Greensburg News Highlights War Era Efforts and Local Honors
The piece notes the new emergency hospital service as free and welcomes gifts to support it. Francis Simmonds, known as Guy, returns home for treatment at West Baden. Texas and Arkansas sailors escort the President’s party toward the peace talks, keeping Greensburg in the public eye. A jailed Lincoln Nebr. man blames Ohio’s wet conditions for his downfall. Margaret Grouleff, Civic chair, receives praise for speaking on Unity in the Community and for her singing.
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Francis Simmonds
Guy
West Baden
Forrest Turner
Osas
Franklin Wison
Hertert Boring
Texas
George Washington
Greensburg
Margaret Grouleff
Indiana Federation of Clubs
Spanking team of fire horses loses guiding hand
Report notes Billy Weathers is hospitalized with flu, sidelining the crew that steers the fire horses past rivals.
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Billy
Weathers
Prospects for a City Hospital and Local Notices
Mary Hatfield backs a permanent city hospital and says illness fears would ease with a care haven. A tourist offers five dollars for his lost dog with no questions asked. staff are away. Fred Erdmann’s home mourns Clarence’s death from heart weakness at eighteen as influenza grief spreads through the family. Boston police enforce a strict regulation banning drivers under 15 from operating licensed vehicles.
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Mary Hatfield
Fred Erdmann
Clarence
Memorial Notice for Archibald in Burne City
Archibald, esteemed and worthy Christian citizen of Burne, died Saturday after brief illness. His bride of one month survives him. He was years old and the son of Mr and Mrs core andera.
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Archibald T
Burne
Mra
Core
Andera
Red Cross Roll Call Urges Members for War and Peace
Chairman H P Davison outlines the Red Cross as the foundation of relief work for soldiers at home and abroad. He calls for annual one dollar memberships and emphasizes continued service, cooperation with international societies, and a permanent peacetime role expanding home service, health education, and support for the war wounded and families.
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Red Cross
H. P. Davison
Red Cross War Council
Red Cross Home
Mr. Davison
American Red Cross
National Red Cross
Heart of America
Davison
Asserican Red Cross
Grom
Bae Oe Ee
Belgians in exile send greetings to American children
Washington report of 600 Belgian boys and girls, exiled in Havre, sending a giant scroll with about 620 names to thank American children and the Red Cross. They praise Allied victory, Belgium’s rescue, and Americans who aided relief and food saving during the war.
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Washington
America
Havre
Belgium
Allies
United States of América
American Red Cross
Big Ocean
Red Cross
Will of a free people opens granaries for export
A historic policy shift unleashes 141 million bushels of grain for export as the national will directs vast reserves to international markets. Officials hail the move as timely, boosting trade while preserving domestic supplies and farm prosperity amid uncertain harvests.
Veiled Retronote of Food Craft Hidden in Text
Fragmentary OCR notes hint at a culinary topic with mentions of food and a reverse cabling motif. The readable portion includes stray letters and incomplete phrases suggesting a bygone review or recipe fragment without clear scope or outcome.
Boys Praise Red Cross Letters From Soldiers Abroad
Excerpts from overseas soldiers praise the American Red Cross and Christmas package coupons. Messages from front lines in France express gratitude for daily papers, tobacco, food, and recreation, noting many have no relatives in the United States and rely on Red Cross gifts.
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American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross
Washington
France
The
Red Cross Christmas Roll Call Seeks Full Enrollment
The American Red Cross invites all eligible people to join chapters through the Christmas Roll Call. Membership drives aim to enroll every available person regardless of age or sex. Junior Red Cross oversees child enrollment. dues vary from 25 cents for Junior Auxiliary to 1 dollar for regular membership and higher levels for contributing and sustaining memberships up to 100 dollars for Patrons.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Universal
Climax to Victory Urges Red Cross Support Before Christmas
President Wilson calls on the American people to back the Red Cross Christmas Roll, seeking a unified, strong response that would boost morale and express nationwide approval of the Red Cross relief policy. He envisions the pledge as a high point of American unity and global hope.
Red Cross School for Belgian Boys in Switzerland
The American Red Cross has established a manual training school for Belgian boys at Vaukruz Switzerland to provide practical skills and education.
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American Red Cross
Vaukruz
Switzerland
Peace makes greater need for Red Cross relief work
Peace will not end Relief work faces expanding fields of service. The Red Cross calls on every American to answer the Christmas Roll Call and support its mission to bind up the world’s wounds through generous impulses and renewed membership.
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Red Cross
Old Teeth Wanted and Sewing Jobs Advertised in 1950s Paper
Classified snippets show offers for cash for old teeth and gold jewelry, promising checks by return mail and 10 days to approve offers. Separate line advertises large knitting manual seeking women to work from home with permanent pay options.
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Mazer
Dept. A
Philadelphia
Guaranteed Mills
Norristown
Local Family News and Visits Highlight Community Life
Lieut and Mrs Virgil Hinkle welcome a daughter Anna Marie born Monday afternoon. Nancy Jane arrives as a new playmate for Betty Lou Stevenson. Osborns plan a two month stay twenty miles from Memphis amid primitive conditions. Jerry Walker and Gertrude return from Indianapolis with Gertrude’s visible limp next day. CurE GW Fraley keeps house while wife visits daughter in Franklin.
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Lieut
Virgil Hinkle
Anna Marie
Nancy Jane
Betty Lou
Emmett Stevenson
Neney Jane
Stevenson
J.an Osborn
Memphis
Tenn
Jerry Walker
Miss Gertrude
Indianapolis
Gadding
City
Miscellaneous notes from Clarksville society column
A string of brief society items and local notices from Clarksville recounts Gertrude Haas resuming aviation work in Washington, Nettie Ryan and Marion Caskey opinions on halted aviation, James Tarpice visiting family, Louisa Corey transferring farm duties to Cecil and Ernest, and various residents’ moves and weddings. The column highlights community ties and personal milestones amid wartime disruptions.
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Gertrude Haas
Aviation Department
Washington
Nettie Ryan
Marion Caskey
Ian
Louisa Corey
Cecil
Ernest
LaFayete Landow
Oklahoma J
Ferry Linch
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