Majgor John Dirocur Elects Mrs Laura Angle Peristment
The Major John Circle elected officers for the coming year at a meeting held at Mrs J G Kemptner's home. Officers include President Mrs Laura Angle Senior Vice Mrs Elizabeth Bloom Junior Vice Mrs Mary Cullen Chaplain Mrs J G Kemptner and others. They voted to donate $2.50 to the Welfare Association for a Christmas basket and will mother soldier boys as directed by the department president. The next meeting is set for the first Thursday in January at Mrs Kemptner's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dirocur
Ldaura Angle
John Circle
J. G. Kemptner
Laura Angie
Elizabeth Bloom
Dunior
Mary Cullen
Patriottc
Caroline Files
Myrtle Suellen
Mary Welch
Welfare Association
Kemptner
Ladies Aid of German Methodist Church Gifts President
The Ladies Aid society of the German Methodist church surprised president Mrs Diercks with a set of six silver knives forks and a meat fork as a Christmas keepsake at a church parlors meeting yesterday. Members served a light lunch and 92 gross buttons were carded. The group will reconvene on the first Thursday in January for the monthly business meeting.
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Santa Claus
M Club
Four .M Club
J. J. Stuart
Hast Sixth Street
Kensington
Santa
Charlies Watler
Spruce Street
Chadistatas
Ladies’ Aid
German Methodist Church
Trinity Guild of the
Trinity Episcopal Church
Guild Hall
Ladies Aid Society Holds All Day Work Meeting
The Ladies' Aid society of North Prairie church met yesterday at the church for an all day work meeting. At noon a pot luck dinner was served. Twenty members were present and devoted their time to quilting. Mrs Downer Mrs Cromer and Miss Freda Fisher acted as hostesses.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of the North Prairie Church
Christmas Shopping Dangers Warned In Season
A period warning urges care during Christmas shopping to avoid colds grip and pneumonia from store crowds and street life. Doctors link seasonal sickness to these hazards and recommend avoiding risky patent medicines while promoting father John’s Medicine as a safer option.
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Father John
Women’s Aid and church groups hold Red Cross work sessions
Sixty members of the Ladies' Aid at First Presbyterian met to sew bandages for the Red Cross with a luncheon by hostesses. Other groups including the Wy. ft. C. Industrial, Frau en-Verein, Trinity Guild, and First Congregational Aid conducted carding, quilting, and Red Cross activities. Upcoming meetings and socials were announced, with Kensington planned and hosts named.
Invitations Issued For Chicago Christmas Week Visits
A special committee delivered 12 000 letters inviting soldiers at Camp Grant Rockford to visit Chicago during Christmas. Each envelope contains a letter signed by Mayor Thompson plus tickets to Christmas festivals at the Coliseum on Sunday and Christmas Eve, plus admission to moving picture shows and unsold seats in major theatres.
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Chicago
Camp Grant
Rockford
Thompson
Coliseum
Food Conservation Urges Americans to Save for Allies
Washington says the United States Food Administration urges every American to cut consumption and avoid waste to aid allies and neutrals in World War I. The message notes shipping shortages, reduced sugar, and the need for simple living so that wheat, meat, fats, and other foods can be diverted to soldiers and starving populations abroad.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Feod Administration
Food Conservation Movement
Europe
Food Administration
America
Russia
Belgium
Not Affected by War Investment Offer for Iowa Illinois Loans
Not Affected by War daily emphasis on conservatively made farm mortgage loans in Iowa and Illinois. Titus Loan & Investment Co at 213 Iowa Ave highlights forty years of loan experience with no losses and customers in nineteen states. They promise good returns on $100 or more with minimal effort from savers.
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Iowa
Illinois
Titus Loan & Investment Co
Iowa Ave
City Moves Toward Levee Plan After Long Meeting
Muscatine and Louisa county officials debated financing and building a city levee to the southern boundary. No final plan emerged as the joint board refused new taxes and urged coordination with the levee commission. A conference followed adjournment to seek a path forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Joint Board of
Buser
Wiling
Muscatine Island
Meyers
I. Geissler
H. W.franklin
J. A
Meyer
Commission
Joint Board
McNutt
Buse
Messrs Geissler
Bartemeijer
Buser Graff
I’. Wy. Johnsto
Joint Boat
City Levee Commission
Metiod Question On Voluntary Sacrifice Urges Nation
A United States Food Administration statement by Buert Foover calls for voluntary individual self sacrifice to help save the world. The remark frames the national duty in the context of wartime food mobilization and citizen responsibility.
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Buerbert Foover
United States
2000 Men Needed to Build Airplane in Navy Yard
Washington Dec. 21 The Philadelphia Navy Yard aircraft factory now completed and in operation requires 2000 skilled workers of all kinds to reach full capacity. Openings for machinists sheet metal workers wire workers wood workers and many women. Storm buggies storm fronts and cutter gears noted.
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Associated Press
Washington
Philadelphia Navy Yard
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Tigh Prinstess
Rose Croix Shrine
Masonic Hall
Vera Fisher
Jemma CG
Rehbelin
Lilly Stohr
Tian
F. J. Schwertfeger
Wagner and
Rehbehn
Kauft
Nettiergberger
Alice Fox
Mildred Pryermiutth
SINTY
ALD
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Presbyterian Church
Moille McIntyre
J. Linteurete
KR. Loetspeich
S. Tella. McCullough
M. ‘McGreer
Mary McCrew
Wy. Ft. C
Maccabee Hall
Frauen-Verein
Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church
Ernst Liebbe
Red Cross
First Congregational Aid Society
Henry Kath
West Third Street
Herbert Hoover
Victor
Lohr
Bristol -Victrolas
Atrogs Street
MceColm's
HOINT
Skinners Macaroni
Pobt
J. E. Mundt
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Swan the Old Reliable
New York
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