Shenandoah and nearby towns hit by car theft spree
Across Iowa towns Shenandoah, Tarkio, and Red Oak report repeated thefts and shootings. A Tarkio youth stole a Ford from Joe Andrews in Shenandoah and was chased for nearly forty miles. other incidents involve a near-fatal accidental shooting in Silver City and a child burned by a yard fire in Nebraska City. Local authorities, victims, and bystanders are named in these police and accident notes.
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Shenandoah
Laurine Davenport
Tarkio
Missouri
Joe Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Clark Miller
Hiames
Nebraska City
Neb
Ruth Chapman
Henry Chapman
Third Street
Second Avenue
Red Cross Not Aiding Enemy Nations Now
Americans reassure their support for the American Red Cross assuring no funds or supplies go to Germany since the war declaration. Pershing’s troops will be cared for. Taft and Norton stress treason risk if aiding the enemy. Citizens may donate knowing funds aid our wounded and allies.
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Red Cross
Germany
France
Belgium
Serbia
United States
General Pershing
Europa
Sam
Red Cross War Council
Washington
Charles D. Norton
Taft
Red Cross Trench Work and Casualties Highlight Frontline Service
Red Cross surgeons and orderlies aid the wounded in underground dressing stations on the front. In harsh trenches they perform major operations like amputations in dark, damp spaces. War records in France show many Red Cross workers die beside infantrymen under fire. Field service demands extraordinary courage. Soldiers fight. others endure the toll.
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Red Cross
Mttle
France
Red Cross War Fund Drive Aims At 100 Million
New York pledges to raise a quarter of needed funds as Chicago is asked for 5 to 210 million. C B Towne named director for central division to launch drives in nine states. Fund will be raised by chapter subscriptions with each contributing one quarter of its amount to the national total. The drive supports hospital supplies and relief in war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Red Cross War Fund
Towne
Red Cross
Jrpnn
Bese
Yankees Ingenuity In Red Cross Hospitals In France
Across American Red Cross hospitals and ambulance stations in France ingenious devices aid recovery. One apparatus uses weights and pulleys to suspend broken legs, guiding proper bone growth. Another system of rubber tubes drains infected wounds from a bag, enabling constant cleaning with antiseptic solution to save lives.
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Page County
L. D. Corbin
W. T. Luddington Dairy
Council Bluffs
Glenwood
Roy Stranathan
Wark
Silver City
Harry DeBolt
Feld
Mr. Stranathan
DeBolt
Sidney
Wilbur Taylor
F. E. Mann
Taylor
Summit
Otis McCrary
Moe
Northboro
Tarkio, Mo
Eth Town
Rough Neck Gang
Nemaha, Neb
J. O. Hampton
Red Oak
George J. Kelley
Logan
Iowa
H. M. Havaier
Oscar Wenstrand
Kelly
Woodruff
W. B. Hurt
J. W. Holden
Mr. Hurt
Terre Haute
Montgomery County
Tabor
George Baggs
President Wilson
Wyom
Nebraska
Colorado
B. Howard
Immigration Agt
Q Building
Omaha, Nebr
Sign OF the Red Cross
Europe
Red Cross Society
Red Cross Organization
New York
Chicago
John Levenster
M.D. Y
Hamburg, Ja
Drs. T. Mitchell
Bank of Hamburg
Frod Aldrich Undertaker
Frank Davis
Hamburg
Della Sykes
Piano
Organ
Masonic Block
R. C. Danley
Farmers Savings Bank
R.w.sykes, M.D
Lyceum Bldg
Duke Alberson
Fremont
Atchison Counties
C. H. Harding
Merchants Exchange Bank
Black Hamburg
George H. Gitz,,jr
Griffith Drug Store
Carroll H. Wright
Law General
Hamburg Town
Chas. H. Medford
Bell and Mutual
International Pibaud Y Pathe
Iris
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