Canteen Workers Cater to Poilu Appetite for Oysters and Salads
A World War I Red Cross report describes canteens in France supplying oysters and salads to Poilus, detailing how 18,000 French and thousands of Allied troops received meals and care. Nurses and doctors visit villages, offer baths, medical advice, and comfort, while canteen staff compete for service excellence and morale boosts amid transport shortages and wartime hardship.
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Poilu
Ivago
Fife
Eanteen
Tesider
Dietricta
France
Priyatelins
Mllan
Semetines
Flere
Red Cross
vWlilage J
Venter
Ty Weiths
The Red Cross: I Am Not Too Old to Serve
An elderly speaker vows continued service to the Red Cross, stating age cannot dull compassion. Though unable to bear a lance, the speaker insists they can still answer the helpless call and share daily burdens with the youth they support.
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Red Cross
Gombe
A Message From France Letter From Lycee Victor Duray Paris
A message from France notes French school pupils singing The Star Spangled Banner in French and crying Vive l Amerique. It recounts John H. Finley’s efforts linking American and French education and reflects on the Yser river and shared resolve against injustice as U.S. and French peoples bridge distances with courage and care.
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France
John H. Finley
Commissioner of Education
University of the State of New York
Lycee Victor Duray
Paris
L’ Amerique
America
The Great American Dollar Has a Great American Heart
A garbled pastiche of phrases evokes wartime duty and American sacrifice. It references a Great American Dollar platform, a mix of patriotic rhetoric, and mentions of figures like Marie Leenottiedt and TV era themes. The text blends war imagery with calls to national unity and restoration.
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Marie
Chateau des Halles Red Cross Hospital for French Children
In the mountains near Lyons the Chateau des Halles near Les Hallee hosts a French children’s hospital and home run by the Red Cross. The transformed castle provides bright rooms, play areas, and renewed bathrooms to care for 1000 war‑aged child patients arriving from Evian, with a focus on comfort and dignity amid wartime strain.
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Mountelag
Lyons
Les Hallee
Trim
Chateau Des Heltey
Mussini
Riviera
France
Evian
Peignage
Switzerland
Chhildren
Amd
Red Cross
Ted Cross
Chapteau Des Halles
Chateau
Halles
Callaron’s
Uutte
Telco
Itckind
Taome
Pollu
Childres
Hospitals and Churches Convert to TB Care During War
Fragmentary report details France diverting 7000 hospital beds to tuberculosis care amid war strain. It notes many old and new hospital buildings repurposed as wards, churches and schools pressed into service, with American Red Cross aid praised as crucial to supplement France’s limited capacity.
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Pivniop
Aocen
Aioe
Toteras
Halle
Lsto
Cape
France
Donne
Boes
Red Croom i
Before You Close Your Eyes Tonight We Remember Sacrifice
A war era plea honors American servicemen and Red Cross volunteers. It calls readers to support countrymen in hospitals, stressing mercy, duty, and unity as the Red Cross symbol carries the nation through darkness. It urges readers to give money and assistance for war relief.
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Renan
Ici
Eas
Diet Tun
Rane
Fhota Tiesnass
Bole
Tom Bate
Gallhac
Margete
Ogg
Marcy
Plans for Second Wer Paed Dnee Work Force
Fragmentary OCR text outlines plans for a large work force of 25 000 red organ mag units to engage in social effort. Details are unclear due to damaged wording and missing context.
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Eleanor Robson Belmont
Europe
The
Eleanor, Robson, Belmont
Nii
Fe Ted Crom
Wien
Nealine
Ehando
Ameria
Ition
Rae
Elearor Robson Belmont
Renal
Dijon
Cmd
Celine
Edgar A. Guest
William Gerard Chapman
Hidasn
Symyaathy
Tate
Red Crees
Chateau. Des Halles
Children's Hospital
Jolly
Werth
Ted Crom
Monale
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