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Troop Muster Out Near Des Moines Await Homeward Move
Brownsville Texas dispatch reports a thirty car train ready to move the first Iowa unit home as lumber stocks are sent to camps for winter tents. Des Moines prepares a home coming celebration with city officials and citizens contributing to a new courthouse weather vane funded by private subscriptions and the Eagles lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Camp
Iowa
Virginia
Quartermaster’s Department
Iowa Infantry
Iowa Field Artillery
R. H. Maxwell
Charles Maxwell
Brownsville
Des Moines
Tom Fairweather
MacVicar
Fairweather
Court House
R. C. Sayers
F. H. McQuiston
W W. Harris
R. H. Spence
Allen-Streed Co
E. M. Blough
J. E. Bowermaster
Tribune
C. F. Long
W. H. Mohr
Jericho & Easton
J. C. Bradshaw
Leo DD. Thoma
Rodabaugh & Bean
Gaumer Bros
the Fair
Mike Clinkinbeard
Journal
A. H. Messer
Richardson Hardware Co
Huftstedler & Baker
Ledger
E. R. Smith
M. H. Cuddy
Gaines Bros
T. E. McLean
R. W. Lamson
Crail & Brown
J. M. Hammer
J. T. Davies
Eagles Lodge