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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
6
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Illinois railroads reach a plan approved by Attorney General Brun Gage to refund excess fare when ticket prices exceed 2 cents a mile. A coupon will appear on Illinois tickets guaranteeing return of excess fare within six months if the Supreme Court rules for the state. The extra money will be held by railroads in a separate trust fund.
Hammond June 27 German spies started a fire on the Chicago Indiana and Southern bridge over the Iroquois river near Hammond. Farmers alerted officials who detoured all trains before the blaze fully took hold, stalling potential destruction of war supply trains carrying Calumet and Hammond region products.
In Mt. Vernon Indiana on June 28 Anthony Pratt age twenty joked about drowning while swimming in the Wabash river near Winkler's Ferry below New Harmony. Moments later he suffered cramps and drowned as companions shouted warnings. Coroner Barrett presided at the inquest.
Resolution from the National Conclave of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen demands President Wilson press for prohibition of alcoholic liquor during the war to conserve food resources and strengthen national power. The Des Moines meeting cites a membership of 240000 and a broader citizen base of one million.
Fairfield Chautauqua association will present Joan the Woman on July 13 and 14 with Geraldine Farrar in the title role. One tenth of gross receipts go to Jefferson County Red Cross Chapter. further profits aid the Chautauqua Assembly deficit. The show screens Friday and Saturday evenings only.
The Community Club will hold a meeting this evening at eight o clock in the library. The committee on permanent organization will report at this time. All members are urged to attend as other matters of importance will be discussed.
Trustees of Salina forbade all meetings after small pox epidemic led to cancellation of the Saturday all day meeting and the picnic dinner tied to the canning demonstration at Salina.
The Packard post office has been discontinued and all government property turned in. Mail will now be received from Clarksville. In Iowa City thieves stole over 100 dollars of leather, copper, brass, and other items from a shoe repair shop. Shenandoah residents showered their janitor J. B. Stein with household goods after a party at Henry Field seed house. Reverend E. J. Lockwood of Waterloo resigned to join the Cornell college drive for six hundred thousand dollars. A consolidated school district election in Clear Creek township passed in Tiffin but failed in surrounding areas. At Mount Pleasant a Hereford cattle sale drew buyers from several states, fifty head average price around 400, and a yearling bull at 850. In North McGregor a Milwaukee crew struck an old stone culvert while driving piles for a bridge over Bloody Run.
Dr A E Kepford of Des Moines will address the community at eight o clock Sunday evening in the High School auditorium on Red Cross work. The talk invites all to attend as churches will not hold services to allow everyone to hear the lecture. He aided Jefferson County Hospital during the campaign and will arrive for the lecture Sunday.
Fairfield Iowa requires every dog to wear a registered tag under City Ordinance No 182. Violators face fines from 1 to 100 dollars and may be jailed for hard labor until fines and costs are paid. Obtain license and tag at the City Clerk’s office. R. H. Munro, Mayor.
Milk offer for twelve quarts at one dollar featuring Jersey and Guernsey dairy. delivery available. Call Lincoln Hudgel at phone 776.
Sealed bids on Iowa and Illinois coal for the Court House Jail County Hospital County Home and the Poor will be received at the Auditor's Office up to 12:00 noon Monday July 2. Coal for Hospital Court House and Jail weighed over city scales. coal for County Home FOB Libertyville. Turner County Auditor. Saturday Monday Wednesday.
Special notice states recruiting for officers second training camp at Fort Riley Kansas with regional location in Fairfield and a deadline to July 15 1917. For application blanks contact Rollin J Wilson Branch Chairman at once.
Jeremiah Sutton died May 15 1917. Sarah E Sutton his surviving widow and administratrix asks all debtors by note or open account to arrange settlement with the undersigned.
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