Caleb Rogers Warns Griggs Over Red Cross Duty at Home
Caleb Rogers confronts Dan Griggs in his Rogers Corners store about supporting the Red Cross. He argues that every soldier, including Griggs’ son Jim, benefits from Red Cross aid from camp to trench to recovery, urging Griggs to give a hundred dollars rather than ten. Griggs reluctantly agrees, moved by the cause and his son’s safety.
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Caleb Rogers
Rogers
Daniel Griggs
Cateb
Mr. Rogers
Dan
Red Cross
Griggs
Jim Griggs
Tad Cross
Sam
Caleb
Dan Griggs
Big Pond
Jim
Reid Gross
The
France
Kaiser
Tsay
Tam
Dan 'Triggs
Mr. Griggs
Red Cross sets May drive as funds reach hundred million
John D. Ryan, vice chairman of the War Council, details first hundred million Red Cross disbursements and future needs. He notes a May 20 to 27 drive, reports $105,000,000 collected, and outlines wide allocations to countries and relief services, with substantial reserves and working capital. He asserts 60 cents per dollar is not spent on overhead, and funds remain available for future work.
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John D. Ryan
War Council
American Red Cross
Mr. Ryan
Hrande
Belgium
Itey
Russia
Rumania
Servin
Great Britain
Red Cross
United State
Navy Base
United States
France
Jou Qework
Pershing praises American Red Cross in France
General Pershing lauds the American Red Cross for unmatched efficiency and understanding in France. He notes their constructive work under adverse circumstances, marking it as exemplary since the world began.
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American Red Cross
France
General Pershing
Red Cross Canteens and Their Proud Work in France
An American Red Cross worker describes the rough yet bright Red Cross canteen spaces in France, detailing decor, capacity, and plans for a larger multiroom complex with a 1000-seat capacity. She notes cooking routines, food supplies, dormitories for 200 canvas beds, cleanliness, and the pivotal role of comfort and morale for French and American soldiers in a damp, wartime garden district.
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Red Cross
Miss Kirkpatrick
Miss Beckett
Beaux Art
France
Too Young to Keep Gas Masks On
Passage argues that American Red Cross action mirrors military policy in France and Italy. It notes Red Cross efforts last August to send an automobile to Toul and deliver toys and bedding for French children, while French families suffer under German captivity.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
Toul
Nancy
France
Germany
Evian
Steel Cross
Italy
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Briggs
Joseph
Lincoln
Gilantes
WAR Fund Committee
Model of
Harper
D. A. Long
D.D.S. Lititz, PA
Warren A. Wood
Main and Cedar Sts
Lititz
Edmund A. Devine
E. Main Street
Joseph B. Wissler
Duke Street
Lancaster
Hershey & Gibbel
Geo. L. Keath
Justice of the Peace
Brunnerville
Howard S. Young
Piang Tuner
East Orange St
Lititz, Pa
E. B. Beck
Mrs. Beck
Broap Jr
Libra
John Long
East Main Street
S C.hassler
Penna
J. Fredessig
Lawrence K.grosh
Sitits
P. A. Bui Ding
Frank
Schnerer
Spruce ST
Ind
H. L. Kramer
L. N. Moyer
Main St
Spruce Villa Farm Dairy
Clayton Brubaker
W. M. Grube
Lititz Springs
Long & CO
A. R. Keller
Lititz, Penna
State OF Hayden
Litit
Litita Mikscih
Lats
John M. Grom Sbatit, Attorney
Mary L. Miksch
Excoutris
Hi. P. Gingrich & Co
W. C. Grube, Prop
Hershey, Leaman & Co
Pennsylvania
Liberty New Belmont
Kreider’s Hardware Store
W.H. Muth &Co
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