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Fairfield Tribune in Fairfield, Iowa

15 Dec 1921

Page 8

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Fairfield Tribune

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Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1921

Page

8

Wife of Sailors Defrauds Government in Wild Tale

Helen Drexler recounts marrying sixteen men including soldiers and sailors to collect government allotments. Captain Porter and veterans listen as she details multiple marriages, two government allotments, and a claimed daughter used to claim extra payments, with $500 monthly allotments cited and bonds set at $10,000.

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Helen Drexler Waugh Thomas I. Porter Chicago Sam Helen Porter France Boston Wilfred Tay Navy John Kelly Brooklyn Navy Albert Drexler Camp Grant
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Hungarian dentist arrested for stealing gold teeth in Temesvar

A young man who opened a cut rate dental surgery in Temesvar, Hungary, was arrested after extracting over a pound of gold from a patient. He claimed the tooth gold was badly fitted, made a wax mold, asked the patient to return in two weeks, and then disappeared before that time. Also included are two Santa letters from Fairfield Iowa children asking for toys and treats.

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Hungary Temesvar
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Deaths John Anderson of Fairfield Dies at 67

John Anderson born in Sweden July 5 1847 died at the university hospital in Iowa City on Wednesday afternoon December 14 He arrived in America about age 20 and lived in Jefferson County nearly forty years chiefly in Fairfield He was a skilled blacksmith survived by one daughter Mrs O S Hart and a Chicago sister Funeral services Friday at 10 am at Butler funeral parlor conducted by Rev Purcell Swedish Lutheran Ottumwa

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O. S. Hart Chicago Butler Funeral Parlor Anderson Purcell Swedish Lutheran Church of Ottumwa
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