Soldiers praised in open letter from Lt Rodrick to 168th MG Company
Wyoming December 4 special correspondence notes First Lieutenant David A Rodrick MG Co 168th Infantry praises the Des Moines regiment as the best soldiers in a single company. The letter dated Camp Nov 21 1917 to mothers and relatives expresses pride in conduct character and soldiering and says the unit awaits sailing to France.
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Wyoming
Jones County
168Th
Des Moines
David A. Rodrick
France
One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Infantry
United States Army
Thanksgiving Visits and Local Travels Highlight Sand Spring Note
Sand Spring residents recount holiday visits and weekend trips across nearby towns. Families from Manchester, Greeley, Crofton Nebraska, Wellsburg and Hopkinton are noted with Thanksgiving gatherings and winter plans. Mrs. H S Pierce and daughter are mentioned among continuing regional visits.
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Sand
J. G. Duncan
Harold
W. H. Robbins
Manchester
B. H. Martin
Helen
Greeley
Alex Blair
Henry Iggers
Crofton
Nebraska
Clara Gestel
Wellsburg
I. J. Gestel
Lester Appleby
Robbie
Sulzner
Monticello
Ed Arnolds
George Kenny
R. J. Guthrie
F. M. Wheeless
Dale
CG. I. Wilson
H. S. Pierce
F. J. Gestel
Clara
Fred Lawrence, Jr
Rapids City
South Dakota
Fred Egger
Vernon Slauson
Pearl
Hopkinton
Thanksgiving at Onslow families scene and charity sale
Onslow residents gathered for Thanksgiving with extended family from Wyoming Clinton and Rapid City. A Red Cross supper and sale netted 360 dollars and donations from the community were praised. Upcoming Guild sale and supper planned for December 18 at the hotel.
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Onslow
George Sears
Will Sears
Wyoming
George Smith
Clinton
Emory Cole
Louise Sears
Jed Lawrence
Rapid City
South Dakota
Beth Knittle
Grace
Knittle
Mary Neelan
Bert Isentrager
Belden Dennison
Camp Dodge
Howard Neelan
Minneapolis
J. G. Warren
M. M. Franks
Alex Ralston
Cantor
Eva Boynton
Los Angeles
Cal
Gratia Brown
Jessie
John McDonald
Meade
Center Junction
Red Cross Rooms
McAllister
Hopkinton
Dennison
Irwin
Chicago
Vera Paul
Monmouth
Illinois
Cecil Smith
Maggie Hall
Cedar Rapids
Helen Lamey
Lara Johnston
Davenport
John Miller
Anamosa
Sarah Woodyard
Ed Franks
Will Holst
Minnesota
Red Cross Auction Sale to Benefit Center Junction Work
Center Junction announces a December 15 auction at 7 30 PM in the hall to raise funds for Red Cross supplies. Donors may provide any saleable item from farm produce to livestock and canned goods. A bazaar and supper by the Presbyterian church occurs December 8 at the I O O F hall with sales starting 1 PM and supper at 5 PM.
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I. O. O. F. Hall
Castle Grove Social Notes and Local News Highlights
Castle Grove notes report Mrs. Harry Fairbanks ill with appendicitis and operated on at Mercy hospital Anamosa. Tobe Caspers on three day furlough and to be transferred to Camp Pike. Mrs. Henry Chaloupka visiting sister Mrs. Otto Hubbard. Reverend Irvine attended a relative's funeral in Independence. Florence Calkins to teach No 9 district this winter. Mary Hosch to teach winter term in No 3. Thanksgiving services held at the chapel. Mrs. Otto Hubbard ill with pleurisy and whooping cough. F C Cramer installed a new steel tower wind mill.
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Castle Grove
Harry Fairbanks
Mercy Hospital
Anamosa
Tobe Caspers
Camp Pike
Henry Chaloupka
Monticello
Otto Hubbard
H. C. Irvine
Independence
Florence Calkins
Mary Hosch
Cascade
F. C. Cramer
Prairieburg Thanksgiving Visits and Local Moves
Prairieburg notes list Mrs. Anna Caryl and children visiting at the Walmatt home and plans for the Glen Forestall place. Marion visitors Mrs. Mable Pinch and clan with Knapp grandparents. Joseph G. Kula to Anamosa for appendicitis surgery. Several households moved, and Cedar Rapids trips cited for Belfee and Schoonover.
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Prairieburg
Anna Caryl
Walmatt
Caryl
Glen Forestall Place
Mable Pinch
Marion
Grandpa
Grandma Knapp
Joseph G. Kula
Anamosa
Gladys Crawford
Central City
Joe Smith
Nyra Gaskell
Waterloo
John Fehr
J. J. Dolan
Jellison
Postlewaite
Janie Belfee
Cedar Rapids
L. A. Schoonover
Marriage and enlistments mark Monticello news brief
Miss Mary Sophia Glynn wed Miles Leonard at St Martin s church in a Nuptial Mass led by Rev Lt Roche. Miss Mary Dolphin married Theodore Lux in the same church with Rev Roche officiating. Robert Williams Jr. of Garryowen died at Oakdale sanitarium after tuberculosis. A valuable horse on John McQuillen’s farm was shot and died. the act is suspected deliberate. Thirteen Monticello boys enlisted in the US Army aviation corps and reported to Jefferson Barracks for further training. one recruit, Max Voight, to artillery, to report December 29. Brooklyn Eagle notes Germany s repeated military reforms over four centuries.
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David A. Rodrick
M. G. Co
J. S. Brownell
Brownell
Chautauqua
New York
Iowa
Madison Township
Wyoming
John Shong
Antioch Church
Fred Koch
Simpson’s
Gustav Jacobsen
Dodge Center
Minn
Otto Koranda
Ohio
Koranda
Band Boys
Opera House
Soldier Boys
BE. C. Wilson
W. G. Miller
Kenyon
Minnesota
Sara Lamont Millard Wilcox
Davenport
I. N. Wilcox
Harry Eye
Pauline Shaffer
Chicago
J. W. Waite
Hame
R. W. Waite
Morley
Nora Storm
Myra
Cedar Falls
Cascade Pioneer
Mary Sophia Glynn
Miles Leonard
St. Martin’s Church
Lt. Roche
Mary Dolphin
Theodore Lux
St. Martin's Church
L. Roche
Robert Williams
John Williams
Garryowen
Oakdale
Iowa City
Sioux City
John McQuillen
Monticello
Uncle Sam
Signal Corps
Aviation Department
United States Army
Jefferson Barracks
Vincent Redmond
Frank Kennedy
Frank Liddy
Bert Clark
Milton Stott
Claude Wyrick
George Barnts
Joseph Locher
Peter Carrigan
Ludwig Rickels
Wilbur Adamson
Harry Maire
Max Voight
van Meter
Voight
Tell Her 80
Advises husbands to express love to their wives and affirm devotion amid daily toil and life’s troubles. Encourages open affection, praising her beauty and worth, promising reciprocated tenderness and lasting bond from Detroit Free Press.
German Sea Victory Cited By Berlin On British Cruisers
The New York World cites Berlin saying British cruisers off Helgoland were easily repulsed. The Minneapolis Journal notes a satirical remark about pigs studying census data on rabbits, reflecting literary humor in the era.
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New York
Woodchuck
Berlin
Helgoland
Minneapolis Journal
Release Schedule: Vitagraph and Keystone Comedies.
On Wednesday December 12 the theater presents The Fighting Trail, a Vitagraph feature with Her Nature Dance, a two part Keystone comedy. On Saturday December 15 Wilfred Lucas stars in Souls Triumphant, a five part Triangle release, plus Camera Cure, a Triangle comedy. Matinee at 3:00.
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Vitagraph
Keystone
Wilfred Lucas
Camera Cure
Triangle
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Henry Eggers
Dale Wheeless
Frank Nichols
Melvin and
Everett
Ruth Wilson
Frances Coyle
Jeannette Blair
Margaret Meyer
Margaret Creer
Alphonse Schmidt
Henry Gerdes
J. L. Paulsen
Ann Guthrie
James Gearhart
J . Gearhart
Marshall Neil
Brooklyn Eagle
Germany
Detroit Free Press
Crane Theatre
Bessie Barriscole
C. N. Patrick
Maxwell Motor Cars
F.O.B
Detroit
Henry H. Schoon
Round Oak
Rickless & Ticneill
U. S. Army
6Geo
Stahler’s Sons Co
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