Munition Plant Explosion Refugee Relief Report From White Plains Worker
Miss Lydia Eicher writes of Morgan New Jersey munitions plant explosion and the Red Cross relief effort in South Amboy Perth Amboy and Sewaren. She details field work at headquarters information desks canteens military guards and health measures amid damaged homes and ongoing relief operations.
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Lydia Eicher
White Plains
New York City
H. M. Eicher
Morgan, N. J
Morgan
South Amboy
Perth Amboy
Red Cross
Y. M
Taylor
Motor Corps
Sewaren
Chim Neve
O. K
U.S. Army
Women’s Motor Corps
French Relief Work Sends Doll Patterns to Aid France
Miss Jeffrey reports a cable from St Louis confirming the arrival of the last shipment in Paris. Mrs Burkhead requests hundreds of rag dolls and will receive pattern instructions via Dougherty Bros. store for those who help. Patterns may be obtained and finished dolls dressed in dark colors. Early completion aims to reach France before Christmas alongside paper dolls.
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Jeffrey
St. Louis
Paris
Burkhead
Save Our Men From Poison Gas Campaign Urges Pits and Shells
The Red Cross collected fruit pits and nut shells to make carbon for gas protection. Deadlines urge all counties to donate dried pits and shells from peach apricot prune plum hickory date cherry Brazil olive butter and walnut. Containers placed at grocers and parks with a 500 ton daily national need.
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American Red Cross
War Department
National Red Cross Conservation Bureau
D. W. Harvey
Cora Bell Wilson
A. R. Miller
Red Cross
Central Park
Silas Ross
Force of
Community Dinner and Picnic Near Wayland
About thirty people including the Eicher Livingstone Dewey McLaughlin Miller and Wengner families enjoyed hospitality at the John Roth home near Wayland Tuesday evening. They traveled by car and shared a bountiful dinner. The Marsh Bailey and David McLaughlin families held a picnic yesterday at the McLaughlin farm west of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eicher, Livingston, Dewey
Dr. C. W. McLaughlin
A. R. Miller
Wengner
John Roth
Wayland
Marsh Bailey
David McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Lieutenant Edward Little Killed In Fulton Plane Crash
In Fulton Kentucky Lieutenant Edward Little was killed and instructor K C Smith seriously injured when their airplane dropped from a high altitude. The crash marks the sixth such accident in Fulton in the past year.
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Fulton, Ky
Edward Little
K. C. Smith
Fulton
Lost battalion commander Whittlesey linked to Argonne siege
Maj. Carlos M. Whittlesey, once a New York lawyer, led the unit known as the lost battalion surrounded by German forces in the Argonne forest for five days and refused to surrender. Rescued men were severely exhausted after the ordeal.
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Carlos M. Whittlesey
New York
Argonne Forest
Relief from eczema with Zemo sold at drugstores
A vintage drugstore pitch touts Zemo as a cure for eczema pimples and blotches. The liquid is described as clean penetrating non greasy and easily applied. Available in 35c tiny bottles or 1.00 large bottles from The E. W. Rose Co Cleveland Ohio.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
City Verger Reports Pray-Goers Abuse Church Invite
A city verger recalls two visitors using a church for meditation and prayer and jokes about the occurrence. The remark underscores how people sometimes stretch temple welcome rules for private reflection.
Quarantine Edict Shuts Tables in Waterloo Drugstores
Waterloo health board orders drug stores and soda fountains to stop using tables during the Spanish influenza outbreak. Police enforce no street or building congregations as 45 new cases and five deaths are reported daily. Rural schools close and county theaters suspend operations.
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State Board of Health
Perth Amboy
Lowa
Des Moines
Iowa
Guilford H. Sumner
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health Service
Sumner
Sac City
Ottumwa
Charles City
Dows
Woodbine
Spirit Lake
Hampton
Quasqueton
Shenandoah
Grinnell
Keystone
State Board of Public Health
G. H. Sumner
State Board
State Board of Control
School For Boys
Fidora
Anamosa
Waterloo
Board of Health
Neither Truth nor Error Spare the Blame in Public Life
A blunt remark suggests that claiming perfect accuracy is a sign of ego or dishonesty. The statement frames accountability as a universal trait across people in public life, implying that flaws and missteps are common.
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Blue
Quiry
Surgeon General Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Eldora Institution
Little
Kentucky
Chas. M. Whittlesey
Klein Klothing Ko
Fox & Dewey
Pacesetters
Iowa Gas and Electric Company
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