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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
4
Fragmentary letters plea to mothers urging endurance amid war famine cold and disease. The message references wretched families and long suffering through years of horror. It conveys a grim call to personal sacrifice and resilience in a bleak wartime context.
A 1917 call urges every man woman and child to join the American Red Cross aiming to reach fifteen million members by Christmas Eve. It stresses home support and moral duty, noting membership costs one dollar and promoting the Red Cross Magazine. A badge worn as a badge of honor signals public commitment to relief efforts.
In wartime Europe millions suffer from starvation disease and exposure while American Red Cross volunteers operate hospitals, supply chains and civilian aid. The appeal urges US residents to join, donate, and sponsor memberships to back home and field efforts, with a goal of 15 million members by Christmas Eve.
In a wartime plea the community is urged to join the Red Cross. The article contrasts European suffering with American prosperity and asks every man, woman and child to enroll for 1 dollar, with another dollar for the magazine, to support troops abroad and aid distressed families in France, Belgium, Serbia, Poland and Roumania.
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