Farmers urged to buy Liberty Loan bonds in wartime push
A historic wartime appeal argues the 1917 Liberty Loan will pour funds into American farms by keeping money in local banks as the United States raises 2,000,000 soldiers. It stresses farmers as key customers for national munitions and food needs, urging liberal subscription to back the war effort.
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Liberty
Farmers of America
United States
Navy
Amerca
The
Treasury
Do Not Help the Enemy Do Not Help the Enemy War era plea and local obituary mix
Do Not Help the Enemy urges continued consumer spending to sustain circulation of money for war effort. The piece warns against “hysterical economy” and urges living normally. LeMars resident Kryn Verheul, aged 48, died after bronchial illness and exposure, longtime ice dealer and former city official. He was survived by five sisters and one brother, with lodge memberships noted.
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United States
United Stated
Willams
England
France
Italy
Spain
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Japan
Germany
Kryn Verheul
LeMars
Baby Hood
Odd Fellows, Hiks
Eagle Lodges
Akron Register Day Reflects Quiet Patriotism in 1917
In Akron the 21 to 31 age group completed the Draft registration with 98 registrants by 9 pm, amid exemptions and transient entries. Names span many locals, including George Angeloff of Bulgaria, with county totals around 180 when combined with previously enlisted or exempted men. Registrars Burnight Burrill and Shoulberg led a disciplined, unpaid effort, while Plymouth county and surrounding precincts share lists and patriotism.
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Congress
Akron
Fay
T. L. Burnight
We Ws Burrill
George Angeloff
Bulgaria
Preeinat
Mena
Portland Township
D. L
Waterbury
LeMara
Portland
Westfield
Adams
George Vinton Anderson
Henry Rudolph Anderson
Claude W. Angeloff
George Burnight
Andrew Boden
Chas
Patrick Blake
Daniel D. Bliss
John Joseph Bloom
Delko Bilss
Maurice
Ambrose Burnight
Patrick Adward Billings
Frank Bunting
Edward Job Blackbourn
Newtott Bellwood
Dalton Clive Baldwin
Lloyd’ Dewitt Caskey
Sam Cunningham
Joseph Miles Chambers
Willie Edward Cohen
Harry Chamberlain
High Nemiah Dorreen
Leonard M. Dean
William
Harry Earnest
John’ Henry Easton
Bert
Glenn EH. Hammer
Oliver J. Jones
Elkana Johnson
Gustaf Johnson
Albin Gustat Johnson
Fritz Ander Kruger
John Knudson
Irving H. Kuppell
William Kidd
Joseph Napoleon Lorenzen
Hans Christon Lorensen
William Lohmar
Roy Montagne
Francis James Mellen
Roland Emmett Moore
Orlan C. McCurdy
John Lewis Nall
Clarence William Neary
William Hughie "Nall
Edward Neal
John Victor Palmer
Ray Arthur Purvis
Forest Theodore Rief
Herman Chas
Henry Reynolds
John Nelson Ross
Hobart Waldo Strong
Lyle Francis Sherman
Irvin Smith
Bert Veness Sandberg
Anton Guntaft Smith
Rexford Thomas Smith
Melvin Vincie Swift
Luvern
Spencer Sandvold
Martin Thorson
Einar Trautt
Francis Lewis von Hagel
Gerhard Jansen von Hagel
John Vanderbeek
Lester Wittig
Henry William Wilde
Harry Douglas Ward
Edward Harold ‘Ward
Robert Lewis Whitney
Marion Bert Wohlanberg
Jacob Donald ‘Weatherwax
Carlton Guy Wright
Harry Winifred
Quieting Title Action Notifies Defendants in Iowa Suit
In Plymouth County Iowa the District Court requests defendants to appear by noon on the second day of the September 1917 term to defend a petition by Waldo Grandquist seeking to quiet title to half of Lot Nine and all of Lot Ten in Sargent's Addition Portlandville Akron Iowa. The notice cites irregular tax deeds, long possession, and unknown heirs as grounds. Published notices span multiple weeks in 1917 and include court details and publication dates.
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Iown
Plymouth County
Walds
Grandquist
James M. Shearer
Margaret Shearer
Emma Lacky
Frank Jarvis
John Jarvis
John Shearer
Elizabeth Shearer
Macy Bieber
Mary J. Figher
Mary J. Pigher
Sald Plaintifto
Towa
Sargent
Portlandville
Akron
Iowa
Ants
Mary J. Fisher
Louisa
Knowles
Louisa Knowns
le Mans
A. L. Yeaton
Akron Register-Tribune
Jones
Wm. Hutchinson
Bist
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Eastman
Kodak
March & Thorson
Rexall
E. E. Mellen
Farm Property Mutual Insurance Association
German Mutual Insurance Association
Mutual Hailstorm Association of Iowa
Towa Automobile Mutual Insurance Company
Ceder Rapids
First National Bank
Farmers Mutual of
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Wati
Fira
H, Morse
Jere Toomey
Morse & Toomey
Akron and
Beresford
J. J. Ralfs
H. M
Menhuis
Aaron, Iowa
Ethan Allen
the Register-Tribune
Ray A. Smith
President Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Tiberty
Mo~ Adoo
America
Wilson
Arron
F. W. Mets
Anton
Mess
le Mars
Register-Tribune
Optometrist
M. Blank
Sioux City
Will
Kendall Hotel
Sherribets
W. B. Dilley
Strobel
N. I. Brown
J. W. Hendricksr
J Coyle
Dino. Thatcher
Weper
Doo
Brunner
Clara Tidd
Maxwell
Ford
Olson’ & Anderson
Main St
Madison, Wis
Itwo Gasoline Engines
L. J. Cross & Co
Ernest Outram
Paul Wendt
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Auburn
Chevrolet Autos
General Auto
Lyle Strong
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