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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1919
Page
11
A speaker reflects on the burden of today’s world when meeting a child’s hopeful gaze. He recounts a longing to act, to fight with faith and money, to rally for Liberty Loan and Red Cross, and to confront the future by filling a blank with generous giving before returning to the child’s crib.
A poem found on an unknown American soldier who died bravely in war. It speaks of faith, rising from tragedy, and the dawn of freer life. The verse urges readers to cherish the moment, envisioning future heirs who will recall the soldier's sacrifice and the defeat of darkness.
Edward N Hurley chairman of the United States Shipping Board urges the American people to support a second American Red Cross campaign for 100 million dollars. He says financing mercy work deepens ties with Entente nations and aids troops in Europe, benefiting peace efforts.
The scrambled text references a hospital with eight beds in Evian and children to be cared for, mentions the American Red Cross aiding war relief, and describes workers assisting ill women and patients amid conflict. Names and places are garbled but the overall scene shows medical relief amid upheaval.
The article describes how snowy romance fades as young men and women churn socks on Red Cross sock machines in New York County Chapter workrooms. Eight machines operate in a model room at 20 East Thirty-eighth Street with others idle due to trade conditions. Instructors teach use, a complete pair takes 24 minutes, and sweaters are knit from machine strips. Private groups also own machines and donate the results, including a family hotel set.
Fragmentary text from a historical page mentions IAT ROME SERVICE and a person named Sheri, with garbled phrases about meetings, medical or personal notes, and possible reference to Horvtees and Cronitele. No coherent event or clear entities beyond scattered names.
Capt Archibalt Roosevelt, recently wounded, thanks the Red Cross for its hospital work. He says the service gives comfort and helps families feel at home, noting Dr Billings of Groton taught him at Groton School. The Red Cross is arranging a new uniform after a shell fragment tore his previous one, with the shrapnel piece to be sent to Col Paradore Roosevelt.
A wartime feature recounts Red Cross nurses in the Philippines and North Anupanua, noting their beauty sparking gossip yet their service in caring for wounded, orphans, and tubercular cases. It highlights the Red Cross push abroad, 13 divisions in the United States, and a large wartime supply warehouse, funded by American contributions.
A wartime appeal lauds Billy Jones and other American soldiers in France. Comrades carried him from No Man's Land to a dressing station and base hospital as medical teams treated wounds. The piece urges readers to donate to the Red Cross to fund care for wounded servicemen and keep them supplied while they fight for democracy.
What does it mean to you to know your America Red Cross supports 1 000 French children and provides senile supplies to 3423 French mill? try towprints. It runs 30 canteens at the front and six more at French railway junedona serving 90 000 French soldiers daily. It operates a movable hospital in four units for 1 000 men and a children s refuge while running a medical center and traveling unit. With 2 000+ children, it maintains warehousing for hospital supplies food and comfort for soldiers from the seaboard to the Swiss frontier. It has capacity for 100 000 loan units, 400 motor cars and seven canteens. It shipped 46 freight car loads of unsorted supplies to Italy within two weeks. A battery of ambulances was at the Piave front four days after war entry. It started 100 activations in Italy and established a hospital in England plus a workshop for supplies employing 000 women. Some 120 000 cases of supplies have been received at Red Cross headquarters from chapters across the United States. What does this mean to you It means without this ceaseless work the war could not be won. Your Red Cross fed Romania, aided Italy, and saved French soldiers who now fight for us. With help, your boy will win.
Antoine, a peasant, endures a ruined land scarred by war. A single cherry tree survives as a beacon while a colossal “horse of iron” plows the fields, driven by a Columbus worker who attributes the aid to American Red Cross. The scene blends despair with fragile hope for spring.
A four year old girl wanders the Evian Casino crowd of repatriated children awaiting examination by an American Red Cross doctor. She answers in French that she does not know her own name and is embraced by a nurse as she calls all present mother.
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