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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
6
The U S Food Administrator asserts there is no royal road to conserving food and only voluntary national effort can share the burden. Autocratic controls in enemy lands failed, while democratic sharing kept the United States and Allies strong.
Des Moines reports governors and leaders discuss future plans. Governor Harding may return to law after his term while Lieut. Gov. Moore denies two year gubernatorial plans. Names floated include C. A. Rawson Nate Kendall Clem Kimball and others with talk of a heated campaign ahead.
The 11 States steamer Washington with President Wilson and party aboard changed course after leaving the Azores and will arrive in Brest earlier than planned. Wilson is expected to reach Brest at ten o clock Friday morning and depart for Paris at four in the afternoon.
Carl Emry travels to Chicago for time away. Samuel Staves of Trenton visits his brother Tom in town. A marriage license issued to Harry Kann and Nina McWhirter of Fairfield. Red Cross Knitting Room adjacent to library open Thursday 1:30 to 4. Mrs. Fred Bassett returns to Davenport after visiting daughter. Mrs. W. E. Phipps returns to Sioux Rapids after weeks with sister. J. A. Huglin recovering from infection after stepping on rusty nail. Tom Patterson home from Camp Upton with discharge. Mrs. Arthur Greer and two daughters hospitalized with Spanish influenza. Marriage license issued to George M. Slater of Oilfield, California, and Mildred Ferguson of Fairfield. Miss Juanita Trent visits her parents in Batavia. Mrs. J. W. Sopher returns to Des Moines after brief visit. Twenty-two new Spanish influenza cases reported. four more today. Miss Lois Glass recovers from influenza and returns from Monmouth hospital. Harry Axelson discharged from army and home. Birth announced of George Hugh to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Caster, formerly Gladys Teeter. Dr. Thomas Osborn recovering from influenza, unable to attend funeral. Cecil Chapin on thirty-day furlough from City Park Barracks, visiting family in Vinton. Mrs. Mike Parsons returns from nursing ill family near Stockport. Harper family quarantined over thirty-five days.
The New Chicago branch adds novels and children titles including Quo Vadis by Sienkiewicz and Tom Slade tales by Fitzhugh, along with Out Doors Girls by Hope and The Giant Killer. Also listed are John Barleycorn, Gullivers Travels, Songs of Home, and What Germany Thinks among others.
A nationwide survey seeks to register all nurses in the county including graduate and pupil nurses undergraduates trained attendants practical nurses midwives and Red Cross course receivers. Those interested should call Mrs. Laura E. Chilcott for a registration blank.
Announcements report the marriage of Miss Vera Ednar Taylor to Mr. John Michels in Detroit Michigan on Monday November 25. Mrs Michels is recalled for years as a milliner with The Fair Store. They expect home to friends after December 10 at 187 Sixteenth Street Detroit Michigan.
The Red Cross launches a one week Christmas Roll Call from December 15 to enroll Universal Membership for $1. The campaign aims to enlist every man and woman in the nation. The piece emphasizes the Red Cross as an emergency organization with a history of rapid response and readiness for peacetime service.
Leading doctors endorse Phosphated Iron to lift fatigue and restore energy. The ad claims it builds blood and nerves, helps overworked men and pale children, improves sleep, and boosts overall health when taken in capsule form rather than pills. It urges readers to demand genuine capsule preparations.
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