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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
3
Walter Hughes sails for Chicago on business. Families travel to Omaha Mt. Pleasant and beyond for fairs visits and relatives. A Stockport pair obtain a marriage license, while others move to Keosauqua and Waterloo. Local officers note Lt. Wentworth’s Chanute posting and many relatives plan extended visits to Chicago Pittsburg and Washington.
A Cedar Falls letter from Miss Elsie Offelt relays Sergt. R W Sisson’s France dispatch describing German soldiers chained to their guns during a Paris defense. He recalls large prisoner captures, river crossings, and the Third Division’s vigorous progress after a halted German push.
Franklin Aug 15. It was announced at Franklin hospital that Senator Jacob T. Gallinger's condition is critical. He is in his eighty second year and the eldest member of the United States Senate in continuous service.
The United States Food Administration lists twelve regional offices led by Administrator Deems in Burlington. Heads include J F F Deems in Burlington for general operations, G Thompson of the flour division, W T McElroy at Ottumwa for sugar, W I Miller in Davenport for hotels and restaurants, W T Harper in Columwa for milk and tea, Mrs Francis E Whitley in Webster City for Town women’s committee, Mrs tr B Boles in Waterloo for the League of College Women, A Altstadt in Waterloo for bakers service, Miss Catherine J McKay and Miss Neale S Knowles in Ames for home economics and home demonstrations, Miss Julian Robinson in Des Moines for the library division, A H Blank in Des Moines for moving picture division, and Merbert RR na organizer for Negroes.
The article explains steel guitar technique using a four inch steel bar and notes Al Iokepa as the top soloist with Kulola's Hawaiians. It states he often receives four to five encores per performance and mentions the group as part of a larger act visiting the Orpheum theater tonight.
The Old Settlers association calls for Civil War veterans uniforms overcoats and guns for display at the September 12 celebration. They ask widows or children to donate or lend items to be preserved in the Jefferson County Library glass case, chairman S. S. Crane.
Wanted A tent 12 by 14 or larger. Phone 1704. For rent two rooms modern furnished for light housekeeping. Phone 2714 S44
J. J. Deems leads a crackdown on food rules with 400 investigated violations and many trials in Burlington and county offices. Fines are voluntary Red Cross contributions, including a $1000 payment by a DeWitt flour dealer for selling flour without substitutes and one town case yielding nearly $5000.
London reports a push to recruit five thousand women for a pal battalion of the women's auxiliary army corps to serve with the American expeditionary force. The appeal invites groups of women who are friends to enlist together.
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