Europe Faces Severe Food and Fuel Shortages This Winter
A London dispatch reports Europe faces serious food and fuel shortages as Russia, Britain, Germany, and neutral nations struggle with scarce supplies. England relies on ships for imports while Germany confronts reduced harvests, depleted reserves, potato overproduction, and plans to limit meat and animal feed.
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London
Europe
Judson C. Williver
New York Sun
Germany
England
Fodder gains noted as war food efforts rise
The article reports on fodder experiments in Budapest, highlighting tubers from searush and pond bullrush as valuable animal feed. It also details European food shortages, German price controls, Austrian Hungary tensions, and rationing plans across Holland Denmark Norway and England to secure grain and basic foods amid wartime pressures.
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Doctor Degen
Budapest
Europe
Germany
Saxony
Frankfurt
Austria
Hungary
Holland
Denmark
England
Norway
Christiania
Lorain Mayor Offers Free Wedding Ceremony
Lorain Ohio mayor L M Moore who has served two years plans to marry a couple for free before his term ends. He says he has studied the requirements and can do a good job and will marry the first applicant at no charge and give the bride a present.
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Lorain
L. M. Moore
Japanese Build 250 Ships a Year
Tokyo reports Japan can construct 250 ships annually with total tonnage near 1,000,000. Since the war began, shipyards surged to 113 slips owned by 42 firms plus 24 additional slips due by year’s end. facilities exceed wartime levels threefold. Each slip can turn out a vessel over 1,000 tons in under a year.
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Tokio
Japan
Belgians Deported from Mons Under German Orders
A vivid account in National Geographic describes 6,200 Mons men pulled from their city in November 1916. Women watched as civilians were directed into cattle pens for transport to Germany amid hunger and cold. Belgian women appeal to Mr Whitlock and U S protest follows with a formal note to Berlin.
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Mons
Committee On Public Information
Hainaut
Germany
John H. Gade
National Geographic Magazine
Whitlock
Brussels
Rue de la Madeleine
Brand Whitlock
United States of America
Europe
United States
Berlin
Grew
Season for Breeding Goats
Doe breeding cycles vary with periods ranging from July to September. Most does come in heat August or September, with cycles roughly every 21 days if unmated. After March, does seldom cycle until fall, and some may only cycle once per year. If a doe has that peculiarity she should be bred then.
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Winthrop Howland
Odd Cleaning Tips and World Notes
The text lists diverse notes from home care to agriculture and history. It mentions black magnesia for carpets, nitrogen in starfish, starfish as manure in Japan, double-ended plows on Porto Rico sugar plantations, linseed oil for fireplace tiles, early Worcester china designs copied from China, apples yielding 150 gallons of cider per ton, and Shah of Persia’s gems valued around 35 million dollars.
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Japan
Porto Rico
Contagious Abortion in Cattle Warned by Farmers
A widespread cattle disease described as contagious abortion can take hold quietly and resist eradication without sacrificing the herd. The article notes no sure cure, urges caution with breeding stock, avoiding diseased animals, and seeking a veterinarian if repeated abortions occur or many herd members lose calves.
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Indiana Farm and Guide
Starting Farm Sheep Flock Tips on Breeding Source Breeders
The advice stresses buying from a single breeder to establish uniformity in a new flock. Emphasizes using purebred sires with strong breeding lines to reproduce valuable traits and minimize hereditary variation across the herd.
Care of Health of Horses and Compassion in Handling
A formative health note urges drivers to inspect horses for dull eyes, slow movements, hot breath, or head shaking and to remove wedged stones from feet. It warns against rushing, overloading, excessive whip use, and neglecting kind treatment, stressing that humane care prolongs a horse’s life.
Protection From Our Dogs in Farm Advice
Farmers urged to guard sheep at night by barn or high barb wire fence and to shoot stray dogs found on premises. The article states the trespassing dog killer faces no legal consequence and should stop at nothing to protect livestock.
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Munich Medical Union
Dresden
Princess Jeanne
Jeanne
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Herr Zimmermann
Foreign Office
Spain
Switzerland
China
Worcester
Persia
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