Y W C A Uniforms to CloThe Students
Uniforms of the YWCA will be provided to 300 foreign women students stranded in Switzerland during the war. Elizabeth M. Clark appealed to the National YWCA for clothing, and four packing cases of used garments were collected from women colleges across several states. The clothes will be dyed and repurposed, insignia removed, and shipped to Switzerland for these women who cannot return home.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Switzerland
Elizabeth M. Clark
World Student Christian Federation
New England
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
National
XY. W. C. AL
Clark
New York
Queen Marie Invites YWCA To Romania
Queen Marie of Romania invited the American YWCA to go to Romania and establish work under her patronage after a Paris conference at the Ritz. Attending were Miss Burriett Taylor, Miss Mary Anderson, Miss Mary Dingman, Mrs. Margaret Fowler, and Miss Charlotte Niven, with Madame Catarji as a notable guest.
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Paris
Queen Marie
Rumania
Amorean Y. WC. A
Ritz Trotel
Young Warner
Christian Association
Romania
Y. W. Ch AL Presente
Burriett Taylor
YL Wcal
Mary Anderson
Hudson
Wmn
Mary Dingman
Yoow
Margaret RB
Fowler
Pasadena
Cab
Charlotte Niven
Madame Catarji
Rinunnian Legation
Miss Marion Porter Decorated with War Cross
Miss Marion Porter of New York City was decorated by the Chaplain General of the American army with the Church War Cross. Her honor recognizes over a year of service at a hospital center in Vittel, France, as the W C A representative in charge of a nurses club there.
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Marion Porter
New York City
Porter
Vittel
France
W.C. A
Prohibition Sparks Idea for Community Playhouse Reform
Miss Hazel Mackaye of the National Young Women’s Christian Association argues that closing saloons under prohibition could shift focus to community drama. She cites proposals to convert corner saloons into centers for pageantry and Americanization through translations of mother country life and shared American festivals.
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Hazel MacKaye
Department of Pageantry and Drama
National Young Women’s Christian Association
West Side
New York
MackKaye
Department Advised on Plumbing and Curtains in France
The YWCA establishes a new department of finance in France led by Mire Constance Chirk of Pasadena and Edith Austin of New York City. Mary Buchanan, Scotland born, oversees interior decorating while plans cover remodeling hostess houses and all building equipment. A cafeteria expert will advise on restaurant projects as the department becomes a general advisory clearing house for the association’s French work.
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Department of Finance
YW. C. A
France
Mire Constance Chirk
Pasadena
Misys Clark
Camp Lewis
Wyehineton
Edith Austin
New York City
YY. W
Mary Buchanan
Scotland
Fane
Salvation Army launches $13 million Home Service Fund drive
Evangeline Booth announces a May 19 to 26 campaign to raise 13 million dollars for Salvation Army work in the United States. She links the effort to postwar rehabilitation and expanding aid to the poor, recalling wartime service in France and the army’s half century of relief.
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Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
United States
Salvation Army Home Service
France
Salvation Army Budget Details Vast US Operations and Plans
National Headquarters releases a budget outlining the Salvation Army’s US work with 939 corps and outposts and a request to the public for 13 million dollars. It covers home service costs, headquarters expenses, social work, building plans, and vast service to hotels, shelters, and industrial and maternity care with millions reached last year. The report notes 2,918 officers and cadets and over 24 million sermons preached.
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Salvation Army
Home Service
United States
Army
Salvation Army campaigns to raise 13 million in May drive
David Lloyd George praises Salvation Army work with Allied troops in France and beyond. Evangeline Booth announces Tome Service Fund Campaign seeking 13 000 000 during the week of May 19 26.
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Paris
Muadaom
Salvation Army
France
David Lloyd George
Evangeline Booth
New York City
Salvation Army Tome Service Fund
Salvation Army seeks 13 million in May 1926 drive
The Salvation Army plans a nationwide campaign the week of May 1926 to raise 13 million dollars. The appeal emphasizes the slogan a man may be down but he's never out and invites public contributions to support its work.
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Salvation Army
Home Service Fund
Frederick Duncan
Macks.tragg
Rroong
Evangeline Booth
Army
Salvation Army Home Service Fund Cuts Poverty and Crime
The Salvation Army Home Service Fund, totaling 13 million dollars as of May 1926, is linked to reductions in poverty and crime across the United States, highlighting the program’s broad social impact.
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Salvation Army Home Service Fund
United States
Moses Needed for Democracy in New Jersey Guber Fight
Scully attacks Boss Nugent Edwards in the New Jersey Democratic party feud as tensions rise over candidate support and leadership. The piece ponders who will lead the party through its internal battles and questions whether Scully Nugent or Edwards can unite independents and tame the party bosses.
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Red Sea
Warren Wastings
Cataline
Burke
Cicero
Nugent
Scully
Edwards
Bell
Hague
Moses
Wogue
Stokes Linked With Roosevelt Progressives In NJ Politics
In Trenton South Jersey editor Edward Stokes, former governor and now Republican State Committee chairman, is described by friends as a Roosevelt Progressive ally who would back Colonel Weed for president if nominated. The piece notes reactions to his label and suggests no hard feelings amid political chatter.
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Trenton
South Jersey
Edward ©. Stokes
Republican State Committee
Stokes
Salvation Army
Roosevelt
Weed
Aly
Stokes Progs vs Anarchist Label Sparks Party Debate
In letters and party talk Hig defends Stokes as progressive while critics label him reactionary. They argue he opposes corporate access and public rights, warning against usurpation of honest governance and urging a fresh definition of reactionary to challenge his stance.
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Hig
Stokes
Republic
Mr. Stokes
Salvation Army Politic Nonpolitical Role In New Jersey Drive
In New Jersey the Salvation Army Home Service Fund campaign drew praise for its non political approach while leveraging efficient volunteers. Former Governor Edward C. Stokes chaired both the campaign and the Republican State Committee yet kept party machinery at arm's length to focus on practical aid. Democratic allies and opponents joined in support, showing bipartisan effort to mobilize volunteers without partisan maneuvering.
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Trenton
Salvation Army
Home Service Fund
New Jersey
Bedfellows
Home Service
Edward C. Stokes
Republican State Committee
America
Antioquians Rise in Colombian Power Influences
A historical article states that in Colombia the most progressive element is a Jewish community known as Antioquians. They are described as adopting Old Testament names, farming large families, and gaining rapid financial and political influence.
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Colombia
Life's Jesters and The Almost Philosopher Note a Riddle
A fragment shows a peculiar exchange where an almost philosopher remarks that those who view life as a joke claim they can see the point, hinting at irony in perception and meaning. The line reads as a playful meditation on insight and doubt.
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Strang
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