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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1919
Page
4
Berlin reports Duesseldorf has a citywide walkout. Officials, railway and post staff, bankers, doctors, teachers and other professionals quit work. The strike targets Spartacist terror with theaters and restaurants closed and large plants idled.
At the Murat palace in Paris the Wilsons prepare for departure, boxing gifts and souvenirs as hammers pound. Rare paintings, books, statues, jewelry and cigarette cases are stowed in cases weighing hundreds of pounds and valued in the hundreds of pounds sterling. It is unclear if President Wilson will return to France, but the couple are cleaning house as if they will not come back.
War department released notices listing Americans from Chicago and the middle west reported as prisoners of war in Germany with locations and status unclear. Names include Fred C. Hickman of Indiana and John Bowers of Michigan, plus others with errors in spelling and city guesses.
Fragmentary text indicates British losses of 9,009,000 tons and calls for rapid repair of wartime shipping capacity. Mentions strategic goals, possible cooperation with allies, and comparisons to American production levels amid ongoing global conflict.
Five French departures bring 15 005 Yanks home aboard transports carrying over 650 items and 15 000 men. The voyage includes units from the 372nd Infantry and other regiments, with the 68th artillery aboard. Arrivals expected at New York Boston and Newport News between February and late May.
Portuguese republican seaplanes bombed and damaged the rail line from Beinho to Granja after dropping proclamations on Oporto, the monarchist stronghold, and returned to Aveiro.
Copper companies in Jerome Arizona reduce daily wages by 15 cents for mine and smelter workers due to lower copper prices. About four thousand workers affected by the cut.
Parsons suffered an 18 to 13 defeat at Trustee gymnasium as Des Moines College edged the home team. Stever led Des Moines with strong floor work and free throws, while Parsons got standout play from Stever and Wilson. Lamson and Biddle fouled out in the second period.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Oakes of Columbus Junction report a letter from their son Lieut. George Oakes dated January 9, 1919. He says he received his first letters from home and a batch of thirty three at once. He went overseas with the Rainbow division on December 1, 1917 and has spent part of his service in an officers training school and in hospital.
Reports from Ashon say 5000 republican troops encircle Oporto while royalists resist. Attacks by royalist forces are reported repulsed and rail traffic runs normally. Government mobilization of youth is said to have caused some disorder but has not halted operations.
Penn Township Board of Trustees accepts bids until February 27 1919 for road maintenance from April 1 1919 to April 1 1920. Bids may cover whole or part work with wage details for superintendent and laborers, tractor operator, and other roles. Names listed as signers: C. G. Gowey Joseph F Pacha John F Messer John J Kyle and Clerk Trustees.
Local classified notices advertise six hole Laurel range, Cole's Hot Blast Heater, sideboard, and other items at O. J. Simon's shop and address. Multiple entries list refrigerators, safe, furniture, tools, a blacksmith stock, a Maxwell car, garden tools, and a six room house for sale with contact numbers and nearby streets. Also public notices for railway clerk examinations and agents wanted for Roosevelt memoir sales with commissions and Ford car incentive.
FOR RENT room house, partially heated by furnace, good basement, coal and laundry facilities, low rent. Contact Jacob Scheffel. 43a7-11 FOR RENT pine roomed house with furnace, large garden spot, everything in good order. Phone 354-1.
Thoma & Thoma advertise loan services with options for farm properties and city property financing. Includes terms for mortgage loans and refinancing targeted at agricultural and municipal real estate investors.
Wanted to rent by March a modern or partly modern house of five or six rooms. Call W. D. Garimoe at 714-10 Son.
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