Salvation Army helps distressed family amid illness and hunger
A Salvation Army Home Service team assists the A- family facing sickness and poverty. The father lost work, the mother and children sick with flu pneumonia and measles, coal and groceries are delivered, and neighbors pledge further aid as the ill father returns to work. A later visit shows the family recovering with the father back at work and Goldie improving, while the mother remains fatigued.
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Mr. A
van Camp
van Camps
Atracken
Denton
Elizabeth
The Blind Boy and His Poor Family Visit
The commandant visits the Henson family living in a one story home on Garfield Park. An ailing 73 year old father endures asthma while his wife cares for two children and a grandson. the family struggles with rent and stockings as the blind six year old Edgar, a cherished grandchild, navigates the dim room with his mother’s cautious guidance.
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Henson
Garfield Park
Cour
the Mandant
Ergarten
Ruth
Miss Denton
Yonda
Edgar
Jimmy
Grandma
Tim
Salvation Army relief drive to aid distressed cases
A May 10 to 20 appeal led by Major Arthur Rob inson of Indianapolis mobilizes a committee of state leaders to raise funds for Salvation Army relief of distress cases depicted in this item.
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Salvation Army
Arthur R. Robinson
Indianapolis
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Home Service
Susan K. Shaffer
Goldie
Mrs. A
Mrs. Crosby
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