07 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
1
The town of Manson raised over $15,000 in a Red Cross sale while a two pound bantam rooster sold in a bidding furor for $6,199.50. The piece also notes wartime chatter about Germany and a Illinois soldier who whipped twenty five men after being insulted.
The writer muses on a sun shadow, snowless days, and political anxieties. A farmers’ fear of income tax collectors grows as egg prices rise to 75 cents a dozen in Chicago. Russia seeks a senate amid worldwide calamities. The sheep-killing dog is noted in a casual, satirical tone.
Cherokee Times notes the Cherokee County Red Cross society ships weekly knitted garments and hospital supplies with praise from M. H. Kauffman. A letter to Mrs. W. K. Herrick commends bath robes, pajamas, bedsocks, operating leggings, hospital shirts, and linens, urging patterns and sock quality be improved.
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