Inventor Elwood Haynes Endorses Home Services Appeal
Elwood Haynes of Kokomo, famed inventor of the automobile, endorses Indiana’s Home Services Appeal. The drive targets 452000 dollars, with county committees enrolling subscribers under Major Arthur R. Robinson in Indianapolis. Haynes praises Salvation Army work and urges aid for the needy lacking food shelter or a place to sleep, noting outreach to those not reached by churches or Y M C A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Elwood Haynes
Kokomo
Indiana
Arthur R. Robinson
Haynes
Salvation Army
Christian Church
Mr. Haynes
Salvation Army milestones and early works timeline
Chronological list recounts Salvation Army milestones from 1865 founding and name changes through early international expansion and notable US initiatives. It notes key posts in the United States, first nurseries and hotels, training colleges, and later events including wartime aid and fundraising appeals with dates and figures.
Former Hoosier glass blower joins Salvation Army band
Paul White once worked in glass blowing at J. W. Hayes Corp in Mechanic City Indiana and now uses his lungs to blow a horn in the Salvation Army Training College band in New York City. He joined the army less than a year ago and pursues a course in efficiency in the Army’s work of mercy as home service appeals run from May 10 to 20 in Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine
William Booth
Christian Mission
Salvation Army
United States
Salvation Army Training College
Germany
Norway
Argentine
Finland
Belgium
Cherry Street
New York City
Bedford and
Downing Sts
Uruguay
New York
Roosevelt
Eeivangeline Booth
Java
Bramwell Booth
China
British Honduras
Burma
Firet
France
Indiana
Arthur FR. Robinson
Paul White
N. Porter Street
Mechanic City
Ind
J. W. Hayes Corporation
White
Alto
Army
Salvation ArmyHome Service Appeal planned in Indiana 1920
Indianapolis reports a statewide Home Service Appeal for the Salvation Army from May 10 to 20 to raise $454,000 for home relief work. The campaign aims to help destitute families with sick infants, medicine, food, rent, and milk and ice for ill children as part of recovery efforts during the hot months. The slogan Home Service emphasizes assistance for victims of sickness and poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Salvation Army
Army
Indiana
Home Service
Friends of the Army
Home Service Appeal
War Savings stamps of 1920 outline terms and values
The 1920 War Savings stamps are carmine with Washington’s head. January price $4.12 rising to $4.28 by December, plus a 25 cent Thrift stamp for evidencing payments. Maturity value $5 on January 1, 1924. Rules prohibit mixing series on certificates and require a 10 day written demand before payment, with surrender within 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
The Treasury Official Urges Thrift to Stabilize Industry
William Mather Lewis, director of the savings division in the treasury, warns that only the most determined thrift can reduce high living costs, stabilize national industry and commerce, and maintain prosperous conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mather Lewis
Treasury Department
Start to Build a Fortune with Saving Stamps
A 1920 era admonition urges readers to begin building wealth by investing in Government Saving Stamps and maintaining contributions, highlighting gradual progress and daily effort toward financial security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Paralyzed man and Salvation Army relief visit
A Salvation Army Home Service team visits a paralytic man and his elderly caregiver in a sparse prairie home. They note makeshift comforts, scarce coal and groceries, and the man’s hope in prayer and small acts of care while arranging aid and grocery deliveries. The visit ends with the patient blessing the volunteers.
Salvation Army relief drive planned by Indiana committee
A state wide fund appeal will run May 10 to 20 led by Major Arthur Robinson of Indianapolis. The organized effort aims to raise money for Salvation Army relief for distress cases depicted in the article.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Arthur R. Robinson
Indianapolis
Sickness Plagues Poor Family. Salvation Army Visits Distressed Home
Commandant Denton visits a Patterson Street household to aid a family of seven with six ill in bed and a father exhausted from nursing them. The house is dark, cluttered, and cold with scarce food, as the Salvation Army forms plans to help and the scene ends with an ominous note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Patterson Street
Commandant Denton
Denton
Mr.Athe
Jad Salts and Sage and Sulphur Promises in Blemish Cure
An advertisement touts Jad Salts to cleanse sluggish kidneys and relieve backache and urinary symptoms. It also promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound to restore natural hair color, claiming cosmetic, not medicinal, effects and urging use for a youthful appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Also Mentioned on This Page
Salvation Calendar
New York Salvation Army Training Band
Indiapegoll
H. Co. L
The
Salvation Army Home Service
Susan K
Shaffer
Griffith’s
Miss Denton
Loni
Vesta
DeMott Garage Company, Inc
Huntingburg, Ind
Electric Light & Power Co., Inc
Ferdinand
Otto Boeglin
Beckmann State Bank
Bartley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!