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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1918
Page
6
A scene unfolds as a Red Cross canteen at a railway junction feeds and comforts thousands of French and English troops. White clad volunteers provide meals baths and beds while the calling of “They are ours” signals welcome for the weary soldiers, with 18 American women stationed at each canteen.
A coastal mariner recalls the stingy Goodfield couple whose savings and drastic acts sparked a Halifax Red Cross appeal. After their deaths the village raised funds and pledged continued support, reflecting wartime charity and local duty.
A fifteen year old French boy Marcel endures hardship after his father goes to war. The Red Cross helps his family by mending the barn and keeping the children together. Two years later Marcel runs the farm after completing Red Cross agricultural training.
A timid elderly woman visits the Red Cross seeking work while her soldier grandson is away. She explains after taxes and taxes on her cottage her small pension leaves little, so she helps by baking preserves and cakes for income, hoping he will return to her.
A proclamation praising the Red Cross as a symbol of mercy and a vital aid to soldiers and civilians. It calls for full support and adequate funding as its European relief work expands and civilian relief grows alongside military needs.
A speaker kneels beside a battlefield trench mourning the dead. The narrator recalls Sammy Pierre and Jack, bending to mend those wounded by shellfire amid the smear and stench of war.
A Red Cross report highlights rapid adoption of new surgical methods in army hospitals. An interne and Reginald Wright Kauffman describe fluoroscope guided abdominal surgery using nitrous oxide anesthesia. A buzzer alerts near shell fragments during the operation. The patient Bill faces recovery at a convalescent camp before returning to duty.
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