Everett Iowans host 125 soldiers and seek addresses
A letter from H O Seiffert Co Everett Washington outlines how Everett Iowans entertained about 125 Iowa Soldier boys at Forts Worden Flagler and Casey. About six hundred Iowa boys are at the forts and five hundred Everett Iowans want to host visiting lads with addresses to reconnect with home.
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E. W. Holmes Co
H. O. Seiffert Lumber Co
Everett
Washington
Everett Washington
Iowa
Wheat campaign urged for war effort and farm plans
Grant Township Council of Defence urges farmers to plant at least ten acres in wheat to support the war. Home front efforts are framed as essential to victory alongside the soldiers in France. The council offers seed assistance if needed.
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France
Council of Defense
Grant Township Council of Defence
Congregational Church Notes Sign up for Thursday Ladies' Aid
The Ladies Aid meets at the church Thursday afternoon. Bible School gathers next Sunday morning at the usual hour. The pastor will speak on The Unfailing Christ in the morning and The Pharisee's Religion Versus the Religion of the Publican at night. Junior C E meets at 2 30 PM. Senior Christian Endeavor at 6 30. Young people invited for growth.
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Ladies’ Aid
Bible School
C. E
Christian Endeavor Mets
First M E Church NotesSunday School Service Plan
Notes from the First Methodist Church invite all members to attend Sunday School at 10:00 A M worship at 11:00 A M Epworth League at 6 30 P M preaching at 7 30 P M urging full participation to raise the school in the state and highlighting a missions study in Epworth League about a man’s life.
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Epworth League
Miller to Preach at Des Moines Church Next Sunday
Des Moines preacher J W Miller will speak at the Christain Church in both morning and evening services next Sunday. All members and friends are urged to attend. Also an advertisement seeks a reliable female worker for general restaurant duties at Red Mill Café in Atlantic Iowa with good wages and permanent position.
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J. W. Miller
Des Moines
RED Mill Cafe
Atlantic
Iowa
Father’s health and honor roll of kindness in Mayfield
The writer recalls her father’s long life, his sickness for eleven weeks, and the family’s gratitude for neighbors who sent coal, flowers, and food. Mrs Levina White and Grandma White contribute to wartime aid, knitting and sending comforts to the front. Plans of the American Library Association include hospital book service in America and France. Harriet Naylor traveled to Atlantic with C D Robison and family.
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Cass
Dad
Bessie
Levina White
A.J. Joy
Red Cross
Grandma White
Samuel
American Library Association
America
France
Why National Guard Is Being Gradually Eliminated
The article reports that National Guardsmen are being drafted into federal service, leaving states without a National Guard. The War Department advises states may form new Guards within legal limits, but old Guards will not return after the war. Governors have been notified, though initial steps to reconstitute Guards are rare and officials acknowledge the Fort Guard is effectively eliminated.
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Dianapolis
National Guard
State National Guard
War Department
Congress
Germany
Gil
Fort Guard
Local Atlantic items and farm notices mixed in week
A collage of social news from Atlantic readers includes visitors Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Robison and two daughters, Mrs. Francis McCoy from Iowa City, and Mrs. L. R. Eller. Classifieds offer seed corn for sale, a home-building notice, and agricultural supplies from Millards on West Main Street, with wartime notes on family sons at the front and local industry activity.
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C. D. Robison
Atlantic
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Citizen’s Ticket
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Chas. Scholl
N. W. Way
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H. E. Campbell
Marsh Millhollin
Codfrey Miller
People’s Ticket
Earl S. Holton
D. R. Donohoe
C. W. Clardy
J. B. Lewis
E. W. Holmes
Godfrey Miller
Harriet Naylor
Citizens Savings Bank Viet
D. Forshay
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D.R. Forshay
John W. Nichols
Ernest Stone
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Ruth Foote
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