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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1918
Page
4
Morning worship at 11 Rev O H Mason D D will speak on Some War Issues He recently returned from France Y M C A work He will return to the front Evening worship at 8 with a Parent's Day program Sabbath school at 9 Y P S meeting at 7 Mothers Day program 9 45
A speaker recalls an extended road trip with a brother across the United States in a car, sharing personal experience and anticipation of enjoying future travel. The anecdote emphasizes a family journey and exploration nationwide.
Nine broad sows with pigs among them offered at 504 East Lowe Street. Junkin block brick building on square for sale with offers due May 14. Also a four family flat in Los Angeles for income. Additional listings include parking trees, a National Cash Register, and a heater, all with contact numbers.
Classified rental notices list two store rooms suitable for any business with subdivision options, a five room house, a 19 by 25 foot light building with space for two or more autos, and several city properties. Contacts include Martha L Junkin Miss David H C Stevenson T Waters and Wm M Hufstedler with phone numbers provided.
A cluster of classified lines seeks a general housekeeper for a family of three, a request to borrow 150 dollars with a gilt edge bankable note at 8 percent interest, a purchase of a 20 by 24 foot barn, washings at 25 cents per dozen, and buying old barns for removal with various phone contacts.
Washington May 10. The treasury publicity bureau begins work on the fourth Liberty loan to be held next fall. Artists and designers must submit poster and button designs by June 1, donated to the government. The Italian government may supply an exhibit of spiked clubs used against Italian soldiers. Bond buttons for the fourth loan will be tin and smaller than those for the third campaign. Frank R. Wilson, publicity director, estimates $75,000 savings by using less cellulose for buttons.
Dr Hans Karlsruhe, a Reichstag member, warned in a letter to a Berlin ageblatt that the Brest-Litovsk peace treaty with Russia will create permanent antagonism between Germany and Russia and portend a storm of fierce wars to come.
Washington on May 10 reports the senate naval affairs committee increased the naval appropriation bill by 200 million dollars for ordnance at the request of the navy department.
The notice announces a prayer meeting Wednesday evening and a morning service at Bethel A M E Church with Sunday school at 10 a.m. Class meeting at 11 a.m. and preaching at 7:45 p.m. All are invited to attend led by Pastor B F Hubbard.
Amsterdam reports Count von Hertling the German chancellor will dissolve the Prussian chamber if the third reading of the franchise reform bill fails. The dispatch also notes a socialist party court ruling at Leipsic convicting twelve Dresden members of high treason for pamphlets and strikes. Rhenish press discusses peace with Ukraine and food relief amid shortages, highlighting German fears and skepticism.
Two naval aviators were exhausted after five miles at sea in a damaged hydroairplane. A coast steamship rescued them, towed the craft aboard, and brought both aviators ashore at the quarantine station after putting the plane ashore.
Sixty three men aged for draft dodging were arrested in New York by police. The report notes the mass detentions as authorities crack down on draft evasion activity amid wartime pressures.
The article contrasts the Sabbatarian movement with liberté and work laws, noting a bloodier page in French history followed by a stance urging unity for Sunday rest every ten days and a call to defend Sabbath observance amid national conflict.
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