Red Cross Secures Permanent Office Amid Relief Efforts
Local Red Cross service secures a permanent home in the Rearoaf Building facing Main Street. Report details aid efforts, including civilian relief stories from Maury County and a mother and newborn found in need of shelter after government allotment issues.
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Home Service OF Red Gross
Seret Wie Inftiamtkined Thera
Virginia Fain
Prange
Het
Phome
Grehat
Diet Husband
Home Service aids birth records and clothing for needy baby
The Home Service secretary dispatched aid for a mother lacking birth documents and clothing. A doctor officiated the birth, but no certificate existed until steps were taken to file one with the aid of Home Service. The Mary Comely chapter reports many similar calls and prompt responses.
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Home Service
Thia
Amercan Red Cross
Mary Commly
A Moore joins firm of Moore and Son
Wednesday’s Daily Herald notes Henry Arch Moore has joined the firm Moore & Son, dedicating most time to clerical work while bringing farming and stock breeding experience. His addition is seen as an asset to expanding business connections, with the Moore family and associated staff boosting Maury County’s selling and buying operations.
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Daily Herald
Henry Arch Moore
Frm
Rei Moore & Song
Moore
Nin
Millet Seed Roots and Plow Turmoil Spell Trouble
He learned his millet seed came from Germany and North Carolina planters plowed up his millet patch, triggering a costly and chaotic disruption in local farming.
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Becuse
Germany
North Carolina
Marine Corporal Parson Wins Croix de Guerre Heroism
Corporal Erwin Parsons, one of 11 surviving Marines from a 250 man unit, returned to Columbia after two wounds and 16 months abroad. He earned the croix de guerre with a star for two citations, and a sharpshooter medal, after taking part in the Marne front action near Chateau Thierry. He described a dawn assault where 11 Marines attacked a machine gun in a haystack, clearing the position and turning the tide in the early drive toward Paris.
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Daily Herald
Erwin . Parsons
France
Paris
Columbia
Parsons
Herald
Tere
Stu
Corporal Parsons
F1th
Vitth Regiment of Marines
Cuba
Bellen Wood
Luis
Corporal Parson
Verdun
Soissons
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Corp. Parson
Marine Corporal Parsons Honored for Heroic Action
The account recalls Corporal Parsons leading a small group to assault a haystack held by Germans, with a single corporal killed and one wounded. He received a croix de guerre with an extra star from France for bravery. Parsons was wounded at Verdun and gas wounded at Soissons, later returning home to Columbia before visiting Aberdeen and his uncle, awaiting reassignment.
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Belleau Wood
Corp. Parsons
Parsons
Verdun
Soissons
New York
North Carolina
Quantico
Columbia
Aberdeen
Maryland
J. R. Baldwin, Jr
J. R. Baldwin
Baldwin
B. Parsons
North Garden Street
W. C. Parsons
Santa Fe
Maury County
Texas
Marines
Harshestera
Warren County farmer in 160-acre barn prank incident
John Gorin Pranklin of Warren County Kentucky was photographed in a playful winter scene. Last fall he covered a large barn on his 160 acre farm with a readied prank.
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John Gorin Pranklin
Warren County
Beres
French women praised for kindness to wounded soldiers by veteran
Lieut Provine Greenlaw, a wounded World War I veteran, spoke to the Business Women's Association at the high school about overseas experiences. He praised the Red Cross as the greatest organization, described tanks and war implements, and recalled crowded French hospitals and German war practices. Sixty or more members listened with awe to tales of frontline fortitude and Allied support.
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Red Cross
Lieut
Provine Greenlaw
Tnesady
Business Women's Association
Theigh School
Lieut. Greenlaw
Maury County
Greenlaw
Association
Securita
France
1800 1800 Members of Red Cross Enrolled in Maury County
Reports to date on the Red Cross Christmas roll call show 2,180 members in the Maury County Chapter. Final reports from other branches are urged to close the books. Added totals include Santa Fe 105 McCain's 20 Bigbyville 68 Groveland 7. Chairman W. A. Dale notes the county’s per population roll call is strong versus the South.
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Red Cross
Cliff Hendley
Maury County
Santa Fe
McCain
South
Window cleaning costs for NYC stores rise
In New York City, major retailers face annual window and metal sign cleaning bills estimated between five thousand and ten thousand dollars, reflecting ongoing maintenance expenses for storefront presentation.
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New York City
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