Red Cross Efforts Reported In Europe And England
The American Red Cross highlights its wartime impact in England and France. Hospitals in Salis bers and Salisbur, King George and Queen Mary visits, and Christmas outreach are noted. Red Cross ambulances in Italy perform numerous operations, and Belgian relief efforts include shoes for children and a Queen's Purse fund.
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Tee
American Red Cross
England
Salisbers
Southampton
King George
Queen Mary
Princess Mury
Teertford
London
Hosgia
France
Red Cross
Queen Elizabeth of
Reichem
Christmas by the Hearth in a Rural Family Memory
A nostalgic family scene unfolds by the fireplace as a father recalls Christmas past. The narrator and relatives, including Liz and Jess, enjoy a quiet two week vacation at home. The father, aged and changed by war, keeps a serious daily pace while Mother tends to him and the home warmth remains the year’s bright center.
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Chris
Christmas Comes But Once a Year in War-Time Reminiscence
An elderly speaker recalls Christmas during the Civil War era, noting the simple comforts a mother provided. The community reflects on loss Lois dying, a son’s wish to marry, and the enduring sentiment that Christmas comes but once a year, prompting hidden grief and steadfast cheer.
Eradicate Lice From Hen Flocks With Sodium Fluoride
An agricultural bulletin details methods to rid poultry of lice. It promotes sodium fluoride dips or dusting, notes cost per pound, and outlines a per-bird dosage and dipping steps for flocks of different sizes. It stresses late fall as optimal, discusses benefits for egg production and flock vitality, and assures no injury to fowls when applied correctly.
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Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
Made By An Artist In Furs Cape Coatee Delights Fashion Critics
A fur cape coatee in Hudson seal fur blends cape and coat styles for warmth and elegance. Detailing includes a wrap neck scarf with straps, a melon shaped muff, and refined fur combinations such as seal with sable and other pelts. The designer favors versatile pieces suited for mild and cold days with a up to date luxury look.
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Thiudson
Evry Wordy
Broadfall
Mote
Kolinsky
Ribbon Bag from Dresden Ribbon and Embroidery Hoop
Instructions for a Christmas gift workbag using two yards of Dresden ribbon six and a half inches wide and an embroidery hoop. Cut cardboard rounds for bottoms, pad with cotton, cover with ribbon, and sew halves of ribbon to form both bag sections with the hoop as the outer rim.
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Dresden
Dressup Frocks Charm Simple Dinner Gowns
A charming and simple dinner gown may be made of black malines lace and black net over white English embroidery. A dark green charmeuse frock with long sleeves and a narrow draped skirt needs no trimming if correctly made. A pale pink batiste frock should be trimmed with real filet lace and girdled with blue tinsel cloth glinting with gold and silver threads.
Poultry Suggestions for Breeders and Fanciers
The article urges breeders and farmers to improve poultry keeping by using standard-bred stock, selecting healthy breeders, early hatching for year round layers, saving cheap eggs for home use, producing infertile eggs for eating, culling unprofitable birds, maintaining small backyard flocks, growing poultry feed, and eating more poultry and eggs to conserve meat supply.
Patriotic Hen Sets Egg Record in Pineville Mississippi
Miss Wil Hirmenia Hawking, a county club member, owns Jane M a Barred Rock prize winner in Pineville north of Pass Christian The one-year-old hen had laid 124 eggs by April 11 1918 At six months she had 14 eggs 11 hatched producing ten pullets and one cockerel Her daughter already leads in laying age signaling a rival race for egg production in the family of fowl pride.
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Mississippi
Southern Club
Pineville
Pass Christian
Wilhemenia Hawking
Jane M
Farming as Business Gains in Mindset Across County
Farmers increasingly treat farming as a business and adopt business methods. The comparison notes farmers invest much more in their operations than local merchants invest in stores, signaling a shift toward professional practices in agriculture.
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Verona
Italy
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Limoges
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Department of Civil Affairs
Intain
Jaly
Cood
Heery
Ames Whitedm
Lize
Warm
Jess
Eldory
Pap
Gener’ly
Britey
Sherman
Mus
Lois
Chrismus
Chris’mus
Tommy
Santa
United States Department of Agriulture
Pershi
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