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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1917
Page
2
The Daily Journal lists AL Printing Co as publisher and printer. A notice mentions editor, week, month, Maree, and three months in advance. No clear event. item reads as a billing or publishing rate note with unspecified dates.
The law requires every man who has passed his twenty first birthday and not yet reached his thirty first birthday on June Sth to register that day for army service. There are no exceptions. All men from 21 to 30 must register. Exemptions for health or other reasons will come later. Newspaper publication is the only notification you will get. A prison sentence is the penalty for failure to register. Don't forget it.
E. E. Richards, president of the American Poultry Association, urges continued hatching through May and June and into July to meet an exigency. He says profit margins are high and Americans should act philanthropically by keeping incubators busy and using kitchen scraps to create profit.
In a Canadian town a farmer challenged a $90 buggy price arguing his father paid $60 years ago. The merchant verified the sale records and agreed to sell the buggy on the same terms his father paid, plus 300 bushels of corn, ending the dispute with no further complaint.
A Fairfield woman urges Jefferson County women to fast for a day then produce and preserve more food for wartime needs. She promotes planting every acre, canning vegetables, grinding grains locally, and educating neighbors to reduce waste and gain political influence for national security.
J H Prost former Chicago City Forester spoke on trees plantings and park care at the High School auditorium. He urged uniform street tree planting spacing 25 to 35 feet and cautioned against soft maples and willows highlighting oaks elms sycamore linden and hard maple as suitable. He praised women’s organizations and noted Fairfield’s well kept homes and thoughtful street layouts.
Four men registered under the selective draft in the county with Fred L Campbell of Fairfield Route named first. Campbell, 27, a lineman between Chicago and Omaha, will likely be away June 5 and serves without exemption. Other registrants include Earl Hoagland and Hjalmer Berdgahl of Mt Pleasant and Abe Buchman of Ottumwa. Hoagland and Buchman are married with families.
The Senior Class swaps the Greek drama for a modern production The Class Play about college life. Rev Keesey headlines a patriotic talk tomorrow at chapel. Junior cast performs The Blossoming of Mary Anne at Batavia tonight. Edith Helmer YWCA secretary visits Parsons briefly. Curtis Schillerstrom and Benjamin Gallaher enlist to serve on the farm.
At two o'clock May 26 on the Mission Grounds near the New Chicago Mission Church goods mostly new will be sold without reserve including beds bedding stoves chairs tables dishes and more Rain or shine T B Allender 766 Auctioneer Doc Wiley says Americans eat too much not contentious remark.
I will be at my former store room on the south side Friday and Saturday to settle accounts. Any creditors who wish to do so may call at this time.
More than sixty fellows signified they will travel from Fairfield by twelve decorated cars to Ft. Madison and Keokuk next Sunday. The group will meet at 4:30 and depart at 5 with banners and an itinerary including Rome Oakland Mills Salem La Crew Franklin and penitentiary worship at 8:00.
All W R C s and G A R s old soldiers and their wives are asked to meet at the home of J S Gantz on Sunday May 27 at three o clock to attend the Memorial service at the Mission at three thirty o clock in a body by order of J S Gantz Com.
Rev Wilbur R Keesey pastor First Methodist church preaches a memorial sermon on Americas Part in the Great World War. Members of patriotic orders in the city including G A R Women s Relief Corps Spanish War Veterans National Guards and others invited. Service open to all.
Nan Belle Barker died Thursday night after a long illness. Born November 28 1903 near Weosauqua she was 12 years old at death. She is survived by her parents sister and grandparents. The service will be at the Barker home May 26 at 3 30 in the afternoon conducted by Rev A R Toothacre with burial at Evergreen cemetery.
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