Notable Local Guests and Travels Highlight Community Notes
Several residents are listed as visiting or returning home. Rev. C L Tennant and Miss Louise Bristow visit Birmingham and Brighton, while Miss Marie Wheeler spends the weekend in Monmouth Illinois. Mr and Mrs Levi Bray return from Washington. Miss Lylah Magee prepares to visit Altona Illinois. George H Lee and son Henry 85 Lee travel to Chicago and Michigan. Mrs Nellie Simons and baby stay with Alec and Mrs Julian in Sioux City. Cora Porter heads to Washington for weeks of visiting. C F Garrett, Shenandoah, new Fairfield schools superintendent, in town on business. George Horn recovering after surgery at Jefferson County Hospital. Miss Etta Miser of New London operated for appendicitis and recovering. Everett Mullenix visits Fairfield relatives en route home to Newell South Dakota after leaving Camp Dodge. Fairfield men attend state Fraternal Order of Eagles convention in Burlington. W F Bevering sits on resolutions committee with others listed.
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Everett Mullenix
Mrs. Me! Stephens
Newell
South Dakota
Mr. Mullenix
Camp Dodge
Rainbow Division
France
Fairfield
Burlington
Fraternal Order of the Eagles
W. F. Bevering
A. O. Bowermaster
Frank Bruggemeyer
Ralph Selton
Harry Walker
F. Liblin
L. E. Stene
Des Moines Plans for Grenade Banks to Boost Savings
Iowa War Savings committee to announce plans to distribute hand grenade savings banks to school children, repurposed from weapons to thrift. Each bank will hold pennies and dimes until they fund war savings stamps. Distribution rests with Treasury and Federal Reserve district directors, tied to children earning money for stamps.
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Des Moines
Iowa War Savings Organization
Iowa
Treasury Department
America
Savings Division
Federal-reserve Banks
Federal Reserve
Iowa Com
168th Regimental Band Concert at Armory Tonight
The 168th Regimental Band of forty players, renowned overseas musicians, will perform a two hour concert at the Armory at 8 15 this evening with instrumental numbers vocal selections and brief lectures from members on France. A dance will follow with the Jazz Orchestra providing music. The program features the Blue Devil Quartette and selections from Faust The Mikado Rigoletto and Stars and Stripes Forever among others.
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168Th
Armory
France
Blue Devil
Lake
Faust
Benge
Palmer seeks half million for anti anarchist drive
Attorney General Palmer asked Congress for a special five hundred thousand dollar appropriation to fund the hunt for anarchists. In a letter to Secretary Glass transmitted to the House he outlined recent violence linked to anarchistic groups and urged the need for sufficient means to protect the public and enforce federal law.
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Washington
Palmer
Congress
Glass
House
United States
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C. L. Tennant
Birmingham
Louise Bristow
Brighton
Marie Wheeler
Monmouth
Illinois
Levi Bray
Lylah Magee
Altona
Ill
George H. Lee
Henry
Lee
Chicago
Michigan
Nellie Simons
Baby
Sioux City
Mrs. Simon
Alec Julian
Cora Porter
C. F. Garrett
Shenandoah
Fairfield Schools
George Horn
Jefferson County Hospital
Etta Miser
New London
168Th Regt
le Regiment de
Oxfords
CE. Anderson
Orpheum Today
Charley Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Lloyd
Charles Ray
White JT
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Cuddy
H. P. McLaughlin Company
Stearns & Foster
H. P. McLaughlin Co
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