Big Drive For War Sufferers Starts Jan 12
Iowa prepares a united relief drive January 12 to 19 to raise about $1.48 million for food and supplies for ten million starving people in the Near East. The effort unites American and Syrian Relief committee with Jewish War Sufferers Relief board to aid Armenians, Syrians, and other persecuted peoples driven from homes by war.
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Iowa
United Campaign For Relief
American and Syrian Relief Committee
Jewish War Sufferers Relief Board
Haat
Armenia
Syria
Rwussia
Poland
Lithuania
Palestine
Asia Minor
Jewish War Sufferers Relief Board of America
Geo. Cosson
Red Cross Backs Near East Relief Drive in Iowa
The American Red Cross approves the Armenian and Syrian relief drive in Iowa January 12 to 19. Telegram from H P Davison confirms Red Cross funding and cooperation with the committee, noting past contributions of 4.5 million dollars and that relief machinery already in place should be used rather than creating new units.
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Red Cross
American Committee of
George Cosson
Des Moines
H. P. Davison
Cosson
Iowa
American Committee
American Red Cross
Near East
Asia
Hi. P. Davison
McCormick
Great Western
Busy Bee
Janesville
John Deere
Case
Woman Balances Large Hat Basket in Philadelphia Scene
A woman entering a car with a huge basket on her head causes amusement as a conductor jokes about payment for the basket. The exchange touches on marriage, life, and hope amid the Philadelphia setting and the era’s local tone.
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Philadelphia
Love and Puppy Love In A Scribbled Dialogue
A fragment presents a flirtatious exchange about love between a young couple and a man. The dialogue references multiple loves and ends with a playful remark about puppy love replacing deeper feelings. No clear names or events are identifiable in the text.
How to Prevent Lockjaw by Directing Hot Air Jets
A German physician advises directing a jet of hot air on a wound to prevent lockjaw, suggesting ordinary temperature air from a bicycle pump or electric fan can slow bacillus development. The piece mentions the “Poor Man's Advantage” sleep and introduces vegetable leather from a shrub called Bumata, whose processed inner bark yields a tough translucent material like calfskin.
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Aurelia
Alta
Diamond Center
Jersey
Champion
Emerson
Defiance
Sterling
Hayes Corn
Moline
Concord
Venport
Iff
Armenans
Davison
O. K
Red
Cros
Cross
Galva
R. B. Clemens
Noo
Kratchel
EE E. Retledge
WH. Bischel
Clerk Ln
Joshua
Ness
Tompkins
Bim
Hele
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