Employees of the Korn Baking Company in Davenport pose for a photograph around a giant pretzel.

The Invitation is to the National Defense of Iowa from the Illinois State Council of Defense to a show in Chicago to discuss what foods should be eaten by the communities.

Snippets concern registering aliens, food production, and others.

This letter is from the Illinois State Council of Defense. Not only was the letter purpose to ask for personal support, but also it was a state awareness letter. It suggested that if Metcalf could not personally come to the food show, that he should…

Pro forma CoD business, but last section contains interesting aside about "German women" potentially stirring up trouble amongst Davenport community.

This return letter from Wasson details his contributions to the war effort, as requested by HJM, in order to testify against his being a slacker. He describes, in a charcoal pencil scrawl on a small slip of paper, all of the grain he has stockpiled…

The men of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and Italy are fighting, not on the farms producing food. Therefore the productions of food of these nations have fallen into danger and Americas Allies are relying on them. Herbert Hoover plans a…

The garden pamphlet is sent to schools to encourage school-age children to grow their own food in order to save food during the war.

This letter is addressed to a Linden farmer, John Wasson, who had presumably been suspected by others in his community of being a slacker. HJM reports that his

This bulletin is from the office of the Governor W. L. Harding, written by Herbert J. Metcalf dated November 23, 1917. The bulletin states that the Iowa State Council of National Defense is proud of the efforts from the women of Iowa. It also states…