Camp Dodge nursing pupil Abe works hard amid flu recovery
Leeta Phillips writes from Camp Dodge where she trains as a nurse pupil and notes Abe is hard at work. Mrs Jeanne Alden Mackey of Fayette reports her sister Mrs Mary Reinhart has died. Len Olson returns home for Christmas from Montana, and Mel Kohler improves after two weeks of illness from flu and pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeta Phillips
Camp Dodge
Abe
Nise Phillips
Camp ‘Dodge
Jeanne, Alden Mackey
Fayette
Ednesday
Mary Reinhart
Len Olson
MonAna
Mrs
A. Olson
Mel Kohler
Mel
Mr Oration
War Letters and Town Updates in a Quiet Christmas Note
A crowded column recounts visitors and hometown news, noting arrivals from West Union and Cedar Rapids, influenza impacts, holiday greetings, and a soldier’s armistice reflections. It mentions Lieut Elkema returning home, a Navy radio student Charley Capper, and Harold Williams’ newborn in Fairbank, with weathered roads and ongoing influenza concerns shaping daily life.
The Hawkeye Gheoline & Kerosens Ad Delivery Service
A compact city delivery note offers service to any city area by Miller and Gruver with contact by residential phone, advertising available for convenient pickup and delivery of goods.
Christmas Letter From Soldier Still In Europe
In the woods built by the Germans and taken from them recently the main goal is returning to the States. We lack information on next steps but expect embarkation soon whether here longer or to a port. Soldiers yearn for home and Christmas with loved ones, noting postwar plans and possible further delays. Cpl. J. L. Stoehr of Company A, 66th Infantry, offers holiday greetings and signals continued duty. Arlie Holzer visited West Union friends over Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Gy Stoeht
Ldtvia
Dadia Bay
E. F.y Fravkce
Buhday
France
Dad
Kaiser BM
Germany
Hostilitier
Capitallea
Camp MacArthur
Fritz
Clark
Vaar
Field Hospital
Alli
States
U. S
Infantry
America
You Follon
Cpl
J. L. Stoehr
Company
66Th Inf. Amer. B. F
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Amoun
Iday
Swift
Swift & Company
U.S. A
U. L. Freiburgiaus & Co
Herbert
jBlkeder
Ah Huston
Inbastein
Kohler
West Union
Diet Mueset
Ela Lehman
Fairbank
J. H. Williams
Elation
Wertz
Sand
Celia Lehman
Cedar Rapids
Mia
John, Lehman
Marie Falk
Brother George Will
AU. 10
Florence Pfifer
Decorah
Frank Cappner
John Kohler
West Bend
Bert Wan
Echo
Chas
Harvard University
U. S. Naval Radio School
Charley
Ull
Oak Grove Threshing Co
Sheldon Hoyle
Elgin Savings Bank
Jo Vlock Sharp
HD Boyle
Lieut. Elkema
E. G. Stoehr
Elkema
Cedar Falls
T S. Cieworth
Rev
Cleworth
J. Hi. Willams
Ouiz
Harold Lehman Williams
Elgin
John Haugsted
Waukon
Elgin Land Co
A. M. Jones
The
Variety Store
Our
Perous
W. Evans
Elgin, Iowa
Arlie Holzer
Weat Union Friends
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