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Newspaper
Mount Sterling Advocate
Location
Mount Sterling, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1919
Page
5
A plea urges public support for relief amid widespread war suffering, urging Christians and Jews to unite against famine and massacres. The piece notes bombardment across Turkey, Palestine, Lithuania, Poland, and Galicia and calls for community bids on road work, criticizing taxes and urging civic involvement.
A brief note reports two men allegedly mishandled a notebook containing $5 at a railway station. The incident prompts a language remark on the term unthoughtedly as unthinkable, published by Louis Republic.
A broad fundraising drive in Kentucky called the Golden Rule Campaign seeks support for Jewish relief in Europe. State leaders including Gov. Stanley and Rabbi Joseph Mauch coordinate district chairs and specialist bureaus to mobilize subscriptions from all faiths as famine and war toll rise.
Rev. O. O. Green of Richmond Kentucky leads a statewide drive to raise 208000 during April 7 to 11 for Jewish war relief. He chairs the Madison county organization and actively promotes the fundraising effort amid daily wartime suffering reports.
A series of mass meetings across Kentucky is planned during the week of April 7 to 11 to raise $205,000 for the state's re set of Jewish war sufferers. Speakers of national prominence will address the gatherings in various cities already arranging programs.
The item lists film showings including The Banded Wife and A Dog's Life with matinees at 2:15 daily, plus The Panther Woman and You Never Saw Such 2 Gat. It also shows a wartime appeal from Governor A Stanley for Jewish War Relief Days in Kentucky with dates April 1–11, 1998 and a formal proclamation from Frankfort.
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