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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1918
Page
8
A telegram to J. B. McKenney, Jefferson County food administrator, states all beef sale restrictions have been removed. People may now eat beef three times daily, every day if desired. Previously beef could not be served before eleven a.m. or after five p.m. on weekdays, with Saturday hours from five to eleven p.m.
Jas Kulola, famed Honolulu tenor, brings the Kulola Hawaiians to the Orpheum in Fairfield Thursday. The company presents Ohe Princess of Paradise with native singers dancers and instrumentalists in a scenic Island showcase.
Gay Spielman writes from Camp Upton New York describing a long train voyage from Camp Dodge to Buffalo Syracuse Chicago Detroit and Niagara Falls. He notes Red Cross aid at stations milk fruit sandwiches and warmth from crowds and mentions meeting Governor of New York and viewing the Statue of Liberty. He gives his army number 2149168 and says the trip was worthwhile despite discomfort.
A local column lists items for sale including 13 Plymouth Rock chickens and one hen, Angora goats and spring kids, household goods, a 1917 Buick, land listings in Iowa and Missouri, a modern five room house, and a 1914 Ford Touring car with contact details for further inquiries.
Grasshoppers are plentiful across the county and threaten clover and crops. A hopperdozer method using a bran mash poison blends wheat bran Paris green lemons or oranges low grade molasses and water to create a moist mash that covers 4 or 5 acres and costs about 49 cents per acre. apply late day or dawn when dew helps renewal after drying.
Washington reports a massive gun and reclamation plant to be built in France for the American Expeditionary Forces. Estimated cost ranges from 825 million to 880 million dollars. The facility will include a 500 foot long monster lathe and heavy railroad caissons, designed to produce and maintain guns comparable to Krupps at Essen.
Classified ad notes two partly modern houses available one block from the square and another in New Chicago. Inquiries directed to Keltner's Insurance Agency at 917 Re for rent. Also listing an 8 room modern house two blocks from the square via W. H. Guyer at Iowa State Savings Bank. Additional 33 rooms for rent and some furniture for sale at phone 2699, 910.
South half of house at 204 South Main available for rent with phone contact 1566. Seven room house on East Burlington Street with all modern amenities available after September 1, listed by John H. Fritz, contact 894.
Washington reports a corps of specially trained revenue agents will be sent to Canadian border communities to round up American tax evaders living in Canada. The move targets citizens avoiding taxes across the border.
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