City Men Urge Aid to Farmers Amid War Costs
Secretary Houston Calle reports Urden Community urged action on farm relief as war costs reach two billion monthly. Washington suggests Japan cannot aid Russia or Russian territory now, while secrecy surrounds an allies Japan Siberia agreement. Claims Britain France Japan may have already solidified an emergency plan after Russia's surrender to Germany.
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Washington
Japan
Russia
Sosabiier Heneninen
Siberia
Great Britain
France
Germany
War Coste a Billion a Month
Washington reports the U S war outlay in February at 1 003 878 608 dollars not as high as January or December due to month length. Two thirds 666 400 000 dollars funded ordinary war costs while 825 000 000 dollars financed loans to allied governments.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
City men must aid farmers in coming crop season
Secretary Houston of the Agriculture Department calls urban men to study farm labor and assist farmers during the next crop season. He says if soldiers serve in trenches civilians can spare time in the furrows and harvest fields, noting towns have men with farming experience ready to help with seasonal strains.
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Washington
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Issved
Exhausted within the next six or seven weeks
The fragment notes a timeline of exhaustion extending over six to seven weeks, indicating a looming limit or constraint. No further context or entities are identifiable from the text.
The Terms of Peace Amsterdam Treaty Summary
The document reports on a peace treaty signed in Amsterdam among four central powers. It outlines terms of armistice, postwar borders, reparations, and economic arrangements. The article notes key signatories and the agreement's aim to stabilize the region after conflict.
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Amsterdam
Venice Hit Hard as Air Raids Ruin One Third of Homes
A Times telegraph from Italian headquarters reports that by February air raids wrecked about a third of Venice housing. Strong destruction hits residential areas as Allied bombardment continues.
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London
Times
Venice
Threat of Economic War Warns Germany to Reform
The U S Chamber of Commerce reports an overwhelming vote 1204 to 154 in favor of a resolution warning German businessmen that a sustained economic bloc could be formed against Germany after the war unless German armament is reduced and the government becomes a responsible instrument. A January referendum was offered and copies sent to 1000 local chambers with one to ten votes each.
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United States
Germany
Washington
Chamber of Commerce of the
Theational Chamber
Americans Repel German Attack Near Toul During Fierce Hand to Hand Fight
American forces repulsed a heavy assault north of Toul in a desperate close quarters battle. Several Americans were killed or wounded, including officers, while German casualties were heavy and many bodies lay in the trenches. Three German prisoners were captured. American artillery also shelled German positions in revenge for a prior gas attack. American troops were active near Chemin des Dames, repulsing another German attack.
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Parie
Toul
Pershing
Chemin Des Dames
Embassies Depart Petrograd Amid Turbulent Times
Allied embassies including the American quit Petrograd as the Red Cross members depart. A Petrograd defense committee calls mobilization along the Petrograd Luga road to hinder German forces while Red Guards resist. The Russian delegation reaches Brest Litovsk and informs neutrals terms are accepted. Turkey issues an ultimatum to evacuate Trebizond.
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Petrograd
American Red Cross
Turkey
Russia
Trebizond
Russians Signal Break in Brest-Litovsk Peace Talks
A wireless message to Petrograd from Brest-Litovsk ordering a train under guard to Togoshachs to meet Russian delegates was read as likely indicating the peace negotiations have been broken off.
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London
Neville to Seek Alien Enfranchisement Amendment Call
Governor Neville plans a special session to push a constitutional amendment disenfranchising alien enemies. He will ask Nebraska legislators to submit the proposal to voters for approval.
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Lépcoin
Neville
Nebraska
Chicago Board Trade Ends Carn Delivery in Chicago
The Chicago Board of Trade stops all trading for carn delivery in stores by grade in Chicago during February. Settlement price for this delivery set at 1.28 dollars.
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Chicago Board
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Germans Pay for Life of Granados Children
The Spanish government accepted a German offer of 6.5 million dollars as compensation to the children of Enrique Granados and his wife who perished when the channel boat Sussex was torpedoed.
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Madrid
Enrique Granados
Coal Supplies Planned For Winter
The note indicates that coal will be supplied in the regular manner as soon as it becomes available, ensuring continued winter fuel stock for residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eene
Session in March Nebraska Lawmakers May Meet
Reports from Berlin say Russia has bowed to the Teutonic allies and the Bolshevik commissioners at Brest-Litovsk signed the peace treaty presented by Germany. Military movements in Greater Russia have ceased, according to the official statement. The Bolsheviks telegraphed Lenine and Trotsky with news of the signing and noted they would seal the treaty without further talks to avoid harsher terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Bolisheviki
Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
Lenine
Trotsky
Brest- Litovak
Japan Ready to Intervene Over Vladivostok
Washington reports fears Germany aims to control all Russia including Siberia prompting Britain France to back Japan’s plan to intervene for protecting Japanese and entente interests at Vladivostok. Japan ready to move an army to the Asiatic mainland to seize supplies along the Siberian railway as Germany drives into Russia.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
Siberia
Great Britain
France
Japan
Vladivostok
Siberian
Berlin
Tokio
Asia
Lincoln Governor Seeks March Extra Session
Governor Neville says an extra Nebraska legislature session may be called in March to push a workable soldiers voting law. A test case in the state supreme court questions the power to allow absent soldiers to vote, and the session would proceed regardless of the court outcome. Other subjects for the call remain undecided.
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Lincoln
Neville
Nebraska
Supreme Court
National League Leader Arrested in Minnesota
In St. Paul Minnesota A C Townley president of the National Non-partisan league was arrested by Sheriff Carver of Martin county on a warrant charging him with conspiring to discourage enlistments and obstruct the draft. The charges reference a pamphlet issued last June outlining the league war aims captured on a similar warrant.
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National League
St. Paul
Minn
A. C. Townley
National Non-partisan League
Carver
Martin County
League
Chobar Sentenced to Life for 1917 York Murder
York Neb Louis W Chobar received a life term from Judge Good in district court for the murder of Albert A Blender on a York county farm in the northern part of the county on November 38 1917.
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York, Neb
Louis W. Chobar
Good
Albert A. Blender
York County
Allies Face 1919 Spring for Major American Offensives
A French divisional general predicts Britain France and Italy must endure until spring 1919 before American forces can mount decisive offensives. He believes the U S troops already in France are the saviors of the Allied cause and will help end the war by fall 1919.
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Alfies
America
Paris
France
Great Britain
Italy
Rebel Against German Dictation
Official dispatch from France notes Austria Hungary will not take part in action against Russia or Romania. It records February 22 meetings between Emperors Charles and William and signals growing strain between Germany and Austria over Romania.
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Washington
Germany
Austria
Russia
France
Austria-Hungary
Rumania
Charles
William
Mexico Halts Mexican Laborers Departure to U S
A Mexican government order stops Mexican laborers from leaving for the United States amid a claimed labor need at home. Tamaulipas names General Luis Caballero as governor-elect, to take office March 1. A Coahuila wireless dispatch says no rebels remain, with Generals Gutierrez and Coss interned in the United States.
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Mexico Mexico City
Atates
Department of the Interior
United States
Mexico
Tamaulipas
Luis Caballero
Coahuila
Russia Accepts Germany Demands Under Bolshevik Rule
The Bolshevik government led by Nicholas Lenin and Leon Trotzky agrees to Germany's hard peace terms. Russia signals readiness to cede western territories from the Gulf of Finland to the Black Sea and to withdraw troops from Finland, returning lands to the Turks.
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London
Nicholas Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Germany
Russia
Gulf of Finland
Black Sea
Finland
Ford plant to build submarine destroyers in Michigan
Ford MotorCompany announces River Rouge plant to build five acre shipyards turning out submarine killers. Completion likely in May with 10000 to 15000 workers. Boats launchable in a canal at the plant and travel to the Atlantic via Detroit River and the Great Lakes.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Riverrouge
Atlantic Ocean
Detroit River
Great Lakes
Lucia Sails With Non Sinkable System For Atlantic Run
The former Austrian steamer Lucia has departed carrying cargo. It features a new non sinkable system with more than 12,000 watertight cells intended to keep the vessel afloat even if torpedoed.
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Lucia
Armistice Inquiry Reply Grounds Peace Treaty Line
In Russia, Ensign Krylenko received a reply to his inquiry on an armistice. The response states that Teuten advances will continue until a peace treaty is signed and carried out under terms set in the German peace.
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Ing
Russia
Krylenko
Mrs Frey Recovers After Rheumatism Relief
Mrs Ira Frey of Le Mara suffered six tongues of rheumatism with severe muscle distress and relief came after trying a remedy described as seeing a cure and medicine, leaving her limbs improved.
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Ira Frey
le Mara
New Skirt Brightens Florida Resort Porch Scene
A Florida Times Union reminiscence shows a tourist speaking to a drummer on a resort hotel porch. The exchange likes novelty, while a sunward gaze and a fashionable young woman in a brand new seemore skirt paint a moment of light intrigue.
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Florida
Florida Times-Union
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Internal Cure
An advertisement claims catarrh can be cured by internal action through the blood and mucous surfaces. It highlights Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as a blend of tonics and blood purifiers and invites readers to obtain testimonials and order from Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
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Feng Ne All
Catah Medici
Hall
DATA
Cheney. & Co
Props
Toledo, O
Paraffin Removes Stains From White Table Cloths
A simple remedy for any stain on a white table cloth is to rub it with a small amount of paraffin before washing. The stain will disappear in the boiling water during washing.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advertised For Skin Troubles
The notice promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as remedies for itching burning and disfigurement. It offers free samples via Cuticura Dept. X Boston and lists Soap 25 and Ointment 25 and 50 adv.
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Dept. X
Boston
Basin of Cold Water Eases Overheated Oven
A simple method to cool a hot oven is to place a basin of cold water inside. The water absorbs heat quickly, lowering the interior temperature and helping protect cookware and surroundings.
Remorse in the fruit of crime and a medicinal tonic
The text extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood and nerve tonic to fortify nerves and vitality. It praises the product’s ingredients and notes it has been sold in tablets or liquid for fifty years. It also mentions Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a weekly intestinal cleanser.
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Dr. Pierce
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Chobar
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