Discharge of 124 Guardsmen at Deming N M
In Deming New Mexico on February 2 124 soldiers of the Thirty Fourth National Guard Division were discharged for the good of the service. The men from Minnesota Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska will receive travel pay and allowances and be sent home. They are not to be reenlisted. This follows prior discharges of enemy aliens and alleged disloyal statements.
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N. M
Thirty-Fourth National Guard Division
Wagonhegm
Minnesota
Yowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Gray
Washington
Campmir
Here
United States
College operations relocated as war limits close most buildings
During the first day of wartime measures the fuel administration ordered all college buildings closed except Fos wr and Ballard Halls. Ewing Hall residents moved to Ballard, with the office library and classes now in Ballard. Foster Hall remains largest but overcrowded, forcing doubling up. Voice and piano sessions moved to private homes. Visiting graduates Miss Louise Kearville and Miss Wary Nutting were seen on campus. Rearville teaches in Powersville.
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Poday
Parsons’ College
Fuel Administration
Foswr
Ballard Halls
Ewing Hall
Ballard
Foster Hall
Wmem
Emeet
Professor Mountain
North Sixth Street
Louise Kearville
Wary Nutting
MissRearville
Powersville
Tocal News Briefs Highlight Local Family Travel and Visits
R C Gillette from Ft Morgan visited his aunt Mrs Amna Harris on route home from Chicago auto show. Miss Mable Gantz guests at Pequignot home. Ted Kocher visits Batavia to settle on a farm. Joseph James returns from Cedar Rapids after visiting his mother Mrs M F James. Samuel Jenks improves from pneumonia at home east of town. Mrs J A Nosentoff of Whoose Jaw enroute New York stops at RR Workman home. Lulu Schmadaka from Pleasant Plain visits sister Mrs George Kientz. Belle Allender from Glendale teaches near Lockridge visits South D street mother. Allison Miller pool hall moves near post office to former Newport Cafe corner. Ray Eckerman of Avery visits relatives. J Wayte in Chicago on business. Ed Angstead returns to Brighton after visit. Ben West visits Adam Rail home in Birmingham. Joseph Proventeey headed to Davenport with son Lewis West of Beardstown. H T Tedrow family from Libertyville at Leland Holgate residence. Myrtle Faulk from Stanton returns from Lundquist visit and funeral of Mrs Melinda August.
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R. C. Gillette
Ft. Morgan
Cole
Amna Harris
Chicago
Mable Gantz
Pequignot
Paal Adams Street
Ted Kocher
Batavia
Joseph James
Cedar Rapids
M. F. James
Samuel Jenks
J. A. Nosentoff
Whoose Jaw
Canada
New York
RR. A. Workman
South B Street
Lulu Schmadaka
Pleassant Plain
Lockridge
George C. Kientz
East Adams Street
Belle Allender
Glendale
Sarah Alender
D Street
Allison & Miller Pool Hall
Aloay
Newport Cafe
Ray Eckerman
Avery
J. Wayte
Ed Angstead
Brighton
Ben West
Adam Rail
Birmingham
Joeph Proventee Ety
Davenport
Lewis West
Beardstown
B. F West
H. T Tedrow
Libertyville
Leland Holgate
South Second Street
Myrtle Faulk
Stanton
Iowa
W. Lundquist
Melinda August
Heroic Platoon Fends Off German Raid Near Listening Post
In France February 2 during fogbound conditions the American sector saw little activity. A platoon in the trenches nearest the listening post halted a German raid, forcing withdrawal despite a superior force. Some enemy rifles and equipment were later found beyond the American line.
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France
Taft to Tour Cantonments in February Visit
Former President William H. Taft will tour four of the six central department cantonments and the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in February. He plans to address about 220,000 enlisted men and officers on the war’s historic and diplomatic causes and American roles, staying in army quarters and dining with officers and enlisted men.
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Chicago
Central Military Department
William H. Taft
Funston
Taylor
Sherman
Custer
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Taft
Central Department
Licenses Required for Bread Firms Under New Proclamation
Washington reports President Wilson ordered all bread and bakery producers including hotels and clubs to obtain licenses by February 4. The move expands the Food Administration’s reach to small outlets using flour, plus importers and distributors of coffee must secure licenses. Applications go to the United States Food Administration, with penalties under the Food Conservation Act for violations.
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Washington
Wilson
Food Administration
United States Food Administration
Congress
Food Conservation Act
Minstrel Show Delights With Clever Acts At Orpheum
The Lowery Greater Minstrels present Frank Kirk with inventive instruments including a tiny fishing pole calliope. Kirk sings with a lighted cigar in his mouth causing smoke to spout like lava. Watts brothers, Whitmores, Means couple and Prof P G Lowery provide rapid fire tricks encores. Noonday parade and striking wardrobe mark daily performances February 6 at Orpheum theater with matinee and evening shows.
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Frank Kirk
Kirk
Watts Brothers
Whitmores
P. G. Lowery
Lowery Minstrels
Orpheum Theater
The Town Slouch by Ellis M Clarke
A humorous column observes local quirks and life in slang filled anecdotes. Cy Dawkins prefers a dry smoke while some anglers stumble into luck and women’s moods spark ambitious fallout.
FOR SALE AND RENT Ads From The People's Column
Local column lists items for sale including heaters a Jersey cow and a Honey buggy. Rentals cover five and seven room houses with locations in Riverside Oak and North B streets among others. Also offers one farm a magazine subscription and a stock pasture for rent with contacts and phone numbers.
MISS RANKIN BILL TABLED IN IMMIGRATION PANEL
Washington, Feb. 1 The house immigration committee tabled the Rankin bill to grant American women married to foreigners the right to retain citizenship. No action will be taken on it. Philadelphia, Feb. 1 Frederick Roe Searing found guilty of conspiring to defraud two insurance companies of 18000 and was sentenced to two years. Elizabeth Rendell, his former stenographer, who eloped with him after it appeared he had drowned himself, was given six months.
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Washington
House Immigration Committee
Searing
Philadelphia
Frederick Roe Searing
Elizabeth Rendell
Atlantic City
Wanted ads crowd local classifieds for housing and work
A string of classified notices seeking housing and employment. Entries include requests for a five or six room house with gas and a cellar, a movable small house, rent for rooms on the square, furnished light housekeeping rooms, a farm of 80 or 100 acres, and a coal stove for factory heat. Other items list a girl for general house work, a teamster for a coal yard, and sale of dining room furniture. Contact details reference Walter Peck at Court Hotel, city box numbers, and local phone numbers.
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Walter Peck
Court Hotel
Fairfield
Iowa
City
A. K. Harper
Wm. F. Schaefer
West
Burlington Street
Power Coal Yard
A. Power
C. M. Cantrall
West Hempstead St
U Boat Losses Rise in British Shipping Report
London reports a weekly summary showing nine ships over 1,600 tons and six under 1,600 tons sunk by mine or submarine. Other figures include 2,552 arrivals and 2,300 sailings, with eight British merchantmen unsuccessfully attacked and one fishing vessel sunk.
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London
For Sale Notices From 202 West Adams Street
Multiple sale ads advertise a modern home at 202 West Adams Street with quick sale terms and no curiosity seekers. The notice lists J L Hicks and a phone number 2307. Additional listings offer 80 and 160 acre parcels with possession March 1 and terms through H B Wisecarver at phone 126.
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West Adams Street
J. L. Hicks
H. BH. Wisecarver
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Deming
College News
Hes
TOCAL
Pershing
Ellis M. Clarke
Cy Dawkins
Mae
William Fox
Virginia Pearson
Artcraft Pictures Corp
Mary Pickford
Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm
A. M. Harvey
Minstrels
Jericho & Easton’s
Metro Picture Corp
Ethel Barrymore
Metro
Jesse L. Lasky
Sessue Hayakawa In
The
East
People's Column
Elite
Telephone
Jersey
T. S. Waters
van Buren
North B Street
Lon H. Israel
Square
South Third Street
Sierra N. Carl
West Washington
Minneapolis
Will. D. Garmoe & Son
Ed. Krum
North Main St
B. A. Dile
Landology
Skidmore Land Co
Skidmore Bidg
Marinette
Wis
Miss Rankin
J. M. McKain
Goeke’s
West Broadway
Fairfield Steam Laundry
Down Town
Jericho
Easton
C. F. Long
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