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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
6
A collection of Latin moral precepts and maxims on necessity, mispayment, custom, exceptions, and justice. It asserts that beneficial actions must be within necessity and that wrongdoers cannot profit from their own wrong. It notes that giving what one owes may be reclaimed, while knowingly owing nothing is a presumption of giving. It emphasizes truth over family ties in justice.
A Boston Transcript estimate cited by Des Moines Register discusses projected 1918 federal spending, showing the United States ahead of Europe with a budget of 1 655 000 000 dollars. It notes Iowa taxpayers would face about 40 million dollars annually, largely to fund army and navy needs, urging awareness of rising tax burdens amid wartime expenses.
First Iowa Infantry прист at Fort Des Moines will be released from federal service and return as Iowa National Guard. Soldiers will wear uniforms and clothing to their home stations, with standing preserved. Some will discharge or re oath per new act. most remain under guard for six years.
The state board of health moving picture unit has gained popularity as an anti-typhoid campaign tool. Union county used it for a three week engagement while Anson county secured a similar allotment. Wake Johnson and Alamance counties have also used the pictures, with demand rising as health education expands.
A Wichita banker, A. J. Hargis, recalls a 36 year old incident in Medicine Lodge when a young friend allegedly robbed him of $14. The friend, now remorseful, has written to confess and vows to repay, though he no longer has the money.
Hundreds plan to attend a big musicale at the M K church on Tuesday to reunite with old friends known as the Luce. The event promises a lively program and community camaraderie.
A speeding auto near the Pennsyliva na railroad depot knocked off a man’s cork leg. Spectators gasped as the leg fell from the car. An elderly man recovered it and handed it to the owner who offered help. The owner identified himself as A J Limper of Slarrishure, Pa.
In Portland Oregon surgeons will graft a rabbit cornea onto the left eye of Melba a seven year old Eskimo girl found deserted in an Alaskan igloo. Dr J H French a government physician in Alaska arranged the transfer and Melba arrived in Portland recently for treatment. Melba has been blind for five years due to cataract and eruption of the veins. In Havana 174 inmates in San Lazaro hospital for lepers refused to leave despite orders lingering resistance.
Jukrich's Band will open Riley Entertainment at the M. EK church on Tuesday to kick off a series of a latest showings.
The Daily Journal reports sharp cost increases for paper and printing and announces city subscriber rates for 1917. Yearly prepaid subscriptions are $4.00, with $5.00 if paid quarterly or at year end. At the office in advance, the old rate may apply. otherwise three months cost $1.25 or $5.00 per year.
Mrs. E S Luce formerly of Fairfield now with Cotner University Lincoln Neb will take an important part in the Riley program at the First Methodist church next Tuesday evening. She was formerly soloist with James Whitcomb Riley and her performance is highlighted by the program.
New York December 28 The National City Bank reports eight billion dollars worth of gold mined in the last twenty five years versus the prior four centuries. It notes global gold money has doubled in twenty years while silver money fell by half. The statement cites high silver prices and the United States as the largest silver producer with over six hundred thousand dollars of gold imported since the year began.
New York painter A Murphy four years in England, in Ireland to work, jailed at Holyhead for three hours on suspicion of being German spy. Officers pressed him with bayonets and ordered him to say squirrel. The officer freed him explaining a German cannot say squirrel.
Twelve persons were killed and twenty three injured as a tornado swept Central Arkansas late Tuesday. The storm damaged areas across Pulaski Lonoke Jefferson and Prairie counties with property loss estimated near three million dollars. The injured count could reach fifty according to early reports from Little Rock.
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