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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1917
Page
8
A crowded audience attended the New Chicago Mission for a Parents Day program highlighting all branches of the work. Supt Kuhns urged stronger Christian parenthood while recitations solos quartets and talks impressed the crowd with sustained applause.
Banner Sunday School attendance reached 76 as the College Addition Mission held a Mothers Day service. Miss Ruth Lee led music for the children, and girls in the class received individual testaments after winning the log cabin contest. Six conversions and two reconsecrations were reported from the revival, with prayer meeting planned for tomorrow led by T. B. Short drawing a large turnout.
National Crop Improvement notes past barley yields in 1915 and 1916, urging increased barley acreage due to high malting prices. It cites 7.5 million acres yielding 181.9 million bushels, and suggests planting barley up to May 10 to 15, with barley under less labor and risk than corn. It also advises oats and barley for hay if land remains idle.
A dense readers column lists rental ads for five room houses and furnished rooms, farm and work advertisements, sales of goods including barrels and cows, real estate lots, Scotch Collie puppies, and used typewriters. Also items for rent include a modern house, two blocks from the square, and a double house near Nee White Tea. Listings include contact names and phone numbers.
Lost pocketbook containing cash at Fairfield Theater. finder to return to Iowa Lunch Room for reward. Also lost is a silver mesh bag with name inside near the park square. contents may be kept, bag to be returned to A F Greef at Postoffice.
Public notice announces a private sale of household items including an Edison phonograph at 204 South Main Street. Sale details are listed under the notice and commence at an unspecified time. The event appears to be a small local property liquidation.
Pearl MecGill advertises a limited offer inviting customers to bring last season's clothes for cleaning and pressing at a fixed price of one dollar in New Chicago. The short notice emphasizes a brand new look for suits and garments.
National Crop Improvement Service urges organized county action to prepare for emergencies and improve farmer prosperity. The piece notes farmers aim for best prices with quality, calls for spring planting of barley corn and potatoes, and stresses organizing for early fall plowing after harvest.
National Crop Improvement Service notes barley should be sown later than oats or spring wheat due to frost risk. In Canada barley goes to June, but in this country the second or third week in May is likely safe. Use 11⁄2 to 2 bushels per acre, nurse crop 1 to 1¼ bushels if sowing land to clover and timothy.
General Barnett, commandant of the Marine Corps, calls on editors nationwide to aid recruitment. He states the force needs 4,000 additional men to reach authorized strength to maintain its fighting ability.
The National Crop Improvement Service cites a U S Department of Agriculture estimate that farmers lose 250 million dollars annually due to marketing delays from bad roads. Counties rich in agricultural products face burdens from poor roads, and the push is for 365 day roads as insurance for ongoing community prosperity.
The Wisconsin Experiment Station at the University, led by R A Moore, offers pedigreed barley by telegram order in various quantities. Seed dealers report good supply and farmers with idle land can grow barley successfully, especially where spring wheat seed failed and in areas where wheat cannot be grown.
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