Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1917 — This Is Good Work, Knitters. [ARTICLE]

This Is Good Work, Knitters.

On August Ist the five counties composing this “Sox for Sodiers” section, were urged to rush the knitting of sox and have one hundred pairs ready by Aug. 7th if possible. The women responded with a vim—they knitted early and late and broke all their previous records for speed and skill, and, as a result, 51 pairs of well made sox which had been carefully washed and pressed to rid them of any dirt or dye, were shipped to headquarters this morning from Jasper county alone. It is not certain that the remaining four counties will be able to send their entire quota as they were not able to get started promptly. Owing to the tremendous rush the shipments of wool for the knitters has been somewhat delayed. t