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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
2
Greencastle Indiana newspaper details second class mail, Charles J Arnold proprietor. Publication every afternoon except Sunday at 17 and 198 Jackson Street. Cards of Thanks and obituaries are charged, with rates of 50 cents per card and 1 dollar per obituary plus 5 cents per line for poetry.
James A. Flaherty, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, announced an exception to their policy against national fund drives. Responding to Herbert Hoover, he said the urgent need of starving and sick European children requires united American effort and the Knights would participate in relief funding.
Leaders and major relief groups urge urgent overseas charity to feed and heal 3.5 million helpless Eastern and Central European children this winter. They warn of famine and disease as winter tightens and call for $23 million for food and $10 million for medical services, with matching local support. Contributions to national collection or to Franklin K. Lane in New York are requested.
Five years of famine have driven Vienna’s death rate from 15.3 per thousand in 1913 to 22.5 per thousand in 1918. Experts warn of dire conditions for mothers and children with widespread under nourishment and skin diseases. American Relief Administration and eight major groups led by Hoover mobilize aid to feed 8.5 million undernourished children, seeking $33 million.
Dr Harry Plotz reports to the European Relief Council on dire medical conditions among Poland's Jewish population. He cites high infant mortality, malnutrition, contagious diseases, and widespread tuberculosis and typhus, with 11 000 smallpox cases in Vilna and severe malnutrition in Lithuanian villages.
A Christmas appeal urges donations to aid European relief. Send checks to the local committee or directly to the European Relief Council at 42 Broadway New York City to save a child's life.
Kokomo Indiana contractor Mr Willis Baker says Dreco cured his five year old daughter's catarrh improved her appetite and energy. He credits the medicine with relieving his own constipation back pains and dizziness and reports his daughter is now healthy. Dreco is being introduced in Greencastle by dealer R P Mullins.
Local ad promotes assortment for Christmas with candies fresh fruits and vegetables and seafood. It touts sugar at 10 cents per pound and positions the store as a holiday headquarters for shoppers seeking right prices and broad selection.
Advice urges liberal kerosene emulsion use and whitewashing to combat disease and lice in poultry houses. Whitewash lightens interiors and enlarges apparent windows. Keeping houses lice free supports self-cleaning by dust baths. body lice require evening powder dusting under feathers with perches undisturbed.
Payment note states four percent from date for a six month period. Payment due on demand keeps funds active and working.
Local ad lists Christmas candies from 25e per pound and up with apples oranges bananas grapes and assorted nuts. Also featuring Friday and Saturday bargains alongside Bee Vandalia and Kirk's products and dry goods including flour soap starch and navy beans.
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