Belgian Babies Born in Hen Coops Report
Read through the Rockefeller Foundation war relief commission report detailing Belgium's war impact. It notes population losses near 7 million, mass displacement, shattered villages, extensive looting, and German requisitions. Describes refugees in Holland and England, agricultural setbacks, and a collapsed economy with halted commerce and lighting, plus a shared national hardship and moral relief efforts.
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England
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Missing Negroes After Ashburn Shooting Killings
At Ashburn Georgia February 11 reports say several black residents are missing after a white man Wesley McDonald was killed and two others wounded. White men Preston McDonald and Jack Smith survived. gunfire erupted when they approached a Negro’s home over a disputed mule ownership.
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Spemall
Doles
Worth
Wesley McDonald
Preston McDonald
Jack Smith
Coles
McDonald
Smith
West McDonald
Sharp Jabs Made at United States on Neutral Rights
The discussion critiques Washington for threatening to enforce admiralty rules, arguing the note deceives itself by showing little goodwill toward Germany. German papers condemn U S stiff formalism and call to end British abuses while urging Germany to hold its ground and defend neutral ships.
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Nachrichten
Washington
Admiralty
Great Britain
United States
Mauser
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
Americas
Crushing of Germany urged by socialists
London February 14 Representive Socialists of allied countries met in London led by James Keir Hardie to discuss the war’s course. They urged crushing German militarism before any peace talks and called for Belgian liberation, Polish self-determination, and self dispo sition for annexed regions from Alsace Lorraine to the Balkans. They vowed to fight until victory but oppose any shift to a war of conquest.
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London
James Keir Hardie
Merthyr Tydfil
Belgium
Poland
Alsace-Lorrine
Balkans
Forte
Hog Cholera Sweeps Through North Lowndes County
Valdosta Ga February 14 Reports from the northern portion of Lowndes County indicate hog cholera is causing heavy losses with many hogs dying in the past ten days Touch Tone a leading farmer and stock raiser lost twenty head this week and about forty hogs are affected John H Dasher Thomas Youch Tone and others report further losses Some farmers have used the serum preventive with excellent results though uptake has not been widespread to curb outbreaks
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Valdosta
Touchtone
John H Dasher
Thomas Youchtone
War Updates Show Fluid Fronts Across Europe
Reports from the front describe limited progress in the east with Russians retreating from East Prussia as German reinforcements move in. In Poland forces align south of Warsaw while Austro German troops push in Bukowina and the Carpathians near Dukla Pass. Western front activity increases with heavy artillery buildup along the Rhine and preparation for siege villages in Alsace Lorraine. Germany reportedly closes in on Great Britain with a sea war zone amid US notes. Serbia sees Albanian forces press into Prisrene and Semendria reportedly blown after bombardment by Austro-Hungarian artillery. Domestic oats and grain for horse forage to be confiscated by the German federal council. Allied Socialist meetings in London back war effort but oppose efforts to turn defense into conquest.
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Poland
Warsaw
Bukowina
Carpathians
Dukla Pass
Artifler
Rhine
Alsace- Lorraine
Germany
British Isles
The
Hague
James W. Gerard
Wilam
Italy
Berlin
Semendria
Nish
Department of Prisrene
Serbia
Bundesrath
Federal Council
London
Value of a Quart of Milk
From Farm and Fireside the article argues that a quart of milk at seven cents offers superior feed value, being cheaper per unit than mutton, fish, beef cuts, pork, and eggs. It compares dairy to staples like rice, dates, cornmeal, prunes, cheese, wheat bread, and beans, noting the figures hold in average interior regions.
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