Red Cross Aid to Vets Expands Across 1925 Efforts
The American Red Cross reports growth in veteran aid through chapters hospitals and government offices during the past year. In the fiscal year ending June 30 1925 the organization supported 2 591 chapters with about 2 207 000 dollars in claims and hospital work. Field directors and services for active duty and disabled ex service men remained central while new legislation prompted expanded hospitalization and compensation efforts. An Armistice Week appeal seeks broader participation in the annual Roll Call from November 11 to 26.
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American Reid Cross
Red Crose
Witb
Red Cross
Congress
Bureau
C Laims
National Headquarters
Wen
American Red Cross
Ulan
Armistice Bay
National Health Aim of Red Cross Program
The American Red Cross built a comprehensive national health structure with home hygiene, nutrition, and nursing services. Over 51,000 students were instructed in home care, with 20,381 receiving certificates, and 128,065 children reached with regular nutrition instruction. The program added Braille textbook transcription for the blind, engaged Girl Scouts and schools, and trained 2,800 dietitians while aiding 1,885 schools with lunches. The Red Cross public health nursing network includes nearly 1,000 nurses nationwide, plus a reserve of 42,002 nurses. Dorothy Davis Slechter and others aided in flu and disaster relief, as the Red Cross invites members to its ninth annual fall drive, November 11 to 26.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
America
Girl Scouts
Camp Fire
Thera
Luraes
Lorain
Dorothy Davis Sletchter
Fairbanks
Alaska
Fort Yukon
Arctic
St.ing
Japanese Boy’s 1 50 Gift Highlights Global Relief
A Tokyo youth donates 1.50 to the Santa Barbara relief fund, the act showcased by the American Red Cross as a symbol of worldwide friendship and humanitarian spirit across borders.
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Tokio
Santa Barbara
American Red Cross
Mariners and Red Cross enroll in sea time duty
A fragmented query reads like a poem about mariners on the seas joining the American Red Cross. It questions lagging behind and asks whose work expresses genuine impulses in or about the Red Cross effort.
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High Seas
American Red Cross
Cash Prizes for Best Texas Pecans Contested
Pioneer Pecan Press founders offer cash prizes for the best and largest pecans judged by Prof. E J Kyle of A and M College. Monticello Nursery, Monticello, Florida won best specimens. J A Harigel of Lometa, Texas won largest. $25 total prize funds to be paid after grading by December 1, 1925. entries due by December 1, 1925, shipped to D F Moore or W J Millican.
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Pioneer Pecan Press
W. T. and
D. F. Moore
W. J. Millican
Bend
Texas
E. J. Kyle
School of Agriculture, A
M. College
Monticello Nursery Company
Monticello
Fla
W. J. Millean
Texas Poultry Trade Faces Quarantine Relief Agreement
The Texas outbreak of foot and mouth prompts interstate quarantine on dressed poultry fruit vegetables trees and shrubs. The Livestock Sanitary Commission and A and M Extension Service authorize county agents as Inspectors to certify shipments in triplicate with new packaging materials and affidavits before certificates are issued. Leo Callan chairs the Commission.
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Texas
Livestock Sanitary Commission of Texas
A. & M. College
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Leo Callan
Brownswood resident relocates for college access
T. M. Burleson of Brownwood was in Bethel tending his farm when he traveled to town on business. He moved to Brownwood last spring seeking college advantages. His son Lowel, a San Saba High School graduate last spring, is now a student at Howard Payne College.
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T. M. Burleson
Brownwood
Bethel
Lowel
Howard, Payne College
Beautifying Cemetery Plots With Sarasparilla Vine
A cemetery note describes growing the hardy sarasparilla vine to decorate graves. Plant berries at the back of the stone and train them on barb wire to form an elegant, lasting display that thrives without rain. The plant is perennial, returning yearly from the root, best planted in spring if grown from root.
State Fair of Texas Race Program Highlight
Five running races daily across seven days of the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, running from October 10 to October 17. Races start at 2 p.m. each day.
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Dallas
Youngest Entrant at State Fair Rodeo Draws Attention
Fred M. Clanney Jr., a notable young roper and trick rider, competes in the State Fair of Texas rodeo October 18 to 26. He is the son of Fog Horn Clancey, once reported missing for about a week before being found on an Oklahoma ranch after wandering with cowboys during a large round-up.
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Fred M. Clanney, Jr
Fog Horn
Clancey
Oklahoma
New Dandruff Remedy Mesala Sold At Local Drug Store
Local druggist unveils Mesala a new dandruff remedy promising cures after one application and often within a week or two. The product is pleasant to use inexpensive and sold with a positive guarantee at Simmons Drug Store for seventy five cents. Also notes John R. Marr of San Antonio visiting his old town, previously from this area and returning after World War I era.
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Simmons Drug Store
John R. Marr
San Antonio
Mr. Marr
Tamale
Jersey milk and seed oats offered by local suppliers
C. T. Loucks seeks buyers for pure Jersey milk. Also advertised are 27-ix seed oats free from Johnson grass with red rust proof claims and recleaned grading by B. T. Rich.
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C. T. Loucks
Jersey
Johnson
B. T. Rich
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Rogers & Son
W. R. Harris Grocery
San Saba
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