machinists blacksmiths cooks bakers teamsters wheelwrights carpenters firemen farriers engineers and saddlers top the demand list.
Special Passion Week services led by Rev. W. R. Keesey at the Methodist church this week at 7 30 each evening except Saturday The topics include Peter the Rise of a Soul Jesus and Judas a Contrast A Day of Conspiracy the Last Supper and The Seven Words From the Cross Lord's Supper to be administered All welcome to attend
The Parsons Glee Club spent two days in West Point giving a secular concert Saturday and a sacred concert Sunday evening. The opera house was full Saturday night and rain and snow did not deter a good crowd at the Presbyterian church Sunday. The group was warmly hosted and enjoyed a fine trip. Mrs Carrie B White of Omaha Nebraska visits at the Boniwitz home and will be remembered as Miss Carrie Boniwitz.
Russian forces moving westward from Kerind in Persia approach the Mesopotamian border near Khanikin and have occupied two more towns. The northern column, crossing the Mesopotamian frontier south of Band i, has held ground and disrupted a Turkish offensive.
Concrete work offered by Theodore Despain located on South Main Street with a reachable phone number 2619. Service advertised at reasonable prices.
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