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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
2
The Daily Journal announces changes in its publishing leadership with new appointments to the editor and manager roles. The move reshapes the newsroom leadership as the paper continues its local coverage and community reporting.
In an October letter from France Major J. Fred Clarke describes a guide led tour of the Paris catacombs and sewers. He details bone-filled chambers, inscriptions, and the eerie art formed from skeletal remains, noting the extensive stone quarries, crowd mishaps, and ongoing war news.
Jefferson county Exemption Board releases three calls for selected men. A five day Camp Dodge group totals twenty three names, including Harold B Peterson and John B Taglauer. A second Camp Dodge quota lists seventeen men, while a Camp Greenleaf group for five days in November includes Clinton R McGahan and Grover Petzinger among others.
Minor demonstrations disrupted Peruvian and Chilean ports over Taonga and Arica. Chile and Peru vow no serious disturbances and take steps to calm agitation.
One new Spanish influenza case reported to the City Clerk. A Board of Health meeting tonight at City Hall may set a quarantine lift if no additional cases are found. Fairfield has had few cases and only one death, credited to early quarantining limiting spread.
Henry Pickard of Pleasant Plain is in the city today on business.
John Vogelsang involved in a practical piano matter with a medical context described as a tumor. The note includes a phone contact 2412 and an index or date 86-13.
Mr and Mrs J H Dunbar entertained clerks from Maxwell Grocery Store and friends at their East Adams Street home last evening for a music filled social gathering with various amusements.
Travelers report complete chaos in Austria with flooded Tyrolean railroad villages. Demoralized troops roam, plundering and requisitioning supplies as they retreat.
British casualties for the week ended totaled 27,648 with officers killed or died of wounds 359 and men 6,984. Wounded or missing include officers 922 and men 20,283.
A Zurich dispatch says German forces are evacuating Roumania near Kourmann under Field Marshal von Mackensen. Jassy reports indicate the strategic withdrawal is being directed by the German commander.
London November 8 The House of Commons passed on third reading a bill permitting women to sit in Parliament marking a milestone for gender representation in British politics.
Mary Pickford, famed moving picture star, found liable for £108 80 to Merc Cara Carrington Wil kenling theatrical agent. Jury verdict delivered after a suit alleging Pickford received a £10000 weekly advance plus a bonus, with other payments claimed.
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