Red Cross Aids Soldier's Wife Gains Courage To Fight
Associate Field Director at Camp Beauregard La helped a worried private prepare for deployment by arranging home service for his ill wife and child. New Orleans Home Service secured doctors and support, transforming the man from despair to renewed resolve, saying he could now serve Uncle Sam with a light heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Camp Beauregard
New Orleans
France
Home Service Section
Sam
The
A Mask Is as Good as a Mile Against Colds
A historical health note explains that common colds arise from germs shared between people. Masks reduce droplet spread, and sneezing or coughing without coverings sends invisible spray up to five feet, infecting nearby individuals. Preventive hygiene and muffling coughs are urged to curb transmission in homes and hospitals.
Public Health Messages on Disease Prevention and Infant Care
Health tips emphasize the high cost of illness and early mortality from pneumonia typhoid and malaria. The Public Health Service notes malaria reductions in some areas and urges stopping milk and seeking a doctor for fever or acute diarrhoea in babies while avoiding tea coffee beer or soft drinks.
Board of Supervisors July 1918 Expenditures Listed
County records show payments and allocations for June and July 1918 including Dr A F Whitehurst ten visits to the county home for 25 dollars, Belmont and Golden road funds, prison victualing, vat repairs, bridge work, and riparian maintenance. The long ledger names many individuals and local projects, noting balances and warrants across multiple district funds and school funds.
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A F Whitehurst
LC Paden
LP Cleer
Belmont Road
U Woodley
JD Bullard
Als
Hudson Et al
Marlar
Gilliland
E Thomas
M Keeton
Golden Road
Castleberry
Windham
Cleer
Belmont Road Fund
Harris
Bob Mayhall
Tillman
Keeton
Golden Road Fund
P Cleer
Bostick
Kirk
Carson
Denton
FT Carmack
Lolout School Dist
W.C
Balanet
Iuka Guaranty Bank
Sherrill Lumber Co
Skinner
Belmont Bridge
Clark
Riggan
George Bridges
E McCulloch
Isttrict
Thorn
W Bishop
Brown
Allen
J H Walker
A W Davis
JC McCulloch
J C McCulloch
RU Woodley
Woodley
Smith-Fay Lumber Co
D L Anderson
JR Gravette
Albert Duckett
M J Dexter
Dan Dexter
JH Walker
G T Sanders
Nam Vat
RB Owens
L F Sartain
Ilf Sartain
J R Wilson
E A Payne
Dennis Road
LC Taylor
H Gravette
Dennis
Fowler Aldridge
Barnes
Work Public
Golden Road Dist
H Byram
Com'r Dennis Road
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Awleail
Pde
Tiealt RE
Red Cross War Fund
Germany
Russia
Roumania
Serbia
Italy
Armenia
NL Phillips
Haynes Lumber Co
JC Jourdan
County Home
O Jackson Hardware Co
T Carmack
Jeff Linton
W. C
General County Fund
D’t.Good Road Fund
Bal. Omhand
Anderson
Nate WC
Tishomingo
AB Long
F Sartain
EA Payne
R A Woodley
A Moser
Pension Board
W HT Skinner
Ounty Depository
Valley School District
WC & 75
L H Nix
Paden
JF Barnes
J W Marlar
Iuka Lumber Co
W M Williamson
Ist
Good Roads Fund
Dist. Roads
Golden
Belmont Road Dist
Ipa
Call
Mart
Helen Hunt
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg, Miss
Alfred Johnson Zollie Walker
Camp Fanston
Packers
J B Williams
G T Carmichael
Iuka, Mississippi
Tri-Cities
Tuscumbia, Alabama
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