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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
2
The article notes 500,000 men will be in training camps with needed uniforms and guns. It suggests drafting 1,000,000 to yield 500,000, since about 40 percent are rejected for physical defects. It indicates this summer's work will deeply interest every community nationwide.
Montana Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin argues against drafting unmarried young men to spare future fathers and protect mothers, urging selection of married men of military age. The plan, supported after talks with Representative Randall and committee members, faces questions about wartime needs and child welfare.
The article notes an imminent draft program under discussion by the administration. It predicts a nationwide registration day and sheriff led name taking for all males within specified ages, with exemptions for essential work like farming and munition production. It cautions potential friction over exemption rules as plans mature.
A group of Port Dodge firms and citizens wire Congressman Woods urging full support for the President and the military plan. The telegram cites unity, no half measures, and asks Woods to insist on action, naming numerous local companies and individuals who signed. Signed by Vincent Clay Products Company and many Fort Dodge entities.
The United States Golf Association asks clubs to volunteer forty hours and $2 to plant and tend gardens on unused greens. Eastern clubs lead the drive raising vegetables valued over $4,000, with profits supporting club tables and public markets. Des Moines and Iowa clubs urged to follow. Governor Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota promotes a Non-Partisan League plan to expand food production, claiming state constitution changes would enable full agricultural output for Allies.
The piece discusses Alfred I. du Pont's all steel shallow draft submarine destroyer under construction in Bristol Rhode Island and its government handover. It also rails at Iowa alcohol policy and tariff protections, cites Judge Peyton L Wade, and highlights local editors Ed Dewel Finnell and Tom Larson planting crops and visiting Algona.
A Britt Tribune note argues for census lists to include all able bodied men with no visible means of support. The piece imagines red ink marking vagrants and claims towns could replace nonproductive individuals, leading to the disappearance of tramps.
Corwith reports Algona’s lone recruit passed through town early in the week. The writer questions lack of civilian guards and warns of potential kidnap risks. He contrasts Algona’s patriotism with Lone Rock and notes local youths old enough for pool but not enlistment urge.
On account of the rise in food products rent labor paper twine and all incidental grocery costs the undersigned announce they will discontinue cash or premium coupons after May 15 1917 All coupons currently out will be redeemed at full value until July 1917 Signatories include Lars Sorensen James Patterson Long Bros and Henderson Kohlhaas Moe and Sjogren Thos Akre.
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