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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
4
The War Council of the American Red Cross telegrams 3,857 chapters urging continued Red Cross efforts after peace. It recalls the prior wartime mobilization and stresses ongoing care for soldiers and families, postwar relief, and mobilized spirit to serve amid extended demobilization and recovery.
The American Red Cross canteens at railroad stations and key Dighroada points across the Italian zone of war now serve American troops. For six months they have aided the Italian army and allies, offering coffee, American crackers and jam to soldiers passing through. Recently khaki-clad fighters have joined the served at Red Cross rest stations.
American soldiers in camps and hospitals in Great Britain now receive a daily Red Cross bulletin with home and sporting news not found in English papers. Army officers call it a long awaited service and a Red Cross worker in England reports that its continuation is essential to avoid disciplinary action. Numerous bowling greens have been established by the American Red Cross in tuberculosis barracks of Paris.
Prof Henry Keating of Hagerstown died Sept 22 in Frederick City Hospital from injuries from the prior day’s crash near Clagettsville. Paul C Makle of Washington was convicted of manslaughter by Judges Peter and Worthington in Rockville circuit court and sentenced to six months in the house of correction. The U S influenza and pneumonia deaths through Nov 6 total 129000, likely an undercount.
I D Licklider of Martinsburg, previously cited for heroism and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, is further honored. After demonstration of coolness under fire he underwent special training, became a second lieutenant, and was promoted to first lieutenant after 24 days. An Irish patient quipped to a doctor about Holt water causing bloating after a meal.
The American Red Cross supplied dining rooms reading rooms and canteens at Le Havre and Calais plus recreation rooms for munition workers. It equipped showers barber shops and messes for army units and provided medical cases field instruments and traveling kits. The effort extended to training centers trenches and nursery facilities near Dijon with a front line quote praising the work.
Quartermaster Corps advances cut shipping weight by twenty percent and space by fifty percent via omitting cases and bale compression. Power presses shrink bales for max compactness with sixty five cent value per inch saved. Contractors urged to use square containers. round bundles waste space.
Woman credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with relief from health troubles and aiding pregnancy, recounting her husband’s gift and the birth of their child. The ad urges other women to trial the medicine and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for guidance.
A notice explains that leaving the telephone off the hook blocks calls and wastes time and money. It urges users to place the receiver back on the hook after conversations and to remember to smile when dialing.
In Jefferson County West Virginia a circuit court filing addresses creditors of Margaret Edges, listing multiple debtors and parties through a fragmented notice. The document references families and individuals including Washington, Weaver, Jenkins, Wilton, and related spouses, with a focus on asset or claim proceedings and deadlines within the case.
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