Post Office Entry Noted at Fair Gpil Iowa
A brief postal record indicates an entry at the Fair gpil Post Office in Iowa concerning a small matter of the Sec ret Class.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
6
A brief postal record indicates an entry at the Fair gpil Post Office in Iowa concerning a small matter of the Sec ret Class.
A bold wartime polemic declares victory or defeat for a nation at stake. It urges unity, condemns subordination to any other interest, and brands any public or private figure who wavers as a traitor to self, family, country, and the eternal right. It cites Washington and Lincoln as guiding pillars and calls for decisive fighting resolve.
A crowded Jefferson County courtroom heard State Fuel Administrator Charles Webster and Royal Holbrook outline a looming fuel crisis for fall and winter. Webster urged everyone to secure coal now, explained distribution zones to cut shipping time, and gave storage tips to prevent deterioration and spontaneous combustion.
At a recent Democratic conference in Van Buren County Dr. H. S. Batman of Birmingham was chosen as a candidate for the legislature. He has represented the county for terms and is viewed as a strong, clean choice though noted to be on the opposite political side by some.
Vivian M. Manning, seventh son of South Carolina Governor Manning, plans to sell his business in Greenville and enlist in the U S Army as a private.
The first Jefferson county lad to fall in the great war, Allan Watts Jewett, Marine Corps, died April 18 from wounds in action. He had enlisted April 18, 1917, and was 21 on December 27. His body was interred abroad. a message from Major General Geo. Barnett expressed deep sympathy to his mother Rosella Jewett of Fairfield Iowa. He served with the 74th Company Sixth Regiment and was stationed at a French port on the Bay of Biscay before his death.
Vernon J. Danielsen of Independence Missouri, a former Mormon high priest, will speak on Mormonism at the Fairfield Presbyterian church. The talk is arranged by Elmer E. Selby for the National Reform Association of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday May 8 at eight o clock p.m.
For sale cheap if taken at once two organ cases offered by H. P. McLaughlin Co. One mahogany finish and one oak finish, taken in exchange on player pianos.
Local societies announce gatherings tomorrow including Westminster Guild at 2:30 PM, Evergreen Lodge Degree of Honor, and the Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian church at Mrs J M Smith’s home. Ada McClelland hosts Loyal Women’s class this afternoon, and Non Siesta club met at Mrs Victor Bates on South Main with prizes awarded. A marriage notice lists Anna Keck and Joseph Jackson Keene to wed March 22 1918 in Macon Georgia with residence after May 1 in Georgia. Mr W E Stanley of Eldon visits daughter Mrs A W Crane. J N Cornick of Mt Pleasant visiting in the city.
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