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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
6
Fairfield prepares a large sendoff for 92 select army workers departing Monday for Camp Pike in Little Rock Arkansas. The event will close local businesses from noon until train departure with the Fairfield band providing music and community groups from across Jefferson County attending.
The piece argues that U S wartime reforms followed public criticism from 1917 to 1918, asserting initial delays and waste in 1917, with later achievements in Liberty Motors clothing and ships cited as proof against charges of sluggishness. It names Roosevelt, Gardner, Poindexter, Chamberlain, Wadworth, Hitchcock, New, Weeks and both parties as involved.
The Census Bureau issued nine fire department statistics bulletins with a four page summary, under Chief Statistician Starke M. Grogan. The critique argues the war effort should take priority and questions using clerks and ink on nonessential statistical work during wartime.
C. T. Reynolds returns home for a Sunday visit with family. Frank Baker called on friends in Birmingham yesterday. Harry Lovell heads to Des Moines on a business trip. Ralph Matthew is fined ten dollars and costs for cruelty to his horse. Misses Lillian and Bessie Hutchinson depart for Allerton for a week of relatives’ visit.
Mrs. C. V. Pool hosted the Now Siesta club at her West Grimes street home with fancy work and a reading by Mrs. Fred Stewart. Boy Scouts led by Harry Lovell return from Rome area camping. Several social visits and anniversaries noted among local families and clubs. The Baraca class held a lawn picnic at J. A. Huglin residence for about 200 attendees with program and refreshments. Batavia farmers form threshing group planning to start thinning in early week.
Des Moines reports Adt. Gen. Guy E. Logan ordered Iowa local boards to list how many men will be available in August under class 1 after physical examination and acceptance for general service. Also requested are numbers in limited service, remediable defective, emergency field enlistments, delinquents, unexamined, and those inducted for induction.
The Richland Chautauqua of 1918 starts July 20 and runs five days with musical entertainers quartets band and orchestra. Lecturers include Gypsy Simon Smith and Sergt Major Lowery a Princess Pat survivor who will share war experiences. On July 28 a ten player company presents The Melting Pot and organizers promise an unusually elaborate program with top performers.
Drake Clothing Co slashes prices on all summer unlined 2 piece suits and summer coats. Savings apply to a wide selection with new lower price points and limited time offers.
Joseph Campbell aged twenty one, a jackey at Great Lakes Ill, was electrocuted while repairing a boiler at Camp Dewey power base near the station. Insulation on a light he carried frayed and he received a 110 volt shock.
Hundreds of American regulars and National Guardsmen wounded in the Marne front are in Paris hospitals. American women hospital visitors provide cigarettes ice cream and magazines to the injured soldiers.
Silk shirts in all colors advertised by Drake Clothing Co at 835 as part of a promotional display. The item list emphasizes Emery silk shirts for selection by customers seeking varied colors and styles.
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