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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1917
Page
2
Terms of subscription list prices for carrier and mail subscriptions. TheCarrier plan is 60 cents weekly and 40 cents for three months. a wide edition is 1.25 for three months in advance. Mail subscriptions are six dollars for four months, with all mail subscriptions strictly in advance.
Fairfield merchants hailed a recent Washington visit praising the Ad Club’s work and promising return visits. The write up notes local pride and hints at new advertising, while recalling Washington’s boast of Cleanest City in Iowa and the revived business scene led by Fannie Harper.
The Orpheum presents the feature The Slacker this afternoon and tonight. Stars Emily Stevens in a patriotic drama showing historical moments and allegorical images of war, liberty, and national unity with scenes of soldiers ships and wartime action.
For the first time a drama is performed under the sea with the ocean floor as the stage. Filmed under water, this photoplay of Jules Verne’s 290000 Leagues Under the Sea will be shown at the Fairfield Theater next Wednesday and Thursday November 14 and 15. The production uses 2000 people and 900 scenes.
Notice from Mayor R. H. Munro forbids throwing ashes or cinders on oiled streets alleys gutters or ditches to prevent fires and maintain safety.
A delegation of Washington business men visited Fairfield last evening seeking acquaintance with locals. Leaders from the Washington Ad Club spoke on advertising gains and Liberty Loan support, while Fairfield hosts and merchants hosted a late oyster supper at The Kory.
A. V. Frazey of Iowa sails tonight to St Louis then Jacksonville Florida as a delegate to the National Funeral Directors convention. He boards a special train from Chicago and will tour Lookout Mountain and other points of interest after an all day reception at H. M. Alexander's home in St. Louis.
Nightly services are planned all next week at the First Methodist Church to support the Win My Chum campaign. The program opens tomorrow evening with Prof C W Mountain speaking at 6 30 PM. Young people are invited to attend as a varied program features music by Mrs Graham Mrs Helen George Miss Lillian Baker Mrs Lulu McFadden Miss Fern Young and a male quartet.
Al Coop of near Perlee was seriously injured yesterday at noon while pulling a hedge fence. A tree fell and broke his left wrist and shattered the left leg bone. He was taken to Jefferson County Hospital.
Petrograd reports a new government with Lenine as Prime Minister and Trotsky as Foreign Minister. Kronstadt sailor Bibenks becomes Navy Chief while Shilaputikoff serves as a laborer in the new cabinet.
Rome reports the enemy checked in the Odro valley and a Brecon thrust in the Tesino basin halted. British and French troops have arrived in northern Italy to aid the Italians in defending Venice and the Lombardy Piedmont industrial region.
British forces in Belgium push forward early in the Passchendaele area gaining yards on a 2,500 yard front. They passed fortified farms north and northwest of Goeberg as operations sought limited objectives already materially achieved.
Des Moines reports that promotions for officers and enlisted personnel at Camp Dodge will be earned by merit not political influence. A War Department bulletin urges merit over intrigue, while allowing applicants to still submit through official channels. French language skills may speed promotions for division officers.
Mrs Chilcott thanks local grocers for donating sugar used to make jams and jellies for soldiers from country fruit.
Readers urged to call 3363 to arrange pickup of fruit donations not yet sent for the soldier boys.
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