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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1918
Page
2
The Salvation Army War Fund drive closes soon and all unpaid subscriptions should be settled promptly. Within a day or two letters will be mailed to those with outstanding pledges, and subscribers are asked to help minimize postage and collection costs.
Mrs. J F Clarke reports letters from Dr Clarke noting German power waning. He describes busy hospital work with eight hour shifts, 30 operations daily, and ambulances delivering news from the front. He praises American progress, French joy, and army pride in officers and enlisted men without deaths.
Fairfield plans Old Settlers Day with a September 12 observance. Citizens set committees for arrangements speakers advertising platform seating lighting entertainment policing refreshments relics finance concessions amusements war savings patriotic display and parade leadership.
A six o'clock dinner Thursday in honor of Miss Helen VanNostrand of Cleveland Ohio hosted by Mrs L W VanNostrand. A Zell Brown home family reunion in this city brought together over forty relatives for a long tables celebration.
The Farmington Chautauqua begins today and runs for a week. An unusually fine program has been arranged with tomorrow afternoon featuring Private Peet, a returned soldier.
John W. Garrett, American minister at The Hague, designated to head the U S delegation meeting German officials at Berne Switzerland within a month on the treatment and exchange of prisoners of war.
Washington reports the monthly government forecast places U S wheat at 3 0?000,000 bushels and corn at 2 089000000 for the year based on Aug 1 conditions. If realized the wheat gain would be 228,000,000 bushels from last year while corn would fall 170,000,000 bushels.
Washington August 10 a general army order creates the Army of the United States merging all forces from regular army national guard national army and reserve corps abolishing those terms and unifying commissions transfers promotions and permanents to a single U S service under General March chief of staff with sweeping provisions and altered status all but permanent regular army advancement.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown at the death of our wife and mother and for the beautiful floral offerings sent. N. J. ANDERSON
In the American League at Brooklyn the score was Brooklyn 2 and Chicago 4. At Pittsburgh the Pirates lost to Cincinnati 4 to 3. In the National League Detroit played St Louis with no complete result listed due to rain and no other games scheduled.
Lemuel Padgett of Tennessee, chairman of the U.S. naval committee, commends the British navy after the committee’s return from Ireland. He notes a perfect understanding and no friction, saying British and American navies are working in close harmony everywhere.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt finishes a two week Maine coast stay with daughter Mrs. Richard Derby and departs with Mrs. Roosevelt for New York.
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