Salt Lake Herald | 1893-02-22 | Page 1 | Famine in Finland |

Type	issue
Date	1893-02-22
Paper	Salt Lake Herald
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Famine in Finland
Type	article
Date	1893-02-22
Paper	Salt Lake Herald
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	1
OCR Text	Show FAMINE IN FINLAND Thousands of Peasants Barely Able to Find Means of Subsistence ST PETERSBURG Feb 21In consequence conse-quence of the destruction of crops by frost last summer famine and disease is now prevalant throughout Finland and more than 200000 persons are dependent upon charity Towns and villages are thronged with beggars At least 500000 peasants are barely able to find means of subsistence subsist-ence Tdey have eaten most of their draft animals and domestic pets Typhus fever is carrying off hundreds daily
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