In Flanders Fields and Local War Notes
A readerly blend of war poetry and homefront news from Eldora and Hardin county. It cites the poem In Flanders Fields by Captain McCrae, reports on Saylor Shanafelt of Sigourney’s death in France, and notes county war efforts, draft quotas, harvest labor plans, road damage from storms, and local endorsements of patriotism amid the Great War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain McCrae
Canada
Saylor Shanafelt
Sigourney
France
Old German
Keokuk County
Saylor
Ben Walker
John Kersey
County Board of Supervisors
Hardin County
Recorder Doud
Hardin’ County
Aniguat
Hardin
Military roster list of World War II personnel and units
A dense roster of names across branches including Navy Army Marine Corps Coast Artillery Engineers and support divisions. The fragment lists officers enlisted personnel and department designations with numerous surnames such as Dunn, Shafer, Houghton, Tyler, Speers, Petty, Petty and many others, reflecting a wide unit compilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrick
Homer’l. Cowell
Howard Wilden
Wivester Tyler
Gu. Wakeling
Rkev
Sylvan RP White
Glen
Whorrall
Howard Jensen
E. Pi
el Shafer
Chas
Eugene Shafer
Geo. E. Houghton
Leo J, Zielske
Ruben Steinberg
Otto Henry Barr
Henry. Rose
Geo. E. Cobb
Frank W. Struck
Gerdeon van Clark
Navy
Ed J. Schuits
Frank Fox
Edwin P, Hayward
Leo Sprain
Burr Ayres
Harold Strother BE. L, Kaol
Will Tbhach
Albert Webster G, Forster Brown
Merines
Leo U
Tyler Machine Gun
William Garles
Aurelius F
Deke
John Minton
Charles H. Peters
Elmer, E. Fahler
Geo. H. Vaughn
A. Masson
William 1
Hayden Paul R
Teake
Victor E. Miller
John R
Stutzman Staff Corps
John King
Ray Swaim
Earl L. Allen Vern Cable E. BR
Protheros Track Division
Elmer F. ‘Lamer - al
Local Ticket Listings and Editorial Picks From Hardin County
Governor W W Harding leads ticket with Burton Sweet King Boylan Edwards Norris Williams Longenegker Carpenter Wolfe and others. Editorial comment calls attention to politics, economy, and public life with local observations on taxation, war manpower, and civic duty across Hardin County papers.
Union Star announces new editor Doty to lead paper
In Union Star notes wartime sentiment and changes as E T Daily of Pilot Mound joins as editor. He will arrive Thursday and assume control Saturday, with Johnson leaving his role previously. The writer urges readers to stay cautious amid cons and schemes and to keep close to reliable news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Daiy
Pilot’ Mound
Union
Johnson
Tor
Indy
Miss Humeston
Frank
United States Forces
Doty
Union and
Union Star
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hardin County Ledger
Eldora and
Elders, Laws
Sherman W. Needham
Flanders
Ding
Russia
Germany
A. R. Rice
Congregational Church
Beloit
Iowa Forum
Des Moines
Marshall News-Messenger
Sears & Roebuck
Marshall Post
Boston
Red Cross Nursing Service
England
Piave
Lowa
Sammy Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States
Eldora
Teddy
Teddy Jr
Ale
Washington, D. C
W.W. “le
Harding
Burton
E. Sweet
Will L. King
Calvin Boylan
0. M. Barnes
George R. Edwards
Dan Strickler
Recorder Chas. A. Norris
W. R. Williams
H. Longenegker
N. S. Carpenter
E. W. Wolfe
Grace Lusk
Willie
U. S
Ackley World- Journal
Ackley World-Journal
Congress
Grant
Europe
Easyway
Mer
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