Wilson urges ten million Red Cross members for Christmas
President Wilson and the American Red Cross announce a Christmas membership drive aimed at adding ten million Americans to the national roster. The plan, led by Theodore N. Vail and a national committee, seeks broad enlistment across all divisions to back overseas relief and war support.
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American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Wilson
Times
National Service
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore N. Vail
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
H. N. MacCracken
Vassar College
George S. Fowler
New York
Henry van Dyke
Netherlands
William H. Lawrence
Boston
James Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Finley J. Shepard
W. G. McAdoo
Washington
Henry Watterson
Louisville, Ky
Courier-Journal
Ban B. Johnson
Chicago
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem
John W. Britton
San Francisco
Hervey Lindley
Seattle
Frank N. Doubleday
John Mitchell
Benjamin Gratz
St. Louis
Frank M. North
Germany
National Committee
Jackson and Cards Open Candy Shop in Alliance
Alliance opens an exclusive candy factory and store at 210 Box Butte run by Jackson and Daros with experienced staff from Minneapolis and Lincoln. Sells wholesome home made candies for Christmas, offers boxed assortments, mesh bags, and church orders with prompt mail delivery to out of town customers.
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Alliance
Box Butte
Jackson
Minneapolis
Daros
Lincoln Candy Kitchen
Lincoln
Nebraska Leader in Surplus Food
Will Maupin argues Nebraska contributes heavily to the war effort with 20 000 militia in uniform and vast grain yields. The state harvests 260 million bushels of corn and 60 million pounds of sugar, plus 35 million dollars worth of butter and 100 000 dollars worth of beef, showcasing wartime thrift and resource strength.
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Will M. Maupin
Department of Publicity
Nebraska
Uncle Sam
Germany
Flanders
Lecture on Christian Science at Phelan Opera House
A crowded Phelan Opera House audience heard Dr. Francis J. Fluno outline Christian Science, calling it a timeless truth and the science of health and peace. He argued the movement elevates humanity, unites people, and dissolves dual powers of good and evil through divine law and universal Love.
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Phelan Opera House
Christian Science Society of Alliance
Francis J. Fluno
First Church of Christ
Boston
Fluno
Religion
Church of All Churches
Alliance Boy 10 Fly Over Germans in France
Earl B. Spencer eldest son of Mr and Mrs W E Spencer of Alliance Neb will soon be in France as an aerial observer for the United States Army He trained in aviation at Fort Sill and San Antonio and has been recommended for a commission as first lieutenant His aunt Mrs A J Barkley of Boone Iowa and his mother accompanied him on Thanksgiving plans to travel to New York City to see him before embarkation
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Earl B. Spencer
W. E. Spencer
Alliance
France
United Buro’es
Spencer
Alliane
New York City
A. J. Barkley
Boone
Iowa
Earl
Ames, Iowa
Aviation Division
Signal Corps
United States Army
News-Republican
United States
High Seas
Barkley
Nebr
Garden City
New Jersey
Europe
Ear
Aviation Department
Service
San Antonio
Texas
Fort Sill
Okla
School of
Buck Washington Back Here Again In Alliance
Buck Washington, the laborer who found bones, a coffin, and rumored coin while digging a sewer in Alliance, has returned this week and applied for his old sewer job. His Chicago trip appears to have cured his ghost fear, though the question of coin remains unresolved.
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Washington
al- Hance
Chicago
Alliance
Buck
Alliance Boys Safe in France From War Hospital Service
Alliance residents cheer news from Ralph Johnson and Fred Cutts in France as they work in a large field hospital near the battlefields. The letter dated November 16 1917 notes safe condition, praise for quarters, and plans to stay as the hospital operates. Bread prices in Omaha drop as bakers offer loaf deals.
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Ralph Johnson
Fred Cutts
Big Hospital
Oregon
Camp Baldwin
Lloyd
Florence
Grandma
Oral Harvey
Newport News
Papa
Ralph E. Johnson
War Savings Stamps offer low cost for small investors
The article explains how war thrift stamps are sold through grocers cigar shops banks post offices and department stores with no red tape. It outlines the $1 000 limit per person and the delayed value of stamps turning $4 12 into $5 after five years, plus details on certificates and lost cards.
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Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
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