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Call to Arms as Muscatine Youth Enlist in War Effort
A Muscatine County history notes 76 men volunteered for service and 3,063 registered nationwide under the selective service act. The piece covers the 1917 draft process, local exemption board leadership, introspective depictions of departures, and the community’s patriotic mobilization as families asked when soldiers would return. It recalls the July 19 drawing, August examinations, and the two enlistment waves, with civic banquets and moving farewells underscoring the era’s wartime atmosphere.
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Muscatine County
Mustatine
Lasttanla
Congress
Germany
Flearts
Arlas
Eurrest
Muscatine
Washington
United States
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Emmst Cronin
Chaunces Smith
Clareanced Hahn
Jed Hartman
Metheny
Climoax
Whch
Iwell
Ben
Iowa Avenue
Sycamore