Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
ARE YOU GOING
TO Give A PIG?
The Time is Getting Short, Names
Donors Will Be Printed i'm
Souvenir Booklet and Your
Name Should Not Be
Omitted
HAVE YOUR NAME
ON THE HONOR ROLL
Call at Ben Bears Store and Sub
scribe for Pig, or Send Post
Card Stating Desire to Be-
come Member of Club

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On June 9th, 1918, a little more
than three months ago, the first list
of members of the Winneshiek
County Pig Club appeared in our
weekly papers. Since that time, new
members have been added to the
! list each week, and the club has
grown to such wonderful proportions
that at this time Winneshiek county
is being talked about in almost every
state in the union.
When you stop to consider that
hundreds of men and women have
each donated pig to Winneshiek
Chapter, American Red Cross, and
when the thought comes to your
mind that these pigs will bring
thousands of dollars, and the money
realized will be used for no other
purpose than Red Cross, all of us
must admire the generosity, the
kindliness, and. the enthusiastic
loyalty of our people.
1t has been a great work, the re-
spouse has been wonderful, and our
Chapter is truly grateful, but for all
that there are many people in our
county who are not members of the
club, and who can become members
by donating pig. To those / am
especially making this appeal.
We would like to make this club
the biggest thing ever attempted in
any county, in any state, in any
country. We can make it so if those
who have not given a pig will do so
NOW.
Personally would like to see every
farmer of Winneshiek county, and
other citizens for that matter. as
a pig donor, recorded in the Souve-
mir booklet which will be issued
soon.
Every member of the club will he
given one of these books, and every
soldier who has left Winneshiek
county will also get. one SO he may
see how splendidly the home folks
have backed him. This book will
contain great big HONOR ROLL of
names, and as time goes on 1t will
indeed be great satisfaction to
known that Winneshiek caunty start
ed this novel movement which has
been taken up by many counties and
states in the union, and will bring
thousands and thousands of dollars
to the American Red Cross, whose
great humanitarian work has saved
the lives Of countless numbers OF our
boys as we'll as the destitute of war
scared Europe.
Solicitors and others of the county
have helped greatly to accomplish
this splendid result and are indeed
entitled to a great deal of credit,
but at that it has been impossible to
see and solicit all the people, and |
am making an urgent request now
that every one who CAN will join
the club and DONATE A PIG.
The time is getting short because
very soon the names of the donors
will go into print, and we do not
want to omit any name.
Please act at once. This is just
another way to win the war, and rs
Winneshiek has been especially fav-
ored with an abundant crop for
which a great deal of money will be
realized, feel that l can make this
appeal with clear conscience, AMI
hope that the response will be pro-
portionately large. You can either
call at my place of business and SUBJ
scribe for pig, or you can send
postcard, stating your desire to be-
come a member.
Thanking you in advance, believe
me,
Very sincerely,
BEN BEAH.