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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1917
Page
9
A postal notice from the Fairse Iowa office requests prompt reporting of any irregularities in carrier service. It mentions telephoned number 23 for updates and specifies mail matter handling under Sec a Class.
Washington December 8 The wartime expansion of the Ordnance Department drives a civil service hiring surge. The Gun Division gains over two thousand civilian staff plus officers, with expected tripling within a year. Civil service boards survey vacancies for stenographic, trades, and technical posts nationwide to meet the record labor demand.
Robert Edeson dominates the six part Blue Ribbon Feature Fathers of Men at Fairfield theatre. He portrays father John Howland and son Robert Howland with striking dramatic skill. The plot follows a woodsman torn by family crisis as he seeks to protect his son and uphold his code of justice.
Washington decree records the senate’s unanimous adoption of the Over man resolution suspending part of the Clinton antitrust law until January 1. It permits railroads to pursue joint buying arrangements as part of a broader push toward railroad unification urged by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Winchester, Dec. 8, the Winchester School house once used by Van Buren county scholars was destroyed by fire in the afternoon. None of the pupils are reported injured. Washington Journal notes Miss Agnes Swift sails to Fort Worth Texas to serve as a nurse in a military base hospital on temporary assignment with the Red Cross Unit R of Southeastern Iowa.
A Belgium POW in Hardewuk Netherlands writes to Louden Machinery Co of Fairfield Iowa requesting catalogs and explanations about agricultural tools and machinery. He outlines a plan to teach fellow prisoners in farming, floriculture, and English, hoping to help rebuild Belgium after the war and expresses gratitude to the United States for aid.
Commodore Bladen drives film version of Sir Gilbert Parker novel The Judgment House set for Orpheum on Monday and Tuesday December 10 and 11. Bladen aims for artistic perfection and a successful adaptation as Parker visits to oversee progress.
The Fairfield Rebekah Lodge No. 96 will meet next Monday evening with initiation. Members are urged to attend and bring bread and butter sandwiches. Mrs D F Spratt hosts the O E S Club Tuesday afternoon at her Burlington street home.
Merry Monarch, champion fat bullock, set a new price record at the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago when Armour & Co. purchased him for 82.10 per pound. The sale, yielding a total price of 138?38, benefits the Red Cross. Owned by Purdue University Agricultural College, the bullock topped previous records. A carload of champion Angus cattle sold for 42.50 per hundred, arranged by M. P. Ptall of Mechanicsburg, Ill.
Sergt. F. G. Hill, aviator with the Royal Flying Corps stationed at Fort Worth, was injured in a fall from an airplane at Duncanville during the fall season. The incident occurred in Texas and involved military personnel from the Fort Worth area. Further details were not provided in the readable text.
Four modern rooms available with water and electric lights furnished at 12.50 per month. Now vacant. See Russell Smith at 789.
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