Post Office Entry at Fairfield Iowa Mail Matter
Speepeaae entered at the post office in Fairfield Iowa as second class mail matter.
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1917
Page
2
Irregularity Report Prompted for Telephone No 23 Carrier
Prompt notice asks for prompt reporting of any irregularity in the carrier service identified as Telephone No 23. The brief emphasizes swift action and accountability by the service provider.
Interstate liquor carryover deemed interstate commerce by court
Judge Amidon ruled that carrying liquor within the United States for personal use across state lines is interstate commerce and a Reed amendment violation. Andrew Haugen and John Tjorn, Minnesota lumberjacks, each carried a quart from Moorhead into Fargo, a pioneer case affecting twenty three dry states. The decision rejects sale focus and aims to curb bootlegging by outlawing cross state liquor transport for any purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N. D
Charles F. Amidon
United States
Andrew Haugen
John Tjorn
Minnesota
Moorhead
Teuton War Lords May Retire
Amsterdam dispatch reports the resignations of Dr Karl Helfferich and Dr Alfred Zimmermann have been decided on by Emperor William. The crisis tests Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg as Reichstag leaders meet to decide policy and the government’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Germany
Reichstag
Sore
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Conscription Number Lists Coming Tomorrow
The Jefferson County Exemption board chaired by C J Fulton with Dr R C Sayers and Dr W Fordyce numbers about 1400 cards from June 6 registration. Cards are numbered consecutively for the entire county. Completion is expected soon with lists in tomorrow's Daily Journal for reference ahead of Washington draws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
C. J. Fulton
R. C. Sayers
W Fordyce
Con
The
Daily Journal
Washington
Letter From Engineer On Manchuria From 1917
A wartime letter to Miss Helen Rakow from her uncle aboard the Manchuria describes arriving in New York on June 6 1917 sailing June 13 and hitting a U S Amphitrite monitor sinking in the mud at Staten Island. He details cleanup in the engine room forty five men at work since June 21, weather rain and plans to end by August and mentions a canary that crossed the Atlantic eleven times and a crowing year old black cat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Rakow
Manchuria
New York
Helen
London
U. S
Staten Island
Jefferson County Women Organize National Defense Branch
A call urges every women’s club in Jefferson County to report its home and officers to Mrs Beatrice C Leggett of Fairfield Iowa. She will organize a county branch of the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Defense Iowa Division. Immediate work to conserve food is urged to ensure enough for all during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Woman's Committee
National Council of Defense
Beatrice C. Leggett
Fairfield
Iowa
Women’s Committee
Personal notes from Mt. Pleasant and area visits
Several residents and visitors are listed including Jesse Ketcham of Mt. Pleasant and Wm. Kelly of Keokuk visiting local friends. A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Angstead weighed eight pounds. Mrs. F. A. Rhynas of Stockport and Miss Gertrude Hinkhouse of Sioux City are seen visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Clark George returned from Burlington and A. R. Bay of Rochester, Minnesota, is visiting at the Miller home.
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Ray Angstead
Gertrude Hinkhouse
Sioux City
City
A. R. Bay
Rochester
Minn
H. M Miller
Mr. Ball
Lutherans Dominate Mission in Heavy 14–0 Win
The Lutherans routed the New Chicago Mission team 14 to 0 in a high scoring display deemed unsportsmanlike. The piece criticizes top teams for padding batting averages at the expense of a youth squad and warns such exhibitions could endanger the league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gore
Chicago
Chicago Mission
Brethern
Hill Barton guests travel to Fairfield visit
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Hill and Mrs. Cynthia Barton of Kansas City Missouri were guests of Mrs. Henry Stichter for several days. They traveled by auto to Fairfield today with Mr. Fulton and will visit the C J Fulton home. Mrs Fulton and her two daughters Katherine and Susan, who were here yesterday, returned by train to their home this morning.
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Washington Journal
William B. Hill
Cynthia Barton
Kansas City
Henry Stichter
Fairfield
Fulton
C. J
Want Ads Are Sure Result Getters
A concise note asserts that want ads reliably deliver results. It notes practical benefits and common uses, with emphasis on quick responses, targeted reach, and cost efficiency for buyers and sellers.
SHE PROGRESSED TOO FAR AND FOUGHT DIVORCE
Orville Harrold tenor of Muncie Ind filed for divorce from Lydia Locks after marrying her as a celebrated prima donna. He had previously stated in divorce proceedings that his first wife hindered his progress. The case involves Arthur SH. Marks and former spouses Effie Kiger and Robert Talbot. In Rio de Janeiro the Avenida Ashangabahu was renamed Ayundo Presidente Wilson to honor the visiting American squadron.
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New York
Orville Harrold
Muncie
Ind
Secon
Lydia Locks
Arthur SH. Marks
Harrold
Lydia Mae Talbot
Robert Talbot
Reno
Effie Kiger
Washington
Brazil
State Department
Rio de Janeiro
Avenida
Ashangabahu
Ayun.do Presidente Wilson
Krupp Plant Wrecked in French Air Raid Report
Maastricht dispatch says Dutch workers laid off at Krupp works due to Friday air raid claim a quarter of the Essen plant was destroyed. Material damage cited at millions of francs with 100 employees killed and hundreds wounded including 45 prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesterdam
Les Nouvelles
Maastricht
Holland
Krupp
Essen
Rench
Krupp Group Buys Weser Zeitung To Push Pan German Spin
Copenhagen reports Krupp led business interests have purchased the Weser Zeitung, an old radical paper, to convert it into a pan German annexationist organ. The same group aims to acquire more liberal and radical provincial newspapers.
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Copenhagen
Krupp
Weser Zeitung
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Robbers lock vault in Kansas City robbery
Robbers locked A. R. Perrin the bank president and Miss Jessie Martin cashier in the Commercial State bank vault in Kansas City. They escaped with about $1,000 of the bank funds on July 10.
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Kansas City
A. R. Perrin
Jessie Martin
Commercial State Bank
Also Mentioned on This Page
Speepeaae
Cevecasisereseah So Sa
Jefferson County Women IN Patriotic Organization
Jesse Ketcham
Mt. Pleasant
Wm. Kelly
Keokuk
F. A. Rhynas
Stockport
Harry Tillotson
Mrs. Clark George
Burlington
A. W. Taylor
Gertrude
H. I. Ball
Warren
Ohio
Mission
Methodists
Resbyterians
Christian
PC Lutheran
Orpheum Pomnight
Pheum Orchestra
Daniel Frohman
Marguerite Clark
Tine Girl
Viola Dana
Luxor
Roth & Company
Children’s Gingham Presses
Elsie Dinsmore
Indiana
Brazil Street
Wilson
Krupps
Mnerich’s
East Side Square
Fairfield, IA
John T. Davies
Undertaker
George Q. Loesch
L. E
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