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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
7
Liberty bond funds receive broad support as Iowa groups plan state wide drives and county committees. A Marshalltown executor applies to invest German inheritance in bonds. Manchester club builds a potato crop for town use. Real estate values rise near Glidden. Des Moines officers train cadets for cavalry. Flooding affects Four Mile Creek and Des Moines river valleys.
Des Moines report outlines that the Iowa National Guard is likely to be among the first 100000 troops sent to France. Plans toward forming three to five guard divisions for overseas service are described, with Iowa chosen to supplement Illinois brigades for a division.
Harrison county faced a heavy rain and electrical storm with streams bank full and some fields submerged. Rural mail carriers were hindered as floodwaters blocked routes while Grinnell marines training at Port Royal report enjoying camp life. Coggon wins Linn county spelling title with top finishes. Des Moines naval station sets record with about one hundred enlistments on Registration day. Adolph Kotas sells 80 acre Glidden farm for 230 dollars per acre, bought for 8 dollars. Cedar Rapids Socialist group disbands until war ends. Cal Free near Vinton arrested for treasonable remarks but released on five thousand dollar bond after admitting the statements and claiming drunkenness.
Iowa plans to call about 18000 troops within a month to join the national army, national guard, and regular army as part of a broader draft effort. About 1349 guardsmen and 1398 regular army enlistments complete Iowa's war quotas, with continued recruiting and possible drafting if needed.
In Hamburg a 15 year old, Stanley Shuey, drowned when a rowboat with Carl Smith capsized in the Nishna river near the E street bridge. They grabbed a power pole but a 6600 volt shock hurled them away. The flood, worst since 1881, drives residents from South Hamburg as the Missouri and Nishna rivers swell, washing out tracks and displacing thousands.
John Wagoner sold three carloads of livestock for $9,000 in Marshalltown. He plans to use part of the money to buy liberty bonds.
Representatives of the U S regular army recruiting station attended a gathering of the United Italian societies at Cisalvo hall Des Moines to enlist men for service. Patriotism and readiness in the Italian district are at a peak with Lysaght praising their example and willingness to serve under Old Glory.
Governor Harding proclaims June 18 to 25 as Red Cross Week and urges all citizens to support a national drive to raise 1000 million for American boys at the front. Campaign managers Klingaman and Kepford oversee solicitations across counties, urging liberal, patriotic contributions statewide.
C A Barr of Des Moines National Bank J H Blair of Iowa National Bank and Charles T Cole Jr of Valley National Bank named to a committee to examine securities offered by Iowa banks as collateral for government deposits from Liberty bonds. Barr chairs. Committee will start upon blanks receipt and members serve without pay.
Centerville obituary for John W. Goldsberry, claiming to be the war’s youngest recruit, who enlisted at age 13 in the Fifth Kansas Cavalry and died at home after a brief illness. Born September 15, 1847, his enlistment occurred at age thirteen years ten months and six days.
Lillian Hilliary, 35, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Hilliary of Denmark township, was drowned in the Skunk river backwater near her home. She often played near the spot where the body was found.
Iowa City report states William L. Arthur hanged himself in his barn near Columbus Junction to avoid his son being sent to war. He is survived by his widow and ten children.
Clarinda residents show patriotism with a $1500 Liberty bond purchase by the Greater Clarinda club directors and a $50 gift to the Red Cross. Over 800 Red Cross subscriptions are counted, 100 boys and girls join the Garden club, and the farm labor bureau reports work for 35 men.
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