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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1918
Page
7
The article explains the Canning Kitchen as a food saving campaign not a profit venture with a five cent can fee and a 12 1 2 percent charge for volunteers work. On August 7 at nine am material must be cleaned at home and brought for canning with caps rubbers and jars tested.
Doris Simmons and other local residents are mentioned with illnesses and travel. Notes include Lieut Ray L Simmons visiting family, Mrs Nina Peck on a Chicago business trip, Roy Stanferry and family visiting Libertyville, and many neighbors visiting relatives in Ohio Illinois and Wisconsin. Further items report commissions, deaths, and job changes.
A cablegram from Harold Edmondson of the Rainbow Division in France to his parents in New London reports that the Columbus Junction boys in the division were all right. The message reflects morale and unit cohesion during wartime service.
Dr G K Dunkel has gone to Rochester Minnesota to attend the Mayo Surgical Clinics. He will be back Tuesday August 18th. $87.
Mt. Pleasant prepares for the biggest crowd in fair history next week. Entries expected in all departments with shows music and vaudeville. Races set to Mt. Pleasant standards, electric fireworks to thrill Wednesday and Thursday nights. Full racing program runs Tuesday through Friday.
With Iowa draft men exhausted in class one local boards will refuse releases for enlistment in the navy or marines. Applicants will be placed in class one as directed by the War Department two months ago. Deferred men may still obtain release to enter army officers training camps, Col. Lasher states.
At Fort Madison Aug 4, two hundred Mexican laborers who walked out of Santa Fe shops were warned by State's Attorney J. M. C. Hamilton and Sheriff J. B. Watkins to work or face confrontation or leave the country. Deputies cited minor depredations and threats as causes for the ultimatum. The walkout followed a dispute over a general wage raise excluding Mexican workers.
Des Moines August 5 Iowa's first labor draft quota of 1000 men has been assigned to Richmond and Newport News Virginia with 500 each for shipbuilding. Labor Commissioner A L Urick of the U S employment service for Iowa announced the move and expects recruitment within ten days. Workers will be drawn from cities and industrial centers to protect agricultural workers and miners.
Dr. Myrick was called to Camp Dodge on business this afternoon. Glen Murdock of Ottumwa visited relatives in the city yesterday. J. B. Trent of Batavia is in the city today. A. H. Neller returned home yesterday morning from a two weeks trip in the east for Louden Machinery. Clarence Hanks of LaHarpe and Clarence Reiss of Joliet returned to their homes this morning after an over Sunday visit at the Walter Hanks home.
Fairfield theatergoers will see the Dan Cupid Musical Comedy Company in a one performance stand at the Orpheum tomorrow. The Burlington troupe, en route to Des Moines, travels with 25 people, its own orchestra and stage settings, and has favorable press reception.
A survey of Henry county reveals sixty one men remain in Class One for the draft. The total includes men from the 1917 and 1918 registrations.
Reserved seat sales are now underway for Dan Cupid, a musical comedy, coming to the Orpheum Theater on Tuesday evening, August 6.
West bound trains listed include No. 5 Chicago to McCook at 12 58 am No 15 Fast Mail at 3 33 am No 3 Chicago to Denver 7 47 am No 7 Fast Mail 8 12 90 am No 179 Peoria Local 12 44 pm No 9 Chicago to Denver 3 56 pm No 17 Burlington Albia local 6 26 pm East bound No 2 Denver to Chicago 12 01 am No 8 Fast Mail 1 13 am No 12 McCook to Chicago 2 92 am No 18 Ottawa to Burlington 9 20 am No 17 Creston to Peoria 12 22 pm No 6 Denver to Chicago 2 29 pm No 4 Omaha to Chicago No 8 98 pm
The data lists trains West Bound No 11 Fast Train at 1:00 AM No 29 Passenger at 9:43 AM No 89 Freight at 1:39 AM No 12 Fast Train at 9:27 AM No 30 Passenger at 6:22 PM.
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