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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1918
Page
7
Local items note visits and travel of residents including Richard Muzzey and Misses Lela and Glee McCleary. Dentists, military transfers, and family movements are recorded alongside a Red Cross benefit concert and a wedding in Chicago.
John K Tener resigns as National League president in New York. He had led the league for years after serving as Pennsylvania governor. Influenced by business pressures and war economy he said baseball should be abandoned for the duration and would not cooperate to preserve it for fans.
Fairfield residents urged to attend a Red Cross led community dinner in Walnut Township tomorrow night. About 350 tickets sold. event on the Sloughville school lawn three miles northeast of Germanville. Tickets from Walter Bean and others, with police notices to Roy Emry for autges.
Seven people died and more than twenty were overcome as Chicago faced a second day of extreme heat. The U S Weather Bureau predicted continued high temperatures with 101 degrees reported at 4 p m local time. Other cities recorded readings from 98 to 108 degrees, underscoring the heat crisis across the region.
Moscow regime votes 300 million rubles for war against Czecho Slavs. Counter revolution plot found at Vologda with forty army officers arrested. Trotzky arrives Petrograd as domestic troubles and cholera worsen. Rumors of mutiny and executions among U-boat crews at Wilhelmshaven reported from Amsterdam.
The Times naval correspondent recounts a sensational anti submarine tale in which a woman with a baby on a vessel allegedly tosses the infant into a submarine hatch prompting an explosion that reportedly blew the sub from the sea. A Victoria Cross is mentioned for the woman.
Louis J. Malvy former minister of the Interior was found guilty of holding communication with the enemy and banished for five years. The ruling notes the sentence does not remove civic status. The case followed Clemenceau’s 1917 accusation of defeatist propaganda and Malvy’s resignation earlier in August.
Grand Master Austin H. Scrogin issues order banning German language in all Illinois Masonic lodges after statewide conference and final agreement among lodge officers.
Health Club skips this week. Y P B Girls meet tomorrow at 3 PM at the Methodist church. K of P lodge holds a meeting tonight. Epworth League held a pleasant social and business gathering at Mrs T B Short's home. Presbyterian Sunday School officers and wives dined with Mr and Mrs T F McNew. George Strong Corps initiates Thursday at the Court House. OES Club gathered at Mrs Amos Foote's home for a social afternoon. English Lutheran Ladies Home Missionary Society meets tomorrow at 2 30 PM at Mrs E J Johnson's home.
Charles Woelhaf received a unique collection of war souvenirs from his brother Guy in France. The items include shrapnel fragments, a German helmet, bullets from Verdun, a German officer’s coat buttons, a French cigarette holder, and a match box from a dead German, gathered from patients in a French hospital. The display may be viewed in Woelhaf's restaurant window.
Des Moines reports nearly 290 000 additional Iowans could register if Congress extends the draft ages to 18 through 45. The 1915 Iowa census shows about 440 000 men aged 21 to 45 and over 65 000 aged 18 to 21. From this total of over half a million, subtract the 21 299 registrants of 1917 and later voluntary enlistments.
Notice states bonds numbers 95 96 97 98 are called in for payment. Interest stops August 15. Secretary Independent School District Fairfield.
The effort to supply Camp Library Books is described as a continuous campaign lasting through the war. The call to action urges bringing books to the Public Library for distribution.
In Jefferson County District Court Iowa Fred J Aldrich petitions for divorce from Helen Aldrich claiming cruelty and desertion for over two years and requesting general relief. If Helen fails to appear before noon on the second day of the next term starting September 9 1918 at Fairfield Court House a default will be entered and judgment rendered.
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