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Newspaper
Warren Evening Times
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1918
Page
6
Erie man James B Yard has been elected president of the Pennsylvania Elks in a ceremony reported in the local paper. The item notes other war era notices including West End roof handiwork and Corry coal shortages amid cold weather fears.
Mrs Geer of 12 Jefferson Street is praised for selling Red Cross cards featuring the poem Your Cross and My Cross. She has sold more than 2400 cards and turned in 1012.32 dollars from subscriptions for the Greatest Mother of All. She explains she is doing it for God and the boys and will be at the Fair to sell more cards.
Government motion pictures detailing American soldiers in France are shown at Star Theatre today and tomorrow under Pershing's Crusaders. Marguerite Clark stars in Uncle Tom's Cabin at The Columbia Theater, presenting Eva and Topsy in dual roles via double exposure scenes.
A two year old girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy W. Evans of 1430 Buffalo Street, is ill with infantile paralysis. The Franklin Board of Health quarantined the house though the quarantine period is nearly over. The child improved after initial intestinal and stomach trouble and is now only slightly lame. No source of infection is known and the case is isolated. Lancaster county has an epidemic with several New Castle cases.
New York reports the Knights of Columbus have begun a motor delivery service from ports of debarkation to the French front as Allied advances continue. A conference of Knights Overseas Commissioners and War Activities committees led to expanded operations using heavy and Hecht trucks on an express schedule. Plans to add more vehicles and routes were announced with contact details for quick delivery.
The Journeymen Plasterers Union of Warren announces a wage increase for plasterers from five dollars to five dollars and fifty cents per day effective October 1. The notice is dated August 28, 1921.
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