Red Cross sale profiteers spark uproar in Estherville
An Estherville Red Cross sale drew generous donations of merchandise stock poultry and farm produce but critics accuse some attendees of buying items at below value to benefit themselves. The piece notes the sale raised less revenue than expected, discusses primary nominating flaws, praises cash in advance practices, and comments on patriotism and public duty amid wartime shortages.
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RED Cross
Estherville
France
World War War-time prices and wages message from editor
The article argues that food and clothing costs are rising worldwide due to war disruption. Wages increase but do not keep pace with living costs as efficiency falters in wartime labor. It predicts that after peace comes, prices will fall and workers who stayed at old jobs will be paid back, while those chasing wartime wages face hardship. It also covers a libel suit rumor about Congressman Woods and recalls Emmet county fair history.
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Vindicator
Republican
Marshalltown Times - Republican
Germany
Snea City Herald
Estherville
Frank .P. Woods
Estherville Enterprise
Woods
Enterprise
Congress
L.J. Dickinson
Algona
Emmet County Fair
the Herald
Emmet
Dickinson
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