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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
3
Ottumwa visitors and locals mark holidays with relatives as Des Moines and Fairfield residents visit. Births, illnesses, and weddings are noted along with church and funeral services in Jefferson County.
The Red Cross Christmas Membership drive continues through Dec. 30. Residents urged to subscribe via canvassers or Red Cross rooms. notes on nonparticipants and late payments. Fairfield aims for $3,9000 share and county target of $10,400 with 1,500,000 European troops in view.
A December 24 1918 message from C L Tennant offers hopeful Christmas reflections amid wartime anxiety. It urges faith love and service as remedies for sorrow and encourages looking to 1919 as a hopeful year with reunion promised beyond grief.
The Hise and McClure families thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death. Gratitude extended for beautiful flowers from 526 Charles Hise and Family, Alice McClure.
An official dispatch from the Omsk government reports a decisive victory by loyal Russians over Bolshevik forces on the Ekaterinburg front. Bolsheviks retreat north toward Perm as Siberia's districts unite under Admiral Kolchak. Cossack Attoman Doutoff seeks submission to Kolchak’s authority. Amsterdam reports Joffe not returned to Berlin.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson tour a crowded Paris shopping district where they ask two boys for directions. A friendly handshake with one boy follows before their meeting with Premier Clemenceau and a ride with Paris taxi drivers amid rain and crowds.
FF. H. Mullenix attended the state bricklayers convention at Ft. Dodge on December 2 3 and 4 representing Fairfield Local 16. A minimum scale of 87 ¼ cents an hour for all bricklayers in Iowa was adopted effective April 1. J B Richey of Des Moines is president. Des Moines Local No 2 voted for a Des Moines scale of 112 ½ cents an hour.
Clinton Lodge No. 15 will conduct the funeral services at the grave for our late brother F. H. Simpson Jr. All Masons are asked to assemble at the lodge room promptly at 10 30 Friday morning December 27.
John Vogelsang offers piano tuning services with practical expertise. Contact via phone 2412 for appointments and inquiries. Based in the local area, serving households and studios seeking precise piano tuning and maintenance.
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