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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1918
Page
2
A fragment notes subscription rates and terms at the Bold Iowa post office. It mentions prepayment for multiple months and an advance requirement, with unclear figures and formatting.
Tomorrow closes a long school campaign with the loyalty flag scene of 200 cards and a Sunday School picture. B Y P U leads at 7 06 p m with subject A Bible For Every Man and a large attendance urged. Evening evangelistic service centers on action and prayer. Wednesday prayer and business meeting called. Presbyterian Methodist services planned at First Methodist Church with Rev H A Mosser conducting.
Sunday and Sabbath services listed for Christian Church English Lutheran and New Chicago Mission with multiple sermon topics and times. Emphasis on morning and evening services, Sunday school, mission days, choir and guest speakers.
The Republican county convention nominating W. W. White for county treasurer and J. S. Gauter for coroner adjourned after affirming resolutions. Delegates, officers, and alternates were named, with J. P. Starr as temporary chair and R. P. Thoma reporting delegates. The body pledged support for war efforts and suffrage extension, and recommended McMenahan for Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Master shipbuilder Charles M. Schwab arrives in Chicago to spread confidence about submarine defeat and a bold program to launch 90 to 100 ships by July 4 with a total tonnage exceeding 500000. He insists even a single delayed ship will affect the plan and notes ships ready for launch after July 4 would be moved up if possible.
Miss Gladys Bates hosts Queen Esther Circle at her South Third street home. Mrs. Minnie Bucher entertained Bethesda church Ladies Aid at Beckwith with about twenty members, followed by refreshments. Loyal Woman's class met at Mrs. Will Bates' home for a devotional and reading. Mrs. J. F. Clarke hosted a nine o'clock breakfast on Booth Main street for out of town guests including Mrs. E. A. Howard and Miss Harriett Lee of Chicago.
A dense roster lists residents and officials by ward and town including Fairfield Center Cedar Liberty Des Moines and Lockridge with names such as Armstrong Ball Mullenix Hopkirk Wilson Taylor Smith Speer Wheatley and Fordyce. The fragment ends with a shopping cue BUY W S B S.
Lt. Paul Frank Baer the American ace, now a POW in Germany, had 17 enemy planes downed and nine officially credited before being forced down May 22. Maj. William Thaw reports Baer killed nine German flyers and eight more were witnessed by his squadron members.
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