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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
2
Editorial states carrier and mail subscription rates by week month and season prepaid terms. Notes mail matter status at the Fairfield Post Office Iowa and advance payment requirements.
The Salvation Army War Fund campaign ends and all unpaid subscriptions should be settled immediately. Within a day or two letters will be mailed to those with outstanding pledges. The committee asks subscribers to minimize postage and collection costs.
Dr E G Myrick has returned from Des Moines after passing regimental surgeon exams and has been commissioned as First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps. He will settle business matters and expects to be called to report for service soon.
London dispatch reports Munich and Berlin clashing over weekly meat allowances with Dresden joining the protest. Berlin claims three fourths of the ration is bone while Munich defends its supply, and Munich authorities retort that Berlin's view is acceptable.
Cars from the Communi ty club will depart between six and six fifteen for a Walnut township picnic in Fairfield tickets have sold well with many Walnut residents expected. Supper will be served on the Sloughville schoolhouse lawn by district Red Cross ladies and club wives are invited. George Wrightman, secretary of the Iowa Manufacturers' Association, will speak.
Miss Ethel Brier visits Washington friends while Gladys Haifleys visits Ottumwa relatives. A birth at Jefferson County Hospital: a daughter to Dr. and Mrs. Bonnell. Mrs. Taylor vacationing in Carmen Manitoba. T C Philips operated on for removal of tonsils and adenoids at Jefferson County Hospital. Mrs. Will Mitchell and children visiting Davenport. Mrs. Frank Pierson headed to Camp Jackson to visit husband. Ernest Peasley a Brighton business caller. Mr. and Mrs. Parks attend funeral of Mrs. Parks’s aunt, Mrs. Meredith, in Ollie. Gus Castile and daughter Ethel and Mrs. Roy Castile and Marjorie return from Dayton and Algona visit. Mrs. Charles Clapp forms Red Cross auxiliary in Round Prairie. City council still reviewing automobile ordinance violations. new ordinance to set reprimand for first offenses. Mrs. Dr. Deming and Mrs. Poher visiting sisters in town. Carl and Roy Larson leave for Jefferson Barracks. Helen Van Nostrand and Maud Price visiting J W Van Nostrand home. Read the Journal.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist church meets at 805 South Depot street Friday at 2 30 with all members invited. The Ladies Aid Society of the First Methodist church meets at the church Friday at 2 00 p m for important business after Red Cross work. The Woman Suffrage Association postpones a Leggett lawn event to tomorrow at 7 30 PM and asks attendees to bring a dime.
Hugh Bennett announces the Hawaiian Singers and Players will visit the Orpheum next Wednesday evening August 15 direct from Chicago. He aims to bring Fairfield a season of high class entertainments and notes a full house for Dan Cupid shows the town’s appreciation for quality. The company’s scenery and costumes were praised and more similar acts are planned for the coming winter.
Paris reports Gen John J Pershing commander in chief of American forces in France has been awarded the grand cross of the Legion of Honor by the French government. Premier Clemenceau sent a telegram praising his leadership and the arrival of American troops in the Allied effort.
R eight Torrance former manager of the Iowa Electric Co in Fairfield resigns and will leave Sept 1 for Hall Slaire Wis to become assistant manager of the Wisconsin Minnesota Light Power Co The firm serves a large area with hydroelectric power from a $5 000 000 plant Torrance active in civic work and leading local business groups concludes his Fairfield contributions as vice president of the Jefferson County Community Club and president of the Fairfield Retail Merchants Association
Funeral services for Mrs. Ruth Dunlap who died in Mankato Kansas will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at her home in Salina.
Washington August 8 The ways and means committee of the house favors President Wilson paying a 24000 tax as his share of the war burden. The panel agrees on this while drafting the 8000000000 war revenue bill. It also contemplates taxes on Supreme Court justices federal judges and state officers. Claude Kitchin notes broad tax sentiment. The Constitution limits salary changes and a 1969 ruling held taxes on judges would reduce salaries.
National League standings show Brooklyn and Philadelphia with mixed results. Chicago and New York inch closer. American League glimpses include Detroit and Cleveland with tight splits as teams chase early-season momentum.
Washington reports the war department’s largest casualty list with 664 total. Of these 516 are in the army and 148 in the marine corps. Army deaths include 104 killed in action 20 died of wounds 4 died of accident or other cause 4 died of disease 40 missing 64 wounded 816 total in the army. Marine corps totals show 8 killed in action 2 died of wounds 148 wounded and a 148 total.
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