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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1918
Page
7
Local notices record visitors and callers in Richland Libertyville Burlington Pleasant Plain and nearby towns. Births include Dorothy Helen Speer and Anna Eloise Switzer. Residents travel for visits jobs and government work with several milestones and relocations noted.
Rules require every male aged 18 to 45 to register on a designated day. Registration occurs at the local precincts in Jefferson County with exemptions for those already registered, active military, reserves, and certain officers. Registrants receive a certificate and must carry it. authorities may require presentation. Registration places are the usual voting sites or designated public locations, with notices posted in public spaces. Registrants may request a card by mail to be returned to the local board before September 12.
Washington calls the public to raise 170 million dollars during the week of December 11 to fund welfare and recreation for soldiers at home and overseas. Funds will be distributed to the YMCA YWCA War Camp Community Service the Salvation Army the Jewish Welfare Board the American Library Association and the National Catholic War Council.
Five American aviators of the flying circus crossed from Ashburn field into Chicago and circled over the loop shortly after four. They dropped tickets to the war exposition on the city below.
The fragment references where to file with the clerk of the county parish or similar unit if the home is not in a city of 30 000 population or over and mentions submitting to the county or township clerk for judicial or administrative purposes under the selective service law.
Parents urged to enter babies in the Old Settlers Day contest by writing or calling Mrs. Pearl Hague. A call to Christians to apply for YMCA work notes stringent requirements but a great privilege if accepted, signed A. K. Harper, 48.
Notice states a sorghum mill with an evaporator pan is installed and Park Campbell, a veteran sorghum maker, will supervise. Limited custom work available. Contact J. C. McCabe at 806 South 7th Street or call telephone 2295.
A chicken supper will be held Thursday September 19 from five to eight oclock at the Christian Church. Plates are priced at 35 cents. Proceeds support church activities.
A brief note urges payment of an oiling bill before the tenth of the current month. The fragment specifies the due date as the tenth and repeats the reminder tone.
Mr. Wilbur E. Keesey begins a full term of piano teaching with the Rept 10th in connection with the Coline. Students are urged to register before Sapte 7th, 41.
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