MILITARY: Three Items Concerning WW I in Worth County, Iowa This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Roseanna Zehner November 2003 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ______________________________________________________ NOTE: For more information on Worth County, Iowa Please visit the Worth County, IAGenWeb page at http://iagenweb.org/worth/ ______________________________________________________ Three Items Concerning WW I in Worth County, Iowa ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SALE OF WAR BONDS IN WORTH COUNTY LOAN CHAIRMAN QUOTA BONDS SOLD NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS 1st G.N. HAUGEN $ 222,760 $ 224,650 2nd T.S. HANSON $ 335,475 $ 234,300 1,149 3rd T.S. HANSON $ 234,465 $ 583,800 3,898 4th T.S. HANSON $ 701,700 $ 895,300 3,491 5th T.S. HANSON $ 526,275 $ 587,950 2,664 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY FOOD ADMINISTRATORS OFFICIAL LIST OF COUNTY FOOD ADMINISTRATORS ON NOVEMBER 11, 1918 M.H. KEPLER, NORTHWOOD H.C. FINCH, NORTHWOOD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY CHAIRMEN, WOMEN'S COMMITTEE COUNTY CHAIRMEN ON NOVEMBER 11, 1918 MRS. A.A. THOMPTO, NORTHWOOD ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources: Chronicles of the World War, Vol. II; published at Iowa City Iowa by the State Historical Society of Iowa; 1923; edited by Benjamin F. Shambaugh. Taken from the chapters "The Food Administration in Iowa", by Ivan L. Pollock and "The Sale of War Bonds in Iowa", by Nathaniel Whitney. Submitted by Roseanna Zehner - Nov. 13, 2003