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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1917
Page
6
Entry shows mail matter of the second class registered at the Fairfield Iowa post office. Editor and manager noted for circulation.
Subscription options listed with monthly, three month and advance payments. Urges reporting any irregularity in carrier service and provides telephone contact for inquiries.
Nellie Baker, four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Thurman Baker, died yesterday at their South Seventh Street home after whooping cough and pneumonia. She is survived by her parents and one brother. Funeral services were held at two this afternoon from the Peter Despain home on West Van Buren Street, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
Charles Burnaugh of Agency was badly cut about the head and hand when his car toppled twenty feet down a bank west of the Allen Cremer place on Saturday near Ottumwa. The automobile rolled over and righted itself at the bottom of the ditch after he turned to speak to his hired man. He was taken home after the crash which wrecked the windshield and top.
Pro vost Marshal General Crowder ordered governors to change state quotas for the national army. Five percent of each state’s quota must report at cantonments on September 5, forty percent on October 3, and the remaining fifteen percent soon thereafter as practicable.
The federal food administration launches a drive to increase fish consumption and broaden retail reach inland. Kenneth Fowler of New York will develop better market conditions establish distributing centers expand markets expand cold storage and improve transport links.
Six Memphis professionals arrived at the Little Rock government cantonment and were deported within an hour for attempting to gamble and cheat. Other cantonments report similar expulsions of craps shooters and card sharks targeting working men in Army camps.
A joint committee of wool manufacturers working with the Council of National Defense conferred with army officers in New York. Action was deferred, pending further conferences.
Seven men from Jefferson county and others from nearby counties were certified for service in the national overseas army by the southern district exemption board at Des Moines today. Dates beside names indicate required Camp Dodge reporting days. Jefferson list includes Claude Franklin Mellican Fairfield Service Doyle McKinley Barnes Ollie Service J P Melinski East Pleasant Plain Route 1 James Percy Easton Fairfield September 15 Theodore Ricksher Fairfield Service Frank Raymond Danielson Fairfield December 1st James Floyd Boysel County Line December 1st.
The Jefferson County Exemption board continues daily work with the next business period not until Friday for additional physical examinations. Exempted today due to dependents are Morris Bucveaert, Howard R Leedham, and Greeley D Mullenix.
In the near future a meeting of all former Company M members will be called to discuss organizing a local home guard. Many men wish to aid their country but cannot join Company M due to dependent relatives and family responsibilities.
The National Committee on Public Information through the Government Printing Office issued a 250 page pamphlet titled National Service Handbook. It describes army and navy organization and workings in about five hundred indexed paragraphs. A single copy is available to the public library for in library use only.
A batch of short notices lists W G Ross with Leggett and McKenney, trips to Birmingham for camp meetings, State Fair attendance in Des Moines, and many local relatives visiting or returning home. Several residents travel to Des Moines and Minneapolis, with multiple households hosting guests and family members.
John D. Woodworth, 22, married, was seized in Burlington No. 4 after a $75 theft at Ottumwa Stevens Shoe store. Chase ended when a crash killed two sheep. Woodworth held for Ottumwa authorities with $54 on him. Local notices mention visitors and travels of Smith and Mattox families.
A baby girl was born nine miles northwest of Fairfield to Mr and Mrs Bert Johnston. The notice records the birth with location and parental names in concise terms.
Chicago reports that a leading manufacturer of engine plows says total output of standard tractors for 1917 will reach about 67 000 units. The figure covers all kinds and sizes.
Indianapolis reports the newly created state highway commission of Indiana announced a plan to accelerate the improvement of the four main through connecting highways of the state at the earliest possible moment after a March meeting.
Denver on August 27 reports the cherry harvest around the city was nearly ten tons. The work was done almost entirely by girls, with many employed in three shifts across eight orchards surrounding the area.
Six year old gentle mare saddies well and has worked as a third horse on farm implements. Call at the home of Tr. S Coppeck 305 South Main St Lo7.
Mrs Got Eveland of Duncan Mills, Tl, writes she suffered lumbago and rheumatism until a neighbor shared Foley Kidney Pills. After trying two or three bottles she was completely relieved, praising the tonic for boosting kidney function, energy, and sleep.
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