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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1917
Page
6
Advertises subscription rates by mail and carrier delivery with terms for three and four months, advance payments, and a reminder to report irregularities in service. Includes telephone contact reference for reader reports.
The local exemption board says unlikely that anyone outside the first 170 names drawn in this county will be called for service in the first National army.
Camp Dodge Iowa reports a general readjustment to receive 18000 additional men to the national army from Wednesday to Saturday. The first contingent arrived September 5 and drilled in provisional companies occupying three buildings each. With reinforcements, twenty five buildings will be used. Already 2000 cots exist and about 16000 more are needed along with other supplies to outfit the camp.
Jefferson county prepares a large farewell for 76 Company M veterans heading to Camp Dodge and the French front. A Friday banquet at the Armory features fried chicken and speeches by W. G. Ross and others, with Red Cross backing and extensive decorations and plans for a noon Saturday parade.
The Norwegian foreign office reports the steamship Askelad of 2,82 tons gross sunk by a German submarine. One lifeboat with 11 men lost while the captain and ten men survive. Also announced is the sinking of the steamship Rein of 1,175 tons gross off Cape St Vincent with ten dead and the captain plus nine crew saved.
Russian troops advance on the Riga front seize a German position southwest of Hapsal and drive troops from Sadzen farm near Sisseral. Premier Kerensky with General Verkhovsky and Admiral Verdervski depart Petrograd for the field army headquarters.
Madrid reports a cabinet decision to form two field artillery regiments seven garrison artillery battalions and seven heavy artillery battalions. A special committee will draft a military oriented industrial mobilization plan. Prime Minister Eduardo Dato says reforms are not militaristic but part of a broader army reorganization.
A list of men invited to a Farewell Banquet on Friday night and likely to be called to service in the First National Army includes many from Fairfield Batavia Libertyville Lockridge Brighton and other towns. Names span Harlan Castile Ernest McClure Theodore Ricksher Orin Roberts Cyril Van Lanschoot John B Frasher and numerous others across Jefferson County with towns Fairfield Batavia Lockridge Pleasant Plain Union Reed East Pleasant Plain Packwood and Hedrick among them. The piece closes with prayers for their safe return and victory.
On Thursday evening September 27 the Jefferson County Hospital class of 1917 will hold graduation exercises. Three graduates are Miss Zilpha Kamp Fairfield Miss June Norris Birmingham and Miss Katherine Marsh Fort Madison. Miss Elizabeth Greener New York City superintendent Mt Simia Training School for Nurses will deliver the address. A reception by the Ladies Hospital Auxiliary will follow in the church parlors. All are invited.
Tax notice indicates penalty taxes apply to Od Ist and lists R. H. Spence as county treasurer for collection by 252.
Notice lists a Fried Chicken supper at the Kozy on Wednesday evening. An adjoining classified item advertises a four room rental with light housekeeping for rent on W roadway, plus sale ads for a refrigerator chairs stove heater and a L C Smith silent typewriter with contact numbers.
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