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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
4
A Christmas message emphasizes peace and charity, urging kindness to children and forgiveness. The article shifts to public life, detailing proposed boxing reform in Nebraska led by Melady, with endorsements from Theodore Roosevelt and others, predicting legislative support and a move to regulate prize fighting under YMCAs and Knights of Columbus.
The outlook for boxing in 1919 is bright says Abe Pollock with demobilization releasing about 4 000 000 boxers. Promoters will have ample material as clubs form nationwide and stay-at-homes are inspired by returning troops. Nebraska plans a boxing law led by Glen Melady of Omaha.
A succinct exchange notes that progress favors the diligent professional who adapts. doctors shift from horse drawn to automobile travel to ensure punctual arrivals, preferring to arrive early rather than late.
A man and his friend take a car ride that turns rough as the vehicle balks and bounces. They pass a park boulevard where the friend spots a road sign reading Pleasure cars only, prompting a warning about continuing on the road.
A trimmed opinion fragment notes the difficulty of freely expressing thoughts, asserting that many lack the ability to fully convey themselves while most can speak at length about others. The line hints at social dynamics and speech limits in a reflective tone.
United States Department of Agriculture promotes pig clubs to raise pork output. It notes 1 087 clubs in the North and 2 000 to 2 500 in the South as of 1917, with bankers backing club loans and endless chain gifts to expand breeding stock and meat production.
To make hay suitable for horses at hard work alfalfa should mature fully before cutting and be in full bloom when mowing begins. This ensures higher nutrient value and better digestibility for active horses.
Pigs raised by a mature sow show a better start compared with offspring from an immature sow, yielding greater profits as they mature.
The American Red Cross appeals nationwide for participation after World War I. It calls for a heart and a dollar to aid veterans families in need, rebuild war torn regions, fight tuberculosis, and sustain relief efforts through 1919 and beyond. The organization vows to stand by servicemen, their families, and victims of poverty as the world faces a difficult winter and spring.
A Henry Van Dyke poem praising the Red Cross as a symbol of compassion and aid for the suffering. The piece exhorts the sign to lead the just and sustain all who bear wounds along life's thorny road. It frames the Red Cross as a beacon and a ministry of light guiding humanitarian effort.
The American Red Cross reports large wartime aid including 15,000,000 cigarettes 50,000 packs of cards 20,000,000 boxes of safety matches 1,000,000 bars of chocolate sent to England 25,000,000 ecigarettes a month to France 15,000 automobiles since August 1 to France 90,000 saws for lumber camps in Italy 1,500,000 chewing gum monthly to France 3,000 tons condensed milk for prisoners' children in Archangel Siberia.
About 70 000 women served in Red Cross canteens nationwide. They operated 681 canteens around the clock for soldiers. In 1918 they aided or moved 5 000 sick persons from trains to hospitals. They distributed 8 000 000 pasta corde.
The speech urges aid for war ravaged regions Roumania Montenegro Armenia Syria and Palestine and calls for continued relief in Russia Armenia Syria Serbia and the central empires It outlines six duties for the Red Cross including emergency reserve hospital service home and overseas aid reconstruction care for veterans families pestilence disaster and ongoing vigorous relief efforts.
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