Red Cross Front Canteen Service Expands Near Verdun
The War Council reports the American Red Cross will install a front line canteen for U S troops in France. Rolling canteens behind the lines serve hot drinks and friendly words to thousands of French poilus under shell fire near Verdun. Charles P Pettus notes the service aims to extend to U S troops with volunteers in France and America.
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War Council
Paris
United States
American Red Cross
Amer
Red Cross
Ean Army
Pathy
Eugene Hale
Sen
Jas Jass Uwerowotres
Arters
Ater Hale
Verdun
America
France
Charles P. Pettus
Ganteen Service
Way Exchange
St. Louis
Red Cross Leader Urges Civil Population to Help Win War
George W. Simmons, head of the Southwest Division of the American Red Cross, in France on a War Council tour, says the war hinges on civilian support. He stresses that the United States must act as a nation, fuel Red Cross work, and ensure ships, men, and munitions reach front lines for victory.
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George W. Simmons
United States
Southwest
George Wians
Southwest Division
American Reds
France
War Council of 1
Simmons
Southwest 44
Red 3
Erica
Red Cross
Amer
Red Cross Patient Equipment and Comfort Bag List
The Red Cross provides each hospital patient with a standard equipment kit and a comfort bag on admission. Patient equipment includes six shirts four pillow cases two hot water bags three pairs pajamas two bed socks four hospital shirts four pairs socks one pair slippers one bathrobe three washcloths four face towels two bath towels plus tube tooth. Comfort bag contains one toothpaste one toothbrush one cake of soap three shirt studs one spool black thread one spool white thread one package needles one thimble six buttons sixteen pins four safety pins one handkerchief one pipe one pencil one pad paper six envelopes.
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Red Cross
Red Cross Home Service Workers Guard Secrets
Red Cross home service workers are urged to protect confidential family matters they are told about. They must not discuss private information with anyone outside the family and treat the trust given to them as sacred.
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RED Cross Home Service
Red Home Service
Home Service
Red Cross Nurses Needed for War Work in Southwest
South West women are urged to join the 2,000 plus Red Cross nurses serving in Europe and at home. With 7,000 nurses already on duty, the drive seeks 5,000 more by June 1 and 4,000 monthly thereafter. Applicants must be 21 to 40, graduate nurses, registered where required, and endorsed by nursing bodies and local committees.
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Southwest
Red Cross
United States
Washington
America
Red
Cross
American Nurses’ Association
Southwestern Division
American Red Cross
Milton
Error Corrected in Retail Merchants Notice
An insertion error in weeks issue of the Wochenblatt omitted a sentence. The correction specifies that all orders received after 10 o'clock a m will be delivered in the afternoon.
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Retail Merchants Association
Wochenblatt
Women trained for Red Cross home care courses
A Red Cross program offers a 30 hour lecture and 240 hour practical course in elementary hygiene and home care of the sick for American women. It prepares aides and nurses for war relief work in France, with coordinators in isolated communities to organize 15-student classes and arrange local instructors. LYDA M. ANDERSON notes expanding hospital ward training and future growth of chapters nationwide.
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Red Cross
Giene
Lyda M. Anderson
Bathway Exchange
St. Leyte
Rse
Sheriff Sale Notice of Gillespie County Texas 1918
The state of Texas Gillespie County issues a sheriff sale by orders of sale dated March 20 1918 for cases involving Waldemar Burg Klier and J P Burg versus Peter Novian content includes land parcels in Fredericksburg and Stonewall with a house and storehouse on lot 1 and lot 10. The sale is set for the first Tuesday in May at the county courthouse with details of parcels, liens, and judgments totaling 383.04 dollars plus costs. Dated Fredericksburg Texas March 23 1918 Herman Ochs Sheriff Gillespie County Texas Deputy Rgan.
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State OF Texas
Gillespie
Gillespie Coun
Texas
GE. Wright
Alt
Peter Nofendaut
Klier
J. P. Burg
Peter Novian
Jung
Vian
der Waldemar
Plaimtitis
Icksburg
Justa Flores
N. K. Cor
Gillespie of Frederig
Gillespie Il
Millville
Sauel Sallenberg
Waldemar Klier
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg
Stonewall
Burg
County
Alfred
J. P
Alfred Jung
A. Nents
Waldemar Burg
Herman Ochs
Gilles
F. Jd
Moore County
Rgan
Sheriff Sale in Gillespie County Texas 1918
The notice details a sheriff sale ordered by the Gillespie County District Court in the case Hugo Wiedenfeld versus Eleonora Becker, to satisfy a $525.55 judgment. The property lies in Fredericksburg, Texas, and sale is scheduled for the first Tuesday in May 1918.
School Board certificate clears vandalism claim at Stonewall
The undersigned deny a circulating report that an American flag and President Wilson’s portrait were mutilated at the Stonewall schoolhouse. After full investigation the picture is in perfect condition. Signatories include BE. Brodie principal, Lena Saenger assistant, Otto C. Eckert president, Otto Leindig treasurer, and W.W. Siggel secretary.
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Wilson
Stonewall
BE. Brodie
Lena Saenger
Otto C. Eckert
Pres
Board of
Otto Leindig
Wife dies from poison. husband critical in Camp John Wise case
Mrs Helen Ash, 25, a San Antonio employee, died after ingesting poison at 11:05 Monday. Her husband, Private Burt B. L. Ash, 6th Casual Detachment, Camp John Wise, is in serious condition at the Base Hospital after taking poison at daybreak.
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Swalle
Helen Ash
San Antonio
Burt B L. Ash
Camp
John Wise
Civilization movie shown by Thomas H Ince at House
The presentation of Civilization by Thomas H. Ince comes to House on Thursday April 18. The spectacle features a water producer and Klaeruers Opera day with enormous cost noted as a selling point. The film aims to attract audience seeking this entertainment.
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W Ter
Thom Responsible
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