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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1917
Page
4
This notice outlines steps to appeal draft board actions within set deadlines. It covers forms 153 154 161 452 351 152 and 168 for filing claims of appeal notifications and procedures to support industrial discharge claims. It warns appeals limited to final orders and lists timelines for evidence and decisions.
Local residents report weekend visits and travel across Eldon Ottumwa Oskaloosa Des Moines and Iowa City. Families attend funerals celebrate visits and plan fairs with events at Epworth League and Mt Zion church ice cream social.
A note from H. E. Crowder, Provost Marshal General, states that service will arrive when the Government is prepared to receive personnel.
A dense list of small ads and notices including vehicles for sale a five passenger Buick car second hand Ford listing, a seven hundred dollar modern house on South Second Street, typewriters rebuilt below manufacturers prices, burlap bags wanted, two girls needed at Fairfield Steam Laundry, information sought on an old cherry four post bed, several rental listings for small and modern houses, a blacksmith shop for rent and similar short notices.
Mrs Margaret Coleman of Libertyville and Miss Mary Fisher visited in the city while Miss Zola Hostetter hosted a Waterloo weekend. Chicago visitors James and Mrs Ahern with son William stayed at Christian Turner and Fred Turner homes. Several locals traveled, hosted or returned, including Ottumwa and Des Moines trips and a young Curvey boy biting an arm in a fall.
A humorous piece by Ellis M Clarke features Deacon Coot praising hard work and superstition while characters discuss luck and a sleepy company. The dialogue uses dialect to critique attitude and resilience with a rustic, moral tone.
In Elwood Indiana a final report in the estate of auctioneer John Winegardner ends eighteen months of litigation. Fannie Tharp Winegardner the common law wife is awarded 1500 dollars. creditors debts exceed the estate and the mother and brothers receive nothing.
Mrs. Charles Williams dies in Peoria from wounds after a quarrel with her husband. He claims she inflicted the injuries during a personal crisis but authorities hold him pending coroner's inquest.
Nauvoo Illinois residents pressured by continuous Iowa automobile parities through the night lead to all night saloons being shut in Nauvoo. Citizens cite sleep disruption and nuisance from late night gatherings as the reason for the new rule.
Mrs G Eveland of Duncan Mills NL writes that a neighbor’s half bottle relieved her lumbago after a neighbor’s recommendation. She used three bottles with complete relief and strong endorsement. The ad claims Foley Kidney Pills tone and purify kidneys and restore appetite energy and sleep.
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