Special Bargains at P G Johnson & Co
The notice promotes special bargains from P G Johnson & Co for Lat November 17. It mentions Robertson Fell line and safety prayers, with a soldier in France and visions of home. The Independent Society is praised as the only community organization supported by local business leaders and the public, funding yarn and materials for knitting. 106 women are knitting, with supplies sent to Chicago for the Western Red Cross headquarters, credited to the Independent Society of Graettinger.
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Rayer
Ind
Assolme
France
Independent Society
Chicago
American’ Red Cross
Society of Graettinger
We All Have A Committee Rushing Big Relief Work
A community group urges aid as winter nears and calls on volunteers to visit rooms under the First National Bank on Friday afternoon to learn about their relief efforts. The display lists items for Red Cross shipments including sweaters, socks, wristlets, and scarves, with volunteers asked to sign up.
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First National Bank
Red Cross
Chicago
Red Cross Yarn Loan Highlights Community Support
Red Cross notes describe a second yarn allotment in Palo Alto County with 25 pounds previously used in a week. Yarn costs 58 cents per skein locally, far below department store prices, and every dollar donated buys yarn worth $1.76 in alternate markets. Local directors oversee distribution and knitting, with state and county coordination to meet soldier needs, including sweaters for Camp Dodge and a push to knit in multiple townships.
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Red Cross
Palo Alto County
Red Cross i
Iowa
Organization of Cross
Ie National
Chicdbo
Minneapolis
TMRI
Togg Movedowa
Illinois
Minnesota
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Polk
Lost Island Township
John Bondhus
Lost Island
C. ‘Hi
Berdin
Iowa Red Cross
Camp Dodge
County
Oscar Craven
Mrs. Bergum
Wmi Penn
Vincent Kelly
Potato Dinner Dishes for Varied Servings and Uses
Potatoes offer varied preparations from baked with jackets to boiled and mashed. Use whole, peeled, or jacketed potatoes to stretch wheat, cut starch load, and add flavor. Boiled potatoes should be mealy, drained, lightly salted, and kept steaming for best texture.
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Varyji
Americans consume four ounces sugar daily study says
Four times as much sugar as needed is eaten by the average American, with the daily average at four ounces per person. Iowa State College authorities suggest cutting to three ounces could save 1,360,000 tons yearly, sufficient for Allies. Suggested savings include avoiding sugar in cereals and coffee, ditching soft drinks and candy, and using molasses or peak for sweetness.
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Iowa State College
Ames
How to Measure Food Units Calorie in Nutrition
A Chicago medical research bulletin explains that calories are a nutrition unit like acres or pounds. One calorie equals the heat to raise one pint of water by four degrees Fahrenheit. An average person may need 1,500 to 6,000 calories daily depending on activity level.
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Chicago Society of Medical Research
Elder Civil War veteran tucks away summer canning
Mr. Crashaw, 84, a Civil War veteran, spent much of the summer canning with a steam pressure canner. He and his wife filled the pantry with fruit and vegetables until they stopped counting by the quart and began counting by the gallon.
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Crashaw
Canning Record Highlights Local Woman’s Cold Pack Achievement
A Davvis county farm woman canned 550 quarts of fruits and vegetables this year using cold pack methods without a single jar lost. This showcases large scale success in the state. Louisiana sugar growers shipped their entire output nationwide at the director’s order to relieve famine in eastern states.
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Davvis County
Louisiana
United States
Community notices and club updates from Walnut township
The Bluebird Sunday School class met at Cloyetta Green’s home on Wednesday November 7 with a business session and singing then refreshments. PTA to meet November 16 to discuss Moving Pictures and their effect on children with a new musical act. Lutheran Ladies Aid and Busy Bees set a baggot for December 2 instead of December 3. Wheatless demonstration postponed due to Mr. Gammon’s death. Mrs. Gammon presides over Walnut township Woman’s Council. Acrophone keys issue noted for November 23 and 24. Independent Society meets at Mia Baumgartner’s Tuesday at 3 o’clock. Mrs. P G Johnson hosts November 14. all invited.
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Bluebird
Cloyetta Green
Corres
The
Bluebirds
P.T. A
Lutheran Ladies’ Aid Society
Gammon
Mrs. Gammon
Woman’s Council of
Walnut Township
P. G. Johnson
America’s Global Agricultural and Energy Lead Cited
The piece highlights U S superiority in livestock with twice as many cattle and swine as any country, a four billion dollar livestock product value, a corn crop ten times all rivals, the largest wheat crop, cotton output over half the world’s supply, coal nearly 0.5 billion tons twice Britain, and oil output about 3 billion barrels twice Russia.
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America
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Fragmented economic figures from a historical text
The readable fragments discuss Germany and Britain with references to outputs and balances in dollars. Mentions include World wealth, United States, Europe, and large totals like billions, but the text is garbled and lacks coherent events or dates. No clear subject or outcome emerges.
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Rentinks
Iron Angel
Germany
Cop
Irdad
Europe
Great Britain
Rab
United Seag
Powell warns Entente must press on in war effort
President Powell of Hobart College writes in the Review of Reviews urging continuous haste in the American campaign against Germany. He argues Germany is not beaten, cites imperial reach from Hamburg to Constantinople, and says Reichstag remains a debating school while Prussian influence dominates the Bundesrat. He warns against overemphasis on German losses amid Russia’s collapse and notes a harsh winter ahead for "boarder" cows.
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Powell
Hobart College
Review of
England
France
Germany
Europe
Haumburg
Constantinople
Bundesrat
Hohenzollerns
Reichstag
Russia
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Ent
Robertson
Glover
C. D
Ak Oe
Sam
United States Department of Agriculture
Lowe
Mia
E. A. Baumgartner
Woodman Hall
Graettinger
Ideal Orchestra
Estherville, Iowa
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