British Women Aid Frontline Efforts Behind the Lines
Claire Kenamore reports from France on British Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps serving as auxiliaries to fighting forces. Story describes WAAC life at a camp, daily tasks in the kitchen garden, a patrol pursuit, a moonlit walk near Agincourt, and a funeral for fallen WAAC members after a German shell hit the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire Kenamore
France
Youn Seotish
Women
Waac
Putney
Hammersmith
Agincourt
New Zealand
Wes
Waaes
Miss Sutter Delivers Red Cross Class Demonstration
Miss Clara Sutter addresses a Red Cross class in uniform with service caps amid British flags. The event, held in Black Hawk County, showcases a presentation on spring food and its preparation by the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Sutter
Black Hawk
Jon
Red Cross
Mrs Burns Letter Warns on Dysentery Remedy Use
A Savannah Missouri reader writes in Oct 1916 about using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy to cure flux and a later attack. She says the remedy cured her and she has recommended it to many others. The letter emphasizes knowing what to do in similar cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Chas. H. Fletcher
Lay
Red Cross and naturalization exam topics featured in class
An evening program covers elementary hygiene and home care of the sick with a demonstration on scientific feeding. Mrs. J E Ridenour, a Red Cross nurse enrolled for home service, teaches as the class enters its second week. A civil service exam for naturalization examiners is set for July 19, requiring knowledge of the law, with forms 304 and 1424 available. Dr Shallenberger, a nervous diseases specialist, will visit Waterloo hotel on June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Ridenour
Red Cross
Civil Service Commission
Shallenberger
Waterloo
Hotelussell
Lamson
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Britain
Rhine
Thhem
Arras
Amiens
Victor Records
Stroebel’s
D. B. Phelps
Optometrist and Opticia
Jefferson St
Iowa
Nea
Monarch
Manon Lescout
U. S., Civil Service Engining Board
Chicago
St Hale Tel
BATH
EAST FOURTH _STREET
OvEy Og
Corporal DE Varila
United States
Europe
Waterloo Evening Courier
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