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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1918
Page
3
Rock Island resident Wilson Turner takes a two week vacation at home. Reports confirm Harry O. Crow arrived safely in France. Numerous visitors from California Keosauqua and Iowa City stay with local families. An ice cream social and program is planned for July 24 at Prairie Chapel attracting all locals.
Two runaway incidents in New Chicago caused the deaths of four horses. A Swan Martin team on South Depot street rushed onto Fourth street where a horse struck a telephone pole and died. Moments later a wagon owned by James Larson and driven by his father bolted near the freight house, striking a freight car and killing another horse.
A canning and vegetable preparation demonstration will be held at the Armory on Wednesday at 2 30 p m. The cold pack method will be taught and all city women are invited to attend with a large turnout expected.
Eleven Bloomfield boys aged under twelve formed a Junior Red Cross group to raise funds for soldiers. They staged a carnival with a dog and pony show, fortune telling, games, and vendor sales, delivering $8 to Red Cross headquarters and earning pins of praise. Leaders include Captain Jack Owens and members Johnnie Champ Joe Dean Smallwood Joe Swank Jimmie Hookesberry Paul Proctor George Parker LaMan Tompkins Robert Barker Daniel Edwards William Welteh.
Gypsy Smith, who earned a little red decoration while serving with the Y.M.C.A. in the trenches, recalls preaching behind Lewis guns and facing shell fire without ducking. He says he kept faith amid four gas attacks and months under fire while aiding soldiers.
The United States Food Administration declares that from June 1 1918 all eggs must be candied and counted by buyer or seller. Eggs must be bought from the producer with a certificate on the outside of the lid and tie. Wholesalers and egg handlers are forbidden to buy eggs from merchants unless every case bears the certificate to ensure proper candling and counting.
Henry County Fair at Mt Pleasant announced for August 12 13 14 15 and 16 with a full racing program each day. The Association reports extensive preparations and a big daily program featuring horse races and related entertainment.
Allied forces press the Marne as German withdrawal continues. French and American batteries shell retreating positions while engineers repurpose bridges to cross the river. Civilians report widespread sacking and abuse by retreating troops as Chateau Thierry is renewed with American aid. Wounded Germans are found abandoned, some gassed, amid the chaos of the pursuit.
Washington July 20 production costs of 20 essential commodities were investigated by the federal rule commission for confidential use by war making branches. Ten inquiries concern the war industries board two for the food administration two for the fuel administration two for the army and one for the railroad administration.
Eight officers from the Provost Marshal General Crowder’s Office are recommended for promotion as a reward for efficiency and cooperation in operating the draft machine. Names include Warren of Detroit, Lashy-Smith of Washington, Wigmore of Chicago, Fairbank of St. Johnsbury, Trent of Rogersville, Conklin of New York, Kramer of Elizabeth, and Cant of Niidaah.
Mr and Mrs George Patterson learned their son William aboard the U S S San Diego was torpedoed but rescued and in Hoboken New Jersey awaiting furlough. An official telegram said the crew reached New York and would soon be home as the family awaited word about his brother Tom and Camp Pike deployment.
Marguerite Clark known as the sweetest girl in motion pictures appears in Paramount's Rich Man Poor Man based on Maximilian Foster novel. Directed by Searle Dawley, adapted by George Clark, with Frederick Warde as the cold millionaire, the plot centers on an orphan girl in a Wall Street forgery scenario leading to a happy ending at the Orpheum tonight.
Mrs. E B E Lucas wife of Major E B E Lucas died in Des Moines this morning after a stroke of paralysis earlier last evening. Former Jefferson county residents Mr and Mrs Lucas moved to Des Moines five years ago when Major Lucas became assistant to Adjutant General Guy E Logan. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at two o'clock in Keosauqua with interment in Keosauqua cemetery.
Ralph Stever warns that he will prosecute anyone seen picking blackberries or trespassing on his farm. The notice appears on his property with the contact or location listed as 843.
The Bethel A M E church ladies will serve a pig and chicken pie dinner on Thursday July 25 from 5 to 8 PM in the former Emrr Royal Blue Shoe store building on the east side of the square. Dinner is 35 cents. Pastor B F Hubbard signs the notice.
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