Red Cross War Fund report details relief across fronts
The American Red Cross War Fund of 1917 totalled 110.13 million dollars with 92.78 million available for appropriation as of April 15 1918. The report itemizes military civil and relief expenditures from Belgium Italy Russia Romania Serbia Britain and other areas along with United States army and navy support and funds allocated for chapters and shipments. Fulton county remains allotted from the War Chest Fund to supply county chapters.
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United States
American Red Cross Society
Fulton County
War Chest Fund
Washington
American Red Cross War Fund
Red Cross War Fund
War Council of the American Red Cross
Wilson
Alamo
American Red Crean
American Red Cross
Red Cross Health Center
United States Army and Navy Base Ospitals
Red Cross
Honeoe
What You Ought To Do and What Will You Do
A wartime appeal urges all Americans including women and children to support the Red Cross, Y M C A, Y W C A, and other aid groups. It calls on readers to decide what they ought and will do to help soldiers, refugees, and suffering civilians in the war.
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United States
Red Cross
Belgium
France
Y. M
The First Three in France Gresham Enright Hay
War fund appeal urges Red Cross support to aid soldiers and families. Citing fallen Gresham Enright and Hay, the piece implores readers to donate generously, pledging monthly gifts through June to September, with lists of endorsers and professionals backing the drive.
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France
Gresham
Enright
Hay
No Excuses for War Bond Giving urged by public appeal
A wartime appeal urges all citizens to donate to the Fulton County War Chest Fund with no excuses for financial disability or disloyalty. It stresses every person must lend time money and support, praising soldiers and Red Cross relief while denouncing profiteering and political infighting.
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United States
Red Cross
Fulton County War Chest Fund
America the Great and the War Chest Appeal in Fulton County
A regional plea extols American democracy and contrasts it with European autocracy. It promotes the War Chest fundraiser in Fulton County, urging a single annual pledge of one hundred thousand dollars to support war relief and related needs, highlighting “Our Boys” going to camps and fronts.
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America
Rome
Cape Horn
Fulton County
France
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R. S. Kester
C. E. Bennett
S. Campbell
Jay H. Miller
G. W. Hartmann
G. B. Heise
War Chest
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