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Fleet of changes spares Lafayette militia and local men
The issue lists enlistment orders for thirty five men to report to Camp Funston on February 26, naming Hugo Dohrman and many others by surname and town. It also notes a farm agent funding vote, a collector candidacy, and multiple local notices including a building loan sale, property sale, and social events. The item blends war mobilization with community notices and local appointments in Lafayette County during February 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Funston
Hugo Dohrman
Higginsville
Watson Johns
Harry
P. C. Oetting
Concordia
Fred H. Guyot
Austin
Park
Henry E. Martens
Paul Micheletti
Lexington
Wm. J. Briunkhorst
Alma
Charlie Parker
Waverly
Claud Branson
Bryan
Albert B. Moore
Giles J. Massey
Wellington
Jesse L. Hamilton
Locke
Lee F. White
Oak Grove
Harrys. Fortner
Gustav J. Limback
Hig
Hugo H. Sodeman
William A. Temming
Con
Ernest Peters
Arthur C. P. Fuchs
Arthur W. Stahl
Andrew J. Lock
Napoleon
Alford E. Schroeder
Thomas E. Carter
Lawrence Hooper
Bates C
Fred H. Lang
Jesse Tieman
James W. Mudd
Paul B. Naylor
Agriculture
Missouri Extension
Court House
Lafayette County