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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1918
Page
4
Thrift stamp sales in Magelic area week totalled 290.35 with prior balance 2,146.95 bringing overall sales to 2,437.30. Individual school contributions include 60.40 23.00 2.00 7.00 2.75 6.00 31.00 and 4.76 among others.
The Farm Bureau department lists names of men testing corn seed this week. Samples from Fairfield, Salem, Libertyville, Packwood and Katavia were evaluated by the county agent. It warns that no corn is safe this year and advises careful selection, testing, and warm ground for better germination and early cultivation to improve soil warmth.
The Food Administration urges using more potatoes from last year’s crop to prevent loss and to encourage planting in potato growing areas. A campaign aims to eradicate barberry due to barley rust risk. Listings include various for sale notices and job ads from Fairfield Iowa, with contact phone numbers.
A report states that the Japanese barberry resists the same trouble affecting the common variety and can be used as a suitable substitute in gardens and landscapes.
In Kingston Iowa on April 24 the sugar ration plan allows housewives to obtain only the amounts they need for canning and preserving. They must sign a certificate and pledge to return unused sugar. Retailers will enforce five to ten pound limits with certificates enabling extra for canning.
Unclear: The report notes a pacifist at Camp Grant in Alabama on April 2 who faced draft fatigue and night disturbances by inmates. Officers report prisoners attacked by guards with rifles and bayonets. Capt. Rog G. Swiniell and Allinson officials discuss recognition of an ally. Guatemala declares alliance with the Allies amid regional political shifts.
A series of classified want ads seeks spray workers with telephone contact, agents with weekly pay and car furnished, experienced married farmer helpers with small families, a powers office clerk, and a summer season housekeeper cook. The notices request age, family size, wages, and addresses for responses.
Multiple rental notices: a modern seven room house close in with phone 2765, two store rooms and a five room house on Martha Street with phone 3459, two houses on South Second Street and Highland Avenue inquire at Wil son’s Art Store, and a modern house two blocks from the square on a paved street with immediate possession and phone 196 a2 308.
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