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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1918
Page
2
Germans Had Pre Supper But They Didn't Eat It
A letter from Gregg Wisecarver of Headquarters Co. 101 U.S. Forces in France describes a Yank advance that captured a German soup kitchen and dugouts. He notes thousands of German prisoners, destroyed morale, and the group cooking in a German stove with beer and bread, praising the forage and pace of the retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Wisecarver
Gregg
Headquarters Co. 101
U.S
France
Roche
Segms
States
Lee
Belgian relief mission to supply 20 million rations
Washington December 19 An arrangement with the British quartermaster general will provide 20 000 000 emergency rations to Belgian civilians. Hoover chairman of the commission said the rations come from British army stores in Belgium and will be paid for by the relief commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Get
Belgium
Werbert Hoover
Relief Commission
Influenza Cases Rise in Fairfield and Statewide
Fairfield reports six new influenza cases bringing total to eighteen as quarantine remains in force per city and state orders. Mayor Munro and local physicians foresee extended restrictions with ongoing epidemic conditions across multiple states and army camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Munro
Sumner
State Board of Health
Washington
Public Health Service
Sergeant Shields Reveals Card From French Front
Fairfield soldier in France sends home a black bordered folder showing ten photos from a card. The fourth page bears a German memorial for Max Stockinger with his regiment and residence. Shields belongs to Company M of the 168th Infantry, formerly the Third Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines Register
Sergeant Shields
Fairfield
Sergt
F. Shields
France
Helen Lessenger
Tenth Street
Max Stockinger
Company M
One Hundred Sixty-Eighth Infantry
Old Third Iowa Regiment
Teachers Examinations Proceed Despite Quarantine Doubts
A 1918 letter from the Educational Board of Examiners confirms the October teachers examination will proceed under law. County superintendents are urged to use precautions, wire rooms twice daily, and ask absences for any influenza signs. Boards of health may consult state officials before final decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dea Moines
State Board of Health
Joon Boards of Health
State Board
A. M. Peyor
Pres
Educational Board of Examiners
Ex Senator Kearns Dies After Stroke in Utah
Former United States Senator Thomas Kearns Utah mining magnate and railroad builder dies at his Salt Lake City home after suffering a stroke several days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Falt Lake City
United States
Thomas Kearns
New Sugar Rules From U S Food Administration
The U S Food Administration announces October sugar allotments for Iowa grocers with tight distribution rules and required canning sales certification. Licenses will be required for traders moving poultry and eggs beyond direct retail to markets. County admins urged to collect fruit and nut pits for gas masks and forward to the Red Cross for war needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Red Cross
War Department
Dean Raymond Recommends Eight Percent Return for Gas Firm
Des Moines reports Dean Wm. G. Raymond of Iowa City backs eight percent as a fair return for the Iowa Railway & Light case against Marshalltown. He says Marshalltown’s $1 per thousand cubic feet gas price ordinance is confiscatory and would not cover operating costs, costing the utility about 5025 dollars yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dean Wm. G. Raymond
Iowa City
Iowa Railway & Light Company
Marshalltown
Ottumwa
Dckaloosa
Fairfield
Muscatine
Iowa
Untility Company
Dean Raymond
Former Parsons student Felix Pauls dies in Iowa City
Felix Pauls, a well known former Parsons College student, died Thursday at a hospital in Iowa City after contracting Spanish influenza. He lived in Washington and attended Parsons for several years. He married Ce cil Spielman of Brighton about a year ago and is survived by his parents and one brother. Funeral services were held in Washington today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Pauls
Parsons
Iowa City
Washington
Parsons College
Cecil Spielman
Brighton
Pauls
Funeral of Mrs. Geo. Swain Held Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. George Swain were conducted at two o'clock Friday afternoon at the family home. Rev. H. A. Anspach of the Lutheran church led the rites and interment followed at Evergreen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Swain
George Swain
H. A. Anspach
Lutheran Church
Everegreen Cemetery
Personal notices from Libertyville and surrounding areas
Short items note B A Tron of Libertyville on business. A L Risinger to visit Jefferson Indiana. last day to redeem liberty loan pledge. Jack Wisecarver returns from Des Moines to his mother. Mrs Mary McKenzie returns to Washington with H B Keltner parents. Mrs L T Gobble departs for LaFayette Indiana. Katherine Black returns from Cedar Rapids. Roy Spence’s son remains in Columbus Ohio after military duty rejection and takes a job there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wisecarver
Des Moines
Mary McKenzie
Washington
H. B. Keltner
R. H. Spence
Roy
Columbus
Ohio
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Journal Printing CO
South Court Street
Bean Taylor
A W. Taylor
Republican County
Wm. L. Long
A. C. Turner
Sanford Zeigler, Jr
Walter Harris
R. C. Leggett
Clyde C. Bell
Charles Edmund
J. B. Trent
A, Armstrong
Melvin H. Corey
E. F. Simmons
Sergt. Shields
foHowig
Mies June Chidester
Kearns
U. S. Food Administration
Food Administration For
Burlington
J. F. Deems
U. S
Iowa University
B. A. Tron
Libertyville
A. L. Risinger
Jefferson, Indiana
L. T. Gobble
LaFayette
Ind
Carl Gobble
Katherine Black
Cedar Rapids
Pula the Arch
C. E. Anderson
G. B. Baker
ROTH
Just
Both & Coo
Printz Belderman
Hufstebler & Baker
J. Goldman
Cedar St
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