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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1918

Page

4

Church Services and Sunday School Events Across Local Faith Groups

Local notices outline Sunday worship at 9:30 to 11:00 with various denominations including English Lutheran and Methodist services. Highlights include Sunday School at 9:45, a sermon at 11, and youth meetings with plans for an upcoming church trip. Evening gospel services and prayer meetings are scheduled, with notices for a special officers meeting and a library reading room prayer group.

Eworth Ible Packwood Lewering Christian Church Tomorow Joan Drary Coomas Abome W. Wade

Czecho Slovaks Capture Weaternburg Village Reported

Amsterdam dispatch says Weaternburg near Perm on the Siberian border has fallen to the Czecho Slovaks per Levestia Moscow. Bolshevik papers ring alarms claiming the movement spreads like an avalanche and counters are growing.

Amsterdam Weatertinburg Perm Accord Levestia Moscow Provan Notance

Five Die in Powder Blast at Barkadale Plant

Five men killed and others injured when a water tank burst at the powder plant in Barkadale Bayfield County Wisconsin. Victims were employees and the blast leftseveral workers critically hurt.

Barksdale Bayfield County Wisconsin Superior Wis Sered Barkadale Wisconsia

Molony Elevated to Chief Justice of Ireland

Lord Justice Thomas Francis Molony is named lord chief justice of Ireland in an official announcement from London. He has served as lord justice of appeal in Ireland since 1915. The reporting notes the campaign for Camp Library Books as ongoing during the war.

Thomas Francis Molony London Ireland

Civil Service Examinations Announced for Local Post

The post office announces civil service exams for Clerk Bookkeeper and Junior Civil Engineer Surveyor positions. Exams open to U S citizens meeting requirements with blanks available at once. Clerk requires steno and typewriting. dates Aug 16 Sept 27 Oct 26 Nov 15.

United States

Army graft case indicts Vaughan as witness in raincoat plot

New York Aug 2 Captain Aubrey W Vaughan a quartermaster corps official pleaded guilty in a federal case alleging a conspiracy by raincoat makers to supply inferior goods to the government. Vaughan agreed to testify as a federal witness after entering his plea.

New York Cat Aubrey W. Vaughan Quartermaster Corps Ife

Shipbuilding revived in Milwaukee with Fabricated Ship corp

Milwaukee August 2 The Fabricated Ship corporation organized with 600000 capital has won government contracts for 18 steel ships. One vessel will be 172 feet long and 82 feet beam. The yard will feature 2000 feet of water frontage for launching ships and outfitting wharves.

Milwaukee Wis

England's Great Men Emphasize Prayer in War

A London Chronicle piece quotes Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener reacting to a retreat telegram and cites General Robertson and General Foch on prayer. It notes Jellicoe Beatty Haig supported belief, urging national repentance and united prayer for victory and peace as a young officer’s letter was read in Westminster Abbey.

Paris Lord Roberts Lord Kitchener Sir W. Robertson Queen's Hall Foch Gen. Foch Lord Jellicose David Beatty Douglas Haig England Ryle Westminster Abbey

Narrow Gange Barber Shop Moves to New Location

The Narrow Gange Barber Shop relocates to the building east of EF. R. Smith's law office and is now open to serve old customers. New business will be handled in a first class manner. G. P. Wright. 879

Gange EF. R. Smith G. P. Wright

For Sale Items Lightly Edited From Local Ads

Numerous small ads offer baby items two animals and horses for sale and request to buy an old barn. Also listed are 10 foot 2x4 oak lumber, a modern five roomed house near the square, a 1914 Ford Touring car, fresh tomatoes and corn for sale, and a Jefferson County farm of 62 acres near Libertyville with favorable terms. Contact details include Fay Riggs 3537 and C W Rains 874.

J. Farl Abel Fay Riggs Wesday North Third Street Journal Star Garage Jefferson Co Libertyville C. W. Rains

WANTED Hoglings and Help at West Side Restaurant

Wanted two or three hogs weighing 30 to 60 pounds. Call phone 3628. Wanted Lady help at West Side Restaurant 788.

West Side

For Rent Seven Room House on East Burlington Street

Classified rental notices list multiple properties including a seven room house on East Burlington Street available after September 1st in a modern style. Contact John H. Fritz at 894 for details.

East Burlington Street John H. Fritz Thomas Thoma J. L. Raney Washington Street William Brier Frank Berard

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