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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1918
Page
6
Local notice announces monthly subscription rate of 1.00 for mail delivered by post to Fairedowes area. Entry recorded at the post office as third class matter.
At a recent state convention Iowa Bankers urged bankers to refuse inducements to buy or promote stock in speculative corporations call for banning commissions to stock salesmen and bankers rewards. They urged investigation and possible amendments to Blue Sky laws to curb promotion schemes.
The U S Department of Labor warns of 20 000 missing coal workers and a need for 500 000 farm laborers plus thousands for essential war industries. State boards urge action as about 2 000 000 people in nonproductive or idle roles are urged into work or face compulsory laws under the work or fight policy.
The local board completed the classification of county men reaching majority. Many are in class 1 including married men, while two in class 5 are unsettled due to mail issues. A total of 28 deferred cases are listed with numerous named registrants from Fairfield and surrounding towns, including Ed ward J. Kilfoy studying surgery and Harry C. Taylor at sea.
The Fairfield high school principal R G Whitmer has enlisted in the gas defense service and will travel to Madison Wisconsin for training at the University of Wisconsin. He and his wife Miss Ercel Flinspach are well known in the city and he will study gases and gas masks to instruct soldiers on their effects. The article notes his prior roles as faculty member and later school superintendent and mentions a long list of local residents.
Joseph Bradley, longtime city resident and former grocer, died at 11 45 this morning at his North Court Street home after months of poor health. Born September 26, 1844 in Albany County New York, he came to the city in 1866 and worked in groceries for over 35 years. Funeral plans have not been announced.
Orval Shyrock of Brighton learns his 21 year old son, a June 5 registrant awaiting military call, died in the Columbia steamboat Columbian wreck near Peoria. He had driven for the David Wentworth family from Brighton to Rantoul and visited relatives in Peoria before the river trip, leaving Brighton ten years ago from Hedrick.
Miss Opha DeWitt returns to Stockport after visiting the C. E. Keltner home. Mrs. Frank Boomer and children go back to Ottumwa after visiting her sister Mrs. L. E. Kuhns and Mrs. Howard Woods of Burlington. Miss Hilda Whitney spent last night with friends at Liberty.
At a June 15 meeting the Threshermen of Jefferson County approved a threshing price scale for 1918: oats four cents per bushel and wheat rye and barley eight cents per bushel. They presented cost estimates showing total season cost about 880 dollars with expected returns around 1200 dollars, arguing the set prices are fair and not profit driven. J S McKenney and W C Spalding, Food Administrators for Jefferson County Iowa, endorsed the resolution.
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