Milk Station No. 7 in Warsaw Relief Effort
Jacob Billikopf reports dire hunger in Warsaw with breadlines long and children emaciated. Milk stations modeled on Nathan Straus methods supply daily cups to tens of thousands of Jewish children, while American relief expands to summer colonies and aid to Eastern front villages as transportation and economic recovery lag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Billikopf
U. S&s. Jewish Relief Committee
Warsaw
Krochmalna
Krochmalna Street
Nathan Straus
Poland
Dr. Bogen
Bogen
Wilna
Kowno
Lola
American Relief Administration
America
Milk and misery in a tenement court sets
A field report describes a white room with a long table of about a hundred children drinking milk and eating bread for sixpence per cup, while mothers and babies sit on a bench. Guides lead visitors through a filthy courtyard to a garret where a sick elderly mother with five children endures coughing fits as the children struggle to walk, amid smoke and disease.
Captain Lifts Oldest Up Aims To Set It Upright
A captain lifts the oldest object to its feet but the item makes no effort to stand, showing lack of initiative or response as observers note the stalled act and unclear outcome.
Catarrh and Consumption Warned Against Local Treatments
An old medical notice denounces catarrh as a blood condition not cured by sprays or douches and warns it can lead to consumption. It promotes S S S as the effective remedy and invites readers to request medical trials from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S. S
Medical
Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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Georgia
Bernstein Brothers
Athens
Broad Street
Georgia Land & Loan CO
Glenn Dorough
Mgr
Shackelford Bldg
Washington Street
Court House
Schlitz
W. F. McElreath
Milwaukee
Ape Mil Fanous Anes
Milwa
Dayton
Athens Cycle Co
Lumpkin Street
Clayton Street
Williams Bros
Athens, Georgia
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