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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1918
Page
1
A list of boys registered on June fifth will depart between September 3 and 5 for Camp Dodge to begin training for service in the war. The article names numerous youths from the area, with alternates listed and notes about a local millinery display and other local happenings.
Dr Walter Crowell received his commission as first lieutenant in the army dental department on August first and will train at Camp Taylor Louisville. He closed his Lambert, Minnesota office Wednesday and visited Estherville parents over the weekend before leaving for military service.
A list of registrars and registration sites for men 18 to 45 outlines precincts and locations from Emmet Township to Estherville with assigned registrars such as W. A. Schule, A Reis, Hans Jensen, and Hiram Griese among others. Registration timing is slated for September, though exact moments remain to be announced.
Government plans to convert colleges into national army training camps under the Student Army Training Corps. Draft age lowered to 18 with incomplete high school education eligible. colleges will induct volunteers and draftees, with instructors and medical exams arranged locally. Training length varies with service needs and may transfer officer material to Central Officers' Training Camps or technical roles. Lieutenant John Pfiffner, just commissioned at Camp Dodge, will remain there.
Glen Clabaugh of Sioux Rapids writes from France about hospital treatment for a shrapnel wound in his foot, the officer who aided him, and air of better conditions. He notes warm days, good wheat crops, happier French people, and his planned return to duty near Bordeaux. Other items mention Camp Funston departures, a corner stone ceremony for Estherville Temple Park, and local hotel ownership changes while wartime notes touch on workers enlisted and factory closures.
An eastbound Rock Island passenger train struck cattle on tracks about thirty rods west of Grundy Center depot. Fifteen cattle died, four were fatally injured, two had minor injuries. The stock belonged to H. Heronimus. Loss set at 1510 dollars. The gate was believed opened, though the owner says it was closed last seen. Train narrowly avoided wreck on a sharp bend. A later appraisal tallied the loss. carcasses were buried on railroad property.
A man posing as C E Frye deposited a five thousand dollar check drawn on First Trust and Savings Bank into the State Bank of Revere Minnesota. The check was forged to read Naw Brothers. He later withdrew cash across multiple towns including Chandler Hadley Lake Wilson and left the state. Authorities traced the suspect as Hendrickson and pursued via Murray and Parcel counties.
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