Iowa Prepares Registered Defense Force and War Effort
Iowa officials complete predration for wartime conscription with county registration boards led by sheriffs auditors and doctors. Governor Harding forms county councils of defense to coordinate registrars and census reporting while summer normal schools and sugar contracts support state needs amid war. Local centenarian death noted and Iowa rainfall aids crops with Boone highest recorded.
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Washington
Rogers
United States
W. L. Harding
Germany
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War frays town as leaders enlist and a fishing lake grows
The article notes local leaders Hal Ray Harry Polk and Mayor MacVicar headed for duty in France with strong support for their deployment. Fairweather acts as mayor in his absence and a big catfish stocking at Greenwood Park draws families. Hinshaw the state’s top game warden oversees restocking as officials praise Hoyt and Savage appointments to state treasury. A bakery counter complaint reveals wartime discontent and draft-era security concerns amid a bootleg whiskey trade.
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Allergia
John MacVicar
France
Hal S. Ray
Rock Island
Greenwood Park
W. C. Pugh
H. B. Frase
Okoboji
Spirit Lake
Hinshaw
Towa
Park Lake
Rupture expert Seeley to visit Wahkonsa Fort Dodge May 30
RUPTURE EXPERT NEAR F. H. Seeley of Chicago and Philadelphia, the noted truss expert, will be at the Wahkonsa Hotel and will remain in Fort Dodge Wednesday, May 30. He claims the Spermatic Shield will permanently retain rupture and contract openings in ten days on average, with no surgery or drugs. Charity cases charged no fee. inspections verified by federal and state courts. He will not stop at other places in the section.
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F. H. Seeley
Chicago
Philadelphia
Wahkonsa Hotel
Fort Dodge
Registration Day and War Sentiment Stir City
The piece discusses conscription registration on June 5 as a city holiday with three officers per precinct. It notes long hours and strict penalties for evading registration, urging patriotism as war looms. It mentions a local druggist distributing marked papers and hints at widespread disruption of drugstores.
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Kirkwood School
Russia
East
Wealth Should Not Spare Youth from War Says Pugh
In a wartime remark, Pugh argues that patriotism outweighs wealth and that young men of means must endure service just as any other. He asserts that one life is as valuable as another and dollars should not influence military sacrifice.
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Rock Island
Cc. C, Pugh
Stop The First Cold From Neglecting Itself
A classic 47 year old remedy ad for Dr. King's New Discovery promises to ease a cold and prevent complications. It claims the antiseptic balsam soothes coughs and clears congestion for all ages, and urges readers to buy a 50 cent bottle from their druggist.
Congressional slackers and porkers critique of wartime effort
A brief editorial decrying slow congressional action and wasteful spending, predicting a delayed mobilization and an army in France decades hence as the nation discusses reform. The voice likens lawmakers to a jackass in motion, expressing frustration with political inertia.
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Jackass
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