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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1917
Page
2
A brief subscription notice lists mail subscription rates by month and quarter in advance. It provides a postal office imprint and a contact telephone number, noting mail matter is classified. The notice requests prompt reporting of any irregularities in service.
Rev. Lyn G. J. Kelly is acquitted in a second district court trial for the Villisca axe murders of 1912 after four hours and twenty five minutes of deliberation.
Six hundred Carranza soldiers and refugees who fled Ojinaga after Villista attack were brought to Paso del Norte from Martin and sent into Juarez under U S troop guard. Villa claims U S lacks right to move defeated troops into Mexico. Two hundred horses wagons and ammunition followed, transported in bond. Carranza to pay for transport and treas assets.
Washington reports food prices rose 2 percent from August to September with 7 of 27 staple diet items up, 7 down, and 13 steady. Pork chops up 3 percent, beef 14 percent, and cornmeal 24 percent. From September 1916 to September 1917 overall prices rose 20 percent, and foods cost 45 percent higher than in 1914. Flour up 48 percent, potatoes 56 percent, and Brent 55 percent.
Havana reports the Cuban government has seized a building in Hiccha province intended as a state palace once finished. The project, including furnishing, is expected to exceed 600 Gen. Washington meanwhile warned in a separate note that state food administrators must report manufacturers and dealers lacking federal licenses by November 1 to allow immediate prosecutions.
Archie R Byrkett was found dead in his South Fifth street home Saturday night. Neighbors saw him earlier Friday. the door was locked when seen through a window. Coroner L D P D James and Sheriff Campbell investigated. death likely Friday night. He was about 52, a gunner by training, visiting Tulsa with Mrs Burkett. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2:30 at Free Methodist with Rev L Madeshi in charge. An inquest will be held tonight with a jury chosen by Coroner James.
A Corn ing Iowa letter indicates Iowa Rainbow Division men are now in France. Fairfield boys form Company M of Red Oak. The message dated November 16 aboard a Halifax mail ship notes the Third Battalion of the 168th with companies from Council Bluffs Glenwood Red Oak and Corning plus hospital corps gas defense and twenty Red Cross nurses.
The Philathes Bible Class of the Methodist church will meet this evening with Mrs Albert Blackford and Miss Ruth Larson at the George home on West Broadway. All members are invited to attend. Also noted are social gatherings hosted by Mildred Shoemaker and Nettie Tedrow, with list of local attendees.
Grant Galliher of Jefferson county died this morning at his home after a two week pneumonia illness and a mastoid operation. He leaves a wife and children J H Galliher Huntington Indiana H A Galliher Silver City Iowa Royal V Galliher Fairfield Ivy Mertie and one half sister Mrs Elizabeth Caviness Batavia. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 1 30 pm at his residence with Rev Keesey then burial at Union cemetery eight miles east.
The First Methodist church filled to capacity Sunday morning as Rev. W. R. Keesey defended pacifist sentiment in his sermon on the Ten Commandments. He proclaimed, I am a pacifist with the emphasis on the fist, drawing criticism from last week. A portion of his remarks will appear tomorrow.
Mrs Ernest Rohrer of Ottaumwa visits relatives in the city. C S Burkett of Des Moines travels after the death of his brother Archie Burkett. Mrs Fay V Fulton is very ill at Jefferson county hospital. George Strong Corps W R C inspection scheduled at Court House tomorrow. Calvin Doughty, at Harvard, is seriously ill in Boston. A V Frazey returns from Florida where he attended the National Funeral Directors association in Jacksonville. Phillip Sauer Jr and wife return from visit with her parents at Blakesburg. Sergt Grant Lindsay returns to Camp Dodge after visiting his mother Mrs A R Speer.
London reports on the number of tanks in the advance described as a grand fleet. Official word is lacking on exact machine count, but dispatches indicate losses were not serious and some reports even call losses slight despite casualties.
Readiness for the Methodist church music program tomorrow evening. The event features a strong male chorus from Fairfield, a dainty Fairy ladies chorus, duets and trios, and varied numbers from serious to sentimental. Notable participants include Margaret White and Newton Cassat, with several vocal and instrumental performances throughout the program.
A morning fire on North Court street damaged the Lor en White residence with losses in the hundreds. Fire crews arrived quickly finding flames in the second story and difficult to reach before getting the blaze under control. Mery Prank Whiting of Oradell New Jersey arrived this afternoon to visit relatives and friends.
A notice states I will be in Fairfield from November 26 to December 5 and requests leave orders left at the Legrett House or Scheffel's Music Store. Address 31 E. Eisenhart.
The Prairie Chapel Ladies Aid will hold a food sale at Foot and Crail's Market starting at 10 a.m. on Thanksgiving week. The Catholic Ladies also plan a sale next Wednesday November 28 at Crail and Brown's meat market. Also listed is piano tuner H. P. Kritzman and repairer services via H. P. Mc Laughlin Co. phone 400.
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