Red Cross War Effort Highlighted in Minneapolis and Paris
The piece details Red Cross fundraising in St Paul and Minneapolis with a diamond ring and knitting machines donated for wartime aid. It notes 17 machines in Minneapolis and 40 elsewhere, with sock production rising to 7,000 pairs monthly. A cable from James H. Perkins praises refugee relief work in Paris and cites large distributions of food, clothing, furniture, and bedding. General Petain expresses gratitude for the 10,000,000 francs relief fund. A Chau tauqua in Medicine Lake raised funds via auction and a chicken supper, totaling $1,698 for the Red Cross.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Red Cross
Minneapolis
James H. Perkins
American Red Cross
Europe
Paris
Henri P. Petain
France
Medicine Lake
Mont
Reading ideas from the library shelves during wartime
The note lists Mary Shipman Andrews works The Unbeliever and Face to Face with Kaiserism along with Mary Roberts Rinehart The Amazing Interlude and Harry Fosdick's The Challenge of the Present Crisis. Also Belgian Twins for youth and a Home Canning pamphlet from the National War Garden Commission available by request.
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Mary Shipman Andrews
Ambassador Gerard
Germany
Mary Robert Rinehart
Saturday Evening Post
Belgium
Harry E. Fosdick
Raymond Fosdick
National War Garden Commission
Look and Feel Clean Inside Bath Morning Routine
A health is a daily goal through an inside bath of hot water and limestone phosphate. Drink a glass each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels, improve appetite and purify the system, with potential for relief from constipation bilious spells and other ailments.
Grenora Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Changes
A staff correspondent reports on Grenora residents visiting Williston and Deering, farmhands shifting duties, and the Occident Elevator Co building a 40 000 bushel facility. Rain boosts crops while post office duties switch to Felland and Fink households. Union events include an annual Methodist picnic and a farewell for Marines enlistments.
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Occident Elevator Co
Fink
Soldier Benefit Dance Aids Local Solders
The M. W. A. Lodge will hold a Soldier Benefit Dance at the Odd Fellows hall next Tuesday evening August 27. Proceeds provide insurance for 22 local service members in Uncle Sam’s armed forces.
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M. W. A. Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Uncle Sam
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Joseph Dobelle
St. Paul, Minn
Petain
United States
BOK
Williston Drug Co
Williston
N. D
Williston Shoe Hospital
Ole Lesterberg
N. Dak
Library Notes
Schreiber
Henches
Rev. Smith
Earl Oraborn
Page
Lee Jolette
Woodhall
Wilkines
Deering
Ben Mann
Ben Thomy Farm
Mr.Moores
Plentywood
Charley Johnson
Minnesota
Grenora Hardware Co
Broadland
Claybough
Wildrose
Wm. Greany
R. A. Johnson
Ekabo
Lawrence &Co
Chicago
Erick Rather
Husebye Hardware
Williston and Vicinity
O’dell & Co
East Broadway
North Dakota
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