Salvation Army emphasizes wartime support and need for fund
Colonel Richard E. Holz, Dixie states commander, outlines why the Salvation Army seeks a $1,000,000 war fund. He cites 25,000 officers in 58 countries, 10,000 corps, huts, hospitals, and relief work for soldiers both at front and home. He argues the drive aids morale, Red Cross support, and camp followers, with praise from Wilson and Baker.
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America
Salvation Army
Red Cross
France
American Red Cross
United States
Citizen
Sam
Wilson
Baker
Tinkham
Mayers
J. R. Mott
U. 2
New York
Salvation Army War Service Fund Committee
Dixie States
Richard E. Holz
Census in Norway to start strict food limits
The Norwegian government conducts a census of population and inventories all public and private food stocks as a basis for a new stringent food restriction set to begin January 13.
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Christian
Norway
Stenographers 10 Go Overseas Soon
Camp Sevier in Greenville reports a new requisition for skilled stenographers for immediate overseas duty. This brings weekly drafts to three, as 20 military police were sent abroad last Monday and 700 mechanics are being examined for possible transfers. Officials deny plans to keep the division as a training school and insist the unit is meant to fight together.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
Stenog
War Department
France
Bryan expects to see country saloonless
William Jennings Bryan told New York Protestant ministers at an Anti-Saloon League meeting he expects the nation to be saloonless before he dies. He attacked the subsidized press and praised Washington for keeping liquor out of army cantonments and the navy.
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New York
William Jennings Bryan
New York City
Anti- Saloon League
Bryan
Washington
Exemption notes outline Monday fuel curtailment rules
Public guidance explains how exemptions apply to heated offices and elevator use, with non exempt spaces to remain unheated and liquor sales halted. Stores may operate for fuel or essential needs, with food sale priority on Monday, while venues of public amusement may stay open late. Local admins may grant health related exceptions to prevent damage.
Bronze star tohonor naval troops in early WWI operations
London announces a distinctive bronze star decoration for all naval officers and men who served in the France and Belgium operations in the early part of the war in 1914. The award recognizes participation in those pioneering campaigns.
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London
France
Belgium
Synchronizing Time for American Troops in France
American Army in France reports plans to broadcast a standard time daily via telegraph lines once final links are finished. Currently wireless stations pull synchronized air times from Paris, with full front-line coordination expected as lines stretch from base ports across the zone.
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France
Paris
United States
Dreco Herbal Medicine Promises Quick Pleasant Aid
An advertisement features testimonials from men and women in High Point praising Dreco for kidney and liver issues and constipation. It claims natural, harmless relief and lists Ring Drug Co. as the local seller.
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High Point
Ring Drug Co
Pomona Man Falls in Gulley and Freezes to Death
Greensboro reports Victor Sillman of Pomona found dead near the fair ground after a fall into a gulley. He was unconscious and frozen to death. Survived by a wife and four children.
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Greensboro
Victor Sillman
Pomona
Fair Ground
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