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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1917
Page
2
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Exasperation mounts among boards and Jefferson county leaders as the district board overturns prior work and delays procedures. Mt Pleasant News notes the entering wedge is driven, with new certified names including men with children, effectively eroding restrictions and subjecting all men to possible call as the government gears up.
The Dutch minister Chevalier W. L. F. G. Van Happard was recalled after pro German utterances. Secretary Lansing said no formal complaint was filed by the State Department, but the statements were reported to his government. The U.S. has not yet indicated whether Van Happard's successor will satisfy Washington. The department will investigate before deciding.
Two bombs of German manufacture filled with explosive and fuses were found at Narvik in northern Norway. Wrapped in a Swedish newspaper dated August 4 and enclosed in canvas bags the bombs resemble devices sent earlier to Christiania and linked to German courier Aaron Rautenfels who once operated helpers at Narvik.
A steamer arrived in Bordeaux from New York with fifteen American Red Cross workers assigned to canteen stations. Among them are Miss Katherine Lansing and Miss Emma S Lansing, sisters of Robert Lansing the secretary of state. A prefectural representative greeted the group on behalf of the French government.
Lieut. Roderick Kennedy, Harvard 1917, was burned to death when his war plane caught fire aloft at Fort Sill Oklahoma. He died less than 24 hours after receiving his commission in the signal corps.
In Portsmouth on September 17, jail warden Thomas Moit Osborne oversees inmate programs at the naval prison teaching prisoners to make Me katt items for troops in Prouce, reflecting wartime morale efforts.
The Jefferson County Exemption Board retraces steps to align with new rulings barring exemptions for married men with no children. A list of those called for service next Saturday will be published tomorrow. District Board reversals affect 82 names from Mt Pleasant News report, with 30 of them facing immediate call. many are married with dependents including farmers. Alleged auto thief Homer Hopkins, 18, was killed in Rochester. Walter Malcolm arrested for manslaughter and released on bail.
The Robinsons of Batavia were honored at home with about forty relatives and friends during a surprise party for their twenty five year marriage. Guests from Fairfield and Brighton attended, and a silver sugar creamer was given as a keepsake. Also noted is Martha Adelheid Schuler’s engagement to Prof. Leo Schmidt, with wedding plans and a home in Yankton.
Bert Dimmitt injured when his auto left the Agency road embankment near Fairfield. Two other Fairfield cars involved at the same point. Gordon Gibbons returns from L. W. Van Nostrand residence in Fairfield to Creston. Various residents visit Des Moines Boulder Colorado and Cleveland Ohio. multiple family travel notes. Marriage licenses issued Sept 16 to Grace Roberts and R B Allerdice of Lockridge. Several families visit, attend funerals, or travel between Ottumwa Lockridge Keota Kahoka Evanston and Stockport.
Mrs Sara Miller and her brother Craig of Stockport are in the city today to visit relatives and see local sights.
Special report from Aurora Illinois details a collision on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line near Earlville. Seven stockmen from Fairfield Hamilton Keilerton Milton Chariton and others died, one unidentified man perished, seven were injured. The engineer A C Carlson is hospitalized after claiming to beat block signals by a minute. Traffic halted nine hours. Flames helped rescuers locate victims.
A fragment notes a person and daughter Dewella of Ot tumwa Iowa connected to a local matter. The brief mentions familial names and place without further context or details.
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