Why the Red Cross Needs Your Help
A Red Cross feature recalls how aid workers in Evian and across France aid returning repatriates from Belgium and northern France. It highlights meals, medical care, clothing, baths, and a tuberculosis program, plus plans to repair villages, support families, and bolster French morale this winter.
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The
Red Cross
Evian
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Kaiser
Angulu
Willian Allen White
Kansas
Henry J. Alden
Ampericaniied Cross
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Mr. White
Furius Agerlon
Ted Crow
L. D. Wishard
California
Wilson
American Red Cross
Wishard
William Allen White
General Pershing
Bomb Raid by Shell Light in French Trench Attack
The Cornhill Magazine illustration by Boyd Cable depicts a dusk raid on a German trench. British infantry assault through their wire, cross into the trench, and seize prisoners as German defenders surrender amid scattered shellfire and counterattacks.
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Frances
Cornhill
Boyd Cable
st@ery
Bearses
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New Wax Ink Writing Implement Invention
William C Geer of Akron Ohio proposes a wax and pumice stone writing device to replace pens pencils and crayons The body wears away to expose ink cells and provide a uniform ink supply The device is made by mixing wax pumice stone and ink then cooling to form a solid cellular structure filled with ink
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William c. Geer
Akron
Popular Science Monthly
Soldier Scrapbooks and War Wounded Jokes Gathered
The note recalls Kipling starting scrapbooks in England for wounded soldiers and suggests saving jokes and pictures for "Saimie's" scrapbook as a noble wartime gesture.
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Saimie
Kipling
Enngland
Pompous New York Artist Ends Jocular Vein
A noted New York artist famed for humor has grown solemn with vogue and killed his jocular streak. Owen Johnson, the hovelist, spotted him in a restaurant and sighed that the man has severed his jocular vein.
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New York
Owen Johnson
Arthur
Point of View Exchange on Family and Work
A rough dialogue unfolds as a contractor questions Mike about a brother and division of spoils. The Irish worker, climbing a ladder, asserts hardship and loyalty to family, insisting he would not betray Ma even to save his own life.
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Mike
Mie
Cozy reading nook and wartime kitchen tips blend
A nostalgic scene describes a warm corner with lamp and chair, then practical wartime recipes and thrift tips. It cover English Hash, Buckwheat Gems, Apples Stuffed With Rice, Salmon Salad, Peanut Rice Salad, and Three Ice Cream, plus bread and biscuit ideas and patriotism notes urging frugal use of fat and wheat.
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Washington
Virginia Colony
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War Council of the
Paris
Pershing
Petain
M. P. Murphy
Mr. Wishard
Miling
Verdun
Soldier Scrapbooks
Shakespeare
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