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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1918
Page
4
Corporal L. E. Faulkner of Company WE, 38th Infantry from Fairfield has been stationed at Ottumwa as a guard and officer. He is ordered to rejoin his unit in France after a ten day furlough and will sail for France following the leave.
The Orpheum features a top billed minature musical revue led by Alex Saunders a Hebrew comedian with Billy Evans. Douglas Fleming Florence Vivian six chorus girls and Pauline Rosemund provide singing dancing and humor audiences enjoy the clean lively act. Return engagements and a low 25 cent admission headline the two night run on January 23 and 24 with no matinee.
Miss Kathryn Druse of Batavia was an over Sunday guest of Fern Kenicker Miss Genevieve Ferrell visited over Sunday with friends at Hedrick Union prayer services will be held at the home of J W Hill Thursday evening Boyd Greeson left for Washington WV where he has a government position Mr and Mrs Ira Peebler entered the M FE choir Saturday evening They traveled by bobsleds and enjoyed ice cream and cake Mrs W H Riggs learned of her brother Ad Randall s death in Clay Center Neb Ward heard of John Atkisson s death in Albia He formerly lived here His brother Tom left for Albia Saturday Red Cross rooms open Tuesday and Thursday afternoons At the Rebekah club five dollars was pledged to buy Red Cross materials Mrs KB A Wilson visited her parents in Fairfield George Everett and Ruth Turnip ed left for Fairfield to begin the second semester of high school Their little son sick with scarlet fever at Davenport is recovering and his mother went with him to spend Christmas
New York January 21 The steel plen were yacht Joveuse owned by Emill H Kleuge an unnaturalized German of Englewood NJ seized by U S Marshal McCarthy and other authorities The yacht reportedly had wireless and a Red sea crew and had been cruising along the Atlantic coast
Berlin dispatch reports 25 soldiers on leave and about 25 more injured when three passenger cars plunged into the swollen River Nahe. The wreck followed the washing away of a flood barrier, swamping the riverbank.
Secretary McAdoo told the senate interstate commerce committee that the administration railroad bill is essential to stabilize finances and enable a 10 billion dollar Liberty loan by June 30. He warned failure to enact the bill would keep markets disturbed and hinder rail facilities for war traffic while urging retention of a 50 million dollar appropriations to expand facilities if needed.
Amsterdam reports strong protest by the Nieuwe Courant against the war ministry's statement to parliament about the detention in America of 1000 machine guns and 100 million cartridges bought by the Dutch government. The paper calls the seizure humiliating and questions America's neutral stance and good faith.
The text explains three primary organic components in feed: protein provides nitrogen and builds muscle, fat serves as fuel, and carbohydrates supply energy. It notes minerals (ash) support bone, and outlines different needs for growing, adult, and pregnant animals, emphasizing balanced intake for growth and maintenance.
Thoma and Thoma advertise money to loan on improved city property. Contact details not provided.
The steamship Armenia was torpedoed at midnight but made for safety with a hole in her side. Flour in the hold formed a bulkhead preventing flooding as crews fought to save the ship and cargo. all men were saved and most cargo was unloaded. Secretary Daniels lauds Chief Boatswain’s Mate Stief Homiak for duty. A destroyer rescued the crew.
Four modern rooms east and south front for year 15 dollars per month. Two 80 acre farms listed. See Russell Smith for details. Also furnished room in modern home one half block south west corner square 120 South Main street. Call 9406 or see I Shanstrom 891 for more.
Wanted pasture for forty head of cattle north of Fairfield preferred. Phone 712 897. Wanted position in shoe or dry goods store by married man. Experienced with best references. Phone 6905. S96 of
A guide to ration planning lists seven factors for feed selection and proposes a dairy cow mix using distillers dried grains gluten feed wheat bran brewers dried grains homing feed cottonseed or oil meal.
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