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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1918
Page
2
An old newspaper fragment lists subscription terms and mail rates in advance. It notes the item is sent by the Fair Geld Iowa Post Office as mail matter of the secretary and mentions Gen Months and a price of 1.00 dollars.
County fair directors meet at the Armory and plan another gathering to decide whether the fair will be held this year. Jefferson County farmers delay exhibit plans until after the fair association meeting with a further Armory session scheduled for next Saturday night.
Mrs Lizzie Olinger of Lockridge visits her sister Mrs Oelrich. H H Carter from Corydon is in town with Mr and Mrs Henry Erickson of Lockridge. J M Hammer R H Spence and Dave Ricketts visit Boy Scouts encampment near Rome. J P Starr becomes Jefferson county Red Cross chairman replacing Prof Charles Carter who sails for France for Y M C A work. Red Cross HQ moves from Court House to Stubb s building on east side of the square.
London reports a photographic reenactment reveals extensive changes at the Merhenen harbor area. The British ministry confirms damage to several ships and structures after an attack on the twentieth instant with reports of destroyed hulls and wreckage.
Washington July 2 President Wilton spared Pecity Albert Bl. Benturevard of the Sixteenth Infantry from death, commuting the sentence to life imprisonment with dishonorable discharge. Bendurevard’s home is Concord, N. H.
Report notes a convoy rescue with thirteen aboard and a black cat superstition aboard the vessel. The date cited is April 13 and mentions a group of 67 crew plus 1% members in the convoy and that 13 Methodist preachers were aboard.
Free entertainments headline the Henry County fair with twenty six vaudeville players, Bootch Wighlanders Band performing all day and night, and Dodson's World's Palé Shows touring throughout the week.
The ongoing effort to promote Camp Library Books is described as a continuous campaign designed to endure through successive eras, pushing steady support and staying power to reach long term goals.
The board moved a list of men from classes 2 3 4 and 5 to Class 1 for limited or special service. Names include Clarence L. Miller Frank Friesan Townsend G Schillerstrom Carrol J Layman Verle A Teeter Charley H Greene Roscoe D Williams G C Knous Henry H Thornbury Carl O Leafgreen Cecil E Johnson Lawrence A Walker Wm Mallory Earl C Wright Raymond E Buchanan George M Sessler Harve Avery Sue Keath Clarence E Burgett Carl Nehre Henry R Armstrong Elmer N Fisher Victor J Droz Wade H Copeland Roy Ramey Roy A Spence Howard J Wood L C Kunce.
The local board reports that only two men will proceed to Jefferson Barracks Missouri for a five day period starting August 5. Iowa’s quota is 8046.
John R. Jones, wanted by Jefferson County draft authorities, was found in Milwaukee jailed awaiting instructions from the local exemption board. He had fled without providing his whereabouts, and James Basham substituted for him in Monday’s draft contingent.
Miss Gladys Webber and Harvey Donald wed at the Stockport parsonage with family present. Grace McNew and Ruth Hanks honored at a Purity gathering. Camp Fire Girls plan Cedar camping trip as J W Crawford hosts Sunday dinner for son Wayne headed to Camp Pike with 92 men. Out-of-town guests arrive from Los Angeles Trenton and Biggsville.
The following men physically unqualified and placed in Class 1 conditionally will be taken to hospitals for treatment: Elmer Johnson, Wm. M. Sable, Gordon W. Hopkirk, Claude R. McKeene, Emil J. Hildebrand, Roscoe C. Savery, David A. Hopkirk, Linford Q Keesey, Samuel R. Farmer, Royal V. Galliher, Leland C. Lynn, Floyd Henry, Richard O. Roop, Hugh D. Gaumer, Franklin C. Stableton, Ralph M. Fishel, Nathaniel A. Trail.
In the National League, Pittsburgh defeated Boston 7 to 2. In the American League, Washington beat Chicago 3 to 2 while Boston led 1 to 3, Detroit 0 to 0, and New York and St. Louis were tied 4 to 4 when play was halted in the sixth due to darkness.
At a Chicago meeting between milk distributors and W F E Lamb of the U S Food Administration the price of milk was set to 121 1 2 cents per quart from 12 cents. Lamb said winter prices depend on grain costs and feed has risen, but crops in Illinois offer hope prices may drop before winter.
Washington reporting 202 American casualties from France with 100 in the army and 26 in the marine corps. Of these 49 killed in action, 29 died of diseases or agents, 7 severely wounded, 50 missing, plus 12 killed or wounded in the marine corps and 12 severely wounded in the sector.
Dispatches confirm Homarus declares war on the central powers, Honduras embassy reports severed relations and a new war status. In a second item Gortian prisoners claim Hindenburg alive and poised for a major push as Meteren is captured on the Plander front.
London reports American delegates say U S troops will be sent directly to the Italian front shortly. The shift follows strategic moves on the European theater as Allied command coordinates fresh deployments.
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