Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-04-09
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Grizxled veterans with hating step
md bent shoulders mingled with Boy
gc0sj-, a few other lads in the early
feef1 aRe and a large number Of citi-
zens from every walk of life and all
hxes In the demonstration made Sat-
arday night to herald the launching OF
lie third Liberty Loan today and also
10 observe the first anniversary OF
Amerfca's entry into the world war.
The spirit Of 81 Wed with the spirit
81 1918 for the time. being ard many
81 the snowy haired Union defenders
marched with greater elasticity Of
btep. with less stoop to their venerable
shoulders and with head quite erect as
the big parade wendell its way from
second and Court street to the Grand
lOpera house led by the First Cavalry
band and Old Glory.
True their we're great many able
bodied men of varying ages on the
eid6Walks among the women and chill
/ dren who lined the pathway Of the
n1archers and here and there lent
their approval by hand clapping and
1 hurrahs as the G. A. R. veterans
proudly marched past. Some of these
later attended the program at the
oDera house. but many OF them re-
manned away.
PAY HONOR TO coLoRs
An impressive feature was staged
)as the marchers passed the three
large dry goods stores where Liberty
Loan windows were exhibited. me
Cullen. Donelan and Nelson. Madden,
Rae CO. stores all having beautiful dis
plays In which the central theme was
Liberty Bonds. From the upper front
of the latter store as the parade came
abreAst the building, a huge American
nag was unfurled. The band and
the. marchers stopped and the mu-
sicians striking up 1.-The Star Spangled
Banner," every marcher and the men
kalonK the streets uncovered while the
music yas being played. At Its con.
clne4on, the marchers and the Red
ross workers In uniform who rode in
h auto in the midst of the parade,
|esumed their way to the opera house.
While the band remained without
1aying an open air concert, the house
radually filled, the veterans and
lumber OF men and women going to
Ehe stage and the lower part OF the
kheater was pretty we'll filed by the
time the speakers started. Edward
Pr. Blake led the singing Of America
lin which the audience stood and
Joined.
MOTHER OF SOLDIER TALks
A mother whose son is a lieutenant
IN Camp Funston and was one OF the
men in that camp who found ground
/ glass in his food and later on investi.
eating, discovered a large quantity OF
rolled oats In which ground glass was
found, was one of the speakers vet
eran Of the civil war was another and
the third was chaplain from Camp
Dodge.
The veteran, Gaylord Saltzgaber Of
Ohio. commissioner of pensions. was
the first speaker introduced by Chair
man NJ. B. Hutchison. He made many
references to the boys Of '6l" VINO
were seated nearby. He read copiously
from the address made by President
Wilson TO congress in joint SESSION
year ago when a state of war was de-
clared to exist between the United
States and Germany. He also read the
7 presidents pledge Of loyalty which
everyone present subscribed to
URGES BUYING OF BONDS
Mrs. Cora G. Lewis of Kansas, a
member OF the National Women's LIB
erty Loan committee. made an especial
appeal as the mother Of a soldier for
other mothers and everybody else as
we'll. to rally to the support OF the
BOYS at the front She urged that there
be no comparison between giving ones
son, and giving ones money and said
1hat it was duty for all to give every
thing the country needed in times like
these. emphasizing the need for all
subscribinx as literally as possible to
The third Liberty loan She reviewed
German atrocities and urged that the
women do not crumple up and ask for