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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1917
Page
4
The Lutherans routed the Baptists 7 to 3 in a brisk I S League match, Wisecarver winning on the mound for the Lutherans with ten strikeouts. Gentry pitched for the Baptists, but strong Lutherans bats in the first inning set the tone and carried them to the win.
Hogs receipts about 9 000 with varied quotations. cattle receipts 21 000 with ranges from 12.00 to 12.76 for steers and 14.75 to 15.25 for good to prime cows. Kansas City hogs steady with heavy and light classes quoted up to 16.80. cattle receipts around 20 000 with prime fed steers at 12.50 to 13.50 and western steers 9.60 to 19.95. sheep with lambs 16.00 to 17.46, yearlings 10.09 to 12.00. East Buffalo market notes prime steers 13.00 to 18.50, heifers 11.00 to 11.50, hogs around 16.40 to 16.50, spring lambs 18.00 to 18.50, calves 15.50. Cash grain shows no wheat or corn sales. corn and white corn at 1.72. oats at 69 1 4 to 70 0. Butter ranges from 25 to 36 4c. eggs mostly 27 to 30c with various grades.
A literary verse reflecting on Sunday sanctity and Monday’s return to routine. The speaker laments the loss of familiar friends and the moral glare when enemies strike, contrasting sacred days with harsher realities.
Quote from Kansas City Journal contrasts a scientist reconstructing a dinosaur from a bone with a landlady reconstructing dinner from a bone, humorously highlighting talent across unlikely sources.
A concise reflection on personal responsibility noting that every person must face themselves and the habits they form. The line urges self awareness and discipline as a means to improve character and choices.
London report says in the last twenty four hours German infantry attacks did not repeat while French forces carried out two successful raids on the front.
London reports French munitions minister Albert Thomas arrives from Petrograd and asserts the Russian situation has greatly improved. Also listed are prices for live poultry vegetables and fruits with several item rates and package deals.
The United States begins a nationwide drive for a 100 million dollar Red Cross War Fund. Organizing machinery is set to gather the fund within seven days to aid American troops abroad and the destitute in war zones in France Belgium and Poland under the Red Cross War council led by President Wilson.
Lafayette Indiana June 19 William B Ashby aged thirty two arrested and moved to Frankfort on charges linked to stealing five tons of brass from Clover Leaf Railroad shop over the past year Earl Kennedy thirty eight head of Clover Leaf brass department confessed to the thefts and named Ashby a chauffeur who hauled brass at night and sold it to junk dealers for ten to fifteen cents a pound He is also suspected in the murder of Thomas H Sense taxi line owner killed June 4 on a country road.
Special notice announces a second training camp for officers in Fairfield Kansas at Fort Riley with applications due by July 15 1917. Interested parties should contact Rollin J Wilson for blanks.
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