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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1917
Page
8
R AMES MONTGOMERY urges Jefferson County to support Parsons College raising $100000 goal with about 120 subscribers totaling $52000. Donor stories include a man boosting from 106 to 200 and another choosing a five year scholarship plan, plus a $6000 gift memorializing Virlinda Wall James to Bible work.
General Yassakovich, head of the Russian military mission, argues that 100000 American troops in Russia could form a nucleus for a million strong Slav force, delivering fatal pressure to Germany in the east while Allies push from the west.
Classified notices list multiple items for sale including a Florence heater, a range, a Sellers Kitchen cabinet, two Fords, a second hand buggy, mirrors, a sun typewriter and various furniture. Also offered is a large house with four acres on West Burlington Street and three six room houses for bargain sale. other items include plate mirrors. Listings invite inquiries by phone or in person and include addresses in Florence and Chicago.
Five persons from Seymour were killed and two injured when their car was struck by a train while returning from a picnic. The deceased are Lon Pruitt 58 Willam Speinker 24 Clara Weinhorst 23 Edna Zimmerman 21 and Julius Ortstardt 21. Injured are Ora Droege and Martin Steinwedel.
The foreign relations committee reports Senator Me Cumber's resolution to open treaty negotiations for drafting aliens in the United States into the American army with President Wilson’s endorsement.
Grocery ad for J D Beethorn at Meat Market shows two phones 66 and a price of 199 for an 18 ounce loaf Mary Jane B Se.
Attorney General Gregory announced criminal prosecutions will begin immediately against men of draft age who evaded registration. He said thousands of Americans and aliens failed to register on June 5 and that government officials have identified many dodgers for prompt action.
Justice Department experts detected tetanus germs in samples of court plaster and issued a warning against buying sticking plaster from street pedlars. Germs are believed to originate from the peddlers’ filthy quarters and supplies.
A forest blaze at Elk Lumber company’s Spruce Creek plant near Nelson British Columbia traps about fifty workers. Four bodies are recovered as the fire rages, with damage topping seventy five thousand dollars to the plant and timber losses undetermined.
Mrs D B Wall of the Isle of Pines was operated on for tonsils yesterday. Rolla Lawson of Keosauqua visited. William Kyle had gall stone removal at Jefferson County Hospital yesterday. Ed Blackwood and wife plan moves to Cedar Rapids, leaving Wednesday. Ralph Brown had surgery yesterday and is improving. Lester Fulton returned to Quincy after visiting. Harry Lovell and wife visiting Memphis relatives while he takes two weeks away from The Fair Store. Dr R M McGuire of Brighton attended to business in town yesterday. Parsons College president Dr R A Montgomery spoke at the Presbyterian church in Washington. Charles Griffith spent Sunday at Mt Pleasant. Don L Teal spent Sunday with his parents in Birmingham. Charles Fellinger moved to Chariton for a new job. Mrs D E Crail aiding sister in Bloomfield in critical condition. B A Dill left for Chicago on business.
Isaac Pence born in Montgomery County Ohio June 17 1836 died Fairfield July 29 1917 aged 81. He married Elizabeth Tobias in 1857 and Annie E Thompson in 1908, leaving two living children. Funeral held at home with Rev. R. H. Polly. Interment Mt Maria. Deilon N. Dewey longtime manager of the Bostonians dies in Rochester July 31.
Officials from federal, state, Polk county and Des Moines gathered to map a sanitary zone around Camp Dodge as trainees from Minnesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Iowa prepare for training.
Charles D. Morton, an officer at Fort Sheridan, wed Miss June Seeley daughter of State Senator W. B. Seeley at the bride’s Mount Pleasant Iowa home. The couple’s romance began in college and concluded with a July ceremony in Chicago.
Three girls sought at Fairfield Steam Laundry. Light housekeeping rooms wanted. C. W. Smith Mullenix Barber Shop advertises. Two or three extra men and a team needed to unload coal at Power yards. Call 632 or 141.
A colored elk’s tooth is missing and an article requests its return to the Journal office. A $6.00 reward is offered for the recovery.
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