Twelve More Jefferson County Men Leave for Camp Dodge
The next group from Jefferson County departs Monday at 6 47 a.m. via the Burlington. The gathering at the courthouse is set for 4 p.m. Sunday, with the band joining the trip to the depot. A large Fairfield and Jefferson County turnout is hoped to bid farewell to the eleven named servicemen: Hugh Elmore Everett Black Paul Treon Bernard Co Damm Arthur E. Hulse Lewis E. Gire Thomas R. Lewman Albert E. Nelson John E. Murphy Fred R. Simmons Andrew L. Stacy Joe Laplant and W. S. Buy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Camp Dodge
Burlington
Court House
Fairfield
Hugh Elmore
Everett Black
Paul Treon
Bernard Co. Damm
Arthur E. Hulse
Lewis E
Gire
Thomas R. Lewman
Albert E. Nelson
John E. Murphy
Fred R. Simmons
Andrew L. Stacy
Joe Laplant
Personal notes span travel, work, and war fund efforts
Mrs Ed Fisher returns from Canton to mourn her father. Mrs C M Brown visits Rome. Elmer and Mrs Edmunds of Ottumwa plan a stay near Elmer Johnson home. Mrs Lee King and Miss Virginia Ordway return to Chicago after visiting here. Local businessmen C C Brown and L E Whitney seek a Bloomfield marble shop. No 6 Buchanan residents vote to tax landowners for war funds. Fairfield Golf Club hosts a picnic with a plentiful supper. Maggie Voorhies travels to Des Moines to visit son Harold at Camp Dodge. George B Tracey leaves Koken Barber Supply in St Louis for John Leslie Paper Co Minneapolis to begin new job in North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Edmunds
Ottumwa
Elmer Johnson
Lee King
Virginia Ordway
Chicago
C. C. Brown
L. E. Whitney
Bloomfield
Buchanan
Fairfield Golf Club
Maggie Voorhies
Des Moines
Harold
Camp Dodge
Geo. B. Tracey
Koken Barber Supply Co
St. Louis
John Leslie Paper Co
Minneapolis
North Dakota
Food wagons at the front aid exhausted soldiers
Private Thomas Nichols recalls twelve days in trench warfare in France and a Salvation Army chuck wagon serving hot soup coffee and sandwiches under fire. He praises the Salvation Army workers as real life savers and places their service high in the boys at the front.
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Salvation Army
Thomas Nichols
France
100 Years Experience The American Bible Society Appeal
The American Bible Society, supplying free Testaments to troops through the YMCA and chaplains, has over a century of Bible distribution. In 1915 it printed over seven million Scriptures in 269 languages. Undenominational and supported by many denominations, it seeks American support for its work among soldiers at the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Bible Society
Avery American
Bible Society
Chas. E Hughes
Cyrus Northrop
John J. Mott
Chas. W. Fairbanks
Salvation Army War Work Gets It Straight
A wartime appeal explains Salvation Army War Work begun in 1914. It notes government backing, pioneers the hut club, praise from Wilson Pershing Roosevelt and Lauder, and urges support while solicitors record refusals in Iowa counties. Where do you stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
General Pershing
Wilson
Harry Lauder
Theodore Roosevelt
Iowa
Fairfield Begins Big S A War Work Drive Monday
Fairfield will canvass Monday and Tuesday for the Salvation Army war funds with leaders outlining the effort. Officials stress no duplication with Red Cross or Y M C A and note cooperation with war agencies to aid soldiers, with returns from several district schools showing cash subscriptions and pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Jefferson County
Salvaton Army War
Archdiocese mourns death of Archbishop Kaane
Dubuque reports the death of Archbishop John Joseph Kaane a retired church leader who passed away this morning at 4 30 at age 59 The announcement notes his long service and residence in Dubuque prior to retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
John Joseph Kaane
Work or Fight Order Defined for Sports Connected Occupations
Pro vost Marsh al Crow der issues rules on work or fight status for baseball players and other classes tied to sports. Local boards urged to apply common sense in waiving nonproductive classifications and aid registrants in finding productive work through the federal employment service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crowder
Federal Employment Service
Baking Demonstration At Cedar No. 3
Miss Griswold led a baking demonstration for the No. 8 Cedar district ladies yesterday afternoon. At its close a War Savings Society was formed with charter members Marajorie Sonner Edna Pattison Donald Sonner Beulah Bruey Edna Bruey Eugene Speer Frieda Keller Melvin Wilson Juanita Wilson Kyle Wilson Margaret Keller Hubert Keller Mary Gall Phillip Gall Pearl Gall and associate members Mrs J V Payne Mrs G R Sonner Mrs Howard Headley Mrs C Bloomquist. Buy W S S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. V. Payne
G. R. Sonner
Howard Headley
C. Bloomquist
Camp Welcome Observes Allied Flag Day
Patriotic observance at Camp Welcome Baptist Church tomorrow morning features unfurling of Allied flags with music and three main performances. Gus Scott will lead The Old Flag Has Never Touched the Ground, the flags will be unfurled with music, and Mr. Guyer will sing To Our Boys. The song was written by Fairfield locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Welcome
Baptist Sunday School
The
Baptist Church
Gus Scott
Mr. Guyer
Business Men’s Quartet
Fairfield
Rev. Butler
Business Men’s
Jesus
Public Notices on Employment and Registrant Orders
The text describes who counts as engaged in productive labor for wartime rules, listing ushers attendants and all participants in games sports and amusements except performers. It notes salesclerks in mercantile establishments are nonproductive workers unless in executive or managerial roles. Boards must provide US employment service agents with registrant names summoned for examination under the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cludes
United States Employment Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ed Fisher
Canton
W. S
Soldiers’ Club
K. of C
Burton
Red Cross
Brockman
International
Y. M. C. A. Committee
John R. Mot
National
Y. M. C. A. War Work Council
Drare
Beekman
Rhode Island
Burris A. Jenkins
Kansas City
Hirthi
Warlief
United States
Liberty
Blackhawk
Omak
Ck Bee
Kaane
Cedar No. 3
Velvet Kid
Goodyear West
West Side
Sunnday
Cary
Fudge
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