Editor Manager Entries at the Fair eld Post Office
A note shows the editor manager entered at the Fairfield Iowa post office as mail matter of the second class.
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Faireld
Iowa
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1917
Page
6
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Fairfield Iowa Band Program At Park This Evening
The Fairfield Iowa Band directed by Prof. Bert F. Tabor will perform in the Park tomorrow evening. The program includes March Bay State Commandery overture The Golden Sceptre, Mighty Lak a Rose, Somewhere On Broadway, Billy Sunday’s Successful Songs medley overture, a vocal solo One Fleeting Hour by Miss Winnetka Hansen, and Finale Bombasto Farrar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield Iowa
Bert F. Tabor
Bay State Commandery
Jurrell
Nevin
Remick
Billy
John E Crail Receives First Lieutenancy in Ammunition Train
Des Moines announces commissions for the ammunition train officers approved by Governor Harding. Lieut. Col. Fred S. Holsteen of Burlington will head the train with Majors Hollowell of Ft. Madison and Howell of Iowa City. First lieutenants include Oral J. Brown and John E. Crail among others from Burlington Mt. Pleasant Des Moines Des Moines Creston Sioux City and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. L. Harding
War Department
Fred S. Holsteen
Burlington
Thomas P. Hollowell
Ft. Madison
Louis J. Howell
Iowa City
Louis Burrell
Oral J. Brown
Mt. Pleasant
Jas. F. Cave
John E. Crail
Fairfield
Robert E. Eaton
Norman E. Jones
Ray E. Konitz
George B. Little
Ray B. Mae
Death of Elmer C. Anderson in Arkansas
Mrs. John Lindbom reports the death of Elmer C. Anderson yesterday in Siloam Springs Arkansas after a tuberculosis illness. The body will return with his wife and child Dawn to the Lindbom home on Maple Avenue for funeral services to be announced. He was born August 12 1871 in Des Moines county and lived in Fairfield and Burlington before moving to Arkansas for health. Survived by wife daughter Dawn mother two sisters Arch Jones Carmen Canada and Floyd Cushman Waterloo and half brother Ellwood Lindbom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lindbom
Elmer C. Anderson
Siloam Springs
Arkansas
Lindbom
Maple Avenue
Mr. Anderson
Des Moines County
Fairfield
Lurlington
Dawn
Arch Jones
Carmen
Canada
Floyd Cushman
Waterloo
Ellwood Lindbom
City
Milk Depot to Offer Evening Service and Ice Cream
The Milk Depot opposite the post office will stay open in the evenings and sell ice cream sherbets buttermilk and pop. Contact Milk Depot at phone 238 or Factory at 89 994 Hartman Ice Cream Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NOTI
Hartman Ice Cream Co
Cross Lanes Church Social Set for August Evening
The monthly social of the Cross Lanes church will be held Thursday evening August 2. A program will be given by Miss Lillian Baker a soloist Florence Loehr a whistler Edna Barr a reader and Nelle Peebler a pianist. Admission to children free. The public is invited to attend.
Three Tragic Deaths Shock Batavia After Shootout
Joe Lewis, morphine influenced gunman, killed town marshal W R Hinshaw in Batavia this morning. Lewis was shot dead on his porch after exchange of fire. inquest to determine cause of Lewis death. Police, sheriff and coroner began investigations as villagers faced a violent dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Lewis
Batavia
W. R. Hinshaw
Lewis
Dr. Britt
Dector
Claude Conner
Marshal Hinshaw
Marshall
Hinshaw
Dentists in Chicago Linked to Draft Avoidance Plot
Chicago officials investigate an anonymous report that dentists near Cook County Hospital offered to pull molars to help men evade the draft. Hinton G. Clabaugh, chief of the bureau, would not confirm or deny the allegation as the department probes the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Cook County
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Bureau
Van Buren Far Mer Kills Wife
Kane Russell a farmer near Birmingham Iowa shot and killed his wife in their kitchen this morning at eight. He had previously been confined to state asylum at Mount Pleasant and was released at his wife’s request. His son disabled his attempt to kill himself. The couple with nine children lived on the farm two years. Russell, age about sixty, was arrested by Sheriff Haney and jailed in Keosauqua.
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Kane Russell
Birmingham
Russell
Ingane
Mount Pleasant
Haney
Keosauqua
751 Million Forecast Value Of 1917 Farm Harvest
Conservation estimates project the 1917 northwest harvest as the most valuable, with Minnesota Dakota and Montana crops totaling about 751.5 million dollars. At 1.50 per bushel wheat yields about 190 million bushels worth 285 million, corn at 1.00 yields 150 million, and oats at .50 yields 120 million.
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Minneapolis
Northwest
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Coroner's Verdict in Batavia Killing by Officer
A coroner's jury from Batavia found Marshall W. R. Hinshaw died in the discharge of his duty while attempting to arrest W. A. Lewis. The inquest into J. M. Lewis is paused pending state chemist analysis of stomach contents to determine cause of death, as wounds were not deemed the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Lewis
J. Peters
Robert Israel
Batavia
Marshall W. R. Hinshaw
Lewis
J. M. Lewis
Wilson urged to speak as papers praise Lansing address
London headlines note mixed reactions to Secretary Lansing's Madison Barracks speech and Presidential explanations. The Times laments Americans misperceiving the full truth while praising Wilson and Lansing and urging the President to campaign to mobilize public resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lansing
Madison Barracks
New York
Times
Wilson
German Finance Tottering
Washington reports a curious shrinkage in the German gold reserve observed on a poor road, prompting concern that the German financial system may crumble under its heavy burdens seen to date.
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Washington
Balloon Flight Lands Near Terre Haute After All Night Route
Eight United States Army men completed an all night balloon trip covering nearly 250 miles. They started from Merrillac Park near St. Louis at 11 15 in the morning and landed on a farm five miles south of Terre Haute. Captain E S Cole served as pilot.
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Terre Haute
Ind
United States Army
Merrillac Park
St. Louis
E. S. Cole
Union Meeting Schedule By Local Unions
Union labor meetings are listed by month and local union. Trades and Labor Assembly meets on the second and last Fridays. Federal Labor Unions meet every Wednesday. Barbers Local 368 gathers on the third Monday. Carpenters Local 1804 on the first and third Tuesdays. Cigar Makers Local 490 on the first Monday.
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Trades and Labor Assembly
Carpenters
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