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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1917
Page
8
New York February 8 evidence shows thirty one German and Austrian ships detained in port have been disabled with key machinery removed or damaged. Most crews left before guards were posted by customs Sunday. Government investigators report 4 600 crew members vanished and that 1 194 officers and men remain from 5 460 at war start.
The Indiana House concurred with Senate amendments to the prohibition bill. The measure goes to Governor Goodrich for signature, who has indicated he will sign it, making Indiana bone dry in 1918.
An essay notes three authorities support dropping the aspirate after the initial w in words like whose and when. It cites historical shifts where letters such as h and k lost their sound, with examples from words like knife know gnaw and write. The piece traces long established processes and cites Cumberland speech as evidence of change.
The article traces the Cutlers' Company of London origins with John son of Laman the Knifesmith gaining admission in 1287. It explains four main guild branches bladesmiths hafters sheathers and Cutlers who assemble and sell tools. It notes allied crafts harbours furbishers and grinders within the trades.
An essay argues that modern Americans are a composite people formed from many races and nationalities. It cites Herbert Creely and a fictional Watson to illustrate mixed ancestry shaping a typical American identity. The passage discusses diverse lineages including Scotch Irish Welsh English Dutch French Huguenot and Quirish influences.
A Los Angeles student asserts in an examination paper that Beethoven composed the sonata in four moves. He claims the composer described early works as string quartets and incorrectly labeled piano sonatas for orchestra as symphonies. The piece suggests the ninth piano sonata was written for vocalists.
A Manchester Union note recalls a puzzling letter Bilkins received while away on business. The wife writes Baby is well and lots brighter than she used to be hoping that you are the same, I remain, your loving wife. The odd phrasing fuels ongoing intrigue.
A famine in hard coal and coke with a complete gas outage worsens Marion's hardship. Restaurants face shortages. menus shrink and pies disappear. Households cook on baseburners with soft coal and use electric irons for cooking.
Mrs Frances C Axtell of Bellingham Washington is named one of three commissioners to administer the new federal compensation law for federal workers. A DePauw University alumna of 1889 she was among the early women in Washington state’s legislature. She married Dr William H Axtell of Tipton Indiana and lived there before moving west.
Newcastle officials, facing fuel shortages, began selling coal from the water works plant and will distribute coal in half ton lots to residents until local dealers secure more supply. The move follows a week of desperation and suffering from fuel loss.
Governor Lowden commutes the death sentence of Elston Scott to life imprisonment. Scott, a Murphysboro Black man, had his hanging postponed multiple times under previous administrations.
A bill introduced by Representative B. F. Clettenberg of Chicago would prohibit women and all patrons from smoking cigarettes or tobacco in any cafe or other public place in Illinois. The measure seeks to ban smoking in public venues across the state.
To preserve memory of Abraham Lincoln and honor Civil War patriots of Menard county the Old Salem Lincoln league is organized at Petersburg. The group aims to maintain interest in Civil War history and memorials.
Streator Illinois voters defeated the proposal to switch to a commission form of city government by 571 votes in a 2 700 total. The measure failed, keeping the existing structure in place.
St Paul Minnesota February 8 A prohibition bill to make Minnesota bone dry by statutory provision was introduced to the house of representatives.
Mrs Langtry spoke in Washington about writing a book on impressions from her American tour. She praised American parental attitudes, noting independence of children and contrasting it with European norms. A broker anecdote about a girl visiting her parents in Rochester illustrated the point.
Morris Gross, 28, a piano mover, was dropped from 80 feet when a rope broke while hoisting a piano at Sixty second and Arch streets. A piano corner struck his head and shoulders as he landed on the sidewalk. He survived with scalp lacerations. doctors expected a fractured skull. Gross reports this is his fourth accident. The sidewalk was cracked in several places.
The Philadelphia Ledger records three sites claimed for Franklin’s kite flight at Sixth and Spruce, Ninth and Ridge, and Ninth and Chestnut. Justus C. Strawbridge funded a statue and concluded the post office grounds mark the kite’s 1752 summer day, with university buildings later occupying part of the block.
Mrs. Oliver Harriman at the Colony club in New York shared an anecdote about managing a budget. Smith married, gave his wife $4 of $15 on the first payday and kept $11. on the second payday he kept $14 and gave $1. When asked how to live on a dollar, he replied he had a rotten week and it was the wife’s turn.
Sir Clements Robert Markham, explorer and ex head of the Royal Geographical Society, born travel and science figure who introduced cinchona cultivation to British India. He began naval service in 1844, joined Arctic expeditions, later led India office as secretary, authoring works such as The Incas of Peru.
Willia asks the meaning of quarter in Roman terms and his father explains the coinage system of the era. He notes Romans used sesterces and dinomaurii instead of a modern quarter and discusses currency distinctions in ancient times.
Kenosha Wis Feb 8 Judge Belden in the circuit court holds the Wisconsin law regulating jitneys valid and finds the railroad commission does not infringe the rights of jitney operators. Three drivers were arrested for violating the regulations in the first test of the law.
Terre Haute Feb 8 Mrs Samuel Young learns her sister Mrs Walter S Baldwin died in a Minneapolis gasoline explosion She was one of the Melville sisters on the stage daughters of Rev Jacob Smock Terre Haute Baptist minister Another sister Rose Melville known as Sis Hopkins was noted.
In San Francisco on February 8 Judge William H. Hunt ordered Franz Bopp former German consul general hero and four aides to increase bail from ten thousand to twenty five thousand dollars each on their conspiracy against American neutrality case Roche Bopp’s counsel said the move likely means Bopp would go to jail.
WANTED will pay four cents per pound for good clean cotton rags phone 2348 206 ces. WANTED to rent or buy a five or six room house in a good location at once don’t bother me unless your property is worth the money J P Starr 205. WANTED a place to do general housework address R care of the Journal 203.
For sale an almost new L C Smith typewriter in perfect condition inquire at Journal office. For sale wood cut in stove lengths call 7603. For sale a house and three lots with fruit good barn quick sale see Ernest Bailey. First class residence properties and choice building lots for sale at attractive prices and on convenient terms Wm I Long.
The ad promotes Wisconsin farm lands via Landology magazine with a three month free subscription. It invites readers to mail for full particulars and mentions a Skidmore Building Marinette Wisconsin address. It also lists miscellaneous sale items including a solid golden oak library table and a combination book case and cabinet.
Three white enameled iron beds for children up to ten years old offered by Mrs. C. J. Fulton with phone 221. Additional line lists R. F. Wilson at 301 E Briggs Street with phone 2420.
Auctioneer H. M. Schooley of Libertyville announces the sale of 40 acres of good farmland near Fairfield Iowa to the highest responsible bidder on February 24 1917. Property marketed to Americans and landowners with favorable neighbors. for particulars write H M Schooley Libertyville Iowa.
Notice that an instrument claimed as the last will and testament of William E. Cowan is on file in the Jefferson County Clerk of Court office. February 20, 1917 at 9:00 a.m. is set for proof and final hearing during the February term. Geo. M. Ball, Clerk of the District Court.
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