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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1918
Page
1
A local Friday vote on a gas works proposition is urged by KJ Cowes Mackinpo ves mayor. He argues municipal ownership would extend electric light water and gas services, benefit manufacturing, reduce costs and preserve priority on shipments. He lists seven reasons emphasizing universal access fair taxation and city development.
Mrs John Rhodes widow of Cedar Rapids resident John Rhodes dies of pneumonia arising from Spanish influenza. She grew up in Estherville, daughter of Mr and Mrs C D Barnum, married in the city, with two sons a daughter and surviving family. Funeral details and dates not listed. The obituary notes her age just past forty.
Massive fires sweep northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota with hundreds of homes lost and more than 500 dead or missing. Refugees report dozens of towns burned including Cloquet, Moose Lake, Brainerd, and Bemidji while fire crews battle blazes from Two Harbors to Ashland and a Du Pont Powder Plant explosion injures workers.
Des Moines dispatch details Adjutant General Louis G. Lasher announcing Iowa draft allotments for the October 21 call. 2,500 white men to Camp McClellan Alabama and 1,400 to Fort McArthur California, with eastern counties to Alabama and western counties to California. Also notes cancellation of the October 7–12 Camp Dodge call and reallocation of June 1917 and June–August 1918 classes to the October 21 effort. County breakdowns list counts for Camp McClellan from Allamakee to Wright and Fort McArthur from Adair to Woodbury, including city designations and multiple Des Moines entries.
The exemption board ordered a sixteen man county quota to Fort McArthur California for five days starting October 21. White men qualified for general service from June 1917 and June 1918 registrations compose the county’s Fort McArthur quota. The Camp Dodge call for 5 305 men has been cancelled due to Spanish influenza. Readable list of October 21 draftees includes Alfred M. Laursen Solomon Mantle Ernest J. Dowden and others.
The Wallingford area mourns Private Roy C. Butler and Norris Kasa, two Emmet County servicemen. Butler died at Camp Dodge from pneumonia, aged 22, leaving parents F C Butler and Mrs. Butler, a sister, and four brothers. Kasa, born December 29, 1892 near Wallingford, died October 7 at Fort Snelling after contracting Spanish influenza. funeral held at the Righfside church with burial in Wallingford cemetery. The community extends deepest sympathy to the families.
Mrs. Taylor Morton died in New York City from double pneumonia after four days illness. Her husband Dr Taylor Morton, a medical corps officer, was with her as she contracted Spanish influenza. Funeral arrangements set for Thursday at two o'clock in Estherville. Obituary notes Annie Lottie Turner born Utica Illinois Feb 2 1890 died Oct 13 1918 at 28. The Turner family, including parents Mr and Mrs W E Turner, survive with siblings and in laws.
Ringsted mourns as Chief Quartermaster Axel Justesen, first local soldier to die in the war, succumbs to pneumonia at Fort Niagara New York after a brief illness. A Cedar Falls college graduate and former teacher, Justesen rose from штаб to aviation service and was sent to France before falling ill. Funeral services were held at St John’s church with large community attendance.
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