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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1918
Page
2
By carrier or mail subscriptions offered with advance payment. Four months by mail cost one dollar. entry filed at Fairfield post office as mail matter of the secretary.
Every young man in Jefferson county who has reached age twenty one since the 5th, 1917, must register this year. Registration will be June 5, 1918, at the Court House in Fairfield. no other place is available. The federal government will take prompt action for those who should have registered but do not.
Governor W L Harding issues a wartime proclamation urging use of English in all public meetings and spaces in Iowa. The order limits foreign language use in schools trains and public discourse to preserve unity and reduce discord during national peril.
A large crowd attends the annual Memorial sermon for Grand Army members and the Woman's Relief Corps at the First Methodist Church. Rev. W. R. Keesey speaks on "The Evolution of Patriotism" tracing U.S. liberty from 1776 through wars and current world events.
Plans for Memorial Day detailed with a 1:30 p.m. park gathering and a parade led by Post Commander W. C. Ball marching George Strong Post and other groups to the cemetery to decorate graves of old soldiers. Return to the armory for music, prayers, speeches by Mrs. Orpha Turner and J P Starr, and addresses by Charles Fulton Jr and W G Rosa. Also mentions a Union service at Fairfield High School for the Class of 1918 with the High School Glee club and Dr Montgomery urging higher education. The graduates list to be announced tomorrow.
E B Edwards and family visited Dr Iowa Miller Saturday. Prof E E Watson preached at Libertyville Presbyterian Church. Miss Alice Clinkinbeard spent Saturday in Ottumwa. Tex Bender arrived in the city in a battle scarred car after motoring coast to coast. G B Baker of Ottumwa is in the city. Mr and Mrs John Leathers of Loveland Colorado arrived for a several week visit. The piece notes veterans, service in the Civil War and current wartime service, and memorial observances at the church with local men serving in the armed forces.
The Clifford Devereux Players will perform two plays on the college campus tomorrow with a matinee of Postand’s Roman cers and an evening showing of Shaw’s Arms and the Man. If weather fails, performances move to the High School Auditorium.
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