17 May 1918
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Newspaper
Blue Island Sun
Location
Blue Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
1
A public pledge praising the Red Cross as essential to relieve pain and aid mind and body. It notes expanded service for enlisted forces and civil relief among allies, urging full support and adequate funds for ongoing and larger European relief efforts.
A compact poem in a wartime voice compares the cross on the speaker’s arm and the flag on the breast to the sacrifice demanded for those who suffer at the war's frontline. It evokes devotion, duty, and the cost of conflict without graphic detail.
The Red Cross promotes cutting edge wartime surgery with nitrous oxide anesthesia and fluoroscope aided operations. An observer witnesses abdominal surgery where X ray guidance marks fragments and a buzzer alerts surgeons near hidden shell debris. This advances care, promising quicker recovery and return to the trenches.
A reader from Unadilla Ga. praises Foley Cathartic Tablets for quick relief from biliousness gas indigestion and constipation with no griping or nausea The Tuscaloosa News notes a boy in Tuscaloosa County teaching his family to read and write and suggests this child may have reduced corporal punishment in his school Montgomery Advertiser
Uncle Eben offers practical counsel to focus on steady effort. He urges keeping both feet moving and not overthinking the steps toward a goal. The advice emphasizes action and persistence over perfect planning.
Sworn evidence reported by the New York Times from The Hague details harsh treatment of American and British prisoners in German camps. Parcels of food and clothing are withheld, prisoners are separated, and some receive no care for weeks. Masks of horror show prisoners starved, shabbily dressed, and kept behind the lines under shellfire. British and American captives endure neglect, with some forced to work behind the front and under punishment aimed at breaking morale.
In Buffalo Burt Gibbs burst into the United States Marine recruiting office declaring the country calls him to fight. He recited verse and bowed, saying he came to clean the sea and make it safe for democracy. He was rejected as physically unfit.
A woman describes significant relief from back and kidney pain after using Foley Kidney Pills. She notes improved sleep and reduced aches, promising to continue the treatment, sending a testimonial from Mrs. Chas at 270 6th St. and Dail Rabebuial Stable's Pharmacy.
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