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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1917
Page
6
Fairfield lodge No. 1199 BPOE held a Sunday memorial with a program featuring Wilbur Keesey and Robert Israel in operatic selections, a memorial address by Richard C. Leggett, and assorted hymns and finale marches.
Harold McNeese 13 was injured Saturday when a peroxide bottle exploded in a bonfire and glass shards struck his eye. He was taken to the hospital, and doctors will determine in coming days if sight can be saved.
A battery meeting is scheduled for this evening at the Armory at 7 30. All signed up or interested in this branch of the service are urged to attend as important business will be discussed.
Washington reports the Fuel Administration issued a preferred coal user list to guide shipments. Government orders railway fuel households utilities steel plants coke ovens and munitions plants receive priority. Garfield said the move aims to sustain essential wartime production amid a looming 15000000 ton shortage.
Reinforcements repel Turkish assaults northwest of Jerusalem with heavy losses as the Palestine front remains tense. In Buenos Aires, Swedish Minister Baron Lowen departs, skipping farewell visits. reports note Cipher messages from Germany requesting sinking of Argentine ships via the Berlin legation.
Robert Goldstein author and producer of a four motion picture play was arrested in Los Angeles on a federal warrant accusing him of producing a publication aimed at stirring disloyalty and mutiny among U S armed forces. The film centers on the American War of Independence and the charge cites the Espionage Act.
A collection of brief items notes residents health travel and visits. Elizabeth Ireland is very ill, Col W G Wilson visits before returning to his regiment, and others report illnesses trips, school returns and theater outings. The Myers Grocery Co has suspended business and will pack and ship goods. a lost ladies’ brown leather bag is sought between the Tribune office and Hawkeye Pump Co.
Sheriff Shan Campbell traveled to What Cheer and back with Ab Holly who lives three miles west of town. The pair are linked to a car crash involving the J A Beck car just east of town last week. The sheriff located the man yesterday and captured both the man and the car this morning.
Dr W S Bovard of Chicago spoke at the Methodist church as part of an Iowa Conference campaign for 5000 more men in Sunday school. A oysters supper fed 130 men Saturday night and Bovard urged a natural, cheerful approach to religion. He outlined plans to raise Sunday school enrollment by fifteen percent and spoke on seven day a week Christian vitality.
Wahlington couple visits Montana while Ottumwa friends spend time in Burlington. Students and relatives travel for plays and visits, including Miss Grinstead at Ottumwa and the Garden of Allah performers. Lt. E E Rorick returns on furlough from Ft Snelling and is headed to Ft Sheridan. Calvin Doughty shows improvement after naval hospital care in Boston.
Des Moines reports Acting on the American Bar Association recommendation, President Wilson confirms 297 Iowa attorneys and judges to serve on county legal advisory boards. Each county board has three members who will provide legal aid to registrants, with no charges for affidavits or papers.
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