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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1918
Page
3
The report shows large increases in meat fats and Mora supplies attributed to women and allies. It cites 844.6 million pounds Mora and much larger totals for meat and fats in 1917 18 compared with earlier years, with figures listed in pounds and tablespoons.
Food Administrator Hoover writes to President Wilson citing wartime U S food conservation results. Americans supplied Allies and forces with 141000000 bushels of wheat and 644600000 pounds of meat in the year ending June 30. Meat exports rose by 844000000 pounds year over year, total food shipments valued at about 1460000000 dollars. Hoover praises voluntary measures and broad national cooperation led by American women amid global shortages.
Sugar shortages hit Spain and Portugal as European beet crops fail and shipping limits slow movement of sugar. In Barcelona early summer granulated sugar was 18 cents a pound, while Lisbon brown sugar prices were set by government at about 1.04 dollars per pound.
Estherville readers see Doan's Kidney Pills praised by Anton Fisher of 214 East Lincoln Street as the best kidney medicine for disorder relief. The forecast for Sept 9–14 notes showers, fair weather, and cooling trends for the Upper Mississippi valley. Knights of Columbus recruiting shifts to 46-year-olds and over, with activity at Camp Dodge. Air show at the State Fair includes a leap in sky, as Frank Brick experiences a high-altitude ride, then the State Fair closes with Rosy’s baked goods.
Frank Gross a K of C secretary at the base hospital at Camp Dodge helped distribute luxuries to sick soldiers. At 4 pm Friday at the horticultural building, Gross and several other K of C secretaries arrived with a large auto truck to deliver a generous load of fruit. Two colored secretaries recently arrived to oversee Building No 2, with plans for another building for colored troops. Dr William R Arthur, the colored secretary at Building No 2, is a graduate physician who previously served as a K of C secretary at Camp Funston.
A letter from Al J. Thorpe of Manchester, the first Iowa K of C secretary to go to France, says WRB brought an army truck from near the Swiss border where he aided soldiers with cigars, chocolate and refugees. He worked day and night, nearly at the front but outside the danger zone, and said it is the greatest game and he is glad to be there.
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