Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-24
What Illinois Is Doing in the Red
Cross Stamp Campaign.

The auti-tuberculosis ranks are fast
being recruited for the great Red
Cross Christmas stamp crusade OF
1909. Already orders are being filled
for large quantities of stamps, the sale
of which is to contribute funds for {
warfare of education against consump-
ton in Illinois, and at the rate at
which inquiries are being received, ev-
cry city and town in the state will be
well represented in the fight within
another week.
Have you enlisted for the great
holiday battle?"
Have you the Red Cross Christmas
stamp posters displayed in your Win
dOWs?"
Have you made arrangements to
handle the Red Cross Christmas stamp
i'll connection with your regular 'holi-
day lines'-at no other profit than the
sense of aiding the unfortunate and
the good will of your fellow towns
men,"
These are the questions which one
stoTekeeper is beginning to ask an
other, and those who have not been
informed of the YuletIde campaign are
advised TO write Immediately to the
Chicago tuberculosis institute. 15S
Adams street, Chicago, for informa-
ton and a consignment of these
stamps
To the Christmas stamp which sells
for 1 cent, there is added this year
the Red Cross Christmas postcard
which sells for cents, and if the
stamp is "a bullet in the fight against
tuberculosis" the pretty souvenir card
is not only an attractive burst of holt
day color, but every one sent
through the mails is a burst of shrap-
mel in the war of the dread white foe
These cards will be sold wherever
postcards are carried in stock, and
will be used largely by those who are
accustomed to remember a host of
friends in a small but pleasant way.
The announcement which the Hi
nois press has spread through the
state that the Chicago Tuberculosis
| institute will supply stamps and ad-
vertising matter free of fost to all who
wish to place them on sale, and that
all the money raised outside of Chi
cago will be used i'll carrying on the
work outside of Chicago with an at
tempt to benefit each community IN
proportion to the amount of money
invested in stamps and cards during
the campaign, has had its results. In
a number of cities local institutes and
anti-tuberculosis societies will under
take to manage their own campaigns,
70 oil aF h.
face value of the stamps that are sold,
for waging local battles against tuber
culosis. The Lake County Tuberculo-
sis institute, Waukegan, and the Jack
sonville Society for the Prevention Of
tuberculosis are handling the cam
paigns in their territories as sub-agents
under these terms. The Quincy Visit
ing Nurse association is contemplating
handling the conduct OF the campaign
for the Adams county metropolis.
For distribution in Peoria, DR.. Jean
cite G. Wallace, 507 Observatory
building, has ordered $4,000 stamps.
In addition to this, $4,000 have been
sent to Waukegan and 10000 to Jack
sonville for the local campaign. IN
Springfield the John Bressmer Dry
Goods company is preparing to han
die them. The Lyman-Lay Depart
ment store in Kewanee has sent in an
order, and Cook & Wood, dry goods
merchants of Geneseo, are ready to
take care of the sale in their town.
In Pontiac an offer has come in from
the manager of the local telegraph Of
fee and will be accepted. In Lincoln,
Mrs. Jerome Diffenderfer will handle
the stamps under the auspices of the
Lincoln Woman's club.
What is Rock Island going to do in
this line?