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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1918
Page
6
The 1919 term lists Charles Edmund for Supervisor. The 1920 term lists J B Trent for Supervisor. Hospital trustees names include Armstrong Melvin H. Corey E F Simmons.
Reports across Jefferson county indicate Walter Harris, Republican, is the winner in a three cornered sheriff race. Harris is described as an honest, plain man who will work hard and be on the square with every voter.
A critique argues the Solid South, comprising 14 states, pays 10 percent of national taxes yet controls government decisions. It cites army camp funding disparities and claims northern pricing for wheat, southern control over wool, high cotton prices, and questions Jefferson County farmers’ profits under Wilson’s principles.
Parsons suffered a 19 to 0 loss in their season debut as Nogal of Augustina scored early and again in the first half. Despite some second half energy, Parsons could not close the gap. Only college members attended due to the five, with government covering game expenses.
Major E. E. Lucas of Des Moines is here on business. Verle Frazey family and Delmar Frazey return from a weeks long auto trip. Miss Edna McClaran of Fairfield wed Bert Cowan of Uniontown at the Christian parsonage with Rev. Polly presiding. The couple will start life in Kansas on the Cowan farm.
Lieut E E Rorick was seriously injured when a baggage wagon he rode in was struck broadside by a car at Second Street and Broadway. Verne Colton, the wagon driver, also injured. Rorick unconscious with head cuts. He was taken to hospital and then home to rest. He is en route from Ft. Still to Travis, Texas, where he has a new post with the 54th Artillery.
Mrs. David Sense died yesterday afternoon at four o'clock at her Bowen North Dakota home after months of poor health. She leaves husband Frank, sons Carl and Earl, daughters Edith Glass in Springfield Massachusetts and Lela Bradley in Milwaukee, plus in law and naval service member Earl M. Sense. Funeral arrangements await word from relatives.
Twelve new cases of Spanish influenza were reported to the City Clerk today. The cases are all in two families who are struck with the disease. Earlier cases announced this week are recovering nicely.
The text notes acceptance by Germany and others of equality of trade among nations. It argues that after the war Australian and Argentine wheat corn and cattle will be exported on this basis. A speaker questions who will defend farmers' interests, a northern Republican congress or the cotton growing colonel from the Solid South.
The Cleveland News notes wartime tax strategy by Claude Kushin of Scotland Neck aiming to burden northern states. It cites government casualty lists from May 4 to Oct 24 naming 45,754 soldiers, with Pennsylvania at 6,752 and southern states totaling 6,671. Connecticut and Georgia show striking population versus casualties differences. Ohio lost more soldiers than Texas, Mississippi, and Tennessee combined.
The report notes ITowa's total casualties as a key data point in assessing overall losses, aiming to strengthen the comparative analysis with other regions.
Out of business call for all debtors to call and settle accounts on or before November 15. 811-7 J. W. Oliver & Son.
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