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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1918
Page
8
A bundled list of worship times and sermon topics across churches including Presbyterian, English Lutheran, Methodist Circuit, Christian Science, Free Methodist, New Chicago Mission, College Addition, and Bethel AME. Notable items include morning and evening sermons, baptismal services to follow, and special revival preparations with ministers such as Wilbur R. Keesey and M. D. Webber.
A Yaqui raid near Guayamas left 107 dead and 24 wounded on a mixed Southern Pacific Mexico freight and passenger train. Among the dead are 15 civilians and 81 soldiers. women and children among the victims. The attack occurred at Pitahaya, about 40 miles south of Guayamas, reports say.
Multiple unfurnished and furnished room rentals listed with addresses and contact numbers. Entries include first floor light housekeeping rooms on West Grimes Street and South Main Street, a modern house on East Burling ton Street, a seven room house on South 4th Street, a home on North Main Street, and several near the square with various phone references and owner names.
Classified column lists positions and rentals including a corn husking helper call 8811, dishwasher at the Iowa Lunch Room, three modern rooms for light housekeeping at Box 28 Fairfield, and a dining room girl at the West Side Restaurant.
Listing notes a seven room house with 86 by 132 foot lot and adjoining northwest lots between hospital and Burlington. Includes barn, city gas, acetylene lighting. Offers payment terms with February 1 1918 sale deadline and March 1 balance. Contact Ed M Krumm, 836. Also offers Studebaker wagon with harness and a five room house on South Second Street with gas lights. See A J Smith.
A child’s turned piece is missing between 104 North Third and 608 West Burlington. Finder should return it to Mrs. James Welday and call 3666 for the reward.
Mr Hoover urges people to eat more fish and claims one whale will fur beef. Ho hum well show us a whale.
Kentucky lawyers handed out sandwiches to a jury and days later a disagreement was reported. Food speculators claim new legislation disrupts business and affects burglars. The piece mixes economic fear with wartime rhetoric and hostile slogans.
A series of brief notices list items lost and found including a boy's Mackinaw, a ladies black double purse with money, a headlight rim, a silver bar pin, an automobile headlight rim, an elk's tooth, a dinner box with a Thermos bottle and silver knife, and a pair of gold rimless glasses. Rewards and contact numbers are provided for each item.
Miss Mildred Bishop returns to campus after an absence. Navy furloughs Earl Enke, former Parsons student now at Indian Head. Frances Spence, Centerville High School teacher, and Gree Oliver, Cross Lanes teacher, visited yesterday. Next Wednesday a service flag rais ing ceremony and special chapel program are planned. public invitation extended.
Fourteen year old Frederick Beatley of Fairfield writes to Naval Recruiting Officer Fisher saying he meets the requirements of a seventeen year old and wants to enlist as a seaman to serve on battleships against the Kaiser's fleet. Fisher tells him to wait a few years.
In Trenton New Jersey on January 4 United States Senator William Hughes ill with pneumonia showed improvement according to officials.
West Orange New Jersey January 4 The Thomas A Edison plant shut for the first time its history due to lack of fuel. The closure ends a long standing operation affecting municipal workers and local industry.
Chicago January 4 The court delays hearings as Vanderveer files 83 demurrers 76 pleas for bills of particulars and 23 pleas in abatement in federal indictments against I. W. W. members.
A historical piece humorously extols a vegetable market or shop as a lasting community fixture. It celebrates its longevity, impact on locals, and the central role vegetables play in daily life. The tone resembles urban-feature prose from a bygone era.
A wartime verse attributed to C. U. Hoover rails at shortages and hardship. The speaker laments meatless and heatless days, scarce goods, and rising poverty while mocking the Kaiser and rallying patriotic sentiment.
The Fairfield Theater presents next Wednesday and Thursday showings of The Battle Cry of Peace, a feature film likely drawing veterans and film enthusiasts to the venue. Tickets and scheduled times are listed for the two screening days.
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