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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1918
Page
6
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The Cedar Township Woman's Association held its regular meeting at Mrs. Leah Heston's home with forty five members present. They plan a patriotic picnic and sale at Marvin Humphrey's grave on Aug 20 to raise funds for K. C. and Y. M. C. A. work. The next meeting will be at Mrs. W. W. Jamey's on August 8.
The Westminster Bible class of the Presbyterian church will gather at the Brown residence tomorrow evening. Members will meet at the church at 7 30 and transportation by car will be provided for those attending.
C W Bodine advance man for Dan Cupid arranged for a showing at the Orpheum theater. The high class production features Charline Young and a cast of twenty with a chorus of twenty five singing and dancing numbers. The Burlington Muscatine area will see the play on Tuesday Aug 6.
Miss Volmin Elder visited El don yesterday. Relatives learned overseas of Clarence Young and Harold Voortites, linked to Camp Dole. Mrs. Margaret Voorhies and the Benningtons visited in Dallas City. Kansas City visitors returned home. Dr. and Mrs. Shain of Dal lasmity returned after a weekend with Mrs. Coder. Armstronge and Green plan to leave on Burlington No 6 at 2 17 pm for limited service men. Mrs. Grags reported a telegram from her husband en route to Camp Pike. Farfield area hit by a strong wind and rain storm with damage in Ottumwa. W H George reported total crop loss in his North Dakota farm.
Penn Township will host a farewell gathering at the Al. Coop home eight miles northeast of Fairfield on Tuesday evening. The event honors Marines and other service members enlisting and those about to depart. John J. Kyle leads the program with performances by Fairfield Quartette, Rena Kyle, Gladys Coop, Gus Scott, and talks by W. G. Ross and Chas W. Wade. The program features songs and recitations and a tribute to the flag.
Burlington July 29 Ralph Welday in charge of the US Food Administration campaign to organize 250 000 threshers into county groups discussed the grain situation. He compared Iowa labor shortages with Italy where a harvest draft would compel citizens aged 15 to 65 to work on farms. He urged town farmers to count themselves lucky amid harvest difficulties.
Dr M C Carpenter visited Ottumwa yesterday. Lucile Roberts returned from Des Moines. Lowell Sheehy came home from Os Kau loosa. Emry Clinkenbeard and Bernard Damm visited relatives. Frances Parsons and Ardythe Fulton are guests at the Ed Vinton home. Anstead couple visited Abingdon Illinois. James Simmons enlisted in the navy at Burlington. Ed Randall visited his uncle A L Williams. Wheat yields noted on Oakville farms. Effie Richardson returned home from Bloomfield after a visit with Virginia Goode. Harry Fulton visiting from Austen Texas. Virgil McEvers spent Sunday with friends. Mrs H H Symonds arrived to visit while Mr Symonds serves at Camp Lee. Mrs Elizabeth Archibald and Mrs Jennie Anderson returned home from Rome. Will Fulton visiting from Great Lakes Training School. Several local families traveled to Muscatine, Afton, Camp Dodge and Keosauqua for funerals, harvests or relatives. Keosauqua notes that Ottumwa to Keokuk passenger service may shift to July 20 with a daily mixed train to Keokuk and back.
The local Fuel Administration will survey the fuel situation next week with house to house canvassing on August 1 and 2. Volunteers will visit stores factories and offices and leave cards to be filled out detailing coal used last year on hand now and estimated winter needs.
Hon C J Fulton chairman of the local Exemption board and state legislator has been honored by Gov W L Harding. He received notification of his appointment as Curator of the State Historical Society, an organization based in Iowa.
Dispatches from Kiel and Berlin warn that Germanys hunger peace policy in Ukraine may rebound. Ukrainian hatred grows as looted Russian granary resources shift toward Austria Hungary, sparking monarchist pressure and talk of Crown for Archduke Wilhelm. A Ukrainian railway strike against German resource control worsens tensions as Vienna pledges settlement.
Funeral services for Mrs Geo Fowler were conducted at her home four miles northwest of the city by Rev W R Keesey. Burial followed in Evergreen cemetery. Anna Barabrea Fowler, born April 15 1827 in Ohio, moved to the county in 1845 and married George Fowler on March 5 1846. Surviving children include Samuel, Franklin, Esther, Katherine, Hannah, and Lizzie Fowler. she also leaves brothers Samuel and Ben Zeigler in California. Cause of death Cerebral hemorrhage after four years of poor health.
Robert Nelson former city regent died Saturday at his home in Galesburg. Funeral services were held at Four Corners at 4 p.m. today with interment nearby.
Reports to American officials note drought harming German crops across the south and west while Mecklenburg and Pomerania face crop losses. Dry weather damaged vegetables and pest infestations have devastated the potato crop and cabbage suffers heavy losses, complicating food supply.
Dispatches from Athens report a ministerial split in Constantinople amid rising Turkey Bulgaria tensions over Bucharest territorial adjustments. Two camps form around Talant Pasha and Enver Pasha, the latter backed by Germany.
Washington July 21 Mark U Requa head of the oil division of the fuel administration foreshadows complete government supervision from the well to the consumer in a forthcoming policy statement. He outlines central control extending through production distribution and pricing.
July 20 at Putis the mayor of the American naval base in France received a gift of 1600 dollars from Admiral Wilson for relief of the poor.
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