Red Cross Officer Affirms Broad Civilian Relief Powers
Legal opinion from John W. Davis counselor for the American Red Cross outlines that the organization may act beyond wartime Geneva limits. It can pursue civilian relief, disaster aid, pestilence and famine relief, and charitable work in peace or war, while restricting military support to strictly humanitarian tasks.
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American Red Cross
William Howard Taft
Robert W. DeForest
John W. Davis
Solicitor General
Eliot Wadsworth
the Solicitor General
Washington, D. C
Mr. Wadsworth
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Red Cross
United States
Comite International de Secours
Geneva Cross
United States of America
Army
Navy
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Congress
National Red Cross
Europe
Jno. W. Davis
Highway law cuts three to one for roads in Illinois
The fiftieth general assembly reduced highway commissioners from three to one to improve accountability and efficiency. The new single commissioner system centralizes responsibility, cuts delays, and aims for timely, expert road work with direct accountability to taxpayers.
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Fiftieth General Assembly
State Highway Commission
A Wise Old Custom in Family Meals
A Brooklyn Eagle reflection recalls a New England practice of “clearing the plate” where children eat leftovers before fresh servings. It argues waste is immoral in prosperous and other families and promotes thrift as foundational to accumulation.
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New England
Brooklyn Eagle
Obituaries for Phoebe A. Allen and Viva May Traver
Obituary notices record the death of Mrs. Phoebe A. Allen on July 2 1917 in Pontiac after a three month illness. Burial followed in Forrest. Surviving children include H S Allen James I Allen Charlotte E Allen E T Allen Mabel Huntington Avis Wingard Albert Roy and more. Viva May Traver aged 13 died July 3 1917 in Henry Illinois after a brief illness. She was the oldest child of Walter and Della Traver and leaves a brother Clifford and a sister Mildred along with grandparents and many relatives. A Henry Christian Sunday School class issued resolutions praising her faith and influence with casket bearers and flower girls named.
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George F. Chatlin
Jessie Scoon Catlin
Lacon
T. R. Egerton
Egerton
Lacon Cemetery
J. S. Thompson
Charles
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Fred Herridge
Andrew Calder
Andrew Turnbull
LaPrairie
Catlin
Robert
Mary Scoon
Roxboroughshire
Scotland
Battle Creek
Michigan
la Prairie Township
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Sparland
Hopewell
Peoria
Chillicothe
Lizzie Morey
Lacon Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
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Philadelphia
Penn
Reginald
Catherine Weissenberger
Putnam County
Elizabeth Ridenbaugh
Sarah Stewart
T. R. Gall
Odell
J. B. Mclaughlin
Yorkville
S. P. Clemens
Hooker
Okla
Mr. Regenold
Florid
R. H. Barstead
Phoebe A. Allen
Phoebe Ann Allen
Mabel Huntington
Pontiac
Forrest
Phoebe Ann Taber
New Bedford
Mass
James
Ann Taber
Illinois
Henry
Joseph A. Allen
Livingston County
H. S. Allen
James I. Allen
Samona
Cal
Charlotte E. Allen
E. T. Allen
Clinton
Iowa
Avis Wingard
Jasonville
Ind
Albert and
Roy
Frank C Allen
Anna
Filson
Harriet Hunter
Tiskil- Wa
Ellen Davenport
San Francisco
Allen
Chester Bidwell
Viva Mae Traver
E. T Murphy
Eccles
A. B. Smith
Viva May Traver
Walter
Della Traver
Clifford
Mildred
Albert
Dorff
Mary. Dorff
Jefferson Traver
Lavina Traver
Earth
Heaven
Clara Waughop
Christian Sunday School
Viva May Trayer
Oral Hunter
Ices Turpin
Olive Elizabeth Smith
Evelyn Smith
Opal Sales
Inez Anderson
Mayella Peterman
Florence Siewers
Marie Smith
Elizabeth Wheeler
Gladys Johnson
Bessie Marshall
Helen Travis
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