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December 23, 1915
Virginia Free Press
Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
A report on how war has eliminated poverty in rural areas: fields worked by women and older men, charities abound, former poor fight in trenches, villages sell war-related items for Red Cross, all life revolves around the war.
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Where War Has Abolished Poverty.
One passes through fields either groaning vainly for the harvester or relieved but by the efforts of the women whom the war has left behind and men over forty-seven. There is no poverty; partly because the conflict has created many charities and an overabundance of work; partly because the previously poor are fighting in the trenches; but the smallest villages are crowded with girls who sell for the Red Cross, for this war need or that, patriotic medals, flags, even artificial flowers. There is no talk, no thought, no life except such are connected with this war, and most phrases seem to begin: "Since the war."
Christian Herald.
One passes through fields either groaning vainly for the harvester or relieved but by the efforts of the women whom the war has left behind and men over forty-seven. There is no poverty; partly because the conflict has created many charities and an overabundance of work; partly because the previously poor are fighting in the trenches; but the smallest villages are crowded with girls who sell for the Red Cross, for this war need or that, patriotic medals, flags, even artificial flowers. There is no talk, no thought, no life except such are connected with this war, and most phrases seem to begin: "Since the war."
Christian Herald.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Fortune Reversal
What keywords are associated?
War Poverty
Charities
Trenches
Red Cross
Patriotic Sales
Story Details
Story Details
War has abolished poverty through charities, abundant work, men from poor backgrounds fighting in trenches, and widespread patriotic fundraising in villages for the Red Cross and war efforts.