Coffee Planters Accused of Hoarding Profits in Brazil
A Rio de Janeiro paper alleges Brazilian coffee planters hoard profits amid high prices. It cites claims that a sack costs planters about $6 while selling for $18, suggesting vast profits across a typical crop and noting how Brazil’s new income tax law and low tax filings may influence hoarding behavior.
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Braei
Coffee Phinters
Sao Paulo
Rio Taneiro
Jornal
Rio Janeiro
O Jornal
Brazil
Does He Belong to the Leisure Class
A humorous exchange contrasts a man who never uses an alarm clock with the idea of a leisure class. The quip suggests a critique of gentility versus practical living, framed in a light, sociable tone.
Scout Portanova Wins Prize With Clay Models Exhibit
In Columbia Heights New York City Scout Portanova of Troop 86 led fourteen models crafted from clay putty and soap. The works included an Indian girl braiding hair a lion on a rock a Dane dog and Pagliacci with a notable 1/8 inch to the foot scale United States Navy destroyer built by seven Troop 176 members.
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Columbia Heights
New York City
Scout Portanova
Troop 86
Windmill Power Promises Village Illumination
A German scientist unveils a windmill with large airplane‑style blades that use suction to maximize turning power. The device powers a dynamo housed in a balloonlike rear attachment, aiming to light a village or run farm machinery.
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Germany
Sunday fishing ban causes trawler to transport catch to Fleetwood
In Ardglas County Down strict Sabbath observance leads to a boycott of a large Yarmouth steam trawler. Fishermen and agents prevent landings of its Sunday herring catch and force the vessel to move its haul across the Irish Sea to Fleetwood.
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Northern Ireland
Ardglas
County Down
Yarmouth
Irish Sea
Fleetwood
Giant, Six-Foot Negro Customer Shocks Arkansas Store
Ernest Goolsby, described as the largest Negro in the region, entered Isaac Dreyfus Company in Pine Bluff Ark to buy a suit. Nedda Marino measured him and ordered the suit, noting the six foot two hundred pound man from Ladd.
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Ernest Goolsby
Isaac Dreyfus Company
Pine Bluff
Ark
Nedda Marino
Goolsby
Arkansas Gazette
Marino
Oolsby
Ladd
Filipino Laborers in Hawaii Find Happy Lives and Cars
A Hawaiian Sugar Planters' bulletin notes Filipino laborers live well in Hawaii with rent free homes water fuel medical care and hospital access. They use automobiles as transport and send about 800000 yearly to relatives. Wages include 4433 monthly base plus a 10 percent profit bonus when sugar price is normal.
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Hawaitian
Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association
The
Philippines
Junk Industry Powers U.S. Scrap Iron Trade
The United States hosts about 150,000 scrap iron collectors, 3,000 dealers, and a handful of brokers. The network employs tens of thousands and moves roughly 20 million tons of scrap annually, feeding steel mills for re melting or recasting.
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United States
United States Steel Corporation
Many Animal Relatives Are Credited to Man
A translated excerpt from Le Petit Parisien in the Kansas City Star notes that humans descend from many animal kinds and resemble them in varied ways. It playfully lists tigers snakes wolves foxes dogs peacocks lions cats sheep parrots vultures doves and aquatic species, while claiming only the camel lacks a likeness.
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Maurice Prax
le Petit Parisien
The
Kansas City Star
City Cousin and Mule Speak Many Languages
A light exchange about a well educated man who can speak six languages and a quip that he cannot speak a language a mule can understand. The joke hinges on practicality versus linguistic skill.
Vizagapatam Port Dredging Expansion Move
India’s Vizagapatam port undergoes dredging to elevate it as a major port. Iuge steam dredgers operate while the Bengal Nagpur Railway planning a rail extension to Raipur prompts officials to inspect marshaling yards and buildings. land acquisition underway with March sanction from the Secretary of State.
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Vizagapatam
India
Raipur
Bengal-Nagpur Railway
Secretary of State For India In
London Mail
Conserve Elephants Urged as South African Herd Shrinks
The Addo elephants near Port Elizabeth face extermination as nightly forays drive farmers to shoot trespassers. With about forty elephants in an 8000 acre reserve, conservationists urge government to purchase land along the Sunday River to protect this distinct sub species.
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South Africa
Addo Bush
Port Elizabeth
Sunday River
London Mail
Danger in Bolting Food
Dr J D Osmond of Cleveland Ohio warns in Popular Science Monthly that bolting food under nervous strain increases cancer risk. He notes swallowed chunks irritate the gullet and may lead to cancer, urging slower eating to avoid harm.
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J. D. Osmond
Cleveland
Ohio
Popular Science Monthly
United States
Diary of a Dub Memoir Ends in Custody
A man named Chet Johnson recounts a week of visits to Mamie ending with her calling the police and his arrest as a nuisance. He recalls being turned away at 8:10, insults, a roses gesture rejected, and a stranger kicking him downstairs. He questions possible injustice.
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Mamie
Chet Johnson
Denmark Sees Influx of Tourists for the Ninety Four Night Nights
Danish agencies report Denmark again attracts thousands during the annual ninety four night period from May six to August eight. Visitors arrive to enjoy long twilight with only about two hours of darkness and many test the late light by reading newspapers and books as Europe rests.
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Denmark
Europe
United States Chamber Opens Largest Building Worldwide
The United States Chamber of Commerce states its new Washington building at Seventeenth and If streets houses the world’s largest staff and membership. The entire edifice is devoted to chamber work, unlike cities where multiple offices share space.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Seventeenth
If Streets
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
German engineer builds thirty pound motorcycle for son
A German maker constructs a motorcycle weighing 30 pounds for his son, showcasing a compact design and playful innovation. The miniature bike demonstrates unusual propulsion ideas and child friendly engineering for display or novelty use.
Lightning Rods for Trees Recommended by USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture is recommending the use of lightning rods on trees as a protective measure. This guidance aims to reduce damage to trees during storms and safeguard nearby structures.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Matrimonial Clearing House Opens in Budapest for Lovers
Budapest hosts a matrimonial clearing house offering consultation services for the lovelorn. The new office advertises matchmaking guidance and relation counseling to assist singles seeking partners and couples pursuing marriages.
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Budapest
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