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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1918
Page
2
Important reader notice from The Indiana Progress states Christmas issue timing, deadlines for submissions, and subscription rates including twelve months at 1.50, six months 1.00, and three months rates. It also shows address and mailing details for payments and communications.
War's end brings word from John Kendrick Bangs and others urging Indiana County readers to aid millions of French orphans. The appeal stresses pity for children who lost fathers, suffered starvation, maiming, and upheaval, and outlines simple, low cost ways individuals or groups can adopt or sponsor an orphan through various organizations and letter exchanges.
A drive urges U S war orphans in France to be adopted by American soldiers with funding through J P Morgan Co. Readers are asked to donate and request adoption forms and photos from committee members or at 622 Philadelphia Street Indiana Pa. Harry White Jr chairs.
Obituaries note the deaths of W C Smitten a timberman turned grocer in Pittsburgh and Thaniel A McAnulty a restaurant worker aged 40 both with survivors listed. Other notices include Mrs A O Jewart and Agnes Miller passing, plus employment ads by Savan Collieries offering coal mine work with wages and conditions detailed.
The Red Cross is not limited to battles or hospitals but aids military dependents on the home front. It counsels families when government aid or war risk information is delayed, supports soldiers in field and hospital, and invites public contribution to sustain world democracy through charitable service.
Article urges rehabilitating disabled veterans under the Smith-Sears law to re-educate them for livelihood while avoiding patronizing hero worship. It stresses family support as crucial to maintaining self respect and preventing discouragement during reintegration after war.
Two brief Red Cross items from recent dispatches recount both bravery and homesickness. A wounded soldier asked for a light and accepted matches, praising his “good units” yet crying at the memory of lost colleagues. A husky Black man cried reading the canteen cookbook, joking about making a baby out of himself as it stirs memories of home.
American women at Epernay south of Rheims were cited in an order of the day for staying at their posts at a Red Cross canteen under bombardment for six days. They fed and cared for wounded throughout the battle.
The piece reflects on Red Cross value citing a passage from Mrs Lars Andersons book describing how war wounds children. It portrays mothers and homeless motherless kids as the focus of relief efforts and evokes a care driven response from readers.
The Red Cross canteens bring comforts to weary troops, led by American women who cook, serve, and wash dishes as mothers would. They operate nearby trenches, stations, and reading rooms, offering pie, doughnuts, coffee, and jam, while the store supplies toiletries and postage.
Classified column listings show a chaotic mix of wanted notices for workers and items, plus sales and rent requests. Entries mention seeks for a fireman position, animal ads for a female eagle hound, plows, and various goods for sale, with bank notices and stockholder meetings in Indiana Pa and Clymer Pa dated Dec 1918 to Jan 1919.
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