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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1917
Page
2
By Carrier One Week One Month Three Months 1.66 Three Months in advance 1.00 By Mail Four Months 1.00 Mail subscriptions strictly in advance Some 10 Please report promptly any irregularity in the carrier service. Telephone No. 23.
Catherine Marjory Bell Davidson aged 76, wife of Samuel F Davidson, died yesterday at Jefferson County Hospital after three weeks of illness from a complication of diseases. Born November 26 1848 in Bloomfield Ohio she married Samuel F Davidson November 18 1869. Survived by three children Frank W Algona Mrs C W Quitten Mt Pleasant and Melvin Fairfield, five grandchildren and her five remaining siblings. Funeral held at 11 this morning at the M A Davidson home with Rev Polly and Rev Kuhns. Interment in Hope Dale Ohio accompanied by family members.
Crop expert B. W. Snow says frost damage to corn is more serious than first believed but not catastrophic. Professor Henry J Cox notes a warming trend ahead. Blackening corn extends over a larger area, affecting potatoes and garden crops. exact totals won’t be known until October. Major impact in northern Illinois and surrounding states.
London dispatch reports 26,626 British casualties in the week ending Tuesday. Breakdown shows 184 officers killed or died of wounds and 4,183 other officers wounded or missing and 21,678 enlisted men wounded or missing.
Germans conducted air raids on Dunkirk and Paris on September 13, with the war office reporting casualties from the Dunkirk attack.
James Morrison Darnell former Unitarian minister and ex convict visits his ill mother Mrs Milton A Darnell in Peoria Illinois He recently left Leavenworth prison after a three year Mann act violation sentence He also announces plans to write a book titled A Martyr to Woman Jealousy and says he will soon undertake prison work.
A Norwich dispatch states North German Lloyd sold the steamer Brandenburg to a Norwegian company for 1 190 000 dollars. The vessel had been idle three years at Trondheim.
Indianapolis railroads obtain public service commission approval to add surcharges on coal rates for a year, ending Sept. 15, 1918. The decision affects Indiana rail carriers and coal customers, extending the surcharge window through mid September next year.
The district board delays reporting acceptable draftees from the local board creating pressure to meet the Wednesday September 19 quota. A list of accepted men includes Glen Hubert Edler Batavia F Edmund Kearns Fairfield Robt Clyde Walker Fairfield Robt Grant Lindsey Fairfield Glen E Cooper Fairfield Clifford Dial Worhies Lockridge Townsend Guy Schillerstrom Fairfield Ralph Gilbert Hoskins Pleasant Plain George Alva Harper Fairfield Robert Kercheral Benn Packwood Chas Griffith Fairfield Harry Warren Coop Fairfield Grover C Petzinger Libertyville Frank McCulloch Kafka East Pleasant Plain David Dallas Davis Brighton R R John George Hughell Batavia Samuel Shafer Fairfield. David Davis and Samuel Shafer are called for November 1.
Mrs. Sarah Allender of South D Street tripped on a rug, slipping from the top of stairs and sustaining a head wound requiring seven stitches, a bruised shoulder, and two broken armplaces. She rests today as well as could be expected.
Washington reports a 54 member group of meat packers livestock producers and cattle exchanges meeting with Herbert C Hoover to curb prices. Officials fear little immediate lowering but aim to prevent further rises and erase speculative activity in the cattle market during the war.
Dr. R. Ames Montgomery returned after speaking to Iowa Presbytery groups in Bloomfield Attelissa and Oskaloosa on the value of Christian colleges. Coach Garretson issued football practice calls and has a promising new team. The Y M C A stag party in Fairfield Hall fostered new student connections.
The Presbyterians defeated the Lutherans 9 to 5 after an uneven game with Lutherans contributing an active fourth inning. Both teams remain tied for the pennant as full records were not available.
District Court nears jury trials with much work completed. The grand jury is busy. Cases marked settled include Elizabeth De Marsh vs Joe Mc Grath and John Gray Martha Mount vs Merle Mitchell W J Powell vs Ed Ogden Lizzie Bottorff vs J C Bottorff. Docket omissions ordered in First National Bank Fairfield versus Wm J Kennedy Majestic Mfg Co versus Addie M Caviness Admx.
The annual Orio Elzevir Get-Acquainted party will be hosted by Huyet Gaines on East Purlington Street this evening.
Card from S. F. Davidson and Family and Friends thanking friends for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of wife and mother. Mentions hospital nurses and floral offerings.
The department of public welfare announced Dr. Clara Hayes of Peoria State Hospital will lead the Geneva State Training School for Girls as superintendent succeeding the resigned Carrie S. O Connor.
The short line ad notes promise quick results by calling in the number shown, urging readers to try the cheap but effective approach. It mentions a phone contact for response.
President proclaims a day of prayer for American success in the war after a bill by Senator Myers of Montana passes the Senate. The observance is set for September 12 in Washington.
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