The Adair News Adair, Iowa 19 April 1918

The first young man enlisted or drafted from Adair to surrender his life for the cause of liberty in this terrible world war was enrolled on history's page of heroes Tuesday afternoon when Emil Wedemeyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wedemeyer, passed away in the military hospital at For Flagler, Wash. The cause of his death was scarlet fever augmented by an attack of measles and also tonsillitis. Wrestling fans were treated to another great exhibition of the grappling game at the coliseum in Des Moines, last Friday evening when Earl Caddock, champion wrestler of the world, won over John Olin of Finland in straight falls. Floyd E. Parkinson, son of John Parkinson of Tracey, Iowa, a former resident of this community, died last week in a military hospital in France, the result of scarlet fever. At the meeting of the local Advisory Council of Defense at the dining hall of the IOOF building last Friday, a resolution was adopted prohibiting the use of the German language in the business places, on the street and over the telephone lines.

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