Red Cross Drought Relief Timelines Across the Nation
The 1930 31 drought caused widespread damage from crops burned in 23 states to foreseen forest fires and grasshopper plagues. Over 2.75 million people received aid from the Red Cross, with peak relief of more than 2 million on March 1. North Dakota Washington Montana remain in drought relief efforts as chapters coordinate unemployment aid and general family relief nationwide.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
North Dakota
Washington
Montana
Mississippi Valley
John Barton Payne
Payne
Red Cross Relief Across Nineteen Disasters This Year
Idaho forest fires and western disasters stretched Red Cross relief efforts. A Priest River volunteer recalls a family fleeing flames, with Red Cross aid aiding homes and rehabilitation. In total seventy nine disasters drew Red Cross help including drought relief, fires, tornadoes, floods and more, funded by local contributions and chapter memberships.
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Idaho
Western
American Red Cross
Priest River
Red Cross
Father
Mother
Baby
Farmer pays first seed loan in Scott County Arkansas
WALDRON Arkansas R J Lowrey farmer paid the first seed loan owed to the government in Scott County The loan was 90 dollars earned from a two acre potato plot He after paying the note had 15 dollars left and sufficient potatoes for his family for a year Memphis Tennessee monkeys at the Memphis zoo receive home grown fruit from a banana tree in the flower house
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Lowrey
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis Zoo
Pleasant Hill Community News and Social I
Pleasant Hill notes list Sunday visits among local families including Kepharts Darbyshires Bakers Gamons and Ballards. A Hallowe en social at the church Friday invites maskers bringing meat sandwiches and pie.
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Pleasant Hill
Carl Schneider
Omar Wagner
Dale Darbyshires
Earl Kephart
Sam Baker
W. R. Gamon
William Gamons
Mary Stiles
Fred Telford
Merle
Lucille
Roy Fosses
Roy Kephart
Will Saville
Lee Hesseltine
Hallowe'en
Funeral held for Dayton McNeill at Crawfordsville Methodist
Dayton McNeill's funeral was conducted Thursday at the Crawfordsville Methodist church at 2 pm with Rev. RE S Wehner and Rev. W H Parker Cotter officiating. The high school senior class and Boy Scouts attended, pallbearers included BE. k White Harry White Everette Gardner Russell Zickefoose Wilbert Rose and Lester Da ss. Interment followed in Crawfordsville cemetery with attendees from Columbus Junction Cotter Washington and Winfield.
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Crawfordsville
Dayton McNeill
RE. S. Wehner
W. H. Parker F Cotter
BE. K. White
Harry White
Everette Gardner
Russell Zickefoose
Wilbert Rose
Lester Dass
Winthield
Crawfordsville Observes Homecoming Journey and Funeral Attendance
Rev and Mrs A N Porter returned home from Synod in College Springs Iowa and visits. Out of town relatives attended Dayton McNeill funeral including Albert Owens Columbus Junction Iowa Marence Owens Glenn Zimmerman Will Rodgers Colchester Illinois John Rose Rex Curtiss Brush City Illinois Ralph Welch Daisy Welch Macomb Illinois Joe McNeill Astoria Iowa. Carload of visitors traveled toward Iowa City for Homecoming and football game.
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Dayton McNeill
Albert Owens
Columbus Junction
Marence Owens
Glenn Zimmerman
Will Rodgers
Colchester
John Rose
Rex Curtiss
Brush City
Ralph Welch
Daisy Welch
Macomb
Hil
Joe McNeill
Astoria
Crawfordsville Social Notes From Oct 20
Miss Nellie Manners reports a busy social week in Crawfordsville with guests from Waterloo Morning Sun Sigourney and Cedar Rapids. A baby girl Margery Jean was born to Mr and Mrs J M Martin on Oct 15.
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Crawfordsville
Frank Bentley
Waterloo
J. 3. McCleary
Paul Hultquist
Sigourney
A. B. Orris
Howard Kratter
Richard
J. C. Mitchell
Cedar Rapids
FE. S. Hebner
A. N. Porter
Margery Jean
J. M. Martin
N. J. Lease
Dr. Fox
R. B. Lease
Robert Gormly
Pairfield
First aristocrat of dogdom arrives in Boulder City
The Bine-blooded Dog at Dam reports Kam peska Tuff Laddies, blue-ribbon grandson of Ring Lardner, arrived in Boulder City. He is owned by Charles W. Stuart, engineering staff of Six Companies Inc.
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Boulder City
Nev
Kampeska Tuff
Ring Lardner
Charles W. Stuart
Six Companies, Inc
Famous Stowe House Stands in Brunswick Maine
The house where Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin remains on Federal Street in Brunswick.
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Stowe
Brunswick, Me
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Federal Street
Quail Abundant Across Arkansas After Drought
The Arkansas quail season looks promising with more birds likely than in recent seasons despite last year’s drought. Hunters anticipate better counts across counties and improved hunting prospects statewide.
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Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Aid for War Veterans Through Red Cross Chapters
More than 430000 ex service men and families were aided through 3008 Red Cross Chapters and the national organization during the year ending June 30 1931. Dependents were cared for veterans claims filed hospitalization obtained and many other services given. Part of each contribution during the annual roll call Armistice Day to Thanksgiving Day supports this work.
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National Red Cross Treasury
Red Cross
National
American Red Cross
United States
Red Cross Life Savers Earned Insignia Honors
The American Red Cross reports that 35 895 individuals have earned the right to wear the Red Cross Life Saving insignia by graduating from the organization's expert life saving classes.
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American Red Cross Life Saving Service
Chief Justice Hughes Praises Red Cross in May 50th Birthday Tribute
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes lauds the American Red Cross on its fiftieth anniversary saying it embodies united voluntary mercy, transcends divisions, and acts with military precision in relief. He notes its aid in over a thousand disasters and its role in war and peacetime.
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American Red Cross
Charles Evans Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Iighes
Ministry of Mercy
Red Cross
Delicate Leaves Drying as Fragrant Tobacco
The text describes harvestable tea like leaves on slender stalks, picked tenderly, hung to dry, and cured in shelter and blankets to preserve a subtle aromatic flavor, highlighting the craft of tobacco or similar cured leaves and their aromatic qualities.
Chesterfield cigarettes blend Turkish tobaccos for better taste
Turkish tobacco is to Chesterfield cigarettes what spice is to food. The brand uses four famous Turkish leaves Xanthi Cavalla Samsoun and Smyrna to create a smooth spicy blend plus pure tasteless cigarette paper. Tobaccos from far and near form the basis of a milder, better smoke.
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Xanthi
Cavalla
Smyrna Samsoun
Chesterfield
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West Virginia
Will Miller
Henry Ballard
Billy
Pleasant Plain
Stanley Brock
Charlotte Ballard
Geo. Weston
Warnock
Muscatine
Woody Dawson
Near Haskins
Miller Home
Homer Kephart
Nellie Manners
Mias
College Springs
Iowa City
Inev
S. Ff. Wenger
Fairfield
The
Presbyterian Church
Wenger
Charles A. Davis
Haskins
Red Cross Life Savers
Chief Justice
Hughes
Turkey
Byiky
Liccett & Myers Towacco Co
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