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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1918
Page
6
The notice lists subscription terms for Carrierdime Week Wee Month WMaree Months in advance. By mail four months rates and postal charges are shown with emphasis on advance payment.
Grand jury reports four indictments including three against Mrs Bert Lyons for forgery. The sentence to Anamosa penitentiary is ten years with possible early release for good behavior. Lyons three children to be placed in an orphanage. Frances Green sent to reform school. Dorothy Green released. Court adjourns until Monday for further major cases.
Washington February fifteenth James K W Hackett actor manager has been appointed general director of amusements of the Knights of Columbus committee on war activities.
Republican voters hear notices from Walter Harris for Sheriff Sanford Zeigler Jr for Clerk of Court A C Turner for County Auditor Vernes Samuelson for County Recorder B C Leggett for County Attorney M Olga Raines announces candidacy for County Recorder all subject to the June 3 1915 or 1918 primary depending on position. notices reflect party slate and voter approval requirements.
The notice states candidates for the Democratic nomination in the June 3 1918 primary: H Spence for Clerk of Court and George M Ball for Treasurer. It invites Democratic voters to approve these candidates in the primary.
The loyalty gathering starts at eight with a Fairfield Armory concert by the Fairfield Iowa Band before addresses by Judge Seneca Cornell and Senator John T Clarkson. Clarkson will arrive tonight. The event invites all Fairfield residents as National Labor Loyalty Week promotes unity to support America.
Newton Beers presented a monologue on the life of David and Jonathan at North Side Odd Fellows hall under Fairfield Lodge No. 629 I O O F. The performance drew a large crowd and offered valuable Bible history for attendees and Odd Fellows alike.
Davenport reports Greater Iowa association campaigns against the Nonpartisan League branding it as pacifist and disloyal. Pamphlets attack A. C. Townley and allies as socialists and IWW linked, warning Iowa farmers about socialist doctrine and community ownership ideas.
Jefferson County reports the first draft call quota fulfilled. Men listed will depart for Camp Dodge on February 25 including Gevock Schoen Schelangouski Battiste Wisecarver Boysel Stephens Johnson Boysel Barnes Matthews Vane Hamilton Kurka Cooper Voorhies McEvers Coop Shafer Davis Slattery Peacock Kaska Tygert Hoskins Hughell Griffith Fairchild Sinn Thys Keller Van Winkle Snider Roberts Gibson Shaw Jones Shaw Lefling Dewitt of Birmingham among new registrants noted by the Jefferson County Exemption Board.
Amsterdam reports Berlin newspapers say peace talks with Roumania may begin. London dispatches say Germany plans renewed military activity against northern Russia and will continue invasion until Petrograd is occupied.
Fairfield mourns the death of Mrs. I. D. Jones aged about eighty seven at Jefferson County Hospital after several weeks of poor health. She was born Rachel E. Young in Indiana and married Isaac D. Jones in 1856. Survived by four daughters and one son, funeral plans pending arrival of a Colorado-based daughter. Also small classified ad seeks an experienced housekeeper.
Des Moines Feb 14 The two week old special fuel saving regulations in Iowa were abrogated by State fuel administrator Charles Webster in a new order. He urges extreme economy in coal use though the fuel situation is less acute after warm weather. A local chairman expects federal instructions soon to revert Fairfield merchants to normal hours, while urging continued careful fuel use to avoid renewed shortages.
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