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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1917
Page
6
The Daily Journal announces changes at the Journal Printing Co with updates on publishers and editorial leadership. News notes identify the editor and key staff, outlining new duties and reporting lines within the newspaper operation.
Des Moines reports the senate suppressions committee advancing two bone dry bills to passage while holding a third for further discussion. The packages would ban liquor advertising and redefine delivery and sale sites, with a personal shipment limit under debate.
Washington reports Navy recruiting agents ordered to enlist 25 000 additional men immediately. With peace strength set at 74 000, officials expect to reach 58 000 in reserve, and consider war time growth to 87 000. War plans urge rapid organization of officers reserve corps as 50 000 officers would be needed for a 500 000 volunteer army.
A brief cartoon caption from the Boston Tran script features a health crank asking about coconuts while a boy offers a milk-filled fruit and questions sterilization.
Des Moines February 10 F S Shaw, state auditor, urges establishing county assessor offices and unifying county funds into one budget system. The 1913-15 county examiners’ review found $697,321 due counties. $171,569 recovered. Proposals include rewritten revenue laws, county budget, warrants, salaries, and expanded auditing powers.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant in the H. L. Scott versus L. B. Foster case arising from an automobile sale. Judge Cornell disposed of routine matters and chancery cases during the day. Bertha Verne Woolums versus C. H. Woolums ended in a default decree by evidence. Onie M. Smith obtained a divorce from Clifford Smith by the same method.
George Russell and Ira Hibbard were arrested by Sheriff Campbell at Glendale and taken to Earlham. Russell, 24, lured thirteen year old Ira Hibbard to run away from Earlham and pass as his brother under the name Smith. He faces a kidnapping charge and has a prior reformatory record from Mt Pleasant.
Next Monday marks Lincoln's Birthday a legal state holiday. The city post office closes at ten o clock while rural route deliveries continue but city carriers work only in the morning. General delivery windows shut at ten o clock.
The Baptist church ladies held an all day meeting with a basement picnic. They completed work and plans for a February 22 bazaar and New England dinner. Mrs C M Graham hosted the J M Club gathering at her West Munroe Street home with a social afternoon and a two course luncheon.
Miss Petticoats a film adaptation of Dwight Tilton's book about life in New Bedford stars Alice Brady and plays at the Orpheum next Monday. A benefit concert by the High School senior class and Unkrich's Boys Band with the Male Quartette of the First Methodist Church follows on February 22 at the High School Auditorium.
Fairfield High loses to Burlington High in a fast local gym contest second defeat to Orchard City squad. Both teams played clean, no notable stars, and Fairfield students hosted Burlington afterward to cap an amicable night amid football history tension. Burlington travels to Keokuk tonight.
In this issue of The Republic the Republic announces George H. Frasher retires from active management after many years. His son, John B. Frasher, becomes editor and manager while ownership remains unchanged.
New York reports the American League club negotiating to purchase Johnny Evers of the Boston Nationals. Evers is said to want to finish his career in the American League. Yankees officials would not comment on the report.
Sheriff Connell orders extra deputies after a telegram from Wisconsin Minnesota Light Heat and Power officials in Detroit warned of a plot to blow up a $4,500,000 dam under construction on the Chippewa River near Chippewa Falls. The dam would supply electric power to munition plants in St. Paul and Minneapolis.
A humor snippet compares wrinkling to stewed prunes with quips about fatness and appearance. The remarks reference the Kansas City Star and St Louis Globe-Democrat in a light, tongue in cheek exchange.
A London Answers item records a playful exchange as a directory canvasser asks a polite question about a husband. The woman replies with a witty twist naming John Smith and declaring him the handsomest man in town.
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