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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
12
The Fairfield Tribune is the official Jefferson County paper published in Fairfield Iowa. The office is at 112 North Main Street and telephone number 73. This issue is dated Friday December 13 1918 and notes weekly publication with annual subscription priced at 1.50 dollars.
Auditor A C Turner reports a county soldier vote of about five hundred with the highest candidate tally at twenty. Explanations include drill schedules keeping servicemen away from polls. Expected around three hundred votes from this county. outcomes hint at long waits for closely defeated candidates.
Tribune calls for a county united memorial fountain in Central Park to honor Jefferson county's Civil War and recent war effort. Readers urged a public subscription funded fountain as a lasting tribute to local men who served. The piece invites broad community support to finance the project.
The speaker urges a lasting Jefferson County memorial funded by citizens, the city, and the county. Aims to grace the park and business district, provide a drinking place, and honor a great cause with a creditable, prideful monument rather than a hastily improvised one.
Des Moines Tribune commentary notes that President Wilson and King George alter traditional precedent as war mobilizes new governance. The piece argues precedents are created and broken rapidly, reshaping institutions beyond old molds in a period of unique speed.
The text notes Roosevelt declaring renewed repudiation of Wilson and claiming insight into public repudiation, portraying his own recognition as notable. It frames a confrontation over leadership style and public sentiment.
Jefferson county residents urged to hold all day and evening receptions for returning soldiers. Armory is suggested as the main venue with community centers also hosting events. Memorial services are urged for the fallen and living heroes, with a county memorial to be erected. A SUBSCRIBER.
Fairfield shoppers are offered silk shirts packed in Christmas boxes by the Drake Clothing Co. The sale lists prices from five to ten dollars, appealing to holiday buyers.
Carbon paper and typewriter rib bons offered for sale at the Tribune office for all machine makes. Price and quantity details not specified in readable text.
Dr. T. J. Bates announces a new veterinary partnership with Dr. Wootten of Burlington Iowa. The joint practice will expand services under their combined expertise.
Dr. Wootten, a graduate of the Chicago School of Veterinary Medicine, formerly with Dr. T J Bates, moved to Burlington Iowa six years ago to establish veterinary practice. He is equipped to examine all stock for interstate shipment and will answer calls day or night at phone 802.
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