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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1918
Page
6
A wartime message urges citizens to buy Liberty Bonds urging decisiveness in the financial fight. It questions personal sacrifice and asks, how many bonds have you bought, challenging readers to invest all they can. The tone is combative and urgent.
Lieut John Philip Sousa wrote a fourth Liberty loan song with lyrics by Guy F Lee Chicago newspaper man The title Pushing On features lines praising Allied troops Pershing and the push to win the war The chorus urges support and funding as American forces advance
A finance note asserts that every bond bought increases annual income by a small amount. It urges consistent saving and reinvestment strategies to maximize compound growth over time.
A wartime editorial urges full subscription to the Fourth Liberty Loan. It underscores the need to fund Allied victory and support Pershing's troops, stressing home front sacrifice and the impact of public funds on soldiers in trenches and Y huts.
A wounded officer, home with a shattered arm, vows to return to his company as seven wound stripes mark his service. Despite his broken arm, he dons his kit after learning renewed action against the Germans. His father urges him to rest, but the officer insists, echoing the call for Americans to buy more Liberty bonds.
Mr and Mrs S O Russell of Libertyville learn their son William Lee Russell died October 6 aboard ship from pneumonia He was born January 14 1897 age 21 years nine months and 21 days The body will arrive Tuesday and funeral plans set for Fairfield Park with burial in Evergreen Cemetery to be announced later
A telegram reports Loren Goddard wounded for the third time with undetermined severity. The first wound occurred March 9, the second July 28, and the latest September 12. Government details are scarce and relatives await overseas news.
City observes order from Local Board of Health closing churches schools theaters and all public buildings from noon October 11 1918 until further notice due to contagious diseases. Paul Coleson Clerk of Board of Health.
By action of the Board of Health with City Council approval all public gatherings are prohibited. Special permission cannot be given. Attendees assume risk. Children must not meet for play and should stay home. By Order of Board of Health J W Bean Health Officer.
News of the death of Mrs. Mary Leedham at age eighteen from Spanish influenza after a brief illness. She was daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Leedham and lived in the city until her father's death, then with brother Oscar in Peoria. Survived by brothers Oscar Carl and Howard. mother and father predeceased her. Funeral held yesterday at Mt Pleasant with interment there.
Amboy Indiana bank raid closes Am boy State Bank after field examiner Robert Trass finds a missing cashier John W. Kerésil about a week ago. Shortage estimated between 80 000 and 90 000 dollars. Kendall, former cashier of four years, was removed last week. A receiver is expected to be appointed.
Charles L. Angstead departs tonight for Great Lakes Training Station after a ten day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Robert Angstead. Mr H V Downs and Mr Walter Bean with their wives return from a weeks auto trip to Bellefontaine and other Ohio points. Fred Messer of Pleasant Plain visits on business. Dr R C Sayers leaves tonight for a weeks visit with his mother in Edison Ohio. Miss Jane Steele attends Burlinton as delegate to the Iowa Lutheran Synod for the Women's Foreign Missionary Society.
Cambridge mass October twelve Harvard University released statistics showing 136 Harvard men killed in the war and 6200 of 37000 living graduates serving in the army or navy.
In a southern Slav district of Austria Hungary a mother and her son were condemned to death as alleged Serbian spies. The mother faces execution after witnessing her son hanged. She told the judge I am Serbian, therefore I am guilty.
Italian troops pushed northward into El Bassan, Albania, Monday afternoon seizing the city after crushing Austro-Hungarian resistance. The Italian war office announced the successful maneuver and said the advance continues.
Dublin reports Captain H. R. Cone of the American naval air service among the crew of the Leinster when the steamship was torpedoed by a German submarine. Cone sustained a broken leg in the attack and salvage operations proceed.
Jefferson County Liberty Loan Committee reports strong public response with 90 percent of those with valuation cards voting on September 28, securing bonds worth 855000 dollars. Chairman O F Fryer thanks volunteers and notes 99 and 34 40 percent in one class and small percentages in others, urging final push before the 19th.
Fort Sheridan near Chicago will be converted into a large base hospital for French front wounded and home service cases. The war department announced Washington dispatch says the fort will be renamed United States General Hospital No 28 and provide about 4090 beds.
A Chicago veteran who fought at Chateau Thierry urges bold action for the Fourth Liberty Loan. He volunteered after 18 months in the U.S. military and, on crutches, praises heavy, continuous effort to reach the objective and urges Americans to “put it over from the Jump.”
Paris dispatch from October 11 reports French troops operating in Serbia advancing toward the Montenegrin frontier. Serbian forces have reached a line about 15 to 18 miles south of Nish.
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