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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
6
Editor notes irregular carrier service and urges prompt reporting. Post office entry identifiers show Fairfield Iowa for second class mail matter. Contact phone number 23 for reports on delivery issues.
A patriotic call urges young men to decide within one week whether to serve in the Iowa Guard or the Federal army. It praises voluntary conscription as a mark of self government and stresses the duty to support both state and nation. June 5 is the last day to volunteer.
Government officials urge Americans to substitute corn meal for wheat flour to feed Allies and shorten the war. They cite higher calories per pound, similar digestibility, and lower cost, noting corn dishes can be made year round. The Town State College home economics department prepared many corn meal recipes to support the shift.
An article urges girls and women in sewing classes to abandon personal sewing and devote extra time to making garments for the Red Cross and allied charities. It calls for coordination with local Red Cross Chapters, saving clean used clothing and rags, and a home campaign to reduce waste. It concludes with a plug for Mt. Pleasant Quality Pop.
Fairfield and Jefferson county residents are urged to attend a mass meeting at the Library tomorrow evening to discuss forming a community organization. Farmers, business people, and others interested are invited to participate. the idea stems from past discussions with Tom Witten and aims to address local public projects.
The Fairfield High School will hold graduation exercises Thursday at eight in the high school auditorium. Seventy six seniors will receive diplomas along with twenty four Normal Training Course graduates. Professor John E. Stout of Cornell College will deliver the address. Reserved seat tickets are available at Jerico and Easton's Thursday morning. Admission is free.
Rio de Janeiro May 29 The chamber of deputies voted 189 to 3 to revoke Brazil's neutrality in the US Germany war This signals a likely declaration of war on Germany by Brazil The measure authorizes President Braz to defend Brazil's integrity and take necessary steps, with a war declaration expected similar to the US break with Germany
Copenhagen reports Austria Hungary eases censorship as war aims drive freedom of navigation on the Danube and Adriatic. The Neuve Freie Presse says territorial events matter less than securing maritime freedom for the monarchy. Billy Sunday designates Thursday night as a loan night at the tabernacle in New York.
A cyclone half a mile wide and five miles long devastated a path three miles south of Bloomington Indiana on May 29. Sixteen houses were destroyed and damages exceed three hundred thousand dollars.
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