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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1918
Page
6
A speaker reflects on moral responsibility during war urging generosity to the Red Cross. He recalls the vulnerable eyes of children and the burden of the future, contrasting gloom with the rush of schoolchildren pouring into the streets as a call to action. He advises a personal pledge approach, linking donation to facing his own conscience.
A wartime poem elegizes an unknown American soldier who died nobly in battle. It speaks of faith beyond tragedy and the dawn of a freer life, urging readers to cherish the moment and carry the heritage of freedom to their descendants.
Edward N. Hurley urges universal support for a second American Red Cross campaign of 100 million dollars. He states every citizen must contribute to aid welfare and relief for GIs in Europe as the nation strengthens ties with Entente allies and supports the peace council.
The article portrays American Red Cross efforts at Evian to aid starving and tubercular French refugees sent from occupied areas. It details hospitals for children, convalescent facilities, and transport by ambulance, highlighting the strain on workers and the resolve to defeat the Kaiser’s scheme by timely care.
The piece contrasts old courtship with modern efficiency as Red Cross workrooms in New York City deploy sock machines. Eight machines operate in the model room at 20 East Thirty-eighth Street, enabling one pair of socks in about 25 minutes. Machines resemble a cross of fishing tackle and pile driver. instructors train workers, and many machines are privately owned for home production donated to the Red Cross.
A wife describes wartime family strain after her husband’s enlistment. Their twelve year old son contracts measles then becomes irritable. A Red Cross contact leads to medical eye care. An oculist prescribes glasses improving behavior at home and school.
Captain Archibald Roosevelt, wounded by a German shell and treated in a Red Cross hospital, lauds Red Cross care as a great comfort to him and his fellow soldiers. The Groton Mass. Red Cross chaplain Dr. Billings mentored him at Groton School. A Red Cross shop will supply a new uniform after the prior one was torn apart. The war fragment will be given to Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
A Philadelphia North American dispatch praises Red Cross nurses at a war site for cheerfulness obedience and competence. It recalls how uniforms transform appearances and notes real work abroad tasks include caring for war orphans fighting TB and rebuilding homes with American Red Cross support.
There are 18 divisions of the Red Cross in the United States, each with a complete organization and a large warehouse for the collection and shipment of all kinds of Red Cross supplies.
A veteran voice recalls Billy Jones in France where he was wounded on the front lines and carried to safety by comrades. The narrator praises Red Cross workers who nurse and support soldiers, noting half a million Americans overseas and urging donations to keep them served and returning home.
A public message outlines the Red Cross's vast wartime relief activities overseas and at home. It details support for 50,000 French children and 30 front line canteens, plus hospital supplies, warehouses, and transport capacity. The speech urges Americans to redouble efforts, stressing the war’s stakes and the role of the Red Cross in victory.
Antoine, a weary peasant, tends scarred fields as shell-torn orchards and ruined home lie around him. A stranger from Columbus arrives with an iron horse plow and lumber, courtesy of the American Red Cross, offering a path to till five furrows at once and rebuild a house for a future harvest.
A four year old girl named Marcelle wandered at Evian’s casino and waited with repatriated children for examination. She could not name her mother or herself, but climbed into a nurse’s lap and declared that everyone is her mother, revealing a fragile, hopeful reunion moment.
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