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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
6
Post Office at Fair Id Iowa lists mail subscriptions paid in advance as mail matter of the Sec 4 class with prices shown for editor and manager subscriptions and periodic rates.
Private Curtis Schillerstrom of Hospital Unit R reports a December 17 stop in Corinth Mississippi with meals at the depot dining room and hotel. He notes visits to the National cemetery showing 8 582 Federal dead and describes southern hospitality and sights including Grant's headquarters and Shiloh proximity. The convoy proceeds to Alabama and Chattanooga before Fort McPherson.
Last night at the Armory the Louden Machinery Co. team lost to the Bankers 30 to 12 in an exhibition game. The article notes growing athletic activity with lawyers playing volleyball and plans for a city basketball league to form among local clubs and independent teams.
The New York World notes that elephant age estimates remain uncertain, with hunter calculations and scientific methods both regarded as only roughly reliable and hazardous.
W A McPeek launches a new taxi and delivery service in the city with telephone contact listed as 37 723. The notice emphasizes prompt rides and regional coverage.
Tickets for the Red Cross benefit tomorrow are selling fast and a large attendance is expected for both afternoon and evening. The program includes vocal solos, readings, and a ladies quartet during the afternoon, with Frank's Dance Orchestra providing music from nine to twelve in the lodge room. Refreshments will be served, and admission is 50 cents. Most services and materials are donated, and the gross receipts go to the local Red Cross chapter.
Frank A Gotch, famed wrestler born in Humboldt, dies after illness. City halts as schools close and townsfolk join funeral at Congregational church with Rev. Alexander Bennett delivering the oration. Masons and Knights Templars lead services. He had requested simple rites before his death.
A dispatch from Biarritz to Exceior reports the Spanish steamer Noviembre of 3 654 tons gross torpedoed at night without warning. Thirty crew members were landed after swimming for about an hour before French patrol boats rescued them and towed the vessel.
Frank Jinks died this morning at 10 o clock at Jefferson county hospital after an extended cancer illness. He was born in New York and spent the last three years near Libertyville. He is survived by his brother Silas Jinks three miles west of the city. The funeral will be held tomorrow at two o'clock from F D Kerrick parlors with interment in Evergreen cemetery.
Athens reports General Sarrail, head of allied armies at Salonika, is recalled. A Reuters dispatch says General Guillement will assume command in Macedonia. Also notes a McCord Chapter R A M meeting for tomorrow at 7:30 PM and a local Christmas gift notice from Nutting Pictures at 112 W Burlington.
Tonight Fairfield High School observes Stunt Night featuring a ten foot Service Flag with 17 stars for students who joined the armed forces. The flag commemorates Bruce Bradfield George Zillman Orval Gantz Walter Fourt Kenneth Gossick Harold Randall Ellwood Lindbom Donald Murdock Emry MclIntire Galen Hunt Robert Wicksell Ralph Reed Leslie Daggett John Ebert Carrol Haney Lieut C W DeLaney E P DeVoe. The flag was donated by the Junior and Senior classes and will hang beneath a large American flag from the Freshman and Sophomore classes. A military drill by the High School company, continued under Lieut DeLaney, is another highlight of the evening.
Prompt taxi service advertises a phone number 4274 and a price of 15 cents. The fragment also includes 722, likely part of the address or code.
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