United War Work drive seeks 170.5 million from Americans
Mortimer L. Schiffe notes seven allied agencies Y M C A Y W C A Catholic War Council Jewish Welfare Board War Camp Community Service American Library Association and Salvation Army unite to support soldiers. He argues ten cents daily per man will fund homey comforts and morale from camps to front lines, stressing interfaith cooperation strengthens democracy.
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United War
Mortimer L. Schiffe
United States
America
Catholic War Council
Jewish Welfare Board
New York
France
Knights of Columbus
Uncle Sam
Two Jefferson County Youths Die Overseas
Fairfield readers learn two Jefferson county youths, Alexander Drish and Hubert Arndt, died serving in World War I. Drish was killed in action September 26 after two front-line deployments. Arndt died October 13 aboard a ship near French soil while pneumonia claimed him. Both hailed from near Pleasant Plain and trained at Camp Dodge and Camp Forrest, contributing to the 88th division and Jefferson county’s war effort.
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Jefferson County
War Department
Pleasant Plain
John Drish
Alexander
William Arndt
Hubert
Alexander Drish
Fairfield
Camp Dodge
88Th
Stars and Stripes
Hubert Arndt
Camp Forrest
Lyttle
Georgia
Engineering Corps
Anthony Arndt
Navy
Army Officer Injured When Baggage Wagon Collides
Lieut. E. E. Rorick was riding in a baggage wagon struck by an automobile at Broadway and South Second. Returning from Ft. Sill after a field artillery course, he was treated at Jefferson County hospital then home for recovery. Wagon driver Vern Colton suffered minor bruises.
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E. E. Rorick
Broadway
South Second Streets
Rorick
Ft. Still
Okla
School of Fire
Field Artillery
Travis
Texas
Fifty-fourth Field Artillery
Jefferson County
Vern Colton
Hancock farms grow sugar beets in Britt region
Hancock county farms in Britt Iowa devoted large tracts to sugar beets with 80 to 100 acres per farm. Harvesting winds down as six to ten railroad cars of beets are shipped daily to the Mason City mill, which operates continuously.
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Britt
Hancock Farms
Mason City
Fairfield Admirer Praises Benny Adkins as Modern Lincoln
Intimate portrait of Benjamin Harrison Adkins, a young Fairfield hero killed in France, comparing his self-made rise from humble beginnings to Abraham Lincoln. The piece outlines his family hardships, schooling, religious life, enlistment in Company M, service with Rainbow division, and his death at 22 after being wounded on September 10.
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Fairfield
Benny Adkins
Lincoln
France
The
Tribune
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Harrison Adkins
Jefferson County
Henry
Nellie Harrison Adkins
Benjamin Harrison
Bennie
Great
Atlantic
Ben
Louden Machinery Company
Ottumwa
New York
Dimmitt
Dad
Bennie Adkins
Democrats Lose All Contested County Offices in Jefferson County
Jefferson County polled three fourths of its normal vote and elected the entire Republican ticket except two unopposed Democrats. The sheriff race produced surprise results and Claude Porter ran ahead of his ticket for governor. Majorities favored Republican candidates for secretary of state and attorney general, with notable margins for W. L. Long for representative and Geo. M. Ball for clerk. The soldier vote remains undecided and could adjust minor totals but not the overall outcome.
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Jefferson County
Sheriff
Shan Campbell
Claude Porter
Porter
Allen
Harding
Havener
Myers
F. M. Hunter
Vermilion
Cornell
Walker
Anderson
Hunter
W. L. Long
Mr. Long
Mowery
Long
Geo. M. Ball
Clerk
Ball
Harris
Neibert
Campbell
Dick Leggett
Nady
Per
Petual
Eli Blough
Edmunds
Blough
Hi Stark
Stark
Turner
Bell
Spence
Conner
Fairfield Camp Fire Girls Urge Saving Nut Shells
Fairfield Camp Fire Girls lead a wartime drive to collect nut shells and pits for carbon in gas masks. The Gas Defense Division calls for fruit pits and shell materials, lists acceptable items, collection points, drying instructions, and volunteer coordinators in Fairfield.
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Fairfield
Chemical Welfare Service
Italy
Gas Defense Division
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Chicago
Martha Garber
Virginia McKenzie
Portia Harper
Evaline Whitmore
Clydena Stanford
Final Liberty Loan totals in county exceed goal
The county completed the fourth Liberty loan with 1 027 450 dollars in subscriptions and an oversubscription of 85 350 dollars. Chairman Fryer notes the county clears delinquents and reports a gratifying record.
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County
Fryer
Local boys meet in France in wartime letter home
A. E. Bud Turner writes from France to Mr. and Mrs. Turner, describing relief at safe crossing, meeting Jefferson county friends Slick Neibert and Ralph Hoskinson, and anticipation of victory. He notes French farms and wine, contrasts life abroad with Iowa, and hopes many locals will return home after the war.
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A. E
Bud
Turner
France
Fred Turner
Jefferson County
Slick” Neibert
Fred Neibert
Fred Allen
Ralph Hoskinson
Fairfield
Ed Kurka
Acre
Iowa
Uncle Sam
Am. E. F
N. Y
Libertyville mother learns of son's WWI death in France
Mrs. Haney of Libertyville receives a nurse's letter confirming the death of her son Private Merle Haney 2154582 of the 117th Infantry C Company. He died of gunshot wounds to the back and spine at 10 a m on October 10 1918 after being treated at a clearing station. The nurse offers condolences and encloses a small lock of hair.
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Reywards
Carrie E. Luckes
County card urged for citizens to meet obligations
Mr King, a government agent, said Jefferson county likely has the cleanest record in the state for subscriptions. Chairman Fryer notes that holders of first and second loan bonds who want to convert to 4 percent bonds must complete the conversion this week, with banks helping bond holders.
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King
Jefferson County
Fryer
Farmer Calderwood Adopts New Husking Machine Near Traer
A successful farmer near Traer, A J Calderwood, refuses high husking prices. He bought a corn husker machine said to be a success, capable of cleaning corn and sticking down corn by the bushel with the help of a boy.
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Traer
A. J. Calderwood
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