Nebraska News In Brief War Efforts Influenza Strikes
Condensed state notes report convention plans for November in Omaha, hog census paused by influenza, South Omaha packing houses hit hard with workers ill. Banks receive new charters, water and power projects advance, and suffrage and war efforts intertwine with local civic actions across Nebraska amid the flu and war mobilization.
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Alliance
Nebraska
South Omaha
Equity State Bank
Elsie
Tekamah State Bank
Tekamah
Madison State Bank of
Madison
State Banking Board
Knox County
Nye-Schneider-Fowler
Fremont
Uncle Sam
Navy
John W. Kennebeck
Columbus
Edward Kerner Stanton
Cedar .Rapids
Butler County
David City
Box Butte County
al- Masrie
Milford
Grand Isigné
Maupin
Lane
L. A. Flensburg
Lincoln
Flansbers
Bel
O'Neill
Box Butte
Herlin
Otoe County
Kansas City
Dodge County
State Board of Health
Omaha
Red Cross War Effort Passes $325 Million Mark
The War Council reports eighteen months into U S entry into the war that Red Cross funds and memberships have grown vastly. By early 1918 the organization counted over 20 million annual members plus 8 million Junior members and raised or pledged more than 325 million dollars for relief efforts worldwide.
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Red Cross
War Council
American Red Cross
Red Crees
Junior Red Cross
United States
Americas Red Cross
Red Cross War Fund
America
France
American
the Red Cross
The
Europe
Army
Navy
Baker
Pershing
Ireland
Red Cross Commission
England
Italy
Belgium
Switzerland
Palestine
Greece
Russia
Siberia
Denmark
Serbia
Madeira
Asia
Land
Army of Mercy
Women urged to study nursing and use Dr Piers cures
The advertisement extols wartime nursing and home care for women and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery from Buffalo New York. It claims tonics built from native herbs cure weakness nervousness and dizziness and cites Mrs Jennie Richardson of Omaha Nebraska praising the medicine.
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Common Sense
Washington Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr.Pierce
Omaha, Neb
Yankee Lad Invincible Spirit Cited After German Action
The Kansas City Star quotes Uncle Tarpy on letters from soldier boys abroad. It recalls a Home front tone of cheer and loneliness, then reports Private Emory Tinker earning a Distinguished Service Cross for rescuing a corporal by killing two Germans.
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Uncle Tifrod
France
Papa
Bet
Emory Tinker
kHled
Kansas City Star
Do good to others for happiness, not for reward
A proverb from Ralph Parlette urges kindness as the path to happiness and discourages expecting returns or recognition for good deeds.
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Ralph Parlette
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