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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1918
Page
8
New York report states the Salvation Army raised 2,273,000 for war work and Commander Evangeline Booth calls for 900 additional women to join the relief efforts abroad. She dedicates 29 members already trained for service abroad led by George H. Davis of Chicago.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels tells a Albany crowd that America must be for Americans only urging aliens to cast loyalty at the ballot box and in uniform, calling for repentance and full service in the army and navy.
President Menocal acting under a Cuban congress credit of 2 400 000 annually has authorized 250 000 in aid for war victims in allied nations The distribution allocates 100 000 to France 40 000 to the United States 40 000 to England 40 000 to Italy and 50 000 to Belgium The funds are cabled to the Red Cross heads in each country.
Paris marks the anniversary of the sailing of the first 15,000 American troops to Europe. French press lauds the volunteers who, though new, helped blunt German offensives near the Marne northwest of Chateau Thierry.
Lima reports the Peruvian government has taken possession of the German vessels interned at Callao. Dallas notes the Texas League reorganizes into eight clubs, possibly including New Orleans, with Beaumont among expected joins as presidents push for Southern Association alignment.
New York set up sirens at 30 block intervals to warn of potential air raids from German submarines off the Atlantic. Siren horns will be electrically controlled with a 20 second blast and five minute intervals to signal the approach and departure of enemy aircraft during the city’s blackout order.
A June report from Paris notes a notable decrease in U boat sinkings in the Western approaches and the English channel. The decline is attributed to blocking efforts and harbor patrols enhancing Allied defenses against German submarines.
French interior minister appeals to American Red Cross for aid as a thousand east Amiens refugees pass through Acheres. A five ton truck, two loads of volunteers, and food supplies deliver bread, bully beef, milk, figs, prunes, chocolate and cheese to a sleepy train bound for Tulle with no bitterness or despair shown by the fleeing families.
The Daily Journal lists varying rates for notices and poetry due to space demand. It announces a five cent per line charge for poetry and 25 cents for the first classified ad insertion with 15 cents for each subsequent insertion. It also advertises lost keys found at Broadway Garage with return instructions.
A humorous local notice references Cy Dawkins seen as crooked while playing solitaire. Milliners advertise pineapple straw hats with a playful aside about an ice cream cone prop.
Various classified ads offer Oak commode baby buggy screen doors window screens and heavy doors plus sash and finishing lumber. Other listings include galvanized iron siding at four dollars per hundred square feet two old cars for sale and farm lands magazine Landology with free three month subscription for investors or homeowners.
The piece notes material shortages pushing uniformity across products from cigars to groceries. A Kansas woman reports a lost large cretonne knitting bag while a man loses a bass drum. The text ends with wartime exhortations and playful jabs at the enemy.
Seven room house in good repair two blocks from the square available at once. Frank Berard lists the property. Separate listing notes another seven room house on South B Street by Wm M Hufstedler with immediate possession.
Classified notices calling for a shipping clerk with clerical ability, a man with experience preferred, cleaners and pressers for men's suits, a teamster for Power coal yard offering steady work, a private household for general housework, three girls needed at Fairfield Steam Laundry, five men and teams to haul coal. Carl Stanferd contact for listings.
Lost near Moyer church at Fairfield and Richland roads a valise. Finder please notify Mrs. Geo FP.
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