Florida Red Cross Leads Relief Record After Florida Hurricane
The American Red Cross reports a record relief effort up to June 30 1926 driven by Florida hurricane damage. It details 4000 injured, 500 major fractures, 50 000 homeless, and broader national disaster preparedness with 300 trained workers on call. The piece compares this to the 1925 Midwest tornado and New Jersey explosion, notes 15 foreign catastrophes, and promotes the Tenth Annual Roll Call November 11 to 25.
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Florida
Red Cross
Henry L. Baker
American Red Cross
Gulf Coast
Moorehaven
Clewiston
Miami
Midwest
John Barton Payne
New Jersey
Lfe
Mexico
Time for a Change in Home Decor Influences
The piece laments centuries of formal education shaping home decoration toward Halian rococo and late eighteenth to early nineteenth century French styles, urging reflection on continued stylistic influence.
Red Cross Efforts Aid Disabled Veterans and Families
Eight years after World War I the American Red Cross continues major help for disabled veterans and their dependents. About 20,000 ex-service men die yearly with many unaware of government benefits. Red Cross chapters assist with death claims, burial allowances, and insurance.
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American
Red Cross
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Chapetrs
United States
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Florida
Veterans’ Bureau
Sage Reflection: dumb yet enjoying life, not understanding higher truths
A fragment from the Cincinnati Enquirer contrasts being dumb with sensing pleasure in life against being too intelligent to derive joy from living. The lines imply a critique of overanalysis and celebrate simple contentment despite ignorance.
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Cincinnati Ezquirer
Four-Year-Old Rescued From Pond After Fall
Four-year-old Tennie Marie fell into a fish pond and was rescued unharmed. She described the event with a vivid line noting her hind feet sticking out of the water.
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Tennie Marie
Riverdale to Levy Special Sewer Assessment Plan
The Village of Riverdale orders a combined sanitary and storm sewer system with concrete manholes vitrified tile pipes and reinforced concrete sewers discharging into the Little Calumet River. A final 1926 assessment hearing is set for November 15 with 10 installment payments at 6 percent interest and objections invited in Cook County Court.
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Riverdale
Little Calumet River
S. BE
S. FE
Wentworth Avenue
Acme Avenue
First Alley
138Th Street
188Th Street
Atlantic Street
Tracy Avenue
West Line
Emerald Avenue
Halsted Street
Eggleston Avenue
Normal Avenue
Parnell Avenue
Wallacetreet
la Salle Street
Forest View Avenue
Atlantic Avenue
School Street
Stewart Avenue
139Th Street
140Th Street
189Th Street
County Court
Cook County
Illinois
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Relief Records
Sage
Ramon Baumgartner
Tlas
Michigan Ave
Pullman
Corner 117Th Place
Conrad Kern
Indiana Avenue
the House of Service
Roseland District
Chicago
John J. Vanderaa
Teninga Bros. & Co
Michigan Avenue
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