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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1919
Page
2
The notice lists Dean Taylor and Kaura R. Taylor as editor and manager with subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery. Prices shown include one week and one month rates, with three month options and in advance terms.
A countywide gathering of all returned soldiers and sailors is called for next Monday evening at the Armory. Every man who has served should attend as an item of interest to all will be discussed.
Two farmers seek returned soldiers with rough experience for steady farm labor. Up-to-date farmers and soldiers urged to contact the Community Club office to get in touch. D B Casat, Secy Community Club.
President Wilson will leave France on February 15 and return to America to be present at the closing of congress on March 4. He will stay in the United States a few days, then return to Paris for an absence not exceeding three weeks as Premier Lloyd George and Premier Orlando go to England and Italy respectively. Committees have been appointed and will begin examining the problems assigned.
Paris reports that wartime charters with Scandinavian powers and Holland cause large costs to America and Great Britain. Neutral shipowners profit from high rates in war zones, while postwar reforms fail to alter terms. The pacts were designed for war conditions, not hostilities, and remain formally unchanged by the armistice.
A Hoover cabled foreign grain requirements to Bates shows Germany could receive about 6,000,000 bushels of breadstuffs monthly, mainly from the United States, if funds are available. From now to July 1 France and Italy will take 8,000,000 bushels of wheat, plus four more from the Grain Corporation, while allied governments will take about 75,000,000 bushels of oats.
A Lithuanian troupe defeated Bolshevik forces near Koszdery, according to a message to the Lithuanian national council from its Bern minister. The report notes rapid Lithuanian army attrition and ongoing operations as of February 1.
The funeral for the late Lieutenant George Leggett son of Judge and Mrs C D Leggett will be from the family residence on South Main street at ten o clock next Tuesday. A military funeral will honor his service with an escort of Lieuts J E Cohagen David B Cassat Harlan Cartile Clarke George Lester Ream and Mauzy.
Fairfield High School defeated Ottumwa High 27 to 9 in Ottumwa. It is Fairfield’s second win this season over Ottumwa and the team has won every game so far. They next play Centerville at the High School gym tonight, a contest Denville expects will be high scoring.
Miss Margaret Young died at 9 15 this morning at her East Hempstead Street home after a three week illness following a paralytic stroke. Funeral services are set for Monday morning at the home with Rev. Thomas Osborn of Centerville officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
The Young Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church meets at Mrs. O F Fryer February 3 at 7 30 PM. Queen Esther Circle holds its annual bank offering at First Methodist on Tuesday at 7 30 PM with program. girls bring mothers and a friend. 8S E T C Club honors Mrs Forest Braden at Miss Mary Jane McGaw home on West Jefferson with social evening and a casserole gift. Now Siestas host husbands at dinner at A McElderry residence on South Main with music and games. next meeting at Mrs Victor Bates. William Freshwater celebrates seventeenth birthday with twenty five guests and refreshments. Parsons College ladies head to Ottumwa for a house party hosted by Miss Cecil Mann and Miss Eunice Carrick, featuring Helen Reeves and others.
The Thirty-eighth division of the French army formally occupied the town of Kehl in Alsace on the Rhine opposite Strassburg in line with armistice terms agreed January 15. Miss Beatrice Huddleston returned home yesterday from Mt Pleasant after visiting relatives and friends.
The meat market owned by Simpson and Williams has been sold to Gilbert McClaran and G C Lodgs dor with possession to be given February. The former owners thank patrons for past support and urge settlement of debts. those owing money to Simpson and Williams should present their accounts.
Fairfield hosts a notable feature titled The Vanity Pool tonight. The piece promises strong merit and encourages readers not to miss this engaging presentation.
Perseus and Courtney schedule a sale on February 4. The notice lists multiple case or catalog numbers 624 20 24 28 1 and indicates a public action under local authority. Potential bidders are advised to attend and review terms.
Parsons College opened its basketball season with a close 25 to 23 loss to Hedding. The first half lagged with ragged play, and Keithley of Hedding left with a dislocated kneecap. Captain Moore filled in, while Samson fouled out in the second period and was replaced by East.
Thoma and Thoma advertise loans on farm and city property while also seeking a dishwasher for The 682 Leggett House.
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