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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
11
Ty Cobb has signed to manage the Detroit Tigers, pitting him against his longtime rival Tris Speaker who steered the Cleveland team to the 1920 world title. The two stars will be the only playing managers in the American League.
Desperate eastern Europe asks for aid to support orphans and child welfare as war devastates districts. European Relief Council unites eight American relief agencies to raise about 888 million dollars to save the baby generation from starvation and death.
Major organizations including the American Relief Administration American Red Cross American Friends Service Committee Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Federal Council of Churches Knights of Columbus and Y M C A collaborate in relief efforts. The text outlines their involvement in addressing widespread hunger and hardship amid severe winters.
Article notes foreign-born workers in the United States remit large sums to feed starving Europeans. It cites Algerican Relief Administration figures: Poland 503110 dollars. Czecho Slovakia 158170. Hungary 382700. Germany 1443619. Austria 2046720. Most funds spent by expat nationals. The drive funds child feeding as Europe seeks to save millions of children.
A six year old Vienna girl battles rickets, the severe form of childhood malnutrition. her struggle with each step illustrates the disease's toll on European children and the urgent need for relief and care.
In a joint appeal eight major American relief organizations form the European Relief Council to solicit funds and bolster American effort for relief in Europe. The drive emphasizes American competence and leadership in addressing continental distress.
An excerpt recalls Sir Gervase Scoop found on the Edgehill field Oct 28 1642 near death with wounds and naked from plunderers. He revived after rubbing and warmness spread, living ten more years, doctors citing robbers’ betrayal and cold night blood as reasons. Included is a New Jersey bookshop anecdote about patrons and orders.
The article describes a Japanese launching ceremony featuring a large cage of birds hung over the bow. As the ship enters the water the birds are released, a practice believed to invite good luck and guide the vessel to safety in peril.
A bored Lightleigh asks his wife to remove guests without showing them the door. She declines and he suggests she move to the piano to exit the scene. The exchange ends with a sly request for self-removal from the party.
A Louisville Gazette excerpt shows a couple quarreling over inheritance and money. The husband says inheriting funds would lead to building an overn house while the wife vows to utter him. The exchange ends with no clear prospects of inheritance.
A promotional health piece urges drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It claims benefits for digestion appetite and overall vitality and promotes a quarter pound of phosphate from drugstores.
An advertisement touts Red Pepper Rub as instant relief for rheumatic pain lumbago neuritis backache and stiff neck. It claims concentrated heat from red peppers improves blood flow and reduces congestion within minutes and urges readers to buy Bowles Red Pepper Rub at drug stores for cold chest relief.
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