Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1917 — DO XMAS SHOPPING EARLY FOR OUR SOLDIERS [ARTICLE]

DO XMAS SHOPPING EARLY FOR OUR SOLDIERS

Have you planned your Christmas gifts for the soldier boys? If not, do not put it off another minute but consult the list of articles which appears in this paper and on the window of the Red Cross headquarters and make your selection. A fruit cake is a very acceptable gift, hut if you cannot bake cakes or do not want to bother with purchasing articles, give your money to the Red Cross workers who will see that it is properly used. Any sum, no matter how small, is welcome, but $1.50 will purchase the supply for one gift bag and entitle you to slip in your name and address on a post card. Bring all donations to the Red Cross headquarters as promptly as possible as the packing of the bags beginon Saturday. Our young soldiers will have some homesick pangs this Christmas and while many have relatives to remember them, others may not be so fortunate. Let us do our share so that not one lonesome boy is without a Christmas gift.