Iowa delegation arrives at Brownsville border camp
J M Gregg reports from Brownsville Texas that the Iowa delegation arrived at noon with Mrs W C Smith and family among others joining husbands in Company M. Elma and Catherine are well and enjoy the city while a large property is rented for the group living as one family with separate apartments.
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Brownsville
Texas
J. M. Gregg
Fairfield
Iowa
Father Gregg
Elma
Catherine
W. C. Smith
Robt. Fulton
Harry Higby
Elmer Fleagle
Company M
Iowa Soldiers Prepare to Spend Winter in Texas
Brownsville reports a strong mobilization as Iowa units brace for a long border stay. Officers order lumber and heating plans for tents, bath houses, and two-room winter shacks. The war department signals no current border troop withdrawals and signals readiness to move 100000 troops if needed.
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Brownsville
Commission
War Department
Rockefellers
Mexico
Third Virginia Infantry
Hospital Corps of
Florida
Iowa
Texas
Trooms
Eagle School program notes harvest of songs and recitations
The Eagle school of Liberty township presented a program led by Miss Lillian Erskine featuring songs and declamations by students. Highlights included The Country Fair, The Goblin Man, A Jack of Lantern, Our Hired Girl, and a Halloween themed set. Prizes were awarded to Raymond Creek's third house for first prize and Bertha Scovel for fudge candy among others with judges listed.
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Eagle School
Liberty Township
Lillian Erskine
College Notes Brief item
College notes item appears unreadable with fragmented text. No identifiable people teams or places are discernible from the available readable fragment.
Sophomores Troop Green Banners In Chapel Toss
Students received athletic tickets at chapel for all intercollegiate events. Sophomores mocked freshmen by displaying green banners stolen from the class of 1920 on Old Settlers Day. The freshmen retorted by tearing the banners from the sophomores, with Daddy Wirtz unable to quell the disturbance.
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Daddy Wirtz
Farmers Mutual Insurance Union 1916 assessment notices mailed
Jefferson County Farmers Mutual Insurance Union informs members that 1916 assessment cards have been mailed. Members should pay promptly and report any errors or missing cards to Secretary Y C Culbertson, as of November 4 1916. The Journal Want Ads promote reliable results.
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Jefferson Co. Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Union
Automobile Painting Specialty at 24 by 50 Foot Room
C B Cleasby and Co advertise automobile painting as a specialty with a heated 24 by 50 foot drying room to cure paint in cold weather at their Libertyville Iowa location.
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C. B. Cleasby & Co
Libertyville
Iowa
Power coal sale and delivery notice
Hard coal for heater or furnace offered in eggs sized for stoves. Car shipment expected about the fifteenth with extra tons available at August pricing. Contact A Power at phone number 532.8 for arrangements.
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Brownsville Sentinel
Denver
Illinois
Ist
Iowa Infantry
1St Infantry
Virginia
Brownsvile
Fort Dodge
North
Co. F
F Company
van Creek
Harold Tweedy
Marjorie Latta
Albert
Buchanan
The
Goblin Man
Velma Briggs
Red Head
Jim
Lawson
Clara
Earl
Loveless
Wyndham
Hazel Creek
Willa Latta
Edith Anderson
Jack O’ Lanterns
Hallowe
Claude Flea
Gle
Mvy
Dan Tweedy
Moo
Leonard Sco
Vel
Times
Bernard Roach
Harold
Raymond Creek
Grant Johnson
W. K. Gallop
Arthur Briggs
Bertha Scovel
Clara Lawson
W. H. Fleagle
T. Grimes
T. W. Gallop
Perry Stump
Dave Buchanan
College
DR. Y. Culbertson
the Journal
J. Simons
Ledger Office
Bis
McLaughlin
Ford
Vie
H. P. McLaughlin CO
South Court Street
Wide-a-wake Store
East Broadway
Fairfield Iowa
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