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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1918
Page
6
In Praise of Thrift by Alice Duer Miller
A satirical verse by Alice Duer Miller on thrift and desire. It contrasts self denial with wasteful spending and urges prudent choice, noting how small indulgences become burdens and how thrift trains the power to choose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Duer Miller
Nantes Adopts St Mihiel Cause In War Bond Drive
The Nantes city council unanimously resolves to adopt St Mihiel recently liberated from the enemy and opens a public subscription for the patriotic effort. The council also sends congratulations to General Pershing and the American army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantes
Fourth Liberty Loan booster calls for bonds and victory
A wartime exhortation prods Americans to buy Liberty bonds, praising military sacrifice and urging wide support for the Fourth Loan. It compares Germany to an invading vermin and frames bond purchases as reserved seats to the forthcoming Final Victory spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thys
Rawling Teutente
United States
Germany
Charles C. Cummings Dies at Fairfield Farm
Charles C. Cummings a longtime Jefferson county farmer died at his home three miles southeast of Fairfield last evening about six o clock after a several years long illness intensified Friday He was born October 23 1873 and was the son of Mr and Mrs A S Cumming He married on November 23 1911 from that farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Cummings
Jefferson County
Fairfield
Local Guard Officer Dies After Spanish American War Service
Marriage to Miss Ethel Julian of this city links him to an aged father and siblings Wm F Cummings and Miss Fannie Cummings. The funeral is set for tomorrow at 2 30 PM from the home with Rev H A Mosser officiating. He long served in Company M National Guard and saw action in the Spanish American War, though the Fairfield unit stayed in Jacksonville Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Julian
Wm. F. Cummings
Fannie Cummings
H. A. Mosser
National Guard
Fairfield Company
Jacksonville
Fla
Fort Madison visitor notes and Davenport move plans
W. A. Scherse of Fort Madison was a business visitor here yesterday. Mrs. Mary Briggs and daughters will make Davenport their future home. Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Heald are visiting relatives in Battle Creek Michigan. The Ladies Union of the Christian church meets in the church parlors Tuesday at 2 30. Officers for the coming year will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Scherse
Fort Madison
Mary Briggs
Davenport
C. W. Heald
John Heald
Battle Creek
Mich
Dr. Heald
Ladies Union
The
Christian Church
Negroes Riot in Norfolk Station Attack
A mob of 306 to 400 Black civilians and soldiers from Camp Morrison assaulted the Second precinct police station in Norfolk to free two arrestees accused of robbing a photographer's studio. Windows were smashed as police fired pistols and riot guns. ten people were shot before naval guards and reserves restored order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Camp Morrison
Second Precinct
Melt statues of Kaisers sparks German anger
Geneva reports indicate civilians protest the melting of historic bronze monuments like Goethe and Schiller while Hohenzollern and Hapsburg statues remain. A new Munich order calls for melting Hohenzollern monuments now missing from Berlin Cologne Munich and Rhine towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Yermany
Goethe
Schiller
Hapsburgs
Munich
Berlin
Cologne
Rhine
Explosion at Woellersdorf ammo factory kills hundreds
Vienna papers report 382 killed and many injured in a Woellersdorf ammunition factory blast near Vienna. Fire started in the powder room and the intense heat trapped workers, most of them young girls, inside the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Woellersdorf
Vienna
Spanish influenza at Great Lakes Naval Station
Captain Moffett reports 4500 cases and over 1000 transfers to base hospital at Great Lakes naval training station. Deaths total about 1.0 percent of cases, with warmer weather aiding recovery. Regiments Fifth and Tenth reported no cases, officials urge nasal sprays, bed rest, and supportive care. station remains open to visitors as Red Cross aids families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
William Moffett
Moffett
Great Lakes
Red Cross
Navy Relief Society
Liverty
Owen J. Mink
Medical Corps
Fairfield Baseborn Citizen C M Redick Dies at Home
C M Redick a longtime Fairfield resident and businessman died this morning at his South B Street home after a two year illness. He was 45, son of George and Mary Redick, formerly of Pocahontas, married to Myrtle Steele, a Mason and former Blue Lodge Master, and served as Justice of the Peace candidate. Survived by his wife, mother, two brothers W H and E G Redick, and a sister. funeral Tuesday at 5:30 from the residence with Masons in charge. Interment Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Redick
Fairfield
South B Street
Mr. Redick
Charles M. Redick
George
Mary Redick
Marshalltown
Myrtle Steele
Pocahontas
Redick
W. H
E. G. Redick
Masons
Evergreen Cemetery
Attempt on Trotzky in Kursk misses its mark
Amsterdam September 23 A dispatch from Kiev reports an attempted assassination of Leon Trotzky Bolshevik minister of war and marine. A soldier fired twice at Trotzky in Kursk but failed to strike him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldier
Amsterdam
Kursk
Leon Trotzky
Kiev
Leipsig Abend Zeitung
Trotzky
Cardinal Gibbons Urges Unity for War Effort
Cardinal Gibbons writes to Baltimore diocese laity urging unity across creeds to support the American army. He calls the war an American campaign and says the nation shares a single resolve to see victory, noting Americans bring home atmosphere of home to soldiers abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Mad
Cardinal Gibbons
Diocese of
America
Prohibition of Malting Grain for Beer in Washington
The food administration issued an order prohibiting malting of grain for brewing beer or near beer, effective immediately. Malting remains allowed for yeast vinegar cereal breakfast foods malt extract and similar products but only after actual sales. Maltsters may buy grain to cover such production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Food Administration
Lever
Agricultural Commitee
Freemasons to attend funeral of C. M. Redick
All Free Masons are called to meet at the Masonic Temple at 5 00 p m tomorrow to attend the funeral of the late C M Redick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
C. M. Redick
Card of Thanks for Bereavement Support
We express gratitude to friends who supported us after the death of our husband and father. Thanks to Old Ellis Hose Co G A R Odd Fellows Eagle lodges Lincoln school teachers and children. Mrs B M Mikesell and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Hose Co
Odd Fellows and Eagle Lodges
Lincoln School
B. M. Mikesell
Thanking Friends After Our Son’s Illness and Death
Mr and Mrs John Farmer thank neighbors and friends for kindness shown during their son Jack's illness and death, expressing gratitude for support and prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
John Farmer
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