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Newspaper

Fairfield Journal

Location

Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 05, 1918

Page

7

Local residents in city yesterday and visitors in town

Lamont Williams of Libertyville and Lon Shoates of Audubon were in the city yesterday. Prof L J Bourbon returned from a week in St Louis. Mrs M C Garst came home from Winfield where she taught. Several residents visited or traveled, including Mrs George Lloyd and others from Brighton, Verle Frazey from Ottumwa, and Lt D B Cassat from Camp Grant. Numerous farewells and returns followed funerals and discharges.

M. C. Garst Winfield Lena Snyder Des Moines Kessel, Ecky and Berg Lockridge

Des Moines to Muster Out 133d Infantry at Camp Dodge

Des Moines will host an entire overseas division about 8 000 Iowa soldiers to be mustered out at Camp Dodge under Brig Gen Joseph Johnston. The Thirty Fourth or Sand Storm division, not needed for occupation, includes most of Iowa and Minnesota guardsmen plus the One Hundred Ninth engineers and Iowa artillery. Muster-out work will take weeks as discharge and transfer reduce cantonment population before January.

Des Moines Iowa Peyton C. March Washington Camp Dodge Pershing Army of Occupation United States Minnesota Nebraska South Dakota Camp Cody Europe First Iowa National Guard Iowa Artillery One Hundred Ninth Engineers Joseph Johnston Ninth Engineers Fourteenth Infantry Camp Grant

Warships To Escort Wilson Home For Christmas Return

Paris, Dec. 5. The ten American dreadnoughts that will escort President Wilson into French waters will immediately turn about after arrival to carry homeward a large party of American soldiers and sailors. The operation is timed to have the men reach home by Christmas and marks one of the most extensive battleship movements for transport purposes ever undertaken.

Paris Wilson

Notice on missing silk package theft reward

A notice requests the return to the Journal office of a package containing four and a half yards of green taffeta silk taken by mistake. Mrs. A. W. Stiles offers a reward for its recovery.

Journal Office A. W. Stiles

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Anttreland Lamont Williams Libertyville Lon Shoates Audubon L. J. Bourbon St. Louis George Lloyd Harry Iroya Brighton Verle Frazey Ottumwa Daggett Undertaking D. B. Cassat Camp Grant, Il Fern Stevens Chariton Floyd Starr Notta Abbe Mt. Pleasant Mary Barnes M. E. Morris James Hammon Galesburg J. M. Hunter Pekin, Illinois Rosa Long Smithfield Ill B. H. Elliott East Adams Street Clyde Norris Mr. Norris Mrs J. C. Norris Rock Island T. Y. Larson Officers’ Training Scohol Camp Pike, Ark Gerald Iowa Falls J. Earl Vandagriff London France James Oreton Vallejo Calif Fr. P. McGahan Lieut. Oreton Mare Island Kate McClain Frank Sullivan W. T. Sullivan Wm. H. Neibert Davenport The Order of Eastern Star H. P. McLaughlin Co U. S President Wilson Peters’ Shoe Co East Side Wilson’s Art Store ALC Cascara Mr. Hill Whysicians Gaumer Bros John T. Davies Tribune Gaines Bros Cole Fuel Savers Headquarters Baby Walker Perkinsolns J. C. Bradshaw Furniture Co
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