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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
4
The article urges wide participation in the Red Cross drive with emphasis on membership and monthly support for dependents. It highlights national need due to overseas armies and emergencies like the Halifax disaster, urging Sarasota to set a strong local record in memberships and contributions.
German air raid on London killed ten people and wounded seventy while damaging little naval property. A German crew was captured after a crash in the sea, and another likely survivor was reported in the channel. Gen Sarrail was recalled at Saloniki, to be replaced by Gen Guillemet. Haig alters headquarters staff in London. Austro German attempts on the Italian front press toward the Venetian plains with heavy losses on both sides. 1,000+ prisoners reported east of the Brenta. Chateau Renault torpedoed in the Med. ten crewmen lost.
Henry Van Dyke of Princeton urges a Red Cross Christmas for those who feel poor, calling for saving in luxury not money and giving to aid the wounded and country. The piece ties wartime finance, taxes, and food orders to a larger Florida development push and wartime governance concerns.
The Apalachicola Times reduces pages from eight to four due to poor patronage. The editor says the move signals not just slower growth but a backward step for the town, urging support to sustain an eight page edition.
The War Savings Fund finances the war by citizen savings of 25 cents or more, lent to the government at 4 percent compound interest. You buy 25 cent Thrift stamps or War Savings Certificate stamps. the latter cost 4.12 to 4.23 depending on timing and earn interest.
The Land Broker Company shows a rare display of ten perfectly formed tomatoes all grown on a single twig from J. F. DeBerry's farm on Longboat Key.
All persons interested in organizing a home guard in Sarasota are invited to meet Monday night January 7 at 7 30 at T C Lines shop on Main Street for planning.
Local business people send waiting patrons to the Farmers' Bungalow before evening trains. The bungalow has added an eight day clock and new paintings. Mr and Mrs Geo Reed arrived from Huntsville Ohio. Reed is noted as a successful agriculturist.
German strength on the Franco British front is placed at 154 divisions in official dispatches received today. Withdrawals from Russia and drafts from younger reservists allowed the Kaiser to replenish losses and support Austrian efforts in Italy. Winter finds German armies facing the Allies in France nearly as large as the peak force last July, with a potential new offensive anticipated. The Allies are said to hold numerical superiority on the front. Meanwhile suffrage news notes a seven vote margin toward referring resolutions to the new committee, not the elections panel.
The proposed constitutional amendment for national prohibition was today submitted by Congress to the states for ratification or rejection within seven years. The Senate completed action by accepting House amendments on a rising vote of 47 to 8 without a roll call.
A test vote conducted today reveals how members in the House view the woman in question. Observers say the result hints at broader support or opposition within committee and floor leadership dynamics.
Dr E A Kartack has not yet received a call and likely won’t for months. Many dental reservists commissioned recently seek orders, but assignments come as vacancies arise and depend on location and qualifications rather than commissioning date. The service plans to fill 500,000 draft vacancies with one officer per thousand men.
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