Starving German children stir world sympathy drive
Dispatches from American correspondents describe Silesia afire with burning farms and plunder, as police fire on rioters and various factions clash. General Allen heads a relief drive for German children while Americans face hardships at home. Two Dublin Irishmen joke about rubber gloves in a drugstore window.
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Germany
Silesia
America
American Committee For Relief of
United States
Rhine
Coormany
Tion
American Society of Friends
Quakers
Elad
Geery
Allen Nfpls
Bishnem
Dublin
Laughs and Oddities from a War and Wedding Ledger
A collection of joke snippets and oddities including a South African war anecdote, quips about a 125 year old circus hopeful, marital and musical humor, and a note that readers should shop early. Two sisters of Mrs B B Byrnes from Walnut Springs visit Fredericksburg are mentioned.
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B. B. Byrnes
Walnut Springs
Fredericksburg
Local quarrel over church collection box value
A fragmented note accuses officials of manipulating parish funds and mocks public generosity. The writer suggests a political sting on the collection box and mocks the town for not allowing modest giving. The taunt references liberal church sentiment and a charged feeling about money in religious offerings.
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