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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1918
Page
6
An old advertisement promotes Buster Brown Shoes as aiding growing feet with proper support. It claims the shoes prevent foot ailments as children grow, offering all styles and leathers from $2.60 and up.
C A Jensen, Bert Borrest, and others from Graettinger and Estherville areas are listed with travel and visits to Emmetsburg, Redman, and nearby towns. Sales, birthdays, and Thanksgiving activities are noted along with church group meetings, theater events, and upcoming Lutheran Ladies Aid bazaar on December 7. A front page collage of community names, visits, and local concerns captures a snapshot of daily life.
Short order lunches and bakery goods offered at the Windsor Hotel. Reports from Nmmersburg note John J. Sullivan’s business call. A list of attendances, hospital visits, funerals, and church services follows including the Lambe memorial in Emmetsburg and various local engagements. A missionary from China spoke at the Catholic church, subscriptions for The Far East magazine were raised, and December sugar regulations are expected to continue briefly. The Lutheran Ladies' Aid bazaar at the Hawkeye theatre is set for December 7 with lunch and two pies per member. Remember the day.
Mrs. Charlotte Whitney Eastman states that the University of Jews laboratories will treat cootie garments with dispatch, continuing until the last Iowa boy returns from overseas. Ten thousand garments are prepared for shipment to the Sandstorm division in France.
A quirky notice urges readers that normal business will shift in wartime. It stresses preparation, credit building, saving, and thrift as essential steps. The message frames upcoming unusual times as a call to readiness and positions the business as prepared to assist customers.
Men of the division complained garments were scarce with only 1,000 available. The War Department promised immediate shipment to the Iowa association, aiming to equip every town soldier. Cooties infest the war zone and trenches drive constant use of sleeping garments amid high seas and canal operations.
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