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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1918
Page
4
Local church notices list morning and evening services across Presbyterian, Christian, Lutheran, Baptist, Free Methodist, New Chicago Mission, and College Addition. Topics include Merc, prayer, salvation, and two miracles with a parish-wide invitation to all services.
Bethel A M E church announces Sunday services with preaching at 11 and evening meetings at 7 45. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 45 p m. All are welcome, pastor B Hubbard.
A January report from Nogales Arizona states 107 people are dead and 24 wounded after Yaqui forces attacked a mixed freight and passenger train of the Southern Pacific of Mexico near Pitaya 40 miles south of Guaymas. Identified dead include civilians and one soldier among the civilian losses.
Unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping first floor at 604 West Grimes street. Phone 2612. Furnished rooms for light housekeeping at 205 South Main street. Phone 39. Mrs Gibbons at 820 for rent furnished room in modern house 302 East Burling ton street phone 3273. A seven room house on South 4th street. 0 Wildman phone 183. My home on North Main street Charles Lewis 796. A furnished room two blocks from the square inquire at the Journal office 671. Six rooms in a modern house good location close in phone 4533 F W Lundquist 816. Eight or nine room house two blocks from square see J H Frush 405 East Lowe 814 826.
The column lampoons Mr. Hoover urging more fish eating and jokes about a whale boosting fish supplies. The playful critique ends with a light dismissive note about the whale.
Classifieds show several WANTED notices including a man to husk corn ask for phone 8511 and a dishwasher needed at the Iowa Lunch Room plus a dining room girl at the West side restaurant 818 and a room to rent in Fairfield Iowa with Box 28 details.
Various local sale notices including a seven room house on Maple Avenue between a hospital and a Burlington line with two adjoining lots, listed for sale before February 1, 1918. Also Studebaker wagon with harness, Ford touring cars, a gas and coal range, and a five room house for rent on South Second Street with gas lights.
Local note says Kentucky lawyers handed out sand wiches to a jury and reported disagreement soon after. It hints at food speculation and legislation harming business while other items like teeth makers strike in New York. The excerpt uses sharp humor about wartime shortages and social issues.
Miss Mildred Bishop returns to campus after a weeks long absence. Earl Enke, a Parsons alumnus in the navy on furlough, visits campus amid other faculty visitors Miss Frances Spence and Miss Gree Oliver. A special chapel service next Wednesday will raise the Parsons College service flag with a program planned and public invited.
Fourteen year old Frederick Beatley of Fairfield writes to Naval Recruiting Officer Fisher hoping to enlist as a seaman. He notes meeting all requirements of a seventeen year old and asks for information to join. Fisher urges him to wait a few years before enlisting.
The condition of United States Senator William F Hughes in Trenton New Jersey was reported improved as he continues treatment for pneumonia.
West Orange New Jersey on January 4 reports the Thomas A. Edison plant shut down for the first time in its history due to a fuel shortage. The closure ends uninterrupted operation spanning many decades as management seeks supply restoration.
Chicago January 4 eighty three demurrers to government indictments and 76 pleas for bills of particulars were filed with Judge Landis by attorney George F Vanderveer representing I. W. W. members.
A fragment notes vegetables as a cultural fixture described as a whole institution. The wording suggests social or culinary significance, possibly emphasizing tradition and community status surrounding vegetable shops or markets.
U S Hoo ver touts meatless and wheatless days in a satirical verse about shortages. The notice promotes Coming-Next Wednesday and Thursday showings of The Battle Cry of Peace at Fairfield Theater.
A reader notices multiple lost and found notices including a ladies black purse near Hub store and Model bakery, a silver bar pin near the library, an automobile headlight rim, an Elk's tooth, a dinner box with a Thermos bottle, and a pair of gold rimless glasses. Rewards offered for several items. Contact details provided for each finder or owner.
A child's fur neck piece went missing between 104 North Third and 608 West Burlington. Finder asked to return to Mrs James Welday, phone 3666, with a reward offered. Also a pair of rimless glasses found. owner may claim by visiting the Journal office and paying for them.
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