Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-15
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Marshall County In the World War"
Z record Of this county's activities In
the war. has appeared from the press
and II very creditable production
from every angle.
The work Is most comprehensive
and interesting history of local activ-
tiles during the war. and covers all
phases Of war work. in the field Of bat
Ito and at home. Tho work was COM
piled and published by Joseph A. Whit
acre. Of the Times Republican, and w.
J. More. and to tho young men credit
IL due for undertaking such big task
and q big task It has been.
To many who have been interested
IN the delivery OF the book 1t can be
said that delay has followed delay In
the production. Conditions over which
the publishers had no control stepped
IN to interfere with more prompt is
suance OF the big work. photographs
were hard to get In many instances, and
| In order to bring the work up to date
additional photographs were secured.
to q further delay in compilation. The
work Of engraving was a big job, ana
indexing Of cuts and arrangement OF
material took endless time. and espe-
cially for the publishers, who were
compelled to devote odd hours to the
work. But now the work Is completed.
and limited number Of copies are
ready for distribution. -Four thousand
copies have been printed, and they will
be ready in installments as the binders
arc able to deliver them.
The book is replete with photographs
OF various descriptions, portraying the
scenes IF departure from home of va
rious increments called to the colors;
the heads of the war work activities,
including every local branch of en-
deavor: scenes taken overseas, and
likenesses of soldiers from the county
who were in the various branches OF
service. The roster contains the
, names, places Of residence, age and &C.
cupation of the soldiers, together with
the dates Of enlistment and when mus
tered out.
Marshall county's roll Of honor. con-
aiming forty-two names, occupies the
nost important place In the book-the
age following the title, and the book
dedicated ITO the boys who gave
n, that liberty might not perish" The
rontispiece. carrying the title Of the
Fork, bears the likeness of the en-
rance to the Marshall county court
house.
geographically the book is work
of art. The typesetting and printing
were done by the Marshall Printing
Company, and Is very superior piece
of work. If one were to be critical
from a typographical standpoint the
only thing that could be mentioned is
the lack Of uniformity in the cuts. This
however. Is something over which the
. publishers or the printers had no con-
troll. even tho they would have LIKED
to have carried out uniform plan OF
presenting the cuts. Unlike a college
or high school annual, where the
photographs are taken expressly fol-
the publication. in the case of the war
book 1t was ofttimes the case that poor
| photographs were the only ones in ex-
istence. and had to be used. whether
or not they were suitable for reproduc-
ing for cuts. This feature mars the
book only from typographical stand
point, and is not a criticism that would
appeal to the average reader Of the
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