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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1918
Page
3
Local news brief lists many visitors and residents in the city. Elmer Smith from Lockridge William Bates from Mt. Pleasant Carl Larson buys property on South Fifth street. Several guests from Iowa City Ottumwa Beverly Mo Cedar Falls Keokuk Libertyville Pleasant Plain and other places are noted with visits and trips.
Eight American divisions, about 216000 troops, fight alongside French on the Aisne Marne line. Officers praise French staff work as American units leapfrogged to seize objectives during the counter offensive amid depleted German reserves and stalled progress.
Parents mournful over William Patterson a Navy gun crewman aboard the torpedoed San Diego. The cruiser bound from Portsmouth to New York sank after repairs in navy yards with 51 officers 1 030 enlisted and 63 marines aboard. Patterson joined last April and had just completed his seventh voyage.
The Fairfield Golf Club held its fourth general picnic with about 250 attendees. The club announces a One Club Tournament at 6 15 Friday evening July 26 with handicaps and several new players already entering.
Hearst loses bid to block Mount Vernon ordinance banning the New York Evening Journal and German language papers from the city. Supreme Court Justice J Addison Young in White Plains grants Mount Vernon Corporation Counsel J Henry Esser motion to dismiss the Star company injunction restraining city officials from enforcing the ban.
Players must pick one club for the entire tournament covering drive approach and putt with the aim of producing entertaining play and a good score. Prizes for the event are thrift stamps.
About half of the 6,000 bakers in Buenos Aires join a general strike movement led by an anarchist strike committee. The committee threatens a nationwide labor general strike for two weeks. Power house employees threaten to quit soon as the government readies naval engineers and firemen to replace workers.
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