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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1944
Page
4
A reader reflects on war bond purchases during church service, noting vacant choir seats and missing youths in the community. The piece contemplates whether those serving abroad still attend divine services if circumstances permit. local sentiment and civic duty are highlighted.
Graettinger residents attend funeral of John Drew in Graettinger Tuesday. Several local families report visits, birthdays, hospital stays, and moves. Highlights include decor work at Koob Variety by Walt Hamilton, new baby for Roy and Mrs Nissen, and numerous visits between Emmetsburg Estherville Armstrong Graettinger and nearby towns.
The piece emphasizes how war bonds fund medical aid for wounded service members and highlights the Hospital Transport Plane service bringing casualties back from Africa. It urges continued purchase of War Bonds to finance Treasury Department efforts and backs the war effort with financial support.
The piece blends wartime propaganda on War Bonds and powder monkeys with a vivid visitogue to The House of David in Benton Harbor. It notes sailors delivering ammunition, calls for buying War Bonds, and features an extended profile of the commune founder Benjamin and its vast, cooperative operations including farms, printing, a park, and a miniature railway.
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