French Children Adopted in Oxford
Postwar appeal shows Oxford families adopting French orphans amid wartime hardship. Letters from Gouze and Anna Laborde detail gifts for a three and a half year old boy, Henri, and note the broader French plight with fathers killed or missing. The D A R chapter also reports a message from the boy.
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Oxford
France
General Joffre
Paris
Woman's Book Club
Devil Reese
VD. A. K
Woman's Box Club
Gouze
Madame
America
Red Cross American
Henri Two
Madame Anna Lartigan Laborde
BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT AID FOR BACK PAIN
An advertisement touts BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT as relief for back stitches from hard toil or strained muscles. It promises penetrating pain relief and offers bottles at 2c, 50c, and 1.00 with A. H. Kendel as the seller.
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Ballard
A. H. Kendel
Adv
Farmers Hopeful After Rain In Philadelphia
Philadelphia notes show improved crop prospects after a beneficial rain. Community health is good. Miss Bessie Bounds attends Blue Mountain Normal. George Adams overseas news cheers local friends. Several visits and travels among local families are listed. Sammies Sweet Heart
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Bessie Bounds
Blue Mountain
Kana Parks
Lon Parks
J. W. Adams
George
Alice Brown
Mabel Lamar
E. S. Hale
Mary Adams
Joe B. Adams
Memphis
Surgeons urge prompt antiseptic use for wounds
Early antiseptic application reduces infection risk and speeds healing for cuts burns bruises and wounds. BorozonF advertised as ideal antiseptic and healing agent for man or beast with prices 25c 50c 1 1 50 sold by A H Kendel Adv.
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A. H. Kendel
Adv
367 961 Men Will Be Called During July
Washington reports 367 961 men to be mobilized in July including 124 524 white and negro registrants. Entrainment across four sections runs July 5 9 July 15 19 July 16 20 and July 29 31 with camps at Shelby Humphreys Greenleaf Wadsworth Scriven and others. States listed include Alabama Arkansas Georgia Louisiana New Jersey New York North Carolina Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas and Virginia with varied quotas and camp assignments.
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Washington
Crowder
Alabama
Camp Shelby
Miss
Arkansas
Miss. Georgia
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Scriven
Louisiana
Jackson Barracks
North Carolina
Camp Greenleaf
Pennsylvania
Camp Wadsworth
S.C
Tennessee
Fort Thomas
Texas
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
District of Columbia
Camp Humphreys
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
S. C
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Henri
Henry
Laborde
Souchez
Douaumont
Madame Laborde
FISK
Grenada
Ford Agency
The
First National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Lafayette County
United States
Exper
Treasury Department
U.S. Bank
Harris
Conservative Busines
J. W. T. Falkner
William Huston
J. E. Avent
Philadelphia
Messrs
Ferrel Bonds
Frank Waite
Wheat Fields
Kansas
al Sneed
Sammies
New Jersey
New York
N. J
South Carolina
Virginia
Ala
Camp
Camp W
N.C
North S. C
Hall
Cheney & & Co
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