President declares Red Cross Christmas message of peace and sacrifice
Washington November 26 1918 the President addresses the American people on the Red Cross Christmas drive noting twenty two million members the role of Red Cross in Italy Belgium and France and urging continued sacrifice as peace approaches
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Washington
Red Cross
Friends
American Red Cross
Italy
Belgium
France
America
The
Letters From Men in Service Chaumont France trip and Paris tour detailed
A nephew of F. X. Rauch writes from Chaumont in Haute Marne sharing a vacation in Paris. He describes hotel checks, Louvre visits, Notre Dame, Versailles, Luxem bourg Palace, and a grand parade marking Alsace Lorraine, with notes on meals, subway, and high French prices. He mentions meeting friends, theater, and plans for further letters.
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F. X. Rauch
Jack Rauch
Chaumont
France
Haute Marne
Marne
Paris
Marne Canal
Nancy
Epninal
Toul
Normandy Hotel
Louvre
Tuitleries Gardens
Place de la Concorde
Avenue Des Champs Elysees
Arch of Triumph
Palagis du Trocadore
Eiffel Tower
Notre Dame Church
Cardinal Annette
Part
Alsace-Lorraine
Grandmother
Pathe
Versailles
Louis XIV
Olson Poised for Christmas Day Bout with Army’s Schad
Olson trains hard for a big Christmas Day match against Perry Schad of the Army. He prepares with Skinner of Gloucester as Schad, a Flint Michigan native now at Camp Taylor, faces two local grapplers in a Monday night event. Olson and Schad have both defeated Burns, marking a tied momentum ahead of the holiday clash.
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Palace
Napoleon
Luxemberge Palace
Pantheon
Latin Quarter
Place de la Bastile
Pere Lichaise
Hotel de Ville
Olson
Perry Schad
Army
Ada
Skinner of
Glouster
Silent Olson
Schad
Flint
Michigan
Camp Taylor
Burns
Lane's Cold and Grip Tablets Advertisement
An advertisement extols Lane's cold and grip Tablets as pleasant to take before bedtime. It promises waking relief and guarantees the product, noting thousands already use it and that druggists nationwide sell it.
Strange Letter From France Mentions Apron Price
A letter from Chaumont describes cheap prices and a playful anecdote about paying seven dollars for an apron. The writer praises the actors and promises another letter, signing as Jack Rauch, Army Field Clerk at General Headquarters AEF France. Also notes Lash's Cream Lotion advertised at 25 cents a bottle.
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R. N. Rauch
General Headquarters
France
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White House
Woodrow Wilson
Athens County
Ohio
I. M. Foster
Xmas
Pauline Frederick
Parits
Maxine
Ninnie
Hime
Frank
Pat
Tae
Willys-Overland
Lostro’s Sales and Service
Nelsonville
Athens
Jack
Lash
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