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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1917
Page
6
Classified reminder announcing subscription rates and deadlines. Mentions ten cent per issue rate and four months in advance payment. Requests prompt reporting of irregular carrier service and provides telephone contact.
Washington reports that a new World War draft bill would expand registration to men aged eighteen to forty. Representative James Kahn of California, backing the measure, cites War Department support and envisions registering all eligible men at eighteen, with calls to arms at twenty one. The plan aims to add about 12 million potential draftees, with age limits phased by existing drafts and military needs.
The Jefferson County Chapter of the American Red Cross held its annual meeting in the court room on Saturday afternoon October 13. Committees were appointed with Geneva Ripley Julia Parsons and others named. officers and directors for 1917 1918 were elected led by Prof. Chas Carter as chairman and J P Starr as vice chairman.
Local residents and guests travel to Keokuk Nauvoo Burlington and Omaha for visits and ceremonies. Married couples and families from Mt. Pleasant Glasgow Hedrick and Douglas noted with journeys, anniversaries, and a Des Moines delegation attending a gathering at The Kazy in Mt. Pleasant.
The Daily Journal will publish Jefferson county results as ballots are counted and will relay statewide figures when available. Fairfield voters showed strong early participation. a high turnout is expected statewide as Iowa voters decide the constitutional prohibition issue with both wet and dry camps optimistic.
A letter urges Fairfield residents to donate to Parsons College with five annual installments of at least $1. It frames the college as a moral, financial, and cultural asset, offering opportunities for local youth at minimal cost and promising assistance for worthy cases. Town solicitors will seek signatures door to door tomorrow.
In San Juan Oct 15 republican lawmakers debated withdrawing from the Porto Rico legislature after the lower house committee of electors found gross fraud in the last election and unseated Delegate Alfonso Valdez of the Maynez district. Testimony showed each candidate spent $30,000 or more.
Amsterdam dispatch reports the social progressive majority in the Nurenperg town council refused to vote a contribution to celebrate Field Marshal von Hindenburg's birthday.
Classified notice seeks a seven room house in Kent corridor with contact J. E. Hickenbottom. Details available by calling 2505 or 397.
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