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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1918
Page
8
Burlington November 26 Restrictions on new telephone installations and extensions have been withdrawn. The prior rule charged install fees from five to fifty dollars and halted most new connections. The change benefits customers and the telephone company by allowing moves and reuses of lines, though Burlington’s low penetration magnified the impact.
No sale of Red Cross Christmas seals will occur in Fairfield as the Red Cross has operated on a war footing for months. A new plan uses the tuberculosis fund for public health groups, with roll call memberships allocating states’ gross seal sales to the cities.
Amsterdam reports Bavarian Prime Minister Kurt Eisner, once wartime journalist, has traveled to Berlin to demand the resignation of Baron von Bussche and others responsible for the war. He seeks trials for these figures as Bavaria aims to supplant Prussia as Germany’s leader in guiding affairs.
The notice calls on every citizen to visit their polling place on Thanksgiving Day to pay their quota of War Savings Stamps and bring any stamps previously purchased.
The ladies of St. Marys Catholic Church announce a fruit sale on Wednesday November 27 at the McLaughlin Furniture Store. Proceeds support church activities and community work.
Piano tuner BE J Eisenhart announces a trip to Fairfield from November 25 to December 4. Leave orders at Leggett Hotel or Scheffel's Music Store for service.
A local prospectus urges readers to contact Cable Lumber Yard at phone 120 if their windows and doors leak cold air. It promotes weather strips storm windows and storm doors as solutions, framing the ad with a folksy line about cousins and War Stamps.
Notice offers several good used organs in first class condition priced from 7.50 dollars upward. H. P. McLaughlin Co advertises availability and pricing for interested buyers.
United States Food Administrator J F Deems urges farmers to inspect fall straw stacks for green sprouts that show grain was not fully removed by threshing. Report green stacks with thresher details to local or federal officials. Officials also urge preparation of threshing equipment repairs for next season amid war contracts and labor shortages.
United States Food Administrator TI F Dees says communal kitchens will be established in every Iowa town of size next year. Ot tumwa already operates a permanent kitchen under the council of national defense women committee and U S food administration. Aimed to exchange ideas on conservation, study food values, and aid government plans, the educational kitchen will run at the Bissell potato store with demonstrations in homes and store during fall and winter led by volunteers and Home Demonstration Agent Hopkins.
The piece explains a wartime food conservation plan based on mathematics and patriotism. It sets targets to increase shipments by 50 percent overall, 67 percent for meat and fat, 52 percent for breadstuffs, and 21 percent for sugar compared with last year. It notes 11.8 million tons sent last year vs 17.5 million planned, and urges the public to save by buying less, cooking less, and wasting nothing.
A patriotic exhortation argues that boosting national efficiency by fifty percent could lift food shipments by half this year, framing improved American efforts as the key driver of increased national output.
A cluttered classifieds column lists various items for sale and rent. Includes 1090 large pullets, a Hot Blast stove, a Process dresser, four Buick cars from 1915 to 1918, five cottages for sale, ducks for Thanksgiving, a safe, wrestling with a heater, Wens pullets and ferns, a Jersey cow and calf, Ford roadster and touring car, and several rental cottages and houses. Contacts include phone numbers 9206 411-26 409-26 304-27 4510 76 186 2717 333 and addresses East Grimes Street Maple Ave Hempstead St.
A fountain pen with an attached clasp and initial H on the cap is missing and can be returned to the Journal office for a reward. A chain and lavalieres set with diamond and pearls are lost between the square and 608 West Burlington street. return to James Welday for a reward.
WANTED to buy items including cook stove heater rugs and fresh cow with price. WANTED Experienced housework girl for three in family. WANTED Competent engineer for steam boiler and Cortis engine with references. married middle aged man preferred. CLERKS Iowa examinations November 16 December 7 salary 1200. Government positions info from J C Leonard, Washington IA.
For rent a five room modern house with large garden on Fast Adams Street. Vacant December first. Write Mrs. R. N. Slimmer Libertyville Iowa. Also a five room house four blocks from the square with reasonable rent. Call 400 W Hempstead or phone 2364. 403-tf 414-6
An old advertisement urges men and women to use Phosphated Iron capsules to boost red blood and nerve health. It claims rapid, permanent relief from fatigue, insomnia, and indigestion, and notes capsules are offered by Gaumer Bros for genuine product access.
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