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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1917
Page
5
Notice requests prompt reporting of irregularities in the carrier service and provides phone number 23 for contact. The text references monthly and three month advance terms and directs timely reporting of issues.
Judge Charles F. Amidon held that carrying liquor for personal use across state lines is interstate commerce and violates the Reed amendment. The cases involved Andrew Haugen and John Tjorn, Minnesota lumbermen who crossed into North Dakota with a quart of whisky from Moorhead, a pioneer decision affecting 23 dry states and ruling quantity is immaterial.
Report from Amsterdam via Exchange Telegraph says Emperor William has decided on the resignations of Dr Karl Helfferich as vice chancellor and interior minister and Dr Alfred Zimmermann as foreign minister.
A serviceman aboard the U S S Manchuria writes from New York and Copenhagen in July 1917 detailing the collision with the U S S Amphitrite, ship repairs, and a light note about his canary and cat. The Copenhagen section reports German Reichstag leaders debating Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg’s fate amid a political crisis.
The Jefferson County Exemption board led by C J Fulton along with Dr Rk C Sayers and Dr W Fordyce is numbering about 1400 registration cards from June 5. Two clerks assist as the board works to complete the task, aiming to finish today. Tomorrow’s Daily Journal will publish the full list for reference when numbers are drawn in Washington.
Jefferson County will form a branch of the Woman's Committee of the National Council of Defense Iowa Division. Women clubs and organizations must report their names and officer addresses to Mrs Beatrice C Leggett Fairfield Iowa to organize county women for food conservation work during wartime.
Mt. Pleasant people visit in city and nearby towns. Wm Kelly of Keokuk stays with friends this week. Ray Angstead and wife welcomed an eight pound girl. Mrs. F A Rhynes of Stockport visited friends. Gertrude Uhinkhouse of Sioux City visits relatives. Harry Tillotson and Clark George guests of friends. George returns from Burlington. A R Bay of Rochester Minn visits H M Miller home. Old resident Ball renews old ties. A W Taylor and daughter Gertrude and Mrs H I Ball return from a three week auto trip to Warren Ohio. Raymond, Mrs Taylor’s sister, accompanies them.
The Lutherans routed the New Chicago Mission team 14 to 0 in a league game. Critics accuse the heavy team of scoring padding and damaging the league by exploiting younger players. The piece urges restraint to protect developing teams and preserve league integrity.
Copenhagen reports Krupp led group bought the Weser Zeitung in a bid to extend German press influence and plans to acquire more liberal and radical papers as Berlin Vokal Anzeiger shifts toward a pan German annexationist stance. New York features diverging divorce actions involving Orville Harrold and his past marriage. Washington notes Rio de Janeiro renames Avenida Ashangabahu to Avundo Presidente Wilson reflecting friendly Brazil-U.S. ties.
Les Nouvelles of Maastricht reports Dutch workers laid off after the French air raid say a quarter of the Krupp Essen plant was destroyed. Damaged valued at millions of francs with 100 employees killed and hundreds wounded including forty five French prisoners.
Robbers locked A. R. Perrin president and Miss Jessie Martin cashier in the vault at Commercial State bank in Kansas City and escaped with 1000 dollars of the bank's funds on July 10.
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