15 Nov 1918
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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1918
Page
1
Fairfield celebrated the Germany armistice news with martial law like crowds in streets and a daylong parade. Merchants closed shops, factories paused work, and schoolchildren joined impromptu processions and talks. No disorder or police action occurred despite widespread revelry.
Fairfield released from the Spanish influenza quarantine, lifted by the city board of health after a meeting. Conditions remain strict with ongoing precautions and quarantines at homes where disease exists. Since the outbreak began there have been fewer than 100 cases and two deaths, though new cases have appeared in homes across the city.
Three young publishers Clayton Turney Joel Turney and Quinlin Collins aged fourteen ten and fifteen launch the Fairfield High School Vacuum printed in the Orpheum building. The neat sheet features school news clean wit jokes and advertising and celebrates victory and peace.
Paris story of Private Luke Thayer Jr US Marines son of Georgetown Pa police chief. He earned multiple campaign ribbons, a Croix de Guerre with palm, two wound stripes, and a year in France after enlisting with bold lies. He recalls storming a German nest at Belleau Wood and expects to return to action soon. He jokes that French generals kiss winners when pinning medals.
The 1919 Quill will honor graduates and servicemen with a full Honor Roll and five pages of portraits. Readers are asked to submit names, addresses, and photos of servicemen or nurses to Pauline Stevenson or Elizabeth Raney, alumni editors, and place yearbook orders with Clifford Crail or Eugene Fleming.
Ada B. Parsons receives thanks for sending fruit and jelly to the Camp Dodge base hospital in Fairfield items. The note from F. H. Hartley dated November 6, 1918, says the treats tasted like home and brightened mealtime for the wards and staff.
Members of the Fourth Iowa Regimental band were sworn in Monday in Fairfield under Major B. E. Lucas. The unit, serving the United States, revives the town’s old band, seeks new musicians, and aims to be among the state’s top bands.
Washington report shows 69,620 American casualties with 12,460 killed in action. Describes ongoing tallies and the likelihood of further updates as lists are compiled.
The London Express lists estimated wartime casualties by nation, totaling 26,000,000 with Russia and others uncounted. Figures include 6,900,000 for one group, 4,500,000 for another, 4,000,000, 2,900,000, and 750,000 among others.
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Rail way Co changed its timetable effective Sunday at 12 01 am The new times are No 11 west 110 am No 12 east 315 am No 29 west 957 am No 30 remaining unchanged Old schedule shows minor shifts including No 11 at 120 am No 12 at 127 am No 29 at 945 am The comparison indicates only small adjustments.
In Sioux City Iowa Charles Allner a Hornick Iowa farmer was jailed after wife had him arrested for assault Neighbors say he angrily ordered his 18 year old daughter to leave he reportedly burned her dresses in a yard bonfire as she packed to depart with a suitor disliked by the father.
Amsterdam reports the ex emperor William Hohenzollern arrived in Holland in disguise, seen at 7 30 am aboard ten fogbound automboiles via Wise Maastricht road. Crowds gathered as frontier guards questioned the cortege and Belgian refugees shouted Ali as Guillaume Assassin.
A special Illinois Central train carried 239 Iowa workers to the Nitro West Virginia munitions plant. Waterloo sent 80 volunteers, Sioux City 50, Cedar Rapids 74, and Dubuque 35. It is the third Iowa shipment, with another group planned and 35 Waterloo applicants already signed.
Lester Larson of Sibley Iowa a farmer who was sentenced to fifteen months in federal prison for offering the Sibley draft board 300 to place his son in a deferred class was released on a $5000 bond. The stay aims to allow him to gather his crops and arrange affairs to prevent hardship during absence.
In Maquoketa Iowa a two year old boy, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Pitt, fell into a jar of water while playing near the dooryard and drowned. The mother discovered the child a few moments later.
Clinton Iowa Mrs Elsie Tank Osborne, a visiting nurse, found thirteen family members ill with influenza. One of the youngest died as she tended the others. She secured permission to move three gravely ill to a hospital while the rest receive home care.
The Iowa state fair reports a healthy financial position with total receipts of 304,944.13 and total costs of 197,711.34. Net balance stands at 55,903.03 with about 5,000 in bills due, projecting a clean balance near 50,000.
Arthur B Parsons serving with an ambulance unit on the Italian front writes that ammunition is being made in churches in northern Italy. He notes Austrian operations were spasmodic and half hearted, and he calls the conflict a holy war in a September 25 letter. Parsons is the son of W M Parsons, state secretary of the YMCA.
An order for two farm hands was filled by a large mail-order house for a farmer in need. Within a day, two experienced men were found and sent to the farm to help save the wheat crop.
A vine growing extensively in Ecuador produces fruit that, when dried, forms sponges valued by many as superior to sea sponges.
Parsons College welcomed the November Community Club gathering in Ewing hall dining and Barhydt chapel. Professor Klingaman of Iowa City gave a noted talk on community movements, followed by humorous local reminiscences and a wartime anecdote.
Des Moines reports quarantine at Fort Des Moines lifted at 1 PM. Many overseas soldiers, marked by chevrons for service and wounds, returned to city streets with canes crutches and damaged limbs. The reconstruction hospital at the fort now houses over 1,000 veterans recently released from influenza quarantine.
The local exemption board ordered all men aged 37 or older on September 12 to return their questionnaires unfilled while not requiring them to fill out new forms Younger men remain required to submit their questionnaires though. The board will likely finish sending out forms today and cannot estimate how long their work will continue given the extensive detail involved.
Des Moines Iowa reports a renewed push to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in the upcoming general assembly. Legislation will seek compulsory testing and accreditation of purebred herds, reversing the 37th assembly’s failure amid farmer opposition over costs to livestock interests.
Sae County produced 3,686,004 bushels of small grain in the past season, tallied by County Agent Earl Maharg from threshers' reports. The figure exceeds the 1916 normal crop by 560,000 bushels, per assessors' data.
Hugo Thur iesch a Russian claimed man employed at the Rock Island Arsenal for months was arrested by intelligence officers and held under guard. Maps and instructions for mapping the arsenal were found on his person along with wax keys a dagger and a revolver. He had been under suspicion for weeks and federal authorities awaited guidance from Washington.
Officials of the United War Work campaign in Jefferson county report the drive is in full swing with canvassing across all school districts and city wards. Rural areas show strong support, with Lockridge township and Polk township praising high subscriptions and few refusals. Fairfield city lags, requiring extraordinary effort to meet the quota.
Liquor seized from Reed amendment violators will be sent to hospitals and cantonments across the district. Storage liquor will be allotted first, except for amounts held as evidence in pending cases.
Washington reports America turns to peace with the central powers defeated and armistice terms guiding the peace conference. Civilian life follows as the army demobilizes, naval and merchant marine tasks loom, and Congress faces bills on taxes and reconstruction actions.
Adams county sheep raisers complete the 1918 wool cleanup under federal rules. All wool sold to licensed dealers, with one carload to Boston and another to Chicago. Total 21 170 pounds netting growers 169 630 dollars. Shaw brothers of Ireland made the heaviest delivery. C H Lund of Brooks received the highest price based on quality.
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