Jefferson County Red Cross mobilizes for 10 000 members by Christmas
Jefferson County Red Cross plans a county wide drive to enroll 10 000 members by December 24 1917 as part of a national push. Prof Charles Carter and R B Louden lead a campaign with an office in the courthouse and field visits to rural schools starting Sunday. Membership levels range from 1 to 100 dollars with proceeds for unity and future relief efforts.
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Jefferson County Citiens
Jefferson County
France
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Charles Carter
R. B. Louden
Court House
Sevn
Miss Chidester
The
Court Loue
Tel Howere
Unit R Leaves This Evening for Unknown Destination
Hospital Unit R of the United States Army departs this evening with Maj. J. F. Clarke and staff aboard Burlington train No. 4. A large crowd is expected at the Fairfield station to bid them farewell as doctors and orderlies head to camps, likely toward the south. The unit will march from the Armory to the station, with lunch packs provided by the Fairfield Canteen committee.
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United States Army
The
United States
J. F. Clarke
Burlington
Fairfield
Maj
Claire
Fairfield Canteen
College Dramatic Club announces two one act plays
The Fairfield College Dramatic Club announces two one act plays for next Tuesday evening. The Far Away Princess by Suderman is a clever comedy and The Maker of Dreams by Dawn follows in the same light mood with costumes and song. The club operates as an artistic movement to develop talent and raise local dramatic art, funded by faculty support and not self supporting.
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College Dramatic Club
Land of Heart
Suderman
Dawn
Dramatic League
Fairfield
Austrian battleships torpedoed at Trieste harbor
Report from Washington based Italian naval attaché states on the night of December 2 Italian torpedo boats penetrated to Trieste harbor and struck two Austrian Monarch class battleships with four torpedoes. All Italian torpedo boats returned safely to base.
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New York
Trieste
C. Puster
Campmander Itster
L. Vannatcolli
Washington
Nineteenth Wedding Anniversary Celebrated at Fulton Home
Hon and Mrs J Fulton marked their 19th wedding anniversary with a dinner at their South Main street home in Washington Iowa. Guests included Mas J F Clarke and families, R B Louden Sr, Wm Ross, L J Marcy, Ellsworth Turney. A limerick booklet and a bound book were presented to the Fultons.
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Dc. J. Fulton
Washington
Iowa
Fulton
South Main Street
Mas
J. F. Clarke
R. B Louden
Wm. Ross
L. J. Marcy
Ellsworth Turney
Clarke
Sailors to receive Christmas and New Year leave
Great Lakes naval training station announces embryo sailors will be granted leave to visit homes. About 8,000 trainees will be released for Christmas and the remaining 8,000 for New Year.
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Great Lakes Station
Great Lakes, Hh
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Birmingham Soldier Defends Camp Cody Conditions
Musician George L. Simmons of Co. M writes Birmingham editor denying death and blindness claims from sand storms at Camp Cody New Mexico. He states good food, sanitation, ten hours of drill, some measles quarantines, and says home letter writers seek sympathy. Also reports the death of infant Robert Keith Swan son of C. R. Swanson in Albia and planned burial there.
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Birmingham Boys
Firs
Birmingham
United States
Robert Keith
C. R. Swanson
Albia
Fairfield Student Wins Davenport Declamatory Gold
Charles Fulton, son of Mr and Mrs C J Fulton of Fairfield, won the gold medal in the Davenport declamatory contest. Davenport finished first, Cedar Rapids second, and Fairfield third, with Fulton representing Fairfield High School as the smallest town runner in a field of larger cities. Fulton had faced illness earlier in the week but prevailed in the competition.
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Charles Fulton
Davenport
C. J. Fulton
Cedar Rapids
Fairfield
Fulton
Fairfield High School
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Bjournal Printing CO. Publishers
South Court Street
Dean Taylor
A. W. Taylor
Misterial Association
Agassiz
Keesey
White Rose Camp
R. N. of A
Philathea Bible
Methodist Church
Fern Hewitt
West Washington Street
Ella
Mary Baird
Merle DeGood
Batavia
R. H. Polly
Christian Parsonage
Iackies
Camp Cody
N. M
George L. Simmons
Co. M
Birmingham Enterprise
C. L. Sheward
Sincerely Yours
Musician George L. Simmons
Roet
Swanson
Coats
J. P. McLaughlin Company
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