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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1918
Page
2
A brief note outlines a shim adjustment labeled Editor Manager shim 3 with a negative pricing line of 10 to 50 and a positive 1.50 and 1.25 figures. The item appears as a technical calibration entry and lacks broader context.
Reports from Stockholm and Geneva describe dire famine in Petrograd with 500000 of 2600000 residents remaining. Prices soar for food with bread 50 rubles, butter and sugar 150 rubles per kilogram, fish scarce. Unionists seize Kiev after battles killing or wounding 20000. Skoropadski is dead, power shifts to unionists.
Dispatches from Paris note French authorities weighing continued martial law amid unrest and intelligence concerns. Internal ministers discuss necessity and public safety while observers question scope and enforcement in sensitive districts.
A series of four explosions at the Poet Powder works plant near Vamphonn Lake killed twelve men and others were injured. Investigators said the blasts occurred in the heavy machinery area and workers were insured under the company plan.
The Telephone Office will be closed tomorrow except for doctor and emergency calls due to operator shortages. Everyone should avoid using the telephone to allow staff a rest and enable any service next week.
The Board of Health limits indoor assemblies to 12 people plus staff as of December 7 1918 with schools shops and hotels exempt from the cap. Earlier measures restricting gatherings were debated with schools kept open on probation and managers held responsible for store crowds.
Local notices report multiple visits and guests from Pleasant Plain Kingston and Mediapolis. Twelve new Spanish influenza cases were reported to the City Clerk. Quarantine placed on the Pence home on North Fourth. Several residents travel for family and hospital visits as wartime service personnel return home.
George Strong Corps No 21 had its annual inspection at the courthouse with candidates admitted. Mrs Nora L Bryson of Washington led the event praising the corps progress. The group discussed funded plans for a memorial for local soldiers and already has subscriptions and new membership applications.
Word reached here of the death of Mrs. H. C. Ferguson who died yesterday morning in Mechanicsville after a visit with relatives. Her cause of death is not learned.
H E Switzer traveled to Ottumwa on business. George F Smith of Dover New Jersey visited with relatives. Mr and Mrs Tayer Watts returned to Perlee after a city visit. Mrs W P Brier and daughter visited friends in the city. Mrs Ferguson died before her husband could reach her bedside. funeral arrangements unknown. Lovell DeGood visited Dover N J and Batavia. A message reports Larry Sands gravely ill in Chitam Wyoming with Spanish influenza. Walter Syfert returned to Blandinsville after a brother Leo Syfert’s illness in Jefferson County Hospital.
Members of the W R C are filling annual Christmas boxes for the Soldier's Home at Marshalltown and the Soldier's Orphan's Home in Davenport. They seek gingham cushion covers fruits and jellies for Marshalltown and toys stockings hair ribbons picture books for Davenport. Donations may be left at Mrs Sam Turner's West Briggs street. boxes will be packed and shipped midweek.
Christian Sunday School announces papers delivered to homes on Sunday between 10 00 and 12 00. Please have offerings ready. R H Polly Pastor RK B Lepper Supt.
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