The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1910-11-24
MIL ONS FOR
TIE RED or SS
Is the Slogan the Nation
Over and Stamps Are
to Be Used.

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alyear. That is hardly one seal 70
every man, woman and child In tn,
i United States. Last year $4,000,
900 were sold, this year every thin
points to sale of 100, 100000 be
fore New Years Day of 1911.
J, West Virginia can have largt
Ishare of this sale for her tubercu
losis work, II we have the coop
Grafton of anti-tuberculosis societie.
and committees, lodges, labor
unions. civic and church societies
women's clubs, merchants and indi.
viduals. Banks; corporations, bust
ness concerns and individuals car
buy thousands to use on their let.
tiers and December bills, and Christ.
mas letters and packages. News.
papers can give liberal space for
free advertising for the campaign
School boys and girls can help by
selling the seals.
Every man, woman and child can
help by selling or buying the seals,
land help to stamp out tuberculosis
in our state, which is killing $500
Ia year.
\ What is million for the preven-
|tion of tuberculosis when you know
that hundreds of little boys and
.Igirls are homeless and frtendless to-
might because the white plague has
carried off their fathers and moth
ers? 1t causes more poverty than
any other known cause.
It attacks boys and girls, young
linen and women in the prime OF. life
land renders them helpless. Every
consumptiye uncared for is a public
danger. One out of every ten dies
of the dread disease. The money
raised by the sale of the Red Gross
Seal means certain cure for many
who would go uncured, and this
money will be speedily spent in milk
and eggs and other necessities which
these people SO sorely need. 1t is
also educational and will help to
give information to large number
of people who will learn what to do
and in this way will save many
lives.
Tt is impossible to tell all the good
work that was accomplished last
year by the Red Cross funds. Tu-
berculosis dispensaries were estab-
lished, literature was distributed.
lectures given, exhibitions conduct
led, visiting nurses provided, and
large numbers of tuberculosis patti
ents helped on the way to health.
The American Red Cross will fur
nish the advertising literature and
the stamps freefof charge. You get
all you think you can sell and return
those you cannot sell.
You keep all the money except %
per cent for tuberculosis work in
your community If you are doing
any OF expect to do any. This money
can be used for no other purpose.
The stamps you do not sell are sent
hack to the agent and % per cent OF
lyour sales, one-half of which will be
sent to the Red Cross Society and
the other half will be used for state
work, by the anti-tuberculosis
4 league, of the state.
If you are not doing any tubercu-
losis work in your community and
do not expect to do any, you send
| all proceeds of your sales to the
agent for the state work and help
immensely in this way. 1t is de-
sirable to have the tuberculosis ex-
Ihtbit at the capitol building during
the legislature. as there will be a
Igreat effort made to get state tu-
berculosis sanitarium. You can
help raise money for this purpose.
Iif you have no work Of your own for
which to use the money.
There is no time to be lost. All
lwho are willing to assist in this CAM
Epaign are urged to communicate
with the state agent, DR.. Harriet B.
Jones, Wheeling, W. Va. III you do
not know how many stamps to send
flor, give the population of your COM
munity, and the agent can tell by
that how many you may need,
All seals must be placed on the
backs of letters instead of on the
front. The sale should begin not
later than December /, and to bust
ness men, sooner than that.
Every organization is urged to
co=operate in this movement.