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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
13
A wartime tale contrasts Mrs. Britt a hard efficient Red Cross worker with Mrs. Farlow a grieving mother. Britt’s memory of a vanished son at Guantanamo fuels her icy resolve to push others to duty while Farlow struggles with guilt and failure in bandage work until a breakthrough moment shifts their dynamic.
Frank A. Scott of the War Industries Board says industrial efficiency and economy are as crucial as military prowess in winning the war. He declares the preparatory stage is over, troops are in France, and the nation must dedicate all resources to government needs, with slackers and peace luxuries yielding to wartime necessities.
Invitations for the forthcoming wedding have been prepared at the Record Office Silver Lake. The bride and groom invite friends to visit for viewing sample cards and selecting special stationery for the event.
Indiana farmers are urged to plant corn by May 25 to secure high yields and guard against frost loss. The Indiana State Council of Defense will provide and test seed through county councils, with Missouri and New Jersey sources supplying seed and an emergency 2000 bushel reserve set aside by the department of agriculture.
Poem praises American knitting women for supplying Red Cross sweaters to soldiers. It frames their war work as a vast, democratic act uniting wives and mothers across the nation. The speaker prays for divine blessing and strength as they weave, wait, and support troops overseas.
The American Red Cross coordinated vast deliveries of hospital supplies to France and Italy under winter orders. Quantities included 25 tons of ether 250 pounds of quinine and 2 000 rolls of absorbent cotton with items like surgical instruments rubber goods and gauze. Orders placed in America last winter aimed to meet urgent Italian needs during the war crisis.
Daily repatriations bring over one thousand French to Evian, with 1,000 to 1,500 arriving each day. Two trains unload the unfortunates, many under fourteen, as the American Red Cross undertakes care of the children.
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