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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1918
Page
2
The notice lists subscription options by carrier and by mail with varying terms and prices. It notes advance payment requirements and states subscriptions are mail matter of the Sec- and directed to the Fair- Sel a Iowa post office.
A city fuel report shows 1363 respondents used 20 347 tons of coal last year with only one fourth of the needed summer stock on hand. It warns of 16 730 additional tons required to endure winter and urges residents to place orders and accept available coal types to ease dealer shortages.
Mrs Roy Fresconi of Batavia visits the city. Eva Laman returns from Burlington. Prof and Mrs Hayes Fuhr of Hastings stay with W E Johnson. Barrow feared to have internal injuries after a horse kick. Several Burlington residents take a fishing trip to Oakland Mills. HW Dysart returns from Chicago after attending a wedding. Grace Look underwent tonsil and adenoid surgery. Mrs O A Worl and Patricia return to Akron after weeks with Allard family. Jennie Fleck returns to Des Moines. Howard Fleck accompanies her. George Barker back from Chicago where son serves with the 109th Ammunition Train. Mrs Charles M Conley of Chillcothe and Mrs Lucas Ward of Monmouth visit the Allard home. Blanche and Chester Allard of Monmouth visit. Pay Jacobse returns to Ottumwa with Lucile Comingore. Clair Thompson of Hillsboro and others visit the Brech home near Perlee. Robert J Raines now stationed at Hampton Roads after Navy enlistment.
George Workman, a well known farmer near Fairfield, narrowly escaped death when his runaway team crossed Rock Island tracks and was struck by Train No 29. He suffered head and facial lacerations, a broken nose, and facial bruising but no internal injuries. he was taken to Jefferson County Hospital for treatment.
A group of friends and relatives gathered on the Workman lawn on South Main Street last evening to honor Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Bogle before their departure for Des Moines. Frank Raney of Moline Illinois attended as an out of town guest. A delicious picnic supper was served on the lawn. The Presbyterian church group plans a music pageant and living pictures at the church Thursday at 8 pm with performers including Mrs. Mercer Eloise Smith and Cora Ball. The Y P B Girls meet tomorrow at 3 pm with Mrs. M Chilcott on West Broadway to work on contest books.
Secretary Baker announced General Pershing confirmed the creation of the First American field army. Pershing retains command of the expeditionary force as numbers and exact front location remain undisclosed. The formation appears to cover a front south of the Marne with about five corps, roughly 1,250,000 men.
Mrs. Cora Perhan and son Virgil of Washington visited relatives. Mrs. Mary Huston returns from Des Moines where she studied nursing. Miss Mable Linstrom, visiting Mrs. Howard Leedham, returns to Omaha. Carl H. Jarvis, listed as seriously wounded, attended Parsons College. Mrs. Eugene Bailey of Oklahoma City and Mrs. Harry Bolon of Mound City are guests at the Snook home. Ray Eckerman and wife plan a visit to Chariton. Several youths arrested for trespassing at the waterworks park.
A living pictures presentation titled Oriental life will be shown at the Presbyterian church tomorrow evening at eight o'clock. Admission is ten cents. The event is announced in local notices.
Washington plans to grant reduced railroad fares to soldiers on short leave are under consideration but the railroad administration objects to the step now citing difficulties in providing adequate transportation for increased travel. Currently only soldiers on furloughs travel at reduced rates.
Sheriff John P. French of Burleigh county charged farmer John Johnson of Grassy Lake with paying 160 dollars to obtain draft exemption for his son and offering 400 more in a note. The information was filed with the United States district court as part of the draft board proceedings on August 14 in Pismarck North Dakota.
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