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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
8
Kansas Governor Arthur Capper has signed the dry bill into law, declaring Kansas bone dry. The action formalizes prohibition status across the state as officials await enforcement details.
Washington reports four American consuls held in Germany while Berlin delays consular moves to Central and South America. The issue centers on Consul Mueller detained in Havana due to transport delays, not U.S. actions, and two German notes alleging mistreatment of German consuls and their wives leaving Germany.
Wholesale and retail poultry dealers on New York City’s East Side confessed that a boycott aimed at Jewish and Italian housewives has paralyzed the poultry market and is wrecking business. They sought a conference with Food Commissioner Joseph Hartizan to pursue a compromise with the women.
A photo play based on Charles M. Sheldon stories titled the Martyrdom of Phillip Strong opens at the Orpheum tomorrow. The tale follows pastor Philip Strong who abandons worldly life to aid the poor after witnessing slum misery, facing opposition from wife and mother-in-law and threats from parishioners tied to saloons.
From Scouting: Scouts who are yet boys will not be acceptable for military service as the work requires a matured man. The policy notes that Scout training can still enable boys to render definite service to the country.
Collegiate orators from eight Iowa colleges including Coe Simpson Morningside Highland Park Penn Wesleyan Upper Iowa and Ellsworth gather on Parsons campus for the state contest tonight A business meeting at Aldine Hall decides officers and a banquet follows in Ballard dining hall Noted competitors include Roy Meisinger Ellsworth DeWayne Silliman Coe Robert Julien Upper Iowa Joseph Miller Simpson Walter Williams Highland Park Co L Conover Penn Cyrus Albertson Morningside and Clarendon Harvinghurst Wesleyan
In humorous rural dialogue, Hardup laments the strain of meeting bills more than the worry of them, noting that dodging payments wears him down rather than the financial burden itself.
A clustered sale of rental notices includes furnished room at North and Kirkwood with phone 529, 820. a good barn via phone 3472. two rooms for light housekeeping at 305 West Hempstead or 4750. a 160 acre Fairfield farm near Foote & Crail. unfurnished rooms at 301 W Burlington. a room to a gentleman in a private modern house near the square with phone 8420. several four room flats modern except heat via Rus sell Smith. modern houses and fourteen lots for sale on this street with James Bailey offering easy terms and custom builds via phone 3499. a dwelling and one and one half lots on West Adams Street by W H Pence.
New York dispatch reports U S Secret Service agents uncovered a German plan to unite Mexico and Japan against the United States in case of war. The letter from Count von Bernstorff instructed Baron Von Eckhardt in Mexico City to start negotiations with Carranza if hostilities began. Secretary Lansing believes a confirmation copy may have been sent.
Two miners were killed and damage occurred in the Whiting shaft of the Calumet and Hecla mine near Calumet Michigan after earth tremors triggered a cave-in in subshaft 9.
Washington March 1 Senator Underwood of Alabama urged passage of his oleomargarine tax cut amendment to the revenue bill to spur substitutes for butter. He warned the senate that without action in the current food situation the people will organize and the capitol respond with cries for rights, justice and relief from special interests. He charged butter interests oppose the cut to keep butter prices high, now beyond the reach of the poor.
Wanted at once three girls at Fairfield Steam Laundry call phone 838 319 also a girl for general house work call 2593 318 dressmaking wanted inquire at 207 West Stone street 279
A collection of Fairfield Iowa items lists properties for sale or rent including a modern home at 701 South Second Street by A B Mullenix and a seven room house at 709 South Fifth Street with garage. Other notices advertise farm lands, business lunch room, a wardrobe, a go cart, and various lots on South Second steel with emphasis on location and terms.
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Mather supports congressional purchase of a 25 mile by 1 mile sand dune strip along Lake Michigan in Lake and Porter counties Indiana. The dunes are described as among the finest in the world and a national park for their preservation is urged.
Great Britain withdraws objections and grants Hadfields Ltd permission to contract with the United States Navy for armor piercing shells of 14 and 16 inch type. An award for projectiles over 3 million dollars was later cancelled at Britain’s request due to wartime exigencies.
Two American ship surgeons and two veterinarians freed in Berlin left for Denmark aboard the Yarrowdale’s transport. Classified as officers, they had been confined separately from other Americans captured by the German raider in the south Atlantic. the remaining detainees stay in quarantine near Berlin.
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