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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
6
The piece likens the Red Cross to a ship of mercy and calls on all Americans to join as the Christmas Roll Call. It urges every man, woman, and child to become a "Dollar Man," highlighting past aid, wartime relief, and the duty of national unity to fund charitable work.
Missionary Myrtle McLeary describes life at Ebolewoi Cameroon in late August 1928. She notes abundant food including peanuts and fruits, a large school of about 700 pupils, her reorganized classroom with 100 students, nursery for 42 babies, and visits by Dr Johnson and Mr Emerson. She mentions a present of a billy goat from a local headman and daily duties with evangelists wives and staff.
The writer thanks helpers at the station for laundry and other chores, mentions a French doctor who has left, Hope's foot accident and a donation from the industrial school, and notes local crafts like Morris chairs and rattan library tables. She observes church progress, old men changing lives, and mentions June papers, home cables from Europe, and affection for family.
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