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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
2
Publication notice lists the Beirnal Printing Co at 110 South Court Street Fairfield Iowa with editor and manager details. It appears as a periodical imprint and subscription terms by carrier. The item reads as a historical newspaper masthead and postal classification.
A wartime speech emphasizes stark choices between conquerors and conquered and insists on unity. It warns that lives, homes, and institutions are at stake and asserts that defeatist or divided conduct betrays the nation, echoing sentiments of public and private duty.
A Jefferson County meeting drew a crowded courtroom audience as State Fuel Administrator Charles Webster and Fuel Expert Royal Holbrook outlined the fall and winter fuel outlook. Webster urged immediate coal stockpiling, zone-based distribution to reduce car-haul delays, and careful storage to avoid deterioration and spontaneous combustion. He advised storing lump coal away from chimneys and pipes, in dry floors, protected from sun and moisture.
At a recent Democratic conference in Van Buren County Dr H Bate man was chosen as candidate for state representative. He has represented the county several terms and is considered a strong choice though described as on the opposite political side.
Vivian M. Manning the seventh son of South Carolina Governor Manning announced plans to sell the family business and enter military service. The note places him in Greenville on April 22 and frames the move as a transition from private business to the army.
The article notes Allan Watts Jewett of Fairfield Iowa the first Jefferson county man to die in World War I. He served in the Marine Corps with the 74th Company Sixth Regiment and died April 18 1918 from wounds in action. His body was interred abroad until the war’s end. a message to his mother Rosella Jewett from Major General Geo. Barnett conveys condolences. Conjecture links his death to the U S and allied efforts against German U boats around Ostend and Zeebrugge.
Vernon J. Danielsen a former Mormon high priest from Independence Missouri will speak at the Fairfield Presbyterian Church on Wednesday May 5 at 8 p m under the National Reform Association arrangements.
A fragmented society column hints at gatherings and introductions with names and venues obscured by OCR. The readable bits suggest social rounds, host families, and upcoming dances or teas in local circles.
Westminster Guild meets Mrs Frank Lucas tomorrow at 2 30 pm Evergreen Lodge Degree of Honor holds regular meeting tomorrow night Ladies Aid society Presbyterian church gathers tomorrow at 2 30 at Mrs J M Smiths Loyal Women class of Christian Sunday school hosted by Miss Ada McClelland today at Mrs Ray Angstead East Madison St Non Siesta club entertained by Mrs Victor Bates at Rodgers home South Main St prizes awarded to several ladies Keck family announces marriage of Anna to Joseph Jackson Keene March 22 1918 at home May 1 Macon Georgia formerly of Washington IA now in Florida References W E Stanley Eldon visiting daughter Mrs A W Crane J N Cornick Mt Pleasant in city today
For sale cheap if taken at once two piano case organs one mahogany and one oak finish taken in exchange on player pianos H. P. McLaughlin Co.
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