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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1918
Page
8
R Beatty and Hugh Bennett will travel to Des Moines tomorrow to buy new equipment for the Fairfield theater. Bennett expects to reopen before the end of February as remodeling nears completion and the theater offers an attractive appearance. A planned opening is set for one week from Saturday.
Wil liam Bowman of the ordnance department at Camp Dodge committed suicide Friday. He wrote the object of the war is to eliminate the weak and left a note addressed to the world for the good of the service. Bowman had been in poor health and left $10,000 life insurance to his mother in Marshalltown.
Local items report Mrs Prank Hurst suffering a severe hip injury after a fall at age 75. Several residents moved or planned moves to nearby farms, including Frank Lyons, Newland, and Mr Countryman, while others hosted visitors from Ames Mt Pleasant and Washington. Community events featured the L A Lot Club, a union prayer service, and social gatherings with family and friends noting serious illness of Mrs Hawkins and visits by relatives and neighbors.
My America Club presents a negro minstrel at Cross Lanes church Friday evening February 8. Admission 15 and 26 eats. Call 4374 for taxi in need of transport. Event sponsored by Thoma & Thoma at 809.
Notice states the eighth grade examination will be held at the court house on Wednesday and Thursday February 20 and 21 at nine o'clock. If roads are bad, an August exam remains as an alternative with two trials left, per County Superintendent.
Secretary Baker in his weekly military review cautions against believing German reports of strikes and disturbances. He notes American troops have joined the front and that allies maintain numerical superiority in men and guns on the western front. He also reports on Italian gains and a joint Allied council meeting at Versailles.
London reports 224 dead as the armed boarding ship Louvain was torpedoed and sunk on January 21 in the eastern Mediterranean. The Louvain inspected merchant ships and sent officials aboard to check cargoes and papers.
British expeditionary forces under General Allenby have assumed the offensive in Palestine. The line has reached Anutieh three miles north of Bireh on the Nablus road. From Jerusalem, troops have advanced about twenty miles north and begin an encircling move likely to make Jericho untenable for the Turk forces.
Paris measures safeguard art treasures during air raids with Sainte Chapelle stained-glass windows removed and stored in vaults for protection. Authorities emphasize preservation of national heritage amid ongoing tensions.
Two furnished rooms for rent at 302 East Hempstead Street call 3273. Store room now occupied by Gaumer Bros see Thomas & Thoma. Thirty acre stock pasture for rent call 9612. Seven room house on North B Street see Lon H. Israel phone 1641. Five room house at 703 West Washington with city water and gas phone 1580. T. S. Waters 908.
Lost January 27 a black velvet bag with ring handles containing a bill and a powder puff on West Broadway or East Burlington street Reward Phone 314 Lost Plush robe black one side tiger design other side glass eyes Phone 4390 953 Lost Pair of glasses in black case marked Snyder Co Finder please return to city hall 958
A collection of short classified ads seeking farm labor by married men for monthly work, buyers seeking a small moveable house, a couple seeking furnished rooms, a coal stove for factory use, girls for general house work, a modern house rental by February or March, and a teamster for the Power coal yard with steady work and no lost time.
Reports say strikes in Germany nearly ended with a new push at Jena. About a third of Jena’s workers remain out while Krupp leaders report only 400 of 110,000 on strike. Court-martial proceedings and leaflets prompt government concerns.
Multiple classified sale notices: Jersey heifer calf ad with phone numbers 1723 and 1633. modern house on South Main St near the square. another modern home at 202 West Adams St with liberal terms. an 80 and 160 acre parcel with March 1 possession. new five room modern house. a nearly new honey buggy. residence at 608 North Main St for sale. advertisement for Landology magazine free three month subscription for farm lands with Skidmore Land Co. contact.
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