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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1918
Page
8
Des Moines July 23 All Iowa labor will be organized to prepare for conscription of labor by the government. Ralph Faxon reports officials will classify occupations and form community war labor boards to regulate who serves away from home. No age limit. professionals excluded. quotas may apply to eastern shipwork needs.
Local residents report births damages and health updates from Esther ville to Ottumwa. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs McCray at a Douds home. Mrs Lizzie Lingenfelder visits and returns. Mrs Henry Grehe returns. Mrs E O Park undergoes surgery in Ottumwa Hospital and improves. A. H. Miller attends grain dealers convention in Parington and then the Democratic convention in Des Moines. County Fair at Park Wednesday evening. A picnic on Ward Yost lawn with multiple Birmingham and Stockport residents. Waf a Lot Club hosts event. visits from several families including Riggs and Swanson households.
Reverend John L. Gage died yesterday afternoon at the home of his son, Harry M. Gage, president of Huron College, in Huron South Dakota. He was a Pennsylvania native educated at Princeton and McCormick Seminary, spent most of his ministry in western Presbyterian home missions, and later lived in Fairfield before moving to Huron. He leaves three sons Reverend William Gage Dr Harry M. Gage of Huron and Reverend Howard Gage of Parker. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 30 from the Presbyterian church with Dr J F Hinkhouse of Sioux City in charge. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery beside his wife.
District Court in Jefferson County 1918 case Allen Macy files a petition to quiet title to the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 15 in township 73 north range 9 west containing 40 acres. Defendants include Elizabeth Lee Heskett Elisha Heskett and other Lee heirs. Respondents must appear by September 9 1918 or default will be entered.
Eastern and western routes list trains with speeds and arrival times including No 2 Denver to Chicago at 12 01 am No 8 Fast Mail T. and other services such as No 12 McCook to Chicago 2 02 am No 15 Ottawa to Burlington 9 20 am No 178 Creston to Peoria 1 22 pm No 6 Denver to Chicago 2 29 pm and No 4 Omaha to Chicago 10 8 02 pm for the West Bound column with passenger freight and fast trains shown.
Hiram Ashmead born January 27 1835 at Pike Run Pennsylvania died July 16 1918 at Libertyville aged 83 years five months and 20 days. He moved to Iowa in 1856 and later to Mt Zion area. He married Elizabeth Morrison July 18 1859 and had four children. A Civil War veteran he served October 1 1864 to July 1865 in Co BE 13th Town Infantry. Funeral held at Mt Zion church on Thursday at 2:00 p m conducted by Rev Stodghill. He leaves wife two daughters two sons twelve grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Amid the torpedo attack on the Oronsa, a YMCA secretary stopped brushing his teeth, then leapt into a lifeboat and rowed. In the boat he felt pain as his bite was unknowingly tearing into his own flesh due to having no teeth.
The Y M C A calls for one thousand women to serve overseas with expeditionary forces. Applicants must be willing to wash dishes scrub floors and also spend long hours selling chocolate cigarettes and biscuits to soldiers.
Reward offered for a laprobe missing July 10 between M. M. Allender and Ringlespach farm or Chas Green location. Return promise to M. M. Allen der at 846 2 Fan of.
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