Christmas at Camp Cody A Letter From Charles McCampbell
Soldier Charles McCampbell writes from Camp Cody New Mexico about a Christmas meal with turkey cranberry sauce and cobbler, Red Cross gifts, candy for the men, training in sniping signaling and heliograph, and a new tent setup with blankets. He mentions fellow soldiers, a new Iowa unit, and a curious numerology note about Kaiser's number 13.
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McCampbell
Charles McCamp
Seed
Co. M
Deming
New Mexico
Camp Cody
N. M
Harriet
Red Cross
Solchers
Nebraska
Lonie Faulkner
Ora Williams
Tang
Clyde Simmons
Dave Smith
Sargeant
Agar
Iowa
Ora
Myrtle
England
Mt Pleasant
Ile
Installation brings G A R and W R C members together
In the South Side O O F hall last evening a joint installation of the Women’s Relief Corps and the Grand Army of the Republic gathered about sixty members and guests. Officers for both organizations were installed, followed by an oyster supper and a war songs singaround with visitors from Mt Pleasant.
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J. S. Gantz
Katherine Randall
Dan Walmer
J. T. Axline
J. S. Gaits
Samuel Kitchen
Smith
Laird
Mt. Pleasant
For Sale Classified Items Including Car Farm and Shed
Ford touring car for sale. Inquire at 705 W Kirkwood. Priced at 53 dollars. Well located stock farm of 107 acres offered for sale for 1500 dollars cash, balance on long time at 5 percent. For rent if not sold this month. F. S. SHEDS Bonaparte Iowa. S51
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W. Kirkwood
Bonaparte
Iowa
Send Your Sheet Music to a Soldier in France
Fairfield residents are urged to mail sheet music to soldiers in France through Miss Elizabeth Stewart a YMCA worker there. With limited supplies the troops crave songs old and new and need packages mailed directly to France.
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France
Small Fire Breaks Out at Court Hotel
A minor blaze occurred at the Court Hotel last night when a bed cover ignited by an electrical shade fell onto the bed. The occupant, reading in bed, had placed the shade on the bulb and slept through the fire until waking to flames. The fire was quickly extinguished without the fire department being summoned.
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Court Hotel
Red Cross Appeal Instructions for Gift Shipments
The passage states volunteers should deliver items to the Red Cross room at the Elks club. No postage has been provided yet, but items will be packed and mailed once postage is supplied.
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Red Cross Room
Elks Club
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People’s Column
Journal
J. H. Bush
East Lowe
FF. W. Brooks
North Sixth Street
Burlington
Care the Journal Office
Crail
Journal Office
Rosecomb Rhode
A. H. Messer
South 4Th Street
G.A.R
W.R.C
Mrs. Harrier Edmonds
Mary Parkins
Carrie Linn
Mary Turner
Lucretia Pence
Ethel Workman
Laura Woodber
Orphan. Turner
Margaret Gantz
Mrs. Dora Gumm
Margaret Gift
Ruth Green
Christine Maxwell
Eliza Hutchison
John F. Loehr
W. C. Ball
S. K. Creek
B. F. West
Perry King
J. F. Loehr
G. A. Unkrich
Fairfield
Izens
Elizabeth Stewart
Stewart
JO Fairfield
Gail Hane
Ford
Dorothy Phillips
Januay Clearing Sale
Hfe
Hugh R. Newsom
America
Leonora Ferrari
Laura Barnett
Lillian Pringle
Alberto Salvi
W. Clay Inman
Lenora Ferrari
Madam Ferrari
Signor Salvi
Grand Opera
Paris
Rome
Naples
Venice
Florence
Milan
Chicago Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Count Verdi
Milan Grand Opera
Mr. Newsom
J. C. Deagon
Orchestra Bell Co
Jericho & Easton
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