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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
9
Lutheran Ladies Aid Society held its annual bazaar in the opera house basement on Saturday December 7 with lunch served and an afternoon auction managed by Grodland. Total receipts reached 242.50 from lunch goods and dinner donations amid multiple note items and farm notices.
United States households cut sugar use by more than half a million tons across July to October. Normal four month total was 1,600,000 tons. July 260,000. August 825,000. September 278,000. October 230,000. Officials say public compliance averted a sugar famine and enabled stock to ease with beet and cane crops coming in, urging continued restraint to aid allies.
In July 1917, as Germany pressed toward Paris, the United States Food Administrator voiced firm belief that democracy would defend the United States despite grim European outlook. The statement underscored American resolve after less than four months in the war.
Americans trimmed sugar rations from four pounds to three and then to two for loyalty sake. The piece cites wartime gratitude for shared food and asserts peace can yield a good win for America by restraint.
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