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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1917
Page
4
A 1917 editorial notes wartime social rules at munitions plants banning flirting due to powder and sparks. It laments hunger and sugar shortages, hints at Hoover's possible meatless days, and argues America fights to end barbarism and defend humanity's rights, even amid German self-critique.
An editorial laments many American women failing to knit army color khaki and gray garments for troops. It urges loyal knitters to abandon frivolous projects and fund the Red Cross appeal to clothe soldiers in trenches amid wartime shortages.
Bertha Downing Magnus of the Chicago Chapter denounces women for apathy and selfish knitting while soldiers suffer in cold and hunger. She warns rumors against the Red Cross, clarifies the organization’s humanitarian mission, and pleads for active support and warm clothing for troops.
Mayor Paul Kamradt has pushed a forest reserve of eighty acres bordered by West Hammond. Cook County Commissioners reviewed the sites, with a fair price proposed to acquire land south of the Hammond Country Club. If secured this year the plan includes a spring improvement and a potential streetcar or interurban link.
The Calumet Record reports hundreds of daily visitors in summer and thousands on Sundays and holidays from Chicago, highlighting heavy travel and tourist flow to the area.
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