The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-05-16
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
Hickman and Fulton County Largely Indebted o Organization
to Reoocate? of


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hospitals 5000 uur-m- b. ,ae wars th.r
/ tle American E.d Gross I- doing and
T must continue fu d. f nr sr. fo wu
/ ihr present Struggle.
The American F.4I Gross his e-fal.
IIi~h.d nrre rlaa-.ud Sis hundred and
7 seventeen ha-.if.I- ir Frna. .nd E--
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month au.r month ana r..r .r-.r
y-ar The -sl-u-- uu -.uuuu. m-f
is Isu. a- fh. war continues
Th- American Hed Gross i- caring
fnr l0tHu children ln France French
aui itrI-iau Refugees auI rruafriafc-
whose homes have tsta DESTROYED
,yho hat.. ie..n separated from parents
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When fhar-lrl. uu.n thousands I'll
n..os.. and freu-aie.- I.u,el..-s drir
ga 10 seek amy shelter available. iu
si'finp dugorts with dozens of people
crowded into one room. there can De-
hut one result disease
one ~ the biggest tasks OF the a
meriean Red Cross now IS ITS cam-
paign against tuberculosis. both in the.
civil POPULATION and BOO The army
The American Rcd Cross has pro
vided hundreds of cauteeus ou wheels
flat are taken 90 the front and cvcn|
into the trenches. supplying hot meals
for the soldiers 81 the United States
and our Allies.
The American Red Cross has csfab
li~hed One hundred enormous rcrrea-
tion barracks FOR American soldiers
abroad
The American Red Cross has pro
videi movable ice plants which can De-
taken wherever needed. providing iceI
for the hospitals and for fhe preserva-
tion az food for the soldiers They
have built 81 plant furnishing nitrous
oxide gas % aH hospitals This gas.
can BE- safely used a. ana anaesthetic|
where "a patient wouhl die under ether
and il is cheaper than ether.
To describe aH the work that tine 4
mcricnn Red Cross Is doing would re-
qliire man. volumes There Is no lin.
IL fo their worl, for they are serving
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ON this side of the water can under
stand how great the need +.
o,e az the bi.. urobl.u. of the Rcd
rr.,ss is rr,n.uortatiop We know how
fr,nsportation of tr.o,s and supplles
has tied mn the railroads iu this conn
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