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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
2
Subscription rates listed for one week one month and three months by carrier and mail. Mail subscriptions must be prepaid at the post office in Iowa and are entered as mail matter class.
The Marshalltown Times Republican notes that wartime limits on print paper from Norway and Sweden plus higher sulphur costs have forced many U S papers to raise subscription rates. Some papers have suspended publication or consolidated, with several examples listed, while the Times Republican has not raised prices yet due to a long term contract expiring August 1.
Fairfield Rebekah Lodge No 96 will hold an anniversary meeting Monday September 24 in connection with the regular meeting. A program has been arranged and every member is urged to be present. Members are asked to bring their own bread and butter sandwiches.
Washington reports Secretary Baker and war department chiefs urged the Senate appropriation committee for 287,476,000 to equip a total 2,500,000 men. Dispatches described nationwide mobilization with enthused crowds as 200,000 plus troops head to camps for training.
Octavio Flores, a Mexican resident of Mexti cali, was ordered shot by Col. Esteban Cantu, military governor of the northern district of Lower California, for tearing an American flag from Ben Hulse’s automobile Saturday in Cal.
A deadly typhoon struck Amoy at week’s end killing more than 600 natives. The storm wrecked 85 percent of harbor watercraft with no reports of foreign casualties.
Fairfield prepares a town wide farewell for 20 Jefferson County men bound for Camp Dodge tomorrow. Tonight’s banquet at the Armory honors the selected men with a program led by local dignitaries, a parade may close stores 11 30 to 12 30, and the 30 men meet at 2 PM to gather before the Burlington depot. The men learn they are in active military service and must report by 11 tomorrow with retreat at 5 20. Hazen F Peacock Bert F Carl Orvel R Van Winkle Earl A Humphrey Tra R Roberts named for service. Paul Coteson and B L Shuttlefield exempted.
Judge Anderson sustained a directed verdict for the defendant in A M Peacock against E J Hall. Judgment totaled 22.80 dollars. Separately Andrew Brodd vs Adam Crile formed a jury panel and a verdict followed after an accident involving a stump puller. Brodd suffered a broken leg.
Parsons College president Rames Montgomery requests merchants in Fairfield to send prompt statements of all accounts payable to prepare a financial condition statement at the earliest possible date.
Mrs Thomas Davies hosted the N I EK Club at South Main Street with Victrola music and refreshments. L T L Girls plan a 2:30 afternoon meeting with Mrs M Chilcott on East Broadway to entertain Woolson girls.
National army units from Jefferson and 25 other Iowa counties are assigned to form the First Iowa at Camp Dodge and the Second Iowa at Deming New Mexico. A total of 1,614 men are placed, with Jefferson County contributing 30. The transfer shifts focus to depots and mustering, and tens of thousands continue arriving at Camp Dodge with immediate processing, examinations, and oath taking before deployment.
Clifford Comingore writes of a vast camp near Hempstead with 25 000 to 30 000 soldiers. He describes brown canvas tents and frequent airship traffic from a nearby aviation school. The journey from Des Moines to New York passed through Indiana Ohio Lake Erie and Cincinnati with notes on quarantines and passes.
Brief notice indicates services will be held at the Swedish Lutheran church this Sunday. No specific time or address provided in readable text.
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