Red Cross Delegates to Hear Farrand at Lake Division Meetings
Lake Division headquarters announces meetings October 20 21 22 with Dr. Livingston Farrand speaking in Lexington Indianapolis and Cleveland to outline peace service efforts. Delegates from 365 chapters across Ohio Indiana and Kentucky invited to attend and discuss home service nursing first aid and junior Red Cross work amid ongoing postwar relief.
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Lake Division
American Red Cross
Livingston Farrand
Central Committee
Lexington
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Red Cross Chapter
Farrand
Red Cross
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Disaster Relief As Red Cross Peace-Time Service
The Red Cross pledges disaster relief as a regular peace-time service and urges public support during the November 2011 member role call. It notes peacetime disasters since 1900 damaging lives and property, with 365 local chapters in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky preparing surveys to locate needed supplies and personnel for rapid mobilization nationwide.
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American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
United States
Lake
Red Cross Distributes Hospital Supplies Across Three States
The Lake Division Red Cross in Cleveland shipped 2,000,000 items including pneumonia jackets pads bandages nightgowns and baby clothes to Ohio Indiana and Kentucky hospitals. They collaborate with the American Hospital Association to move 25,000,000 yards of gauze to civil hospitals nationwide. 8,000 boxes of garments await distribution as orders arrive. Women who helped sew dressings during the war now pack these cases. In the past week twenty-five Ohio hospitals received supplies along with five in Indiana and two in Kentucky.
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Lake Division
Red Cross
Cleveland
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
American Red Cross
American Hospital Association
United States
Hospital Association
Dogs converse about a summer in the park
In a park tale two city dogs Buster and Billy compare summers and adventures. They recall visiting seaside and countryside, car rides, and meals with their mistresses. Each shares details of outings, friends, and the pleasures of heat relief and play.
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Billy
Buster
President Wilson's Illness Reported Still Severe
Washington dispatches indicate President Wilson remains very sick and will need a long rest under careful medical supervision. The Indianapolis Star reports doctors say resumed public duties would prolong the illness, with a nervous collapse posing further risks.
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Washington
Wilson
Indianapolis Star
David Lawrence
St Josephs Bazaar Thanksgiving Dinner at St Josephs Church
St Josephs Catholic Church invites all to a Thanksgiving Bazaar in the rooms above J J Bullett & Son Store. Dinner and supper served a la carte with turkey goose duck and more. Proceeds fund church improvements including sanctuary refit electric lights and cemetery expansion. Estimated cost over three thousand dollars with music by Day's Saxophone Orchestra. Local turnout expected from town and countryside.
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Father Wicke
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
J. J. Bullett & Son
Colored School
Watchful Waiting In New York Skyscraper Tale
Governor Whitman cites two boys watching a giant safe raised to the twenty sixth floor. The younger boy leaves at the twentieth floor saying they might as well move on as the safe might drop. The anecdote frames a philosophy of restraint and caution.
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Whitman
New York
Joe
Peculiar Deadbeat Traits Highlighted by Tribune
The New York Tribune notes chronic debtors as fine men in other respects, claiming thirty years of bilking friends and landlords. It suggests such individuals may stem from unresolved youthful love issues, a view from recent mind studies, and observes some have been cured.
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New York Tribune
New Lingo Emerges Among French Soldiers and U.S. Troops
Report from American Red Cross notes a soldier patois forming in France described as elementary English spoken by a baby. Phrases like Go bilie Go bike and forward march appear as French youngsters mimic the army, while soldiers respond with basic commands.
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France
Red Cross
Patois
Allen
Unwelcome Visitors Enter Jim's Atoll Encounter
A lone Jim on a South Sea atoll is approached by a raiding party of native intruders. The band, described in vivid detail, arrives by canoe with skeletal, dyed hair, carved leis, and weapons. The encounter sets a tense, perilous scene aboard the reef and shore.
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J. Allan Dunn
Jim
South Sea Islands
Value of knowing English in American factories
The report from the department of labor analyzes eight years of experience at a large steel plant. Among 10 000 American born workers 21 were killed, while among 10 000 non English speaking foreign born workers 26 were killed. Permanently disabled figures were 28 and 85 respectively, with temporary disabilities at 858 and 2085.
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Department of Labor
Language of accidents shifts disability impact in study
The study finds that among English speakers the accident frequency declined, while non English speakers were far less affected. Temporary disabilities were more severe on average for the non English speaking group, the New York Evening Post reports.
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New York Evening Post
Pepper’s Price and Place in History
Pepper was highly valued in ancient times with bags included in the queen of Sheba’s gift to Solomon. German ancestors reportedly demanded pepper as part of Rome’s ransom. The plant is Piper nigrum and the piece references Peter Piper and his peck of peppers.
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Sheba
Solomon
Italy
Rome
Peter Piper
Day Dreamer Question Baffles Barkeep
In downtown Milwanukee, a quirky exchange unfolds as the Rummy ponders whether a man who works all night and sleeps while others toil could be called a day dreamer. The barkeep challenges the notion in a brief, teasing back and forth.
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Milwanukee Sentinel
Preserve the Trees amid Losses to Forests and Wealth
An early essay laments selective tree cutting from California’s prized avocado tree valued at 3,000 dollars yearly income and once insured for 80,000 dollars. It notes a yellow poplar robbery in Cumberland hills that yielded 7,000 feet of lumber worth 11,000 dollars and mourns the irreversible loss of natural beauty against private gain.
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California
Cumberland Hills
Joyce Kilmer
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