Red Cross Year a Relief Record from 1925 Disasters
The American Red Cross completed a vast post disaster rehabilitation effort in less than a year covering 90 disasters. The report cites the Midwest tornado and Santa Barbara quake, with relief totaling millions funded by direct contributions and national and local chapters. The nine annual roll call will run November 11 to Thanksgiving 26 to support 1926 operations.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Santa Barbara
Shenandoah
National
Ohio
Lorain
Agency of the Red Cross
Becomes of Red Cross Sweaters After Armistice Call
The American Red Cross asks for sweater donations again to outfit 30,000 disabled veterans in hospitals this winter. Surplus from the war is exhausted, prompting a new call for knitters to resume their work.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
Red Cross Roll Call Seeks Your Name Nov 11 26
The American Red Cross invites individuals to join during the Roll Call running from November 11 to November 26 to strengthen community service and support disaster relief and health programs.
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American Red Cross
Junior Red Cross grows to 5.7 million members in 1925
The American Junior Red Cross records a new peace era high of 5,738,648 members, up 142,000, with expanded local service programs. Students engage in individual and group acts, junior disaster relief participation after Missouri tornadoes, and broad outreach from Indian and Alaskan schools to international correspondence with 34 countries.
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American Junior Red Cross
Red Cross
Junion
Missouri
Ulhels
Indiana
Water Sports Safer for Red Cross Work
Red Cross Life-Saving experts report safer water sports nationwide. Thousands taught to swim. 5 681 men 4 187 women and 13 024 juniors passed life saving tests, totaling 22 892 trained this year. Membership reached 72 810 with nine camp institutes engaging 600-plus attendees across nine states. The drive expands aquatic safety through camps, schools, and municipal lifeguards, with roll call set from Armistice Day to Thanksgiving.
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United States
American Red Cross
the Red Cross
Life Saying Corps of the Red Cross
Maine
Massachusetts
New York
North Carolina
Indiana
Wisconsin
Oregon
California
Red Cross
New England
Ife
Missoula Strawberry Shipments Lead State Freight
Missoula reports heavy shipments of strawberries and the first apple consignments of the year. Montana lambs valued at $500000 are slated for transport to eastern feeding centers. Lewistown moisture from a storm boosts winter wheat planting. Shelby reports fourteen wells completed in the Kevin Sunburst oil field over the weekend ending Sept 26.
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Missoula
Lewistown
Shelby
Kevin-Sunburst
Ideal sheep or dairy ranch on main county road
Farm ad offers 800 acres by Beaverhead river with full machinery and implements. Contains 16 work horses, 16 cattle, 20 sheep, 3 hogs, and 150 chickens. Asking price $12,000. Frank Hazelbak er. 40-x.
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Beaverhead River
Frank Hazelbaker
Foley Remedies Ad Promises Free Samples
A late advertisement invites readers to mail ten cents to Foley & Co of Chicago for a sample bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and hoarseness, a Foley Pills diuretic, and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The ad claims no opiates and wide use, signed by druggist Potts.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Potts
Strong Red Cross Disaster Relief Appeals For Prepared Communities
Leading citizens across many U S communities adopt the Scout motto Be Prepared to meet peacetime calamities. Red Cross chapters in numerous localities mirror this preparedness with organized plans and thorough readiness for times when there is little opportunity for thought or action.
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United States
Red Cross
Red Cross Volunteers Aid Nation with Reading Matter and Supplies
Red Cross volunteers across the United States tirelessly produce Brailio reading material for the blind and manufacture clothing and surgical dressings. Authorization is sought for a 13 mile railroad extension in Missoula County Montana to support major timber operations of Anaconda Copper Mining Company.
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Red Cross
United States
Missoula County
Mont
Anaconda Copper Mining .Co
Foley's Honey & Tar Ad Claims Safe For Children
The advertisement touts Foley's Honey & Tar as safe for children made from California honey and pure ingredients. It claims fifty years of being a top selling cough remedy and includes a testimonial from J. R. Dennis of Spiro Oklahoma.
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California
J. R. Dennis
Spiro
Oklahoma
Potts
Contract Let for Widening Truly Millegan Highway
Hobson reports August sales of over 3000 dollars in cream. Kevin Sunburst oil field produced nine thousand barrels daily in August. Hobson shipped five hundred fat cattle to the St. Paul market.
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Great Falls
Kevin Sunburst
Agust
Hobson
St. Paul
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