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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1918
Page
2
A fragmentary 1918 era item railed for political campaigns and war bonds. It includes candidate announcements for W W Magruder and a Mississippi district congress seat, plus a dense wave of anti German and pro Allied rhetoric.
A reader muses on war secrets leaking to the public and questions blame. The note suggests Prof Scot Nearing lead a pacifist Polar expedition to collect fuel conservation data and study freight ice congestion in the Great North region.
The American Red Cross moved from advisory work in Italy to active relief within a week of the disaster. Ambassadors requested food and clothes, Paris markets supplied 24 carloads, and 23 ambulances were dispatched from France with plans to reach 200. Funds from the American people bolster the war relief effort, including a hundred million dollar war fund.
Camp Upton April 28 Lack of equipment and his extraordinary size likely prevent George Dell a Negro seven feet eleven inches tall from enlisting as a draft evader. He slept on two cots and measures 60 inches around the chest weighs 351 pounds wears a No 28 shoe. His rejection stems from inability to fill front formation and likely a poor fit in service.
The U S Food Administration calls a conference for Arkansas Mississippi Missouri and Tennessee cotton seed interests at the Chison Hotel in Memphis on Wednesday May 8 at 10 am Dr G H Denny Dr J A Morgan and Mr Hugh Trusmphreya will represent Mr Hoover. A large turnout is urged from growers ginners seed payers crushers firms banks and business men.
Iuka Route 3 reports scarce health and busy community planting. Mr Doctor Smith and Miss Gertrude Bonds wed last Saturday at the groom's father's home with Squire Maxwell officiating. Visitors include Mrs Sellers of Memphis and Mrs Mackey and son from Corinth. An explosion at Mr Bennett's dipping vat caused alarm. Prayer meeting set at Bennetts Chapel by Rev Stokes. Measles reported north of the area. Letters encouraged to the Vidette readers.
A Mississippi resident was wounded as soldiers pursued deserters. The article reports nine slacker and deserter suspects were jailed while eleven individuals remained in hiding under military control and investigation.
Four hours after Camp Pike soldiers arrived to arrest 11 deserters in Hatchie hills, a deadly exchange left Bob Green 80, his neighbor Lee Adams dead, and guard Jim Connor badly wounded. Adams, Green, and Connor were Ripley residents guiding 22 soldiers when a fugitive opened fire from a trunk. The ensuing melee ended with four surrendering later, while mob sentiment rose as the train brought the wounded and dead into town.
A 1918 Comptroller of the Currency report counters fears that Liberty Loan sales reduce bank deposits. National bank deposits rose by about 1.48 billion from March 1917 to March 1918 despite Liberty Bond sales of about six billion. Liberty Bonds held by national banks totaled 423.7 million, under 7 percent of the total bond issues, illustrating deposits remained strong.
A wartime appeal urges unity of labor and capital to support the Liberty Loan. It warns a war needs money and notes fewer than 10,000,000 subscribers have joined the first two loans, urging 30,000,000 to participate with full, prompt subscriptions.
C. H. Mahaffey chief engineer at Life and Casualty Nash ville credits Tanlac with a 40 pound gain and twenty-five years relief from stomach and back pains. He says he can eat normally, sleep well, and stay on the job, praising Tanlac and recommending it to friends. Tanlac is sold in Tennessee by J C Jousdan and a local agency in every town.
A vast Liberty Loan operation in the Eighth Federal Reserve District mirrors wartime armies with about eight divisions of volunteers directing 363 counties from the Railway Exchange Building in St. Louis. The system tracks potential buyers via prospect cards, flags refusals, and classifies nonparticipants as slackers for national headquarters in Washington.
A wartime column critiques Prussian militarism and misreading of other nations. It lauds Uncle Sam for entrenching war support, praising Liberty Loan drives and urging continued funding for the Third Liberty Loan to sustain American resolve and security.
Editor Alson Secor urges farmers to lend to the government for Liberty bonds, arguing 2,000,000 armed men require funds for feed, clothing, transport, and arms. He notes farmers already yield crops despite shortages and that loans support soldiers and prevent Germany's victory, highlighting 4 percent interest on Liberty bonds.
Farmers know their boys crave hearty meals and pies. Mothers fried chicken and dumplings vanish fast when the boys gather at table. Liberty Bonds Way food for them supports service members and families.
Promotes buying United States Government bonds to defend American Liberty against the Huns. Urges readers to quantify liberty in money and to loan as much as they can for the defense effort, suggesting the loan will help others too. Emphasizes Democracy and global liberty.
Sioux City Iowa earned the honor flag as the first large city to complete its Liberty Bond quota and set an unprecedented record pledging 2 624 400 dollars in bonds in one hour. Four thousand fifty one subscribers and a team of six hundred solicitors drove the effort. Based on 1910 census the per capita sales would be 53 35 dollars per person. The city now seeks an extra star for its flag.
Opera star Schumann-Heink buys Liberty Bonds and offers bars and vocal performances to promote the drive. The article notes her public support amid wartime fundraising and hints at her continued public service, urging war effort participation.
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