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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1917
Page
6
Four months mail subscriptions strictly in advance. Entered at the Post Office at Fairfield Iowa as mail matter of the second class. Report promptly any irregularity in the carrier service. Phone number 23.
A field guide style list outlines common garden pests including aphids, asparagus beetles, cucumber beetles, flea beetles, mealy bugs, potato beetle, squash bugs and white fly. It prescribes control measures such as Bordeaux mixtures, arsenate of lead, tobacco dust, kerosene emulsion, lime-sulphur, or manual removal.
Chicago officials report Bishop P J Muldoon of Rockford will remain head of the Rockford diocese despite an earlier Vatican transfer to Los Angeles. A papal bull recalling the move is on its way from Rome.
A fresh group of American officers arrived in Britain aboard the same steamer as Foreign Secretary A. J. J. Balfour. Embassy representatives greeted the officers as Balfour continued to London after his weekend return from leading the British mission in America.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Auxiliary Board of the Chautauqua association was held at the courthouse with representatives from nearly every township present. Plans for the coming Assembly were discussed, and the group believed this year's program would surpass recent years in quality and interest. The complete program is published in today’s table.
Eighteen Times Tribune editorial mechanical and pressroom staff, including editor William A. Reed, were arrested in Waterlook Ia for working on Sunday under Iowa blue laws. Each man posted a $25 bond and returned to work after arrest. Constable Graf says orders came from the county attorney's office. the county attorney denies it.
Mrs Peter August Danielson died at her rural Fairfield home after tetanus from a rusty nail injury. Amelia Philemon Danielson was born near Lockridge in 1861 and married Peter A Danielson in 1881. Survived by husband, four children, parents, seven sisters, two brothers, funeral Wednesday at 2:30 pm with Rev Keesey. Interment Evergreen cemetery.
The Fairfield chapter presents a ten day Chautauqua program from August 15 to 24 1917 featuring the Chicago Operatic Company led by Zenolia MacLaren with performances and lectures throughout the period.
Mrs A B Coley traveled to Rock Island and Des Moines to visit friends while Mrs O Lesher headed to Galesburg to visit her sister. Others in the community headed for visits or returned home, including Grace Sehnarr, Mabel Gantz, and Don Murdock from Great Lakes Illinois.
New York reports that about one thousand slackers face the federal grand jury. Indictments to follow, leading to a broad roundup of those who failed to register for the army draft last Tuesday.
Washington June 11 Georgetown University Observatory reported the seismograph registered an earthquake about 3500 miles away. Officials did not connect it with the Valparaiso or Salvador shock in the report.
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