Clothing Drive for 10 Million in Occupied France and Belgium
The American Red Cross plans a clothing drive the week of September 23 to clothe 10,000,000 people in occupied France and Belgium this winter. They seek all usable garments for all ages and sexes, rejecting flimsy items, with a goal of 5,000 tons collected in one week. Local Milam County chapter urges donations via Secretary John W. Joynes at the old Cameron post office.
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France
Belgium
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Herbert C. Hoover
Belgium Relief Commission
John W. Joynes
Cameron
Texas
Red Cross Worker Recalls Great War From Pershing Message
General Pershing tells George W. Simmons to tell Americans to do their part and US troops will repay with steadfast service. Simmons recounts French bravery and Belgian hardship, noting Paris flags and the use of gas masks by Belgian children, with English resolve described as unwavering.
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RED Cross
Pep
France
America
Mr. Simmons
Paris
Simmons
Belgium
United States
Food and Feed Campaign Planned by Cameron Club Milam County
Cameron Commercial Club directors plan a post six month meeting in the Reno building with a luncheon and a proposed full turnout of 100 percent of 168 paying and 92 honorary members. A big guest from Texas A&M College will speak as W. G. Gillis outlines Fourth Liberty Loan work. The Red Cross and war effort anecdotes follow, urging universal support and participation.
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Milam County
Cameron Commercial Club
Agricultural and Mechanical College of
College Station
W. G. Gillis
Fourth Liberty Loan
U.S. A
Reno
District Court Room
Milam County Urges Fourth Liberty Loan Support
Citizens of Milam County are urged to buy the Fourth Liberty Loan bonds during a three week campaign beginning next Saturday. The call stresses duty, perseverance, and unity as the war effort depends on widespread participation and individual records kept by the Community Council of Defense.
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United States
Milam County
Milamust
Community Council of Defense
America
We must drop all to win the war and prove our devotion
A wartime exhortation urging total national effort for victory. It stresses choosing support for the government, expelling dissenters, and honoring fallen soldiers. It cites past and present combat at Chateau Thiery and Lorraine and promises Allied success led by American troops true to ideals.
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Chateau-Thiery
Lorraine
Mrs Yoe Undergoes Serious Operation in Temple
Mrs. C. H. Yoe was taken to Temple last Thursday by Dr. M. C. Sapp and Friday she had a major operation at Temple Sanitarium. Her condition was grave but she withstood the ordeal and by week’s start was beyond danger from the shock.
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C. H. Yoe
Temple
M. C. Sapp
Dr S A King Presbyterian Pioneer Passes Away
The Rev Dr S A King longtime Waco pastor for about thirty years and later a teacher at the Theological Seminary in Austin died Saturday in Austin and was buried in Waco Sunday afternoon.
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S. A. King
Waco
Theological Seminary
Austin
What splendid lending that would be in war’s defense
A poem praising soldiers who fight for others, imagining their selfless courage. The speaker longs for the public to lend their support by courage and sacrifice, illuminating the horrors of No Man’s Land and the pull of home. It emphasizes duty, love, and the glory of serving with honor.
How the Government Uses Money in World War I
The piece explains wartime finances, contrasting U S spending with German prep, detailing Congress appropriations for 1918 and 1919, and describing loans to Allies totaling 5.623 billion. It notes Allied use of credits for wheat, coal, ore, and manufactured goods, plus Belgium relief funded from loans.
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Congress
Germany
United States
Belgium
Servia
Brothers Meet In Waco from Different Camps
S K Lester of Cameron who enlisted in the navy last December and trained at Great Lakes was in Waco yesterday on the way home. He is brother to Giles Lester formerly justice of the peace here now at Camp Travis. Giles filed his report of his last term resigning in June to enter the service.
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S. K. Lester
Cameron
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Waco
Lester
Giles Lester
Camp Travis
Giles
Waco News Tribune
Adams and Nowlin Guests Visit Georgetown and Austin
Mr and Mrs P O Adams Miss Mary Nowlin Jack Adams and John Henderson motored to Georgetown and Austin Sunday where they were guests of relatives.
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P. O. Adams
Mary Nowlin
Jack Adams
John Henderson
Georgetown
Austin
Expenditures Marked as Munition Costs in War Effort
The report notes enormous spending tagged as munitions of war with $800 million on meat and other foods and $3.6 billion on cotton. Antoinette Funk, Director Propaganda and Speakers, Department.
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Antoinette Funk
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