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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
6
The Salvation Army War Fund campaign is closing and asks all unpaid subscriptions to be settled at once. Within a day or two letters will go to those with unpaid pledges, and subscribers are urged to help reduce postage and collection costs.
The A M E choir will give a concert this evening at eight at the Methodist church. Proceeds go to the Red Cross. Program includes Moonlight on the Lake Oh My Good Lord Way Over in Jordan Kentucky Home and more sung by Mrs Greenup Mrs Turner Mr Dabner and Mr Quinn with the Pinto Band providing a patriotic medley.
Mr and Mrs Jake Raines of Glendale are in the city today. Several families including Miss Anna Mae Oldrich and Mrs Alice Atchison are noted in news of visits and travel. One death is reported as Mrs Latta’s passing near Batavia.
Big reductions on all summer suits for men and boys announced by Drake Clothing Co located at 916. The sale covers a wide range of styles and sizes with discounts promoted for both gentlemen and youths. Ends soon, store urges early selection.
A community supper at Sloughville school house Walnut township drew wide attendance despite rain with Red Cross volunteers serving a large banquet for about 400 guests. Brighton band performed and speakers urged work and community recreation amid war fund and savings campaigns.
Notice that school bonds numbered 95 through 98 are called in for payment. Interest on the bonds stops August 15. Issued by the Secretary of the Independent School District, Fairfield.
Straw hats including Panama Leghorn and Bankok varieties offered at cost by The Drake Clo Co. priced at sixteen dollars total.
A large maple on Mrs. Etta Clark’s East Broadway property toppled at about midnight. Roy Raymond, a Fairfield Fire Department driver, moved a car to prevent damage and helped cut the tree down with two night watchmen, as it damaged a porch and blocked the street.
The L. T. L. boys and girls meet tomorrow at 3 PM at Mrs. M. Chilcott's home. The W. B. C. Presbyterian church group changes tonight’s meeting to Mrs. E. E. Rorick’s on South Second Street due to rain. Misses Helem and Rosalie Higby hosted a six o'clock dinner with Vera Bates Golda Aldrich Eula Harrell Lela McGee Ruby Despain and visitors Isang Jetah Jacson and Marie Whitmore from Batavia.
The doilie man from Sells-Flo to Circus tours Fairfield with elephant banners for the elephant doilies displayed on parade elephants. National advertisers favor daily newspapers and magazines, reaching an estimated 10 600 spectators daily, about a million each season, making the doilie man a real advertising professional with talking points.
The advisory board set quotas for unskilled laborers across Iowa counties under a national war effort. Jefferson county is allotted 42 men with the first quota of 1,000 workers for Norfolk Virginia and Newport News shipyards. About 1,900 workers will stay in Iowa and 3,900 will go east. Community labor boards are organized in 28 counties.
Rev R H Polly was in Ottumwa yesterday on business. E F Schaefer is in Davenport on business today. Mrs Carl Riggs of Libertyville is visiting the city today.
Grain moved into Chicago at a record pace the railroad administration reported. Last week 9,427,000 bushels arrived, well above 1,955,000 bushels the same week last year and 75,000 bushels the prior week of this year.
Washington August 9 complaints issued by the federal trade commission accuse Vortex Manufacturing company of Chicago and two New York concerns and an Ohio firm of attempting to force maintenance of resale prices.
Cost sale items include all boys wash pants and children's wash suits to clean up for the season offered by Drake Clothing Company. Prices and dates implied by the ad support a seasonal clearance push.
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