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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1919
Page
2
A charitable appeal urges buying Red Cross Christmas Seals to fund tuberculosis protection and public health work. It emphasizes protecting homes and children, reducing deaths, and likening TB to past plagues while urging readers to contribute.
Red Cross Christmas Beads funds the National Tuberculosis Association campaign. Seals sold in limited communities raised about 3000 dollars in Ames, growing annual distribution to over 180 million by 1917 with more than 8.5 million dollars quota for state and local groups. Wealth Bonds offered to large donors as an alternative to seals.
The article notes the early U S Red Cross mobilization for World War I, praising the Junior Red Cross for mobilizing nine million children in fundraising and relief efforts. It highlights a photo of a young Japanese member from Spokane, Wash, starting a campaign to collect “a smile of pennies” for war relief and mentions a comprehensive peace program for the Junior Red Cross.
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