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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1918
Page
2
The item lists Bran Taylor and A. W. Taylor as editor and manager with a 10 40 $1.26 1.00 fee. It notes mail registration at Fair Said Iowa as first class matter.
Chicago March 6 The Middle Western Packers won a temporary respite as the federal trade commission indefinitely postponed its inquiry here awaiting a US circuit court of appeals ruling on the legality of search warrants seized from the vaults of Henry Veeder counsel for Swift and Co. The halt suggests further evidence Heney the commission attorney seeks is tied to the Veeder warrant fight.
A crowded notice lists Republican candidates for Jefferson county in the June 3 1918 primary. Names include WM L Long for State Representative Sheriff Walter Harris C E Ristine Clerk of Court Sanford Zeigler Jr Auditor A C Turner Recorder Vernes Samuelson County Attorney RK Leggett County Recorder M Olga Raines Supervisor J B Trent County Auditor GEO Stephenson among others with nomination terms and primary condition notes.
Rh HW Spence seeks Democratic nomination for Clerk of Court with June primary. George M Ball runs for Clerk of Court, subject to Democratic voters approval at the June primary. The message also notes a candidate for County Treasurer in the same June primary.
The county exemption board seeks volunteers from Jefferson county to fill 150 auto mechanics and 80 carpenters for Kelley Field in San Antonio Texas. Roswell G Horton and Harry B Fulton have been accepted and will depart for Texas tonight. Voluntary inductions run through March with later callups by order numbers if vacancies remain.
London reports Narva near Petrograd captured by Germans as their advance toward Petrograd continues. Ratification of the Russo German peace treaty appears likely in Moscow, with evacuation of Petrograd and destruction of supplies debated by the Soviet council.
In Boston on March 6 the court ruled that an editorial recommending advertisers does not render Curtis Publishing Co liable for ads failing to meet promises. The Philadelphia case involved George M Heath Jr seeking damages over a contractor, asserting the editors guaranteed advertisers’ honesty and financial standing. The court found the piece was a mere endorsement of reliability, not a guarantee of debt or default.
Irvin L. Eales died this afternoon at his home on South Second Street after two weeks with ton silitis and pneumonia. A Wisconsin native, he moved to Fairfield seven years ago to work at Louden Machinery Co and later joined the P. D. Beckwith Estate. He served in local civic life and is survived by his wife Mrs. Eales, a son John and daughter Anna Louise. Burial will be in Fort Atkinson tomorrow.
Government and Cunard lines will receive new ships as construction advances. The plan targets at least one vessel launched each month for the next twelve months, with several ships slated for government use and two reserved for Cunard.
The War Mystery, a 380 foot long wooden woolen ship with 48 foot beam and 4700 ton capacity, was launched at Orange Texas by National Shipbuilding in five weeks. A. A. Daugherty led construction and estimates further progress.
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