292-3 profile of city in 1908 -- pop in 1900 was 19,493
first Swedes in 1840s -- Bishop Hill settlers had a fishing camp on Arsenal Island -- first settlers in 1850s, more in 1860s and espec 70s -- first Swedish Baptist Church in America. Sept 26, 1852.
[294] The few Swedish Lutherans in Rock Island at first belonged to the church in Moline, but in 1870 they tired of going to the neighboring city to worship, and in that year an independent congregation was organized, with a membership of only twenty-eight." Mission Friends and Swedish Methodists members of respective congregations in Moline.
The Swedish Element in America: A Comprehensive History of Swedish-American Achievements from 1638 to the Present Day; Including a Biographical History of the Outstanding Swedish Men and Women who Occupy Prominent Places in All Walks of Life in the United States Today ... Erik G. Westman, E. Gustav Johnson ???:Swedish-American biographical society, 1931 ( https://books.google.com/books?id=mHzhAAAAMAAJ&dq=swedes%20rock%20island&source=gbs_similarbooks )
p. 59 -- pop. Moline, 1920, other dates
91, RI pop? Iowa in the Great War, 1914-1919. IAGenWeb http://iagenweb.org/greatwar/.
... includes quite a bit of primary source material, including Adjudant General's Report 1918, has a "News Stand" with very scattered transcripts of clips from newspapers incl. Iowa City Citizen 05 Nov 1917 --
Washington, Nov. 5 -- Three American infantrymen are dead, five wounded and twelve captured as a result of a sharp attack by the Germans on a salient of front line French trenches held by Pershing's men on November 3. One wounded German was captured.Those reported killed were: Private Merle D. Hay, whose father is D. Hay of Glidden, Iowa.
Private James B. Grescham of Evansville, Indiana
Private Thomas F. Enright of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Among the wounded was Private Dewey D. Kern whose mother is Mrs. Eva Tilton of Collins, Iowa.
This report announced by the war department brought home to America today the first casualties in dead and captured resulting from actual fighting between the Sammies and the Germans. Attacking before daylight under the protection of heavy barrage fire which cut the American salient off from the rest of the line, the Germans apparently completed their operations before reinforcements could reach them. No word in Pershing's statements indicates the extent of America's part in the fighting. An ordinary trench salient holds between twenty-five and thirty men so it would appear the little force of Sammies was practically wiped out. That a wounded German was taken prisoner, however, showed that a fight was put up before the Americans yielded. The size of the attacking force and the German losses are not given. The war department has cabled for full details.
Father of Iowa Hero Proud of His Son.
Glidden, Ia., Nov. 5 -- "I am proud of my boy that he has given up his life for his country," D. Hay, father of Merle D. Hay, 21, one of America's first three soldiers to die for his country told the United Press today when informed that his son had been killed in France by the Germans. Mrs. Hay, mother of the dead hero, collapsed when told of her son's death. Young Hay enlisted in the army the 9th of last May shortly after the declaration of war according to his father. He had been working on the Hay farm but could not work any longer after war was declared. "He had my consent to go and I am not sorry," said his father today. "I won't object to his brother going although just now he is too young." Young Hay is survived by a brother, Basil, aged 18 and a sister, Opal, 14.
Not Sorry Son Enlisted.
Collins, Ia, Nov. 5 -- Chins were tilted just a little bit and there was a satisfied smile on the faces of the sister and mother of Private D. D. Kern reported among the captured or wounded as a result of the Sammies' first conflict with the Germans in France. "We are not sorry Dewey enlisted. I should say not. We are more proud of him than ever. We encouraged him to enlist," said his sister today. "Somebody has to go to war. Somebody has to be killed or captured."
The Prager affair : a study in wartime hysteria.
Author: Donald R Hickey
Edition/Format: Article : Biography : English
Publication: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. Vol. 62, p. 117-134 : port.
Database: WorldCat
http://www.worldcat.org/title/prager-affair-a-study-in-wartime-hysteria/oclc/270710984#relatedsubjects
Anti-German Sentiment in Iowa During World War I - Iowa Research ...
ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=11215&context=annals-of-iowa
by L Allen - 1974 - Cited by 2 - Related articles
Leola Allen. During the First World War immense pressure was brought to .... "Cole. History oj the People of Iowa. pp. 450-1. "Demokrat. Davenport. Iowa. July 3.
http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=11215&context=annals-of-iowa
Tom Emery. "Illinois made a huge contribution to World War I." Dispatch-Argus QCOnline.com May 21, 2016 http://www.qconline.com/news/illinois/illinois-made-a-huge-contribution-to-world-war-i/article_0a31f03d-5dce-5c46-bc95-04dac0a1744d.html.
To coordinate the homefront, Gov. Frank Lowden founded the State Council of Defense, a 15-member council of state leaders that served as a “clearinghouse” for public and private agencies. The SCD featured committees on practically all aspects of the effort and kept touch on even the smallest details. In one instance, the SCD urged bakeries not to take back day-old bread. As one commentator aptly noted, the SCD “ran the home front.”The chair of the SCD was Samuel Insull, the energetic president of Commonwealth Edison, who oversaw a remarkable change in business relations. Though labor strife was rampant in the previous decades, the unity of the war effort won out, and corporate interests and labor worked in harmony. Lowden set the tone by declaring, “This war can be won by neither labor nor capital alone. Gentlemen, you have got to work together.”
One of the many accomplishments of the SCD were the “Four-Minute Men,” an army of about 5,000 volunteers who delivered short speeches promoting the war effort to people in theaters, churches, civic groups and other gatherings. Nearly 800,000 residents heard the “Four-Minute Men” each week.
The slogan “food will win the war” emanated from Washington, and Illinois took it to heart. Despite severe farm-labor shortages, Illinois managed to produce the largest crop ever grown by any state in 1917. The next year’s crop was, in turn, the most valuable ever grown by a state.
Illinois also produced $6 billion in manufactured products in 1918, a third of which were war contracts. Residents of the state also bought $1.65 billion in Liberty Bonds and war-service stamps, a higher percentage than the general population.
To coordinate the homefront, Gov. Frank Lowden founded the State Council of Defense, a 15-member council of state leaders that served as a “clearinghouse” for public and private agencies. The SCD featured committees on practically all aspects of the effort and kept touch on even the smallest details. In one instance, the SCD urged bakeries not to take back day-old bread. As one commentator aptly noted, the SCD “ran the home front.”
The chair of the SCD was Samuel Insull, the energetic president of Commonwealth Edison, who oversaw a remarkable change in business relations. Though labor strife was rampant in the previous decades, the unity of the war effort won out, and corporate interests and labor worked in harmony. Lowden set the tone by declaring, “This war can be won by neither labor nor capital alone. Gentlemen, you have got to work together.”
One of the many accomplishments of the SCD were the “Four-Minute Men,” an army of about 5,000 volunteers who delivered short speeches promoting the war effort to people in theaters, churches, civic groups and other gatherings. Nearly 800,000 residents heard the “Four-Minute Men” each week.
The slogan “food will win the war” emanated from Washington, and Illinois took it to heart. Despite severe farm-labor shortages, Illinois managed to produce the largest crop ever grown by any state in 1917. The next year’s crop was, in turn, the most valuable ever grown by a state.
Illinois also produced $6 billion in manufactured products in 1918, a third of which were war contracts. Residents of the state also bought $1.65 billion in Liberty Bonds and war-service stamps, a higher percentage than the general population.
Not everything was perfect, however. Illinois had more than 1 million residents of German origin, the highest of any state, and Chicago was the sixth-largest German city in the world. Though many German-Americans supported the cause, there was ample sentiment against the war among these groups.
Some Germans were harassed based on their last name. Many Illinoisans distanced themselves from their German heritage, and Insull and Lowden both fanned the propaganda. The teaching of German languages was banned in schools, and Lowden declared, "The English tongue is the language of liberty.”
The governor also claimed that the American war effort was the “holiest cause” in history. The renowned Jane Addams was ostracized for her pacifist beliefs, and sauerkraut and frankfurters became known as “liberty cabbage” and “liberty sausages.”
The end of the war sparked wild celebrations across Illinois, and today, memorials to World War I are found across the state. But the euphoria could not mask simmering problems, such as persistent racial tensions and a downturn in agriculture, which threatened the state during the “Roaring 20s.”
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