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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1917
Page
6
The Daily Journal announces new subscription terms with a weekly rate of one dollar. The publication lists publisher and editor details as Journal Printing Co. Also notes an editor and manager role in its staff.
Des Moines reports the Iowa senate 43 to 3 approves a resolution amendment for a statewide absolute prohibition. A house bill sets June 27, 1917 as the election date. The amendment will be submitted regardless of gubernatorial signature.
Washington February 1 D H Mac Adam longtime Washington correspondent of the St Louis Republican is nominated by President Wilson as postmaster at Honolulu.
Jessie Murdock, 30, obtained a divorce from Leo Murray in Anderson Indiana two hours after her divorce from Murray. She had been married to Frank Armsfield prior and it was her third marriage.
In Stark County Indiana a cliffside garage at Bass Lake is to be dragged by insurance adjusters to salvage stolen automobiles believed hurled there by thieves. Officials say exposing the wrecks could reveal a chain of thefts and insurance fraud totaling about half a million dollars.
In Findlay Ohio six year old Roy Fork son of I L Fork a well driller in Franklin avenue is a math prodigy. Miss Helen Gaskill reports he can recite calendar dates days of week and birth years instantly. He mastered months before school and solves calendar arithmetic and catch questions at lightning speed.
The late Dr. Timothy Dwight as a Yale tutor pursued campus disturbers after a midnight escapade. A solemn voice warned the youths that if they did not run faster he would overtake them, delivering a humorous moral about speed and propriety.
For over a year the Bank of England balance has shown only a penny. A dedicated team has toiled to locate the missing cent with no results. The note also mentions a postmaster in this country receiving a one cent check amid strict government accounting.
A dialogue shows a milner behind schedule by six weeks and a husband, an eminent magnate, criticizing a wife and her associates for placing a large construction order without a penalty clause. The exchange exposes tensions over timely delivery and risk allocation.
Numerous wedding notices mark a busy period in Fairfield with ceremonies at the Methodist parsonage and at homes on Madison Street. Couples include Nelson N. Jameson and Rosie Flint, William Dexter and Nora L. Williams, Russell Johnson and Myrtle Nelson, Alva E. Wright and Elsie M. Geise, and Catherine Basham with George Consbrook. The couples plan to reside in Eldon, Clark County, Salina area, and Fairfield.
Philadelphia's Harry Gerhardt General Secretary of the Brotherhood of the General Synod will lecture at English Lutheran Church Monday evening February 5 at 7 30. He speaks on The Work of Brotherhood and invites both men and women to attend.
Theda Bara failed to arrive at the Fairfield bill. The Orpheum substitutes June Caprice in The Ragged Princess with Harry Hilliard as leading man. The management regrets not presenting Bara this evening and promises the production later.
Mrs. Alice Bennett, aged 105, celebrated Christmas at her Brooklyn home with her son, daughter, seven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren. Most relatives joined from out of town to share the holiday with her. A bottle drifted 6400 miles in the south Pacific and carried a ship position report from the Eureka to Fiji, aiding understanding of South American ocean currents.
The narrative notes a dark brown suit as the going away gown with matching accessories. The couple received many beautiful gifts. Out of town guests included Mrs Basham and children from Burlington and Mrs Haynes and children from Mt Pleasant.
Riverside California. W H Bacchus chased hogs from his orange grove after winds blew fruit from trees. The hogs stood on hind legs and ate the ripe balls, then began climbing trees, prompting Bacchus to arrange a new pasture to stop the unusual behavior.
The Winners' Bible Class of the Lutheran church is postponed from tonight to tomorrow night. J. Ringelspach, Teacher.
Farmers near Woodbine have marketed 140000 bushels of corn this season, signaling strong output for the area. The figure reflects total grain sales through the current marketing period and highlights activity at local markets.
The Ladies of the Christian Church will serve a chicken supper Thursday February 8 from five to eight. Supper 26 cents.
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