Casualties of American Forces Total 236 117 With Armistice
Washington D C Casulaties sustained by the American expeditionary forces to the armistice are tabulated by General March total 235 117 up to Nov 11 This includes killed died of wounds died of disease unclassified deaths wounded prisoners and missing Analysts note the final total may be around 125 000 including deaths from disease higher than publicly stated and many wounded never hospitalised The 44 000 Germans captured by Americans is cited and missing 1 160 as possible captures or later recoveries of bodies
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Washington, D. C
March
France
Pershing
Des Moines Youth Climbs From Camp to I Fight Germans
Des Moines teenager Theo dore Collins 17 missed overseas duty at Camp Sheridan and later pursued two German prisoners from a cornfield to a farmhouse. After a chase he killed one with his pistol and brought the other back to camp in a dramatic incident at Camp Sherman.
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Des Moines
Theodore Collins
Ted
R. M. Collins
East Mahaska Avenue
Camp Sheridan
Emmett
168Th Infantry
Camp Sherman
Army Coppers
Howe
Lockridge Soldier Killed in Action
Announcement from Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Voorhies of Lockridge confirms their son Clifford was killed in action in France on October 11 after arriving there in June from the May draft. The Voorhies family has endured multiple afflictions, including influenza that left one son mindless and another voiceless.
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Edgar Voorhies
Lockridge
Clifford
France
Voorhies
Pershing Campaign For President Opens In Ohio
Columbus opens a bid to elect General John J. Pershing president in 1920. The Pershing Republican League is incorporated with Charles Dick of Akron and 14 Summit county Republicans as organizers. The group plans formal organization tonight in Akron and Dick is expected to become president.
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Columbus
John J. Pershing
France
Ohio
Pershing Republican League
United States
Charles Dick
Akron
Summit County
League
Community Club to Meet Monday Night With Henry E Jackson
The December meeting of the Community club will feature Henry E Jackson chief of the Community Welfare Bureau at the federal level as speaker. A supper at 6 30 precedes the program and admission to supper and talk is open to the public with ladies invited. Tickets are 75 cents. Jackson is on a two week Iowa tour and arrives from Burlington after a noonday event.
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Henry E. Jackson
Jackson
Armory
Iowa
Burlington
Jefferson County Community Club
Destruction of Roll and Flags at Waterloo Church
At First Methodist Episcopal church in Waterloo Iowa vandals tore from the wall a ten foot long army service honor roll of seventy four names and two silk flags, trampling them. Church officers repaired the roll and remounted it as best as possible.
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Waterloo
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Neighbors Help Harvest Soldier’s Corn Near Corydon
Ray Davis serves in France while sixty neighbors pick his thirty acres of corn in seven hours. Men harvest the field. women provide a hearty dinner, showing community support and wartime patriotism.
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Corydon
Ray Davis
France
Adventure Seeker Dispatched From Ohio Front Wound Bleeding
A wounded adventurer writes to his mother from the hospital saying he feels fine and wants to continue his exploits. He fainted due to a profuse arm wound but remains determined to press on despite the dangers.
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Ted
Ohio
A Thanksgiving Thought for Jefferson County
A colonial era reflection on blessings and gratitude in Jefferson County. The piece notes enduring peace amid world famine and war, urging reverence and remembrance of those who sacrificed for others while celebrating prosperity and plenty.
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Jefferson County
Despoiler
County Red Cross Holds Election of Local Officers
Jefferson county Red Cross chapter elected officers and directors for the coming year at a poorly attended meeting. Chairman E F Simmons and other officers were chosen and township directors named in a push to maintain wartime interest in peacetime relief work.
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County Red Cross
Jefferson County
The
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Jefferson County Livestock Association Elects Officers
A meeting at the armory last Saturday adopted a resolution to unite with the Jefferson County Fair Association. Elected for the next year were President Chas Hisel, Vice President Martin Gearhart, Secretary George H Koch, and Treasurer Roy Louden.
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Jefferson County Livestock Association
Armory
Livestock Association
Jefferson County Fair Association
Chas. Hisel
Martin Gearhart
George H. Koch
Traesurer
Roy Louden
Jefferson County Historical Society Meeting Notice
The Jefferson County Historical Society will meet at the public library on Wednesday December 4.
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Jefferson County Historical Society
Turkeys Roost Egh Rabbits Take Wings
A rumor spreads that a local market sold a turkey for cash but police find no evidence of a purchaser or a wealthy newcomer. Markets report few turkeys this year with prices around 25 cents a pound live and 45 cents dressed, while rabbits rise to 32 cents and up as war prices influence fowl and meat markets.
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Fairfield
Epicure
Cottontail
Bunny
Cashier Boies to resign from First National Bank
Frank S. Boies resigns as cashier of the First National Bank after seven years. He accepted a position with the O’Hara Farm Mortgage company at its Carthage Illinois headquarters, to oversee new business in parts of Iowa Missouri and Illinois. The board has accepted the resignation but has not named a successor.
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Frank S. Boies
First National Bank
Boies
First National
O’hara Farm Mortgage Company
Keokuk
O’hara
Carthage
Ill
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Parsons College
Union Thanksgiving Service at Christaan Church
Union Thanksgiving services will be held Thursday at Christaan church with Rev. Anspach of English Lutheran delivering the sermon. A program features doxology invocation hymn scripture reading prayer annual report solo sermon and benediction by listed church leaders.
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Union
Christaan Church
Anspach
English Lutheran Church
L. E. Kuhns
R. T. Butler
G. L. Tennant
H. A. Moser
Ferol van Dorin
H. A. Anspach
F. C. Behner
Soldiers Move Through Camp Dodge After Action
Nearly 150,000 soldiers have passed through Camp Dodge in Iowa since its establishment. A large majority were transferred to other camps and cantonments for permanent assignment before the 98th division departed for France.
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Camp Dodge
98Th
France
Promanent
Judge Hunter Faces Election Contest Over District Race
Keosauqua Democratic writer W. M. Walker says Judge Francis M. Hunter of Ottumwa leads W. M. Walker in the district race after the official count and soldier ballots. Walker will contest alleging irregularities in Appanoose and Wapello precincts. Hunter’s soldier majority boosts his district lead to 42.
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Keosauqua
W. M .Walker
F. M. Hunter
W .M. Walker
Vermilion
Anderson
Cornell
Hunter
Walker
Appanoose
Wapello
Emry Resigns From Jefferson County Community Club
Roy L. Emry tendered his resignation as secretary of the Jefferson County Community club and Retail Merchants' association with relief requested by January 1. The move follows his offer to become secretary of the Creston Commercial club, a loss to Fairfield groups.
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Roy L. Emry
Jefferson County Community Club
Emry
Community Club
Retail Merchants’ Association
Commercial Club
Creston
Business Men’s Association
Creston Club
Fairfield
Shipping Board chief touts rapid demobilization plan
Washington leader E N Hurley says the U S Shipping Board can move troops home faster than the War Department and will expand shipbuilding to deliver 164 cargo vessels and 67 transports now available for troop moves. He notes transports carry up to 10 000 soldiers and says feeding Europe after the war is the wider goal.
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Washington
D. C
E. N. Hurley
U. S. Shipping Board
Shipping Board
War Department
Hurley
Europe
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Bulgaria
Extradite Ex-Hauser Hope of Allies Extradite Ex-Haiser
London reports say British law officers and French authorities are weighing extradition of the former German emperor after his flight to Holland. German socialist papers demand trials for William II and allied leaders, accusing Berlin and Vienna of inciting war and treason.
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London
Holland
Berlin
von Bethmann Hollweg
Karl Liebknecht
Germany
William I
Spartacus
Ebert
David
Molkenbuhr
Austria
Serbia
Vorwaerts
Vienna
William II
Die Freiheit
William
von Bethmann-Hollweg
von Jagow
Zimmermann
Taeglische Rundschau
Count Reventlow
Tages Zeitung
Bethmann- Hollweg
Will Wilhelm face trial or exile after war
Paris debates the fate of the former Kaiser Wilhelm II. Public opinion splits between an international high court and removing him from influence, with judges and officials weighing asylum risks and how to prevent future wars. The piece notes Allied aims to rebuild Germany and aid the beaten foe.
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Paris
Wilhelm
Germany
van Hamel
Amsterdam
Kaiser
International Court of Justice
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