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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1917
Page
2
The notice lists subscription options for by carrier and by mail with prices in advance. It directs readers to report irregular carrier service and provides the Fairfield Iowa post office designation and telephone contact.
The Daily Journal mirrors the Chicago Herald warning of finite page space as flood of appeals arrives. Groups, clubs, and individuals push Liberty bond drives and relief efforts, yet printers face a page capacity crunch and must be selective while staying supportive.
Albany reports New York State could muster about 570000 men for military service based on census data and enlistment trends. Estimates indicate 2450000 males aged 18 to 45, with health conditions permitting home defense as well. Acting Health Commissioner Williams notes many would not be physically unfit for service.
Continued rains cut outdoor Parsons College events with Coburn Players delaying shows to the High School auditorium. The week’s schedule lists Academy graduation, board meeting, senior class play, Mason Prize, alumni picnic, valedictory, and the live commencement with Rev. W S Pi mer Bryan, all adjusted to indoor venues where possible.
Registration hours run 7 am to 9 pm. Every man 21 must register, including aliens, with exemptions for some groups. Failure to register risks arrest and imprisonment. First draft may follow June 5 after registration. unfit persons and dependents’ sole supporters have exemptions. Officials to issue certificates. registration cards must be mailed with return envelopes.
The notice lists late registration sites by ward. First Ward at the Sheriff’s Office, Second Ward at Fulton’s Restaurant, Third Ward at City Hall, Fourth Ward at F. 8. Cumming’s office, with county polling places as usual.
The text explains that naturalized citizens are those who completed naturalization and obtained final papers, while declarants have declared their intention to become citizens on oath and are not yet citizens. It notes that men registering must state their present occupation on June 5.
Washington on June 6 Herbert C. Hoover dismissed reports of a sugar famine after articles quoted him predicting the Cuban crop would be 1,250,000 tons below the 4,000,000 normal. He urged avoiding private conferences that alarm consumers.
Mattoon Illinois June 4 Last day the death toll from the tornado rose to sixty with Fred Nelms among the dead. Charleston reported thirty four deaths. Injuries from the disaster continue to claim lives with an average of two per day through Saturday and many persons remain in serious condition.
Washington reports Liberty loan subscriptions totaling 1000 from William J. Bryan former secretary of state and 10000 from Leslie M. Shaw former secretary of the treasury.
London June 4 The arrest of Grand Duke Nicholas former commander in chief of the Russian armies in connection with royalist riots at Tiflis is reported by an Exchange Telegraph dispatch citing advices from Petrograd.
The French submarine Circe torpedoed and sank a large enemy submarine as it emerged from Cattaro, escorted by a torpedo boat. Circe was attacked by airplanes but remained undamaged.
Eastern relatives plan a $1000 monument on the grave of John H Stowell in Shasta Cemetery Redding California After a week long search pallbearer Joseph Slocking identified the grave Stowell died February 11 1901 The monument honors the miner who earned a fortune from the Stowell mine but died in poverty.
W J Norris, a walnut dealer, harvests from 160 acre Hope property near Shelbyville Missouri. The 152 ring walnut measured forty two feet to limb and yielded logs thirty inches in diameter for veneering and airplane lumber. About 50,000 feet of timber expected from the site assessed age forty years by annual rings.
Art Donavan of pcone TSO seeks three calves two months old or younger.
Indianapolis June 5. Philip A. Cooley one of the alleged dynamite conspirators freed from Leavenworth. H S Hockin, former secretary, released Sunday and Jobo Barry to be liberated June 11.
In Berlin a circus elephant team hauls heavy iron boiler wagons weighing 35,000 pounds through snow blocked streets each morning. The giant pachyderms outpull eight horses, and even free stranded auto buses stuck in drifts with a gentle forehead shove.
An explosion at the Du Pont powder mills near Moosic Pennsylvania on June 1 killed Thomas Thomas and seriously burned Thomas Johnson and George R Brown all workers.
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