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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1918
Page
2
Rates list delivered by carrier for one week one month and three months in advance with amounts shown per period. The scanned notice includes multiple line items indicating pricing options and payment terms.
Vote slate lists Wm L Long for Republican county representative A C Turner for auditor Sanford Zeigler Jr for clerk Clyde C Bell for recorder Charles Edmund for supervisor 1919 term J B Trent Melvin Corey E F Simmons for supervisor 1920 term.
Berlin dispatch to the Journal via Zurich reports Germany ready to evacuate occupied France and Belgium if allied troops do not pursue. The note follows Berlin conferences, with militarists gaining ground while moderates expect internal events to shift the balance. The German government opposes returning Alsace and Lorraine to France. Emperor William is said to have denounced such retrocession at the crown council meeting.
New York October 24 federal authorities arrest two undertakers charged with defrauding the government in a coffin racket. They allegedly told relatives of dead soldiers that government coffins were cheap pine boxes and obtained expensive caskets, some resold to the government.
An Austrian rear guard in Albania retreats north of the Matha River, six miles north of Elbasan, as Italian cavalry and Albanian detachments press the line, per an official War Office statement from Rome.
Topeka Kansas October 24 John David Mulvane thirty seven heir to a fortune valued at more than one million dollars died here from pneumonia after contracting Spanish influenza The death followed the passing of his foster father John St Mulvane earlier this year
Military authorities announced that all American soldiers who died in France will be repatriated after the war. The statement came as the army chaplains reported orders to transport the fallen from battlefields in the Verdun area to the United States for burial.
The city mourns Frank Spiers who died this morning at Ankeny after a two week illness with Spanish influenza and pneumonia. He had been a cashier at the Iowa State Savings Bank before moving to Ankeny four years ago. He is survived by his wife two children Everett and Agnes his parents Mr and Mrs George H Spier of Blakesburg two sisters Mrs Philip Spuer Jr of Fairfield Mrs Jessie McClung of Hedrick two brothers W A Spier in France and Rex Spier at home. No funeral arrangements have been announced.
Governor Harding named commissioners to visit 62 military camps across the United States to collect soldier votes for the coming November election. The slate aims for party balance and covers travel, lodging, and per diem costs. At Camp Dodge the appointees are Judge Jesse C. Miller and L. S. Hill of Des Moines.
Friends learn with regret of the death of Mrs A M Clapp former resident of this city after a illness in a Madison hospital. Her funeral services will be private at 2 20 Saturday afternoon with Rev H M Babin officiating. She leaves her husband Archibald M Clapp five children and her parents in Sterling along with two brothers and two sisters.
Private Finnis E B Rayhill of Beeman Missouri nears recovery after a blood transfusion from Fairfield Iowa private Roy L Walgren. In France Rayhill faced amputation and weakness before Walgren donated a pint of blood saving his life. Walgren suffers temporary weakness. both men are Unit A soldiers with Walgren a Parsons College graduate and former Muscatine high school science head.
Miss Loretta McKee of Stockport and Miss Ida Jane Forest of Mt. Vernon take over a Livermore rural route amid a health board vacation, freeing the regular carrier to husk corn. The move comes during a flu related enforced break, and the two teachers are well known in Fairfield as Parsons College graduates.
Henry Faulkner arrived from Des Moines yesterday suffering from Spanish Influenza and is now confined at Jefferson County Hospital.
Margaret Ann Miller four year old daughter of Mrs Jessie Scott Miller died yesterday at the Scott home on North Third Street after several weeks with scarlet fever. She is survived by sister Mary and mother. Father Harvey L Miller preceded her in death three years ago. Body to be taken to Eldon for a short service and Eldon Cemetery burial.
Fairfield reports a significant drop in new flu cases over recent days. Only two cases yesterday and none reported by 1 pm today. Citizens cooperated with the Board of Health, ceasing public gatherings and stores, churches halted services, and officials banned meetings aiding containment. If trends continue, quarantine may be lifted soon and normal business may resume.
Civil Service Examinations open in Iowa from November 2 to December 12, with 12,000 clerks needed. Salary $1.20 per hour. experience not required. Apply for free details to R. B. Terry, former Civil Service Examiner, 358 Columbia Building, Washington.
The United War Work Campaign runs from Monday morning November 11 to midnight November 18 with a total of 170 500 000 to be allocated among the National Catholic War Council War Camp Community Service Jewish Welfare Board American Library Association Salvation Army and related groups. Any surplus will be divided pro rata among the recipients.
Under a late ruling of the Food Administration no sugar will be sold after October 2 for any canning purpose. W. C. Spaulding and J. B. McKenney are the Food Administrators for Jefferson County.
Notice states W. G. Ross is now with the Leggett and McKenney law firm in their offices over the Iowa State Savings Bank.
City Street Commissioner C. J. Gilly warns residents that Saturday October 26, 1918 will be the final day to pay the 1918 poll tax. A brief notice urging timely payments to avoid penalties.
Ink advertisement notes the Made-in-America Ink as best for fountain pens and general use. It directs readers to visit the Modern Business College office on South Main Street Fairfield Iowa in the Junkin Block for purchase. The entry also lists American Ink Co and a piano tuner, with some unclear digits.
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