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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
1
A column extols enthusiasm as a force for progress and wartime resolve. It contrasts fashion and folly with moral duty, praises leaders like Cardinal Mercier and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and argues enthusiasm drives invention and national effort amid coal and print paper shortages.
A wartime letter argues for local loyalty and boycotts against newspapers seen as disloyal. It notes subscriber losses at the Manson Democrat and Arrow, claims German loyalty concerns justify deportation, and predicts postwar repopulation needs with Americans returning home. It also mentions Burma beans found in Laurens.
The government asked for a $2 billion war loan, receiving nearly $3 billion from all walks of life including workers and youth. The first loan was the largest in history, over-subscribed by fifty percent, signaling strong public support as Kaiser threats loom. The ad also promotes Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, urging readers to buy now for summer safety.
Des Moines reports recruit officers for the Fort Riley Kansas reserve training camp with preference for men over 30 and capable of higher posts. Lieutenant R A Dawson acts as examining officer. List of applicants includes Baker Ellsworth Teigen Campbell Morgan LeCron and others from Des Moines Cambridge Lake Mills and more. No physicals before July 15. mental fitness reviewed first.
A rural extermination leaves Mrs. Ludicek and her three children dead at the Ludicek farm eight miles northeast of Toledo. Joe Buresh, a son in law, discovers the family with rifle shots to each head. Albert Ludicek, 21, found with a .22 rifle nearby, is suspected by the coroner as responsible.
Creston resident Bert Cozad and Orient’s Jack Gass were returning from St. Joseph when their vehicle hit a washed out bridge near Maryville Missouri. Gass was killed, and Cozad severely injured. Cozad’s wife and father-in-law C. I. Wiley left for Maryville. Knoxville men to report for navy duty in Des Moines after enrollment.
Professor B H Bailey of the zoology department at Coe College in Cedar Rapids died recently at age 40. He had served the college for nine years.
C N Patrick of Monticello was elected president of the Iowa State Optometrists association at the twentyeth annual convention closing. Elected officers include J M P Hanson Toledo vice president George L Goodale Lenox secretary treasurer F Beauchamp Rockwell City and R F Nuckolls Grinnell directors O O Snyder Des Moines board examiner member. Nearly every member attended.
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