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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1918
Page
3
Local brief reports parolees from Mt. Pleasant State Hospital include J. A. Spray and W. A. Parker. Des Moines and Cedar Rapids visitors stop by in the city, with several residents traveling for family, business, or convention duties. A baby was born on East Hempstead Street, and a lecture on Health is planned for Saturday afternoon.
Friends confirm August van Oyen was killed in action on July 15 in France with Company M. Born in 1893 in Aeltre Belgium, he worked in Fairfield and Chicago before enlisting after hearing his unit might deploy. He leaves a mother and sisters, with another brother fighting near the Yser and a deceased father and elder brother.
The Jefferson County Livestock and Agricultural Show will open at the fairgrounds on October 15, attracting farmers countywide. Exhibits welcome all classes, with horses already entered and three Fairfield exhibitors traveling to the International show. Tickets at the gate gain admission to Armory programs Wednesday and Thursday evenings featuring noted speakers.
Bulgarian Premier Malinoff forwards to President and Secretary Lansing a message from the government asking the United States to use its good offices to end bloodshed on the Macedonian front. The note requests preliminary peace negotiations following an armistice.
Buenos Aires editor Lar Kargon comments on President Wilson’s Liberty Loan speech calling it epochal. He describes it as the first major step in turning force into law and a move toward universal justice, urging homage to this new phase of humanity.
Washington reports Brig. Gen. Peter C. Harris nominated as adjutant general of the army with major general rank for four years starting September 1 1918. Maj. Gen. Merritte W. Teeland named surgeon general as Maj. Gen. William C. Gorgas retires October 5. Eleven brigadiers promoted to major generals include Carleton Bell, Rosey Cabell, Hay, Winn, Wittenmyer, Tiersey, Jervey, Rhodes, Leliteh, Ely and others.
American troops hold a village 15 miles south of Shenketrsk on the Vaen river, 300 miles southeast of Archangel, as the push toward Velsk continues. Bolshevik gunboats based at Velsk launch landings but withdraw when under attack while about 100 peasants provide effective scouting for the Allies.
War Minister Trotzky, per Narodne Thielo, orders all Kazan women delivered to red guard. Kazan along the Volga held by Czec-Slovaks for months, suggesting this may be the pretext for the reported order.
Berlin dispatch reports the second shipment of Russian gold has arrived at the German frontier and been taken over by an official of the Reichsbank.
A World War I letter from a Camp Dix soldier details sanitation rules to curb Spanish influenza. Measures include avoiding shared soap, limiting groups to four, sunlit outdoor time until nine each morning, daily oiling and cleaning of floors, keeping windows open, and a constant coal fire. Spitting bans and coughing with handkerchiefs are enforced.
We express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors who helped us during our sad hours at home and at the funeral of our dearly beloved son and brother Clarence. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson and family.
Three or four energetic salesmen sought to travel selling the farmer’s remedy. Good position with salary expenses and commission. Apply National Live Stock Remedy Co. 615 W 80th St Chicago Illinois. 1864.
Buffalo New York October 4 4 strike began at four AM on all lines of the International railway and nearby towns with cars halted and the company taking no action to move rolling stock.
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