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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1917
Page
6
Subscription rates and delivery terms for Pean Taylor W Taylor are listed for weekly, three month, and four month periods. The notice notes mail subscriptions require advance payment and requests reporting of any irregular carrier service. The publication is entered at the Fair Weld, Iowa post office as second class mail matter.
Fairfield and Jefferson county residents plan to see Geraldine Farrar in Joan the Woman at Chautauqua auditorium Friday and Saturday. The two performances will feature an orchestra that has played the pictures in Burlington and Cedar Rapids the past week, adding to the entertainment. Reserved seats at Jericho & Easton's are selling well with few prime seats left.
Detroit beat Boston with Ruth and Thomas leading 7 to 1 as Davis and Stanate contributed in a 1 to 0 score. Cleveland hosted Washington where Gallia Shaw and Ainsmith earned a 2 to 0 win for Cleveland with Coaleski and ONeil also scoring.
Margaret Illington, famed stage star, makes her screen debut in Sacrifice a Lasky Paramount film written by Kenyon and prepared for screen by De Mille and Osman. The Orpheum presents the drama Friday July 15 with Jack Holt Winter Hall and Noah Beery in a European Europe setting.
Washington reports a hard line on reducing exemptions and requiring proof for all exemption pleas. Local boards lose discretion as appeals go to district boards and affidavits replace personal testimony. Drawing could start mid next week with six weeks to file exemptions before service begins.
Chautauqua announces a sale of lots starting Saturday July 14 at 30 o clock. Interested buyers may reserve the lot held last year by notifying the tent manager before the sale. Vent Manager J. P. Starr oversees the proceedings.
Instructions for locating names in the Daily Journal conscription registration list. A cutout table assigns number ranges to voting precincts and townships such as Fairfield wards, Cedar and Blackhawk townships, Lockridge, Penn and Liberty townships, Round Prairie, Walnut and Packwood areas, and Des Moines Two. Noted errors include misprinted names and misnumbered entries.
Wm C Spradley a 26 year old married guard at the United States Steel benzol explosives plant in Gary was stabbed by an unknown assailant who then fled after Spradley pulled the knife from his own body and died. The killer escaped. Bolt Knocks Man Off Plow. Gale Leap 22 was struck by lightning while plowing near Russiaville and knocked from his seat. the horses died. The University of Illinois prepares to graduate its first flying class of 25 aviators this week and send them to various fields.
Special notice announces a second training camp for officers at Fort Riley Kansas with recruitment in Fairfield through July 15 1917. Applications require blanks obtainable from Rollin J Wilson Branch Chairman.
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