Registration Day Next Tuesday Proclaimed Nationally
President Wilson issues a proclamation designating Tuesday June 5th 1917 as registration day for all men in the United States who are between 21 and 31 years old. Sheriffs and county auditors oversee the process with W H Eddy and H W Pustick named registrars in Boyden. Registration occurs at standard voting places, including the Boyden town hall.
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Congress
Wilson
United States
W. H. Eddy
H. W. Pusstick
Boyden
Men 21 to 30 Must Register for Conscription
Notice calls all men aged twenty one to thirty to register. Exemptions for health or other reasons may be addressed later. The alert signals upcoming eligibility requirements and official procedures.
How to answer questions on registration cards
Detailed guidance for completing registration forms includes sequence of questions, how to present answers, and definitions for citizenship status, birth details, employment, dependents, marital status, race, and military service. It instructs on spelling, legibility, and the need to prepare answers before meeting the registrar.
Draft Exemption Form Instructions and Options
This text outlines how a service member would report rank branch years served and nation, followed by exemption grounds. It specifies fixed terms for rank and branch, requires country and service status, and lists acceptable exemption grounds including official positions religious sect occupation disability or other reasons with brief justification. It emphasizes alignment of grounds with prior answers.
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Mars
United States
National Guard
Regular Army
Navy
Local Notes On Visits And Returns
Grand ma Schrader departed for a several weeks trip to relatives in Granville North Dakota and other points. Miss Bess Smith came home last Friday from Mitchell South Dakota after attending a business college.
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Grandma Schrader
Granville
N. D
Bess Smith
Mitchell, S. D
Registrars Named for June 5 Army Registration
County Sheriff Wiersma announces a roster of registrars to conduct the June 5 army registration. The list includes J. A. Armstrong L. L. Younie Buncombe Herman Jaymes John Vander Maaten Capel Roger Gray Wm. Brown Center D. K. Bennet C. L. Roland Chatsworth Dave Bonnema R. M. Woolston Farle J. I. Price P. B. Vosburg East Orange Peter Jungers James Hyink Floyd J. H. Rehder Fred Miller Garfield I. A. Erfert T. L. Kimmel Grant A. L. Johnson Roy C. Johnson Hawarden first W. J. West D. O. Stone Hawarden second G. A. Venard A. A. Bader Hawarden-Logan Gerrit De Haan Wm. DeJong Holland J. B. Mayer J. S. Wilson Lincoln John Kersten S. Goslinga Lynn S. A. Lincoln H. J. Fennema Nassau I. J. Lohr L. Snyder Orange City Martin Moeller Lewis Radaker Plato H. L. Vander Hamm F. I. Morris Reading C. A. Walhof Wm. Thomas Rock N. Su. Groth Arthur Amundson Settlers W. H. Eddy Henry Pitstick Sheridan Geo. R. Moir L. H. Henrich Sherman Peter S. Baker Clarence G. Albertson Sioux Frank K. McNally J. H. Siebels Washington Ralph Boeyink J. Kempers Welcome Charles Brocke G. I. Den Herder West Branch
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Sheriff Wiersma
J. A. Armstrong
L. L. Younie
Buncombe
Herman Jaymes
John Vander Maaten
Capel
Roger Gray
Wm. Brown
Center
D. K. Bennet
C. L. Roland
Chatsworth
Dave Bonnema
R. M. Woolston
Farle
J. I. Price
P. B. Vosburg
East Orange
Peter Jung
Wm. Thomas
Rock
N. Su. Groth
Arthur Amundson
Settlers
W. H. Eddy
Henry Pitstick
Sheridan
Geo. R. Moir
L. H. Henrich
Sherman
Peter S. Baker
Clarence G. Albertson
Sioux
Frank K. McNally
J. H. Siebels
Washington
Ralph Boeyink
J. Kempers
Welcome
Charles Brocke
G. I. den Herder
West Branch
Draft Men for Army by Ballot in 1917 Registration
Provost Marshal General Crowder announces universal registration for men aged 21 to 30, except those already in active service. Convicts and alien enemies are asked to register, though registration differs from actual drafting. Draft calls will be made by lot under a fair selection system.
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Crowder
Army
Navy
National Guard
Naval Service
Statement of the Condition of Farmers Savings Bank Boyden Iowa
The report lists assets including discounted bonds and debts totaling 87 947 52 in real and personal property and cash items. Liabilities show capital stock deposits and various deposits totaling 246 161 45. The cashier and a notary certify the statement as true and correct in Sioux County Iowa on May 1, 1917.
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Farmers Savings Bank
Lown
Boyden
Liaus
Elowe
National Bank
Next Das
State of
Iowa
Sioux County
Wall Ho
Eddy
Wahl
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H. W. Pitstick
For Army
Main Street
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois
United
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Naturalization Court
Columbus
Ohio
Vienna
Australia
Paris
France
Sofia
Bulgaria
Japan
China
War Department
Sarset, Boyden, Iowa
the County Registrars
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