Campaign to Launch One Billion Dollar Relief Drive
Estimates from Near East relief sources show 2.9 million destitute souls needing aid. Red Cross relief through Syria and Palestine reduces immediate need to 1.95 million, with 400,000 orphans and 1.77 million driven from home across Arabia Mesopotamia Syria Caucasus and Siberia.
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Near East
TH Pitts
Arabia
Mesopotamia
Syria
Caucasus
Siberia
Turkish Empire
Famous Old Cough Syrup Recipe Offers Quick Relief
A widely advertised old cough syrup recipe promises fast relief using a simple method. The ad claims Pinex with pine needle extract soothes throat and lung membranes within hours, suggesting substitutes like honey or molasses, and guarantees refunds if unsatisfied.
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Nda
Ant
Jong Tim
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Move on Quick Lorries Under Strange Crossroads
War diary recounts crossing a battered village with no signs at four crossroads. A Tennessee sergeant directed traffic for advancing American troops and refused to aid a stranger, saying he was dumped there with orders to keep moving vehicles along.
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Fourth Army
German officers rounded up as Berlin violence erupts
Reports say General von Tesma arrested and handed to the French army amid a growing roundup of German officials. In Munich Bolsheviks control the new Bavarian republic, and Berlin sees counter revolutionary clashes with many killed as 10 000 Swiss guards are held in the city.
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Arlon
Belgium
Grayve
London
Munich
Republic
Bavlia
Copenhagen
Germany
Berlin
Doctor Could Not Help Her
Brooklyn woman recounts suffering a dreadful displacement and two severe attacks of inflammation. Her doctor could not help and advised hospital operation, but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash claim to have fully cured her ailments.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Brooklyn
N. Y
Lydia
Pinksham
Kentucky Dominates World Tobacco Supply With Surge in Prices
Kentucky farmers have enjoyed unprecedented prosperity since 1915 and this autumn saw prices triple those at the war’s start. About eighty percent of the 250 million pounds of barley tobacco used in the United States is grown in Kentucky, and export stocks are not sufficient to replenish foreign demand. Dealers expect a keen year as domestic manufacturers raise stocks and competition intensifies.
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Louisville
Dee
Kentucky
Weather report from Department of Agriculture 1918
Weather Bureau data for December 10 1918 at 6 am and 6 pm shows mean temperature 26 degrees with a 9 degree drop from the prior day. Highest 30 degrees at 2 pm, lowest 21 at 8 am. northwest wind 4 miles per hour. Total precipitation since January 1 16.85 inches vs normal 12.38.
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Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Wolockty
Homesteads Popular in Dominion of Canada
Statistics from 220000 Canadian forces overseas show more than 105000 soldiers or 43.9 percent want to homestead after returning home. Plans are being made by the dominion government and provinces to satisfy this demand of returning Maple Leaf veterans.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Pioneer Meeker Donates To Red Cross In Seattle
Evra Meeker the pioneer behind the Oregon Trail expedition gave 1.50 to the Red Cross in Seattle. He explained the act as a duty and a pleasure and recalled his years of hard work on his Lake Washington garden.
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Seattle
Wash
Evra Meeker
Oregon Trail
Lake Washington
Red Cross
Meeker
Garden dedication marks Defenders of Liberty pledge
A public garden project features eight tons of fertilizer donated by a packing firm and irrigation funded by a citizen. Two Red Cross women oversee the produce as a sign proclaims the space dedicated to the Defenders of Liberty. Private Meeker’s reply to the Hun is noted at one end.
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Red Cross
Defenders of Liberty
Meeker
Red Cross Doings in Little Towns Paris 1918
In 1917-18 the American Red Cross fought to aid ruined villages along the Somme the Oise and the Aisne aiding homes barns and stables after fires and devastation the organization showed resilience and relief efforts amid destruction.
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RED Cross
Paris
Ma'l
American Red Cross
Somme
Oise
Aime
Red Cross Helps French Families Return After Reconquered Front
The text describes aid arriving after a period of occupation with imports of food clothing and farm supplies to restore peasant livelihoods. A week later the occupation ended and the American Red Cross began anew assisting French families to move back into reconquered homes near the front line, which was then largely wiped out.
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American Red Cross
Fami
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