Call to involve all in war effort through school programs
The document urges a National Defense Council backed school based Community Council with 3 to 10 directors including a third women. It recommends patriotic programs in rural schools, such as songs, poems, and speeches to educate and mobilize students, teachers, and families for war support, with resources via the Department of Educational Propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Council of National Defense
Washington
Council of National Defense
Council of Defense
County Council of Defense
Women
America
Department of Educational Propaganda of Women’s Committee
Washington, D. C
Government of
Germany
Boy Scout
Spanish influenza fears grow nationwide amid war work hit
The epidemic spreads rapidly across the United States with warnings from civil and military authorities to avoid crowds. Ten percent of Shipping Board workers are affected as schools churches and theatres close. Authorities urge strengthening health and hygiene while advertisers push Tanlac as a tonic and Laxative Tablets. Fredericksburg sales and patriotic school salutes are noted along with a call to mobilize community prayers for troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shipping Board
Fredericksburg
Frank Hanish
Cain City Garage Road Service Ad
Wn Phone The Cain City Garage when in trouble with your car. Road service at reasonable rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cain City
Women urged to aid in war effort through nursing and sewing
An appeal promotes women’s wartime roles in nursing wounded soldiers and preparing kits. It highlights supposed "weak" health in American women and touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a safe aid, with testimonials from Julia A. Doss in Oklahoma and Gussie Hopson in Stock Yards Station. Pills and tablets are advertised with pricing and availability at drugstores and the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N. Y
Julia A. Doss
N. West Street
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Gussié Hopson
Stock Yards Station
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The
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Robt. Pennizer
Bf. Gliddon
Women’s Committee
Gillespie County Council of Defense
Alma Kott
Tf Farmers Produce Co
Kolmeier & Klier Co
Paris
Texas
Ines
Gus
Malchow
Gillespie County
C. H. Wagner
Fredericksburg, Texas
Pressler’s
Kolmeier &Klier Company
Congress
Claude B. Hudspeth
Harry Hertzberg
Mitch. Johnson
A. D. Stahl
Geo. E. Wright
A. H. Kneese
Herman Usener
Alfred Klaerner
Herman Ochs
Chas. Schmidt
Albert J. Schmidt
Precinct
Peter Roeder
Precinet
Henry L. Ellebracht
Henry H. Rahe
Precinet, Math. Berg
Precients
C. H. Lawrence
Edgar Kothmann
Chas. Althaus
Columbia
Columbia Storage
Hohmann&Stehling
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