27 Dec 1919
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Newspaper
The Spanish American
Location
Roy, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1919
Page
1
Rumor circulated Saturday that Col F C White and Mrs Kate Dunbar wed in Las Vegas last Friday and later events seem to affirm the union. The note mentions community reactions, plus local updates on sales, builds, and society activities amid the Christmas season.
A letter from C E Anderson of Laporte Indiana describes news from New Mexico including wheat and corn conditions, cheaper meat, gas prices, and an auto trip across the state. The piece also notes local town visitors, Christmas preparations, and routine farm community updates.
Dr. Milton Littlefield describes a starving boy of 250,000 detploin victims in Western Asia. The orphan wanders Igdir Armenia with a single buriep sack garment as a Near Loss Relief poster promotes aid. The image shows him pressed against a wall, hunger and neglect evident in his face and frame.
In Bonnie Scotland, W. Elliot Griffis notes Stirling as the vantage point to grasp Scotland's river network. From Stirling one sees the Clyde Forth and Tay basins feeding the central valley from the North Sea to the Atlantic, underscoring its historical political and economic significance.
Major General Harbord, head of the American Mission to the New East, narrowly escaped death when marauding bandits attacked near Mount Armrut. He has returned to the United States and reported to President Wilson on the distressing condition in the New East, where American charity aids thousands through relief efforts.
Herbert Hoover, now on the Executive Committee of Near East Relief, declares the Near East crisis the most desperate in the world. He urges full support for Colonel Haskell’s administration and warns that without decisive aid the postwar tragedy will be a major historical disaster.
Near East Relief has taken over Armenian orphanages, saving thousands of children. Previously high death rates of twenty to thirty daily due to hunger and lack of medicine have fallen since relief began, with children regaining health and morale under better food and care.
A Christmas letter from Near East Relief appeals for funds to save Armenian orphans. Notable figures including former President William Howard Taft, Henry Morgenthau, and banker Alexander Z. Hempsitle back the effort. The letter urges donations to feed and clothe children in Western Asia, citing 126000 expected child deaths next year without aid.
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