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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
7
An article notes envy of the rural preacher paid in kind, facing rising butter eggs and bread costs. It cites parishioners’ cheaper gifts versus market purchases and suggests a county food administrator might issue a circular with coins pictured as farm products to aid farmers and clergy.
The piece argues for national reconstruction support for wounded veterans, detailing hospital reform, rehabilitation, and training. It notes the Army Medical Department and the American Red Cross plans including the Red Cross Institute for the Blind, civilian employment, and vocational reeducation to enable disabled men to regain independence and meaningful work.
A poem by Jeanne Judson praising the Red Cross worker who is everywhere from Paris to the front lines. It emphasizes dedication to fellow soldiers and maintaining morale. The speaker notes the helper appears busy, supportive, and committed to duty, sharing in the fighters’ hope and health.
Hospital searchers for the American Red Cross travel to hospitals to provide supplementary notes to the Army casualty reports. They aim to deliver more detailed letters to families, offering a human touch amid the war news and rising casualties.
A school teacher alerted the Red Cross Home Service about a 10-year-old girl whose mother was ill and whose two brothers supported the family. The mother died, a country home was found for the girl, the 17-year-old brother enlisted, and the remaining brother in camp contributed wages. The girl now attends school, receives allotments, and is under Home Service care and guidance.
A portable kitchen installed by the American Red Cross at the site of Joan of Arc’s capture served tea and coffee to up to 10,000 soldiers and civilians, providing refreshments amid relief efforts.
A French midlife civilian in the Marne region recounts how the A E F emptied his cistern and left him with a bone dry home. He says he does not mind, believing rain will come and noting locals taught him English as compensation.
A western state farming community formed by Poles draws in youth from nearby areas. At a summer Red Cross sale at the consolidated school, a girl complains her cake, made with purified sugar and vanilla, has not sold, exclaiming it is good American cake.
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