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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1917
Page
6
Terms of subscription outline options of three and four months with advance payment required. Instructs reporting any irregular carrier service. Includes a telephone number for contact and notes subscription by mail.
A notice notes that the editor manager entered at the Post Office at Fairfield Iowa as mail matter of the second class.
German submarine base at Zeebrugge and the airfield at Ghistelles near Bruges were struck by British airmen. All British aircraft returned safely. Direct hits were observed at Zeebrugge and fires started at Ghistelles.
Cedar Rapids IA Aug 24 Thea Towa Post oldest German language newspaper in eastern Iowa suspends publication. Withdrawal of loyal German support cited as reason. Editor Henry Gunoeling has appeared before federal authorities twice since the war began and was warned to curb remarks. Advertising and subscription decline noted.
General Aguilar former foreign minister wed Miss Virginia Carranza daughter of the president in a ceremony at Queretaro Mexico City report says the couple were married with the government and family in attendance in August.
The Ramona film staged by W H Clune with Adda Gleason and Monroe Salisbury will screen at Fairfield Theater August 28 29. Mrs Demarchus Brown praised Modern Greece noting Alexander the Great died Greece endured 400 years of Turkish rule and Byron Howe aided liberty while Greece preserved ancient spirit amid turmoil.
Miss MacLaren presents a program of entertainment with a band concert at 6 45 p m a Chicago Opera Company performance at 7 45 p m and an 11 00 p m imitation play recital by Gay Zenola MacLaren at the fourteenth assembly venue this evening.
Dr Thibodeau led a final morning hour unifying ten days of topics at Chautauqua. Chautauqua Cafe run by Lutheran Ladies Aid served excellent meals daily. Mrs Demarchus Brown wrapped up with a talk on Walt Whitman and drew praise for a return to Fairfield next year.
Revised articles of incorporation were adopted at the Fairfield Chau tauqua association annual meeting held yesterday afternoon. The new by laws allow buying or mortgaging real estate and set up a committee to nominate directors including Dillon Turney, George W. Ball, and E. R. Smith. The meeting adjourned to Friday afternoon for further action.
Arthur Walwyn Evans spoke to a large Chautauqua audience about what Ameliae means to him, sharing a story of an American identity and fraternal spirit. Henry the Magician then captivated the crowd with magic, crayon and sand pictures, delivering an entertaining, well received show.
In Van Buren County 206 men summoned for examination: 42 dismissed as physically unfit, 87 passed with exemption claims for dependents or vocational reasons, 62 passed with no exemption claims. Exemption granted to 46 and denied to 36, with others pending. Named locals include Elven Cecil, James Snyder, Chas Cecil, Ray Watson, Earl Murray, Earl Johnson, Clarence Burden, Walker Johnson, John Stenoish, Fred Stump, Ray Chapins, Oral Watson, L. E. Phillips, Grant Elise, Sam Lyons, John Standle, Fred Workman, John V. Harper, Floyd Stemple, John Denton, Lige Myers, Merle Haney, Floyd Williams, Frank Giberson, Wm. Slichter, Jay Russell, and Ralph Russell.
A large barn on the M. E. Dudgeon farm known as the John Dill farm near Stockport burned early this morning. Neighbors and fire brigades from Stockport and Birmingham aided. stave and grain saved but 50 tons of hay, all implements and grain lost. Estimated damage 6000 to 7000 dollars with no insurance. Mr Dudgeon previously known for a fatal auto accident involving Mrs Frazey.
The Henry County district court in Keosauqua opens an August term with 220 cases across probate, law, criminal, juvenile and chancery. This busy three week term shows few cases marked for trial.
This evening the Fairfield Band will close the series of park evening concerts at 6 30 with the Unkrich Boys Band and the Fairfield Town Band performing. Led by George W. Unkrich with soloist Miss Margaret White, and Prof. Bert F. Taber with Miss Florence Loehr as Whistler, the programs have pleased large crowds. Also notes a local marriage of Irving M. Eastman and Ruth Nash in Sullivan Ind. dated Aug 23 as they prepare to depart for New York before joining Sullivan county’s first draft contingent.
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