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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1917
Page
6
The notice lists mail and carrier subscription options with prices for various periods and instructs readers to report irregularities in service. It also provides a contact telephone number for reporting issues.
A national conscription crisis draws criticism of War Department policy. The author questions why married men with dependents are drafted while married volunteers in the ammunition train are rejected, urging congressional review to preserve the conscription law’s reputation.
Gen Mann orders a rigorous physical reexamination for all Rainbow Division troops at Camp Mills to ensure only the strongest reach France. Col Grissinger and regimental doctors will supervise the screening, described as a weed out process with potential losses of personnel.
Local and district boards clash over exemptions as married men with one dependent face conscription. The District boards revoke local exemptions, ordering many previously cleared men to report for service, contrary to President Wilson’s guidance. The rules emphasize dependents as grounds for discharge or exemption.
The Jefferson County Board is reversed in 28 case rulings affecting men with one dependent each. Names include Orville C. Ferrell Perlee Waldemar E. Schoen George S. Cochran John Ralph Soboski William P. Adam Rue Elvin Davis and others. In a second list exemptions were sustained for those with more than one dependent such as William A. Adler Verne E. Speer T H McDowell and Lester B Hanan. Also notes the death of F T Frazier in Hope Arkansas and a visit by Mrs. Ira E. Perry of Grandville Ohio to her sister Mrs. S A Power.
A political notice urges voting for the Prohibitory Amendment on October 15 and includes a card of thanks from Mr and Mrs John Samuelson for kindness shown during their infant's illness and death along with floral offerings. The text also comments on dependents abroad and discharge claims under federal law.
The District Court hears all evidence in the partition case J. Vaught et al versus Ren L Vaught et al and adjourns until Monday for arguments. Several named dismissed include M Damm versus W B Loving M Damm versus O L Roberts Beisharr versus Brom Boldy versus Brom Matthews versus Junkin and other small civil actions.
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