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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1918
Page
2
The notice lists subscription options by mail with rates for different month counts in advance. Prices shown include 10 and 40 cent options, with multiple months available and a standard in advance requirement.
A WWI era call urges every citizen to support the Fourth Liberty Loan as team players in a long global struggle between Autocracy and Democracy. It stresses selfless devotion, compares the war effort to a single game, and asks all to cheer front and back lines with the same enthusiasm.
Farmers in the United States begin two crucial efforts: the Liberty Wheat Harvest and the Fourth Liberty Loan Fighting Loan. The government asks farmers to sow 47 5 million acres of winter wheat and support allied food aims to back the war effort and sustain victory.
Peking September 24 General Han Lin Chun has been named Chinese military attache to Washington DC. The appointment elevates a senior officer in China's defense diplomacy and follows routine posts in Asia and Europe.
Report from New York dated Sept 24 notes nine people killed in automobile accidents on the third day of a gasless period. Details are sparse but deaths are attributed to traffic incidents across the city.
Jefferson county will send thirty men to Camp Dodge between October 5 and 12. The exact departure date and time are unavailable, and the local board has not released the full list of those designated to leave.
Mrs Harold Zeigler has come back from Ames where she spent time with her husband who is in training there.
Chicago reports Charles A. Hinsch, president of the Fifty-Third Bank of Cincinnati and head of the American Bankers Association, says the United States can finance war indefinitely with 800 billion in wealth and the federal reserve translating it into currency. He spoke on arrival for the association's forty-fourth annual convention amid a record delegate show.
Washington announces a new plan for Liberty Loan subscriptions requiring 10 percent on application instead of 5 percent. Under the schedule 20 percent is due November 21, another 20 percent December 19, 20 percent January 16, and 80 percent January 80.
Copenhagen dispatch says Vice Chancellor von Waber met with various party leaders who visited separately. The Tageblatt cites Vorwaerts noting Imperial Chancellor von Hertling opposes socialists in his cabinet and that socialists have never considered participation in his government.
The message urges readers to subscribe to the Prcring Loan early and at their own pace to set a leading example for neighbors. It claims a quickly over subscribed loan boosts allied morale while a weak response harms Germany, stressing U S force in the war effort.
Davenport Sept 23 H E Moss who led the war bonds train across Iowa says the state will reach its Fourth Liberty Loan goal within thirty hours after the September 28 opening. He notes strong local resolve to buy early and predicts Iowa will report quota totals by September 28 night and again on September 29. Moss praises Iowa leadership and state pride fueling a record early contribution.
The Nansemond, a U S Shipping Board steamship, fired on a Zerifian submarine 500 miles off the American coast after a long chase. Captain Willism Moe Leet reported hits from six inch guns and forward fire, the submarine surfacing in distress, and likely damage to ballast tanks.
Private George Nugum of Pisgah, Ta, died at the base hospital from anthrax. His squad has been quarantined and additional measures to prevent spread have been taken.
An advertisement from The Drake Clothing Co promotes shirts in crepe, flannels, or khaki styles. The note mentions the store on the East Side and invites customers to view the selection.
Registrants from Jefferson County Walnut Township are listed with numbered entries. Names include Peck Kurtz Franzen Peterson Godwin Guy Shelangowski Flanders and many others, followed by additional entries 18 to 79 with more surnames and numbers.
Federal operatives report a powerful bomb found in a secret vault of the basement machine shop at Leo Kreutzinger North Hermitage Avenue. Kreutzinger, a skilled mechanic linked to pro German sympathizers, is jailed on sedition charges with bail set at 10000 dollars.
Just in at The Drake Clothing Co on the East side new military style suits and overcoats for men and young men are available in all collars and styles.
Stockholders of the Fairfield Chau tauqua association will meet at 1 30 p m on Friday October 4 1918 in the community rooms at the armory Fairfield to elect directors and to transact other business as may properly be considered J A Huglin President Dean Taylor Secretary
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