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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1918
Page
2
The notice lists carrier and mail subscription terms with durations of six and twelve months and a price structure. It references ongoing prepayment and post office handling in Fairfield Iowa and indicates mail matter status under postal rules.
The Salvation Army War Fund campaign closes and asks all unpaid subscriptions be settled promptly. Within a day or two letters will be mailed to those with outstanding pledges. The committee asks subscribers to help minimize postage and collection expenses.
The Jefferson County Women’s Association holds an international convention fete at Mrs. D. Leggett’s South Main Street home next Friday August 9 at 7 30 p m. A lay from Mars will be guest of honor with delegates from various countries sharing women’s work. All are invited.
Jefferson County has raised only about seventy to eighty percent of its War Savings quota, C. W. Riggs, campaign chairman, warns. He urges renewed effort to exceed the goal by aligning purchases with personal wealth as in the Liberty Bond drive, and plans to wind up the drive with over subscription.
The American steamer Jennings was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine off the coast Sunday. Thirty crewmen are missing with eight survivors reported. wireless calls said it was shelled as naval vessels rushed to the scene. The vessel belonged to Standard Oil.
Mrs P C Hildreth and her son Edward are in the city for a social visit with friends. The pair are seen enjoying local gatherings and meeting acquaintances during the stay.
An Eldon area bull belonging to Zack Knight charged a passing eight cylinder Oldsmobile near the Knight home. The car, owned by J. J. Craddy, sustained heavy damage including a broken radiator and smashed lights, while a woman passenger fractured her arm. The bull lost an eye in the confrontation.
The letters recount arrival of French patients and wounded Germans, lifting stretchers, and contact with the Boche. Lieut Crow, a regimental doctor for Iowa troops, is mentioned with a near front-line escape. Fourth of July celebrations in France include a parade, readings, band music, and a patriotic movie, with French and American flags decorating the city.
In district court here Judge Page Marris denies a motion for a new trial for Jacob Ventall a Speciallette nominee for governor who is under sentence for violating the espionage net.
Bly of Joliet, a messenger for the American Express company, was killed when a freight wreck plowed through the caboose of an extra freight north of Springfield. The incident occurred as trains on the Chicago and Alton line collided near the city.
A Jefferson county price index will guide consumers by showing expected maximum and minimum prices for staple foods. A government backed county committee, including J S McKenney and W C Spalding among others, prepared the first index using wholesale prices and government margins to calculate retail costs. The piece argues price controls prevent collusion, note sugar and wheat rules, and urges patriotism as troops fight in France.
Henry Adkins receives letters from his son Ben Adkins who serves in the Rainbow Division. Ben writes of busy frontline life, sending papers, hoping for more copies of the Toledo Blade, and imaging home as he notes weather, gas, and outdoor sleeping. He mentions their platoon sergeant and signs off as Ben.
In Amsterdam dated August 6 a dispatch quotes the dying words of former Russian emperor Nicholas Romanoff as he appealed for his wife and children. The report says he cried to spare them and preserve Russia from ruin before being shot by a firing squad.
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