Red White and Blue Tribute and Red Cross Weekly Notes
Poem praising red white and blue followed by Red Cross Notes for the week of February 11, listing bed jackets and bandages completed or started by volunteers including Mrs. Munyan and Mrs. Freeland. Day-by-day sewing details note Tuesday afternoon activity with four bed jackets completed and one started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
W. G. Munyan
W. W. Smith
B. C. Freeland
Joe Rusband
Mary Munyan
K. H. Sechrest
T. D. Gilliam
C. D. Smith
A. BE. Tate
Hayden
J. H. Petty
C. KE. Sheloff
L. Wabb
W. G. Shipman
BE. A. Weils
BE. A. Weils, Mrs. 8. O. Peebles
W. M. Thacker
Fletcher Barbee
EB. M. Shipman
J. C. Cummings
Vivian Parker
Wilbur Jones
C. C. Smith
W A. Capefurd
Henri Turnes
Glanys Sivett
W. FE. Price
Ward Eshelman
F. J. Sizemore
J. M. Matthews
W. G. Munvan
Frank Creelman
Samuel Brash
Red Cross Sewing Progress and Call for Volunteers
Weekly report shows 47 completed bed jackets and 41 bandages plus knitted items including 15 sweaters and 15 pairs of socks. Captain Fallon’s address urged stronger American effort. Red Cross seeks more workers as miss Rankin’s college event draws interest.
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Archdale
David Fallon
America
Red Cross
Miss Rankin to Speak at State Normal Greensboro
Miss Jeannette Rankin congresswoman Montana will visit Greensboro for Washington's Birthday. She arrives on train 37 at 7 15 am the 22nd, speaks at 8 30 pm in the college auditorium with 225 seats, and attends a faculty reception in the afternoon, invitations extended to local clubs and women’s groups. The Greensboro Equal Suffrage League handles tickets.
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Greensboro Daily News of
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Washington
Greensboro
State Normal College
Miss Rankin
Delightful Commercial Club Dance Honoring Miss Flora Porter
An informal but very delightful dance was held at the Commercial club Saturday night in honor of Miss Flora Porter of Charlotte, the charming guest of Miss Elsie Mae Dillon and Miss Nan B. Williams.
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Commercial Club
Flora Porter
Charlotte
Elsie Mae Dillon
Nan B. Williams
Social notes from Greensboro and nearby visits
Miss Flora Porter returns to Charlotte after weekend stay with Misses Elsie Mae Dillon and Nan B. Williams. Various visitors travel to Greensboro including Dr. R. M. Gidney of Shelby and Edwina Gidney, Mrs. Jane T. Hamlin and family, and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Allen of Cincinnati. Local residents such as Arnold B. Huff, R. F. E. Mason, B. T. Stephenson, and others are noted for visits, business, or attendance at events in the city and surrounding towns.
Drink Hot Tea for a Bad Cold
A German traditional remedy recommends Hamburg Breast Tea to break a cold, open pores, relieve congestion, and loosen bowels. Consume a tablespoon in hot water as a daily teacup, at any time or before bed. The remedy is inexpensive, vegetable based, and considered safe.
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Hamburg
St Jacobs Oil promises quick relief for backache
A nostalgic ad touts St Jacobs Oil as a quick, harmless cure for backache lumbago and sciatica. It claims rubbing the 25 cent bottle into the pain ends misery within fifty counts and warns against staying crippled.
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Honest St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs
visitors and guests in Greensboro and nearby towns
The city received several visitors and guests this weekend including Mrs G C Kester and relatives from Thomasville Ms Vera Green and Miss Vada Wagner from Thomasville spent time in the city with friends Miss Julia Russell of New York is due this evening to take charge of the military department at Miss Venetia Smiths store. Miss Willa Smith is ill at home with little improvement noted. Baxter Younts Elmer Shields and Mr and Mrs T J Murphy also visited Greensboro for a few hours or a short visit with friends.
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J. P. Allen
Cincinnati
City
Mr .Ailen
Allen
G. C. Kester
Vera Green
Thomasville
Vada Wagner
Julia Russell
New York
Venetia Smith
Willa Smith
Curge me fINS guest Sunday of his sister
A reference notes a guest arriving Sunday to visit Mrs. John A. Holmes at Lindsay Street. The brief mentions the familial visit but lacks additional names or detail.
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John A. Holmes
Lindsay Street
Where is the Enemy I Want to Surrender Says Man Texas Camp
From Camp Sevier in Greenville South Carolina word comes that a prisoner on the way to Camp Stanley Leon Springs Texas joked about surrender while noting the heat and hard day’s work. The men strive and many hint they are among the best, with graduates to officer lists.
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Texas
Camp Sevier
Greenville
S. C
Camp Stanley
Leon Springs
Margaret and Sybil discuss charity work and marriage ethics
Margaret explains her involvement with a day nursery and her dedication to helping babies while supporting her physician husband Warren. She notes the challenge of balancing outside work with marriage and cautions against moving to a big city, warning that New York women tempt husbands away.
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Day Nursery
Sybil
Margaret Tells of Her Work in Horning
In Horning, Margaret describes her first aid class for factory girls and clerks. She details teaching wound care and splints, plus a rescue drill, while arranging weekly talks for Italian mothers at a local church. Her dedication stems from curiosity, marriage to a doctor, and a commitment to charity.
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Margaret
Horning
Sybil
Warren
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Purity
Liberty
Lere
John Jay Daly
New
Beavans
Woods
L. C. Furgurson
R. M. Gidney
Shelby
L. C. Gidney
Jane T. Hamlin
Mrs. Hamlin
J. F. Pickett
J. J.hamlin
Arnol d
B. Huff
R. F E. Mason
B. T. Stephenson
R. W. Crews
H. Andrew Cecil
H. Harris
David Harris
Baltimore
Will Currie
E. J. Coltrane
Jamestown
Thomas J. Murphy
John Oliver
Reidsville
W. H. Plumner
Elwood Hotel
Grace Harris
Lindsay Johnson
Kansas City
T. J. Murphy
Friends
Mrs
BE. Sternberger
Gaynelle Hoper
Charles Tepler
Kernersville
Ruth Stiles
Edwin Brietz
Baxter Younts
Elmer Shields
Globe Tailoring Company
Jos. P.allen
Globe Company
Tam
Alma Youlin
Prima Donna
Part
Gingham
Tomor
Moffitt Furnishing Co
Bank OF Commerce
Oo. E. Kearns
A. M. Rankin
G. A. Pollock
H. A. Millis
J. H. Adams
Caprice
Marie Walcamp
Helen Holmes
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