Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-12

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ton soon after its arrival and late
played in the court house square.
Unless the enthusiasm of the thou
sands is misinterpreted, the ban'
played and sang from the pockets o
those who heard them additional thou
sands that will be enrolled in libert!
bonds to win the war when the cam
paign opens. Applause that drowned
| the singing of the band voiced TIT
| feeling of the crowd when the boy!
sang We'll buy bonds till it's over Owe
there" in an appropriate. parody of th'
song over There"
City Out En- Masse.
The city. augmented by many from
the whole county. turned out in {
body to get a glimpse of the band. anl
hear them play. From the time o
their arrival shortly after o'clock
when they paraded up town escorted
by the county liberty loan committee
until the closing number at the Zap
It's. church. the band was the center
of absorbing interest, This was partlA
due TO there being eight Iowa boys, anc
one former Marshall county boy in th'
hand Of twenty five and color guard o.
eight But mostly it was because II
was an exhibition of the armed force
Of the nation.
There is no way OF estimating th'
crowds, but the streets were throngee
during the short parade. Thousands
filed the standing room of the nortf
side Of the court house square. Tn'
Methodist church was filed to III
ca pacity. and the Baptist church was
full for the second meeting.
Give Three Concerts.
Chief among the numbers played b!
the band was that stirring tune, pop
ular since the Spanish American wa
when other soldiers marched to its
measures. Sousas The Stars ant
Stripes Forever Equally popular, bu
newer, and asked for at all the con
certs. was the march, "The Navy For
ever" Even more stirring than either
! because of its timely appeal, was owe
There. the words and parody on the
chorus being sung by the band boys
With the color guard standing a
salute, and the flag lifted, the bano
played the national air at each place.
Accompanying the band and direc'
tor were Chief Musician a. Fleming
David J. Murphy. representing the OF
| fee OF federal reserve district Chicago
and A. w. Arnold. from the Iowa hh'
erty loan headquarters. Davenport.
Van Law Chief Speaker.
Murphy, whose voice was husky
from hoarseness, made points OF per-
sonal contact between the church
audiences and the band boys by in
| Producing by name the five Iowa boys
who are members of the band and
the three who were detailed in the
color guard. The former Marshall
county bov was Ben Bovee. who used
TO 1--we in the Green Mountain neigh
borhood and whose later home was
| Charles City. In a few minutes address
Murphy appealed to the patriotism OF
Marshall county. and referred to
| Poweshiek county. where the band
| had just ben. as having already raised
! its quota in a short campaign.
c. H. Van Law pointed to the boys
from the naval training station as a
few of those who were on their way,
or getting ready to go over there, to
maintain for those who stay at home
the liberty priced so highly. He APP
pealed to the city and county to stand
behind the army and the navy, to dis
play its Americanism to the limit, and
| buy bonds as they never bought them
before. He was interrupted by ap-
plause and loudly applaudsd when ne
| finished.
Overflow. at Baptist.
| When there was no more standing
room in the Methodist church the
crowd was turned away to the Pap
fist church, which quickly filed.
! While the audience waited for the
coming of the band. Rev r. B. David
son told of his experiences at the
Great Lakes station. He had pre-
viously given the invocation at the
| Methodist church, where the program
| was in charge of L. c. Abbott, while
] ohm B. Northcott led the singing. At
the Baptist church Mr.. Murphy spoke
in addition to Rev. Mr.. Davidson.
Band Has Short Rest.
After reaching the Marshalltown
| Club, where the band members and
| members of the county liberty loan
committee were entertained for din
ner following the parade, the band
! boys had a short rest and relaxation
An accumulation of ten days mail
while they have been touring Iowa
was awaiting them. and each man
broke for quiet chair to devour the
contents of his letters. All those who
cared to do so, and most Of them did
| went to the Y. NJ. c. A. for swim in
| the pool, which proved treat after
their travel. Early this morning the
| band left for Boone where 1t played
| this forenoon. The band played at
| Carroll this afternoon and will play at
Council Bluffs this evening.
| At the close Of the Methodist
church meeting, $50 of the bond soil
citors from the county districts, who
had been given reserved seats, re-
manned for final instruction. D. w
Norris, vice chairman of the county
liberty loan committee, took charge
| of this conference and gave a brief
description Of the bonds and answered
any questions that were asked. Gov
eminent literature on the campaign
and the bonds were distributed and
the solicitors LEFT the conference
ready to start the drive in their
respective communities Sunday.