Cacao and Panama Hat Trade Rise in Ecuador
Ecuador thrives on cacao groves and Panama hats with tequill a straw. The article explains cacao versus cocoa and the cultivation, curing, and global chocolate trade. It details tequilla straw hats sourced mainly from Ecuador and Panama’s promotion of hat production. It notes tagua nut ivory export as an alternative line of commerce.
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Cuador
Peru
West Africa
Mexico
Central America
South America
Ceylon
Philippines
Kamerun
Gold Coast
Willf Mage
Ecuador
Panama Canal
Panama
Manabi
Panama Republic
Carladovica Palmato
United States
Equadorian
Prince of Wales
Colombia
Amazon
Tequilla
Europe
Latin America
None May Shirk. A Call for Genuine Work
A quotation from George Eliot stresses that no one should shirk and that every capable person should engage in sincere work. It emphasizes the value of honest labor and personal responsibility across all people.
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George Elliot
Tulsa's Remarkable Self-Taught Math Wonder
Frank Humphries of Tulsa, a 29 year old illiterate Black man, wowed at the H and T depot by instantly solving hard arithmetic. Asked for 357911 cube he answered seventy nine. 102% times 67% yielded six thousand nine hundred forty four percent, a calculation the questioner needed pencil and paper to verify.
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Tulsa
Okla
Frank Humphries
Humphries
Frank
J. M. Hall
Shinbone graft into spine offers rare cure for humpback
John Alness of Spokane underwent a rare spinal operation to graft five inches of shinbone into his backbone. The 25 year old, suffering spinal softening, had four vertebrae split and a shin strip inserted, then covered with muscle tissue. The procedure, believed third or fourth of its kind, left him in recovery with improved posture.
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Spokane
Wash
John Alness
Alness
Man Apologizes After 15 Years Over Tattered Trousers
Cornelius Schroeder tore a hole in his trousers fifteen years ago in Inman Kansas. He asked his wife and four daughters to mend them. His daughter Lizzie Austin offered an apology and a ticket to Kansas City. Schroeder went to police, read the letter, and decided to return home. He is seventy three. his wife had died years earlier.
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Kansas City
Cornelius Schroeder
Inman
Kan
Schroeder
Lizzie Austin
Gage
Okla
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England
Porter
John Akness
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