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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
6
The notice lists subscription terms under editor Dean Taylor A. W. Taylor with a price of 1.25 dollars and a discounted rate of 1.00 dollars. It presents the publisher’s name and the subscription cost details.
A wartime appeal urges residents to display Food Administration and Red Cross cards in windows to remind and encourage conservation. The note warns that next year will demand more aid as fewer men stay home to produce while more are needed in Europe.
A R Burns of Agency died at Ottumwa hospital and will be buried in Fairfield Sunday. He was 84, never fully recovered from a paralysis stroke ten months ago. Survived by wife Cynthia Ball Burns and two children Margaret and Robert. Funeral services in Ottumwa then transport to Fairfield for interment at Evergreen Cemetery with simple grave service conducted by the Masons.
Alice Nielsen the famed American operatic soprano married Doris LeRoy R Stoddard a New York physician at the First Presbyterian Church in Greenwich Connecticut. Stoddard is son of the late S R Stoddard, noted author and publisher.
Izvestia reports a text of a secret arising last year outlining a joint Russia Japan pact to block any third country from dominating China in the Far East.
Washington dispatch reports Swift and Company of Chicago refused to deliver records sought by the federal trade commission in its investigation of the packing industry. Special counsel Francis J. Heney announced that drastic court action will be taken to compel production as the inquiry resumed.
Berne reports Germany and France have agreed on a large prisoner medical exchange. About 1000 German and 500 French nurses and ambulance corps members will be exchanged via Switzerland in the coming days.
Information indicates Hospital Unit A will deploy soon after training, not exceeding six weeks. All hospital units head south for training while nurses join with their organizations once the group is ready for service. Jefferson county residents are assured Unit A is the best equipped at Ft McPherson and its personnel are above average.
Miss Blanche Culbertson assistant superintendent at Jefferson County Hospital and Miss Mary Wright assistant superintendent at Washington hospital, both graduates of the local institution, have offered their services and been accepted as Red Cross nurses. They are among the first from small hospitals to join the Society.
Men of draft age crowd the courthouse as attorneys A C Jordan E F Simmons M J Johnson and others volunteer. Over 450 young men have received the question blanks and must answer within seven secular days. Early arrivals speed the process with familiarity. Residents near Batavia can fill out blanks at Fairfield via Atty Clyde C Sparks.
The American Red Cross headquarters withdraws its earlier suggestion to place a lighted candle behind the service flag on Christmas Eve. Fire risk prompts the change as decorations and flammable fabrics can ignite easily. Parents should avoid reaching over lit candles and prefer electric lights for tree illumination.
A wagon of twenty friends visited Mr and Mrs W B Longwell three-fourths mile east of town for a birthday celebration. Guests brought baskets and enjoyed oysters soup crackers celery peaches cake bananas candy nuts and coffee before leaving late in the evening. Louise Enlow Cleo Pence hosted Logan school eighth graders at Enlow home one mile southwest of the city with Vera Parks chaperone. Games music and refreshments closed the pleasant gathering.
The Red Cross Benefit at the Elks lodge raised about 120 dollars with almost all services donated. Appreciation is expressed to sandwich and coffee donors and to individuals who served free, and to the Elks Lodge for the free use of rooms, enabling a successful event.
The Presbyterian Sabbath School will present White Gifts for the King on Sunday evening. The program features Unkrich's Orchestra, Children's recitations, solos, choral numbers, and gift presentations from multiple classes. Nearby notices invite Brothers of Clinton Lodge No 15 to attend Brother Burns's funeral at the Masonic Temple.
Yesterday afternoon the Fairfield High School football team awarded letters to players Laughridge White Lamson Stephenson Ebert Scott Vicant West Cuddy Atchinson Hammer Crail and Parsons.
J Engel of Chicago now permanently located in Fairfield offers practical factory experience with seventeen years in the business. Leave orders at Scheffel's Music House or at James Hughes' with phone number 1691.
In Fort Worth on December 22 three British aviators in training were killed when two airplanes collided in midair. The dead are Arthur B. Webster of Kingston Ontario Lieut Russell Jenner of Kingsville Ontario and Cyril A. Baker of Kent England.
In New York on December 22 the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce urges conservation claiming average savings of one and three quarter pints daily per vehicle would meet government gasoline needs in the coming year.
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