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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1917
Page
7
A Middletown Red Cross campaign opens with the slogan Let the Red Cross be Your Santa Claus. The piece urges personal responsibility for war aid, emphasizing that both men and women must bear duties equally as the drive runs a week, urging individuals to contribute and support the effort.
An editorial urges fathers and mothers to support sons in the army and stresses personal duty. It cites Canadian troops and hospital commissions, notes the cost of injury and disease, and argues for bearing individual responsibility to back the war effort and the Red Cross, urging moral resolve for Middletown and beyond.
A fragmentary page features verses and quips about love rain snow and home life, plus notes from Middletown writing to Santa. It includes slogans about women’s suffrage, a line about Nero, a speculative headline from Warwick, and a playful “Honor Forsids” poem. It mentions a service flag committee and a small club of frivoler members in the lodge.
A list of nineteen reasons promoting Red Cross membership highlights the organization as the premier national relief group authorized by Congress, trusted by business leaders, and efficient in fundraising. It emphasizes aiding soldiers, widows, children, and the disabled, with vast transport and hospital supply networks, and pledges strong ties to democracy and national ideals.
London reports a 1755.6 million dollar vote of credit in the House of Commons. Andrew Bonar Law says the war’s daily outlay, including aviation and Mesopotamian troop advances, ran about 1.75 million dollars, with year-end estimates and recoverable amounts affecting the overall cost.
An old notice describes preserving natural flower colors using Sullevite acid applied to stems in the press with brushing, and drying. It notes red tones are retained by the agent, and mentions an alternative using a solution in alcohol and olive oil in blotting paper grooves with wool. Powdered borers provides similar results.
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