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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1918
Page
2
A newspaper notice lists subscription rates and mail options for SAGATAR and other items. It states one week and three months in advance pricing and notes mail subscriptions must be prepaid. The text also indicates post office entry at Fair Geld Iowa as second class mail matter.
A collection of notices from Jefferson county Republicans naming candidates for the June primaries in 1915 1918 and 1919 for State Representative Sheriff Clerk of Court Auditor Recorder County Attorney and Board of Supervisors with pledges to seek nomination and support.
Frank P. Mowery announces candidacy for renomination on the Democratic ticket for member of the Iowa House of Representatives from Jefferson County. He asks voters to study his record in the 37th General Assembly and shows confidence in voter support at the June 3 1918 primary. He also states intent to seek the Democratic nomination for Treasurer.
The Service Flag raising is set as a county wide holiday next Thursday with merchants closing and factories stopping work for the parade at 2 30 PM The W R C urges participation and a rain backup in the high school auditorium Governor Harding will give the address after the program opening by the Board of Supervisors and introduction by William C Ball several local groups are organizing the event with music and readings by Fairfield Iowa and the high school chorus
Washington May 7 Frank W Polk counselor of the state department is seriously ill as a result of a breakdown from overwork He is confined to his home here with the illness.
Senate action passes the King Walsh bill to outlaw W. W. without a roll call. Unanimous support signals broad agreement on the measure aimed at curbing the activity labeled W. W. in Washington.
George S Cochran Motor Ambulance Co 352 George Fairchilds Co F 33d Engineers Camp Devens Ayer Mass Adolph Gilchrist Co A 337 M G Bu Camp Dodge Iowa Lloyd Cloke US 8 Northern Pacific New York City Alvin Boysell Camp Dodge Capt G Edward Hague Asst Chief Signal Officer Western Dept San Francisco Cal Private Lloyd F Frye 23d Engineers Co W5 4th Battalion AE F via New York Clarence Curts Co M 133d Infty Camp Cody Deming NM Walter E Cornett Co M 133d US Infty Camp Cody Deming NM
Moscow official denial from Japanese Consul Ugede refutes Russian rumors that Japan is placing machine guns in Vladivostok or planning to enlarge forces there. A separate dispatch notes a German railway station blast at Frankfurt am Main.
An airplane accident at Camp Borden Ontario killed Secord Lieut. G A Ruffridge of Mont Clair New Jersey and Cadet HH Bo Leary of Toronto.
The Court House will close Thursday afternoon for unspecified reasons, affecting public access and services and resuming normal operations later that day.
Jewell s Fairfield Iowa band will give its first open air concert of the season tomorrow evening in Central Park square. The concert moves from Thursday due to a community banquet and will be held in the usual Central Park site not Franklin Park. No seats will be provided and attendees are asked to avoid walking on the grass.
A World War I era missive from Raymond Young stationed with the 168th Infantry in France to Harry Kellner. He reports good health, hopes for returning home soon, and mentions difficulty receiving mail and tobacco, asking for Horse Shoe tobacco as a preferred gift. He closes with regards and requests continued letters.
A free public lecture is scheduled at the library tonight at 8 o'clock sharp. The event invites community members to attend and hear a guest speaker discuss topics of local interest.
The Russian Black Sea fleet has been captured intact in Sevastopol, according to an official Turkish statement broadcast from Constantinople. The former German cruiser Goeben was reported at Sevastopol where the capture occurred.
A public notice announces Glen Neibert as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Sheriff at the June primaries.
Fragmentary sports lines list several city names and scores such as Louisville 4 Columbus 3 Milwaukee 5 Minneapolis 4 Mt Paul Kansas City Indianapolis 7 Toledo 2. No clear game context or date.
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