Country Must Aid Disabled Soldiers In Reconstruction
The piece outlines US government and Red Cross efforts to rehabilitate blinded and disabled soldiers. It covers hospital care in France and Baltimore, the Red Cross Institute for the Blind, training for new occupations, and support for families. It notes funding from Jeremiah Milbank and aims to enable veterans to gain independence, higher wages, and a return to normal life.
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Red Cross
Medical Department of
The
Army
American Red Cross
Tien
Sfover
Divy Coe Siader
France
United States Military General Hospital No. 7
Baltimore
Red Cross Institute For the
Red Cross Institute
Jeremiah Milbank
New York
The Red Cross Man Poem by Jeanne Judson
A poem about a Red Cross worker visiting Paris and the frontlines. It portrays the canteen as hot drinks and morale support, noting the worker’s constant presence, duty, and unseen protection without weaponry. The speaker praises the canteen’s service and the nurse’s comforting influence.
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Jeanne Judson
Red Cross
Hospital Searchers Send Personal Letters to Families
American Red Cross volunteers accompany front line hospitals to supplement army casualty reports with detailed letters. The effort adds a humane, personal touch to the communication with families of the killed and wounded.
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Red Cross
Potash Hunger of Potatoes Strikes East Coast Crops
Throughout major potato growing regions the lack of potash is blamed for lower yields less robust tubers and new diseases. Researchers report Phoma stem blight and bronzing of foliage tied to potash deficiency and advise farmers to use fertilizer with 2 to 3 percent potash next year.
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Virgina
Maine
New Jersey
New York
Seaboard
Washington
Making an Acre Produce More Pork
A report from the Ohio agricultural experiment station shows corn yields mapped to pork output. No fertilizer yields 282 pounds of pork per acre, manure increases to 457 pounds, and fertilizer plus manure yields 552 pounds. With wartime conditions, orders for fertilizer should be placed by November.
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Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Caring For Those Left Behind In A Family Tragedy
A ten year old girl with an ill mother and two brothers faced hardship. A Red Cross Home Service worker arranged hospital care for the mother and a country home for the girl to receive proper training and support. The mother died, the 17 year old brother enlisted, and the other brother contributed his pay. The girl now attends school in the country and receives support from her brothers while under ongoing Home Service guidance.
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Home Service Department
the Red Cross
Tme
Home Service
Red Cross Portable Kitchen Feeds 10000 Daily Near Arc Capture Site
A portable Red Cross kitchen installed at the site of Joan of Arc's capture served tea coffee and other refreshments to about 10 000 soldiers and civilians daily, delivering aid at a historic location.
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American Red Cross
Joan of Arc
More and Better Corn Fertilizers Boost Yields in Corn Belt
The article argues fertilizers raise corn yields from 35 to 70–100 bushels per acre in key states like Ohio and Indiana, while New England averages 42. It cites experiments: Ohio 820 pounds per acre fertilizer adds 17 bushels, manure plus 820 pounds adds 32 bushels. West Virginia 47 bushels from complete fertilizer. Pennsylvania 18 bushels from 650 pounds. It urges ordering fertilizers now to combat labor and car shortages.
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Ohio
Indiana
New England
West Virginia
Pennsylvania Experiment Station
Europe
Wartime Car Saving For Fertilizer Industry
A labor shortage threatens 650 miles of freight car capacity as fertilizer producers push for full carloads. Farmers, dealers, and manufacturers must order early and accept direct car delivery to relieve congestion and free rail space for war needs and grain transport.
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Portland
Boston
New York
Hell Gate Bridge
Pennsylvania Tunnels
Philadelphia
Great Bridge of Susquehanna
Baltimore
Washington
Chicago
Buffalo
the Falls
Orest
Pittsburgh
Horseshoe Curve
Johnstown
America
Middle West
Seaboard States
Railways urged to speed fertilizer distribution nationwide
Washington report shows the United States administration asks farmers agents and dealers to move spring fertilizer early to avoid winter congestion. Shipped now, fertilizer should reach consumers in time while freeing railways for later essential service.
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Washington, D. C
United States Administration
Wartime fertilizer orders urged to secure supplies
A wartime notice urges farmers and truck gardeners planning to use fertilizers next spring to order now and accept shipment immediately as fertilizer factory staffing is reduced. The message stresses daily operation to produce enough supply and asks farmers to move finished goods to free capacity.
Hard corn vs soft corn and early fertilization effects
The article explains how hard corn resists breakage and stores for market, while soft corn spoils and delays feeding cattle. It urges using fertilizer with phosphate and ammonia at planting to boost early growth, ripening, and reduce losses from late frosts.
World Livestock Shortage Worsens Across Europe
A census shows France down 17 percent in beef cattle 38 percent in sheep and 40 percent in hogs since end of 1913. France swayed by broad declines include 21 percent horses 18 percent mules and 5? percent swine with Germany Austria Russia losses likely enormous. An unreliable estimate says Europe’s livestock drop equals half of America’s current stock about 100 million head.
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France
Taly
Germany
Austria
Russia
Europe
America
Soil Faithful Prophecy Foretells Farming Shifts
Rural New Yorker editor Collingwood warns gasoline destroys organic matter and predicts a future with scarce stable mature for people to buy. He argues proper fertilizer use and cover crops can achieve similar yields, prompting a reevaluation of long held beliefs in soil management.
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Collingwood
New Yorker
Jessebey
Afterword on Meat Supply and Postwar Farming
The piece argues meat consumption fell since 1900 and questions future rationing after the war. It notes exports halted, no surplus for abroad, and calls for higher fertilizer use to boost livestock. It predicts farms could double carrying capacity with fertilizer and promotes fertilizer use as a slogan to keep more livestock.
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China
America
TY Eruliger
The Irish Potato as the People's Food
The Irish potato is hailed as a staple of the American diet with high yields and low per-bushel cost. It urges early fertilizer orders, storage in barns, and ample plant food to ensure large crops next year regardless of peace.
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United States
Why Food Prices Are Rising In Cities
Report of the Food Problem Committee of the Merchants' Association of New York discusses factors behind higher prices since 1830. It notes expansion of virgin lands in North America and abroad, migrant labor, and cheap transport lowered costs, while soil productivity and cultivation costs were undervalued in urban food pricing.
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Eunope
Canada
Brasil
Argentina
Africa
Australia
Siberia
The
Merchants’ Association of New York
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