Pie and Diamonds Forever in American Demand Debate
The English News says the current low mood in the diamond trade stems from a sharp drop in American demand. It notes America as a key market for South African diamonds and cites European observers on whether renewed US growth will revive prices. Viscount St Aldwyn trusts renewed appetite from American women will restore the market.
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America
Znaconda
Springfield Republican
London
Amsterdam
Viscount St. Aldwyn
Bank of Africa
United States
Pacific battle fleet faces repair gaps at Pearl and allies
The article argues that when the battle fleet sails across the Pacific it will find Pearl Harbor unable to repair ships, Pago Pago and Guam lacking fortified coal depots, and the Philippines without adequate dry docks or repair shops. Without fortified facilities the fleet would be repaired only in foreign yards, or not at all, should war arise.
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Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Pearl Harbor
Navy Yard
Pago Pago
Guam
Philippines
San Francisco
New York
Navy Yards
Philadelphia
German education praises American technical training
A Berlin lecture by Dr. Pabst, head of the Leipsic teacher academy, lauds U S methods of thorough technical and manual schooling. Auditors were enthusiastic and moving pictures of American school scenes were shown, claiming youth training there is nearly inconceivable.
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Germany
Berlin
United States
Pabst
China Regains Control of Railroad Enterprise With Chinese Capital
A historical note says China has retaken a railroad concession from foreign capital and will operate it with domestic talent and funds. It mentions a petition to build a Peking to a northern point line linking with the Trans Siberian railway for direct travel to Moscow. It also references a Russian access question and notes the New York Pasteur Institute death from fear of rabies.
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China
Peking
Trans-Siberian Railway
Moscow
Russia
Maschuia
Great Church Conference Opens in Baltimore
The quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opened in Baltimore on May 6 and will continue into the first week of June. About 850 delegates, including 20,000 ministers and 14,000 local preachers, gather to chart policies for a denomination with roughly 2 million members and extensive missions in Africa Asia and Europe.
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Altimore
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Africa
Rhodesia
J. C. Hartzell
Scott
China
Korea
Japan
Burmah
Philippine Islands
India
South America
Germany
Switzerland
Italy
Bulgaria
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Finland
France
African Methodist Episcopal
African M. E. Zion
Colored Methodist Episcopal
M. E. Church
South
Messrs. Eaton and Mains
Methodist Book Concern
New York
Boston
Pittsburg
Detroit
Messrs. Jennings and Graham
Western Methodist Book Concern
Cincinnati
Chicago
Kansas City
San Francisco
Fatherland
Uhis General Conference
Merrill
Andrews
Fowler
Fitzgerald
Joyce
McCabe
Thomas Bowman
Foss
Walden
Mallalieu
Vincent
Warren
Goodsell
Cranston
Moore
Hamilton
Berry
Spellmeyer
McDowell
Bash
M. C. Harris
Board of Bishops
Bashford
Changes in the Sahara and the camel caravan's fate
Scribner's notes contrast enduring camel caravans with the coming motor car and railway. British engineers and Egyptian routes show cars in the Sahara, but camels remain central to arid commerce, while trains and engines fit the landscape rather than replacing Bedouin caravans.
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Abraham
Soudan
Sahara
Egypt
Scribner’s
Fewer Deaths from Consumption Reported in Berlin
Dr Fraenkel of Berlin cites new Berlin Society of Medicine figures showing consumption deaths dropped from 32.5 to 17.25 per 10 000. He credits Kochs discoveries and credits prophylaxis and the German isolation system for the improvement.
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Fraenkel
Berlin
Society of Medicine
Koch
Germany
Cement Dwellings for Laborers in South American Cities
A South American agent working for San Paulo and Rio Janeiro municipal governments says both cities plan large scale cement housing for laborers. Rio Janeiro is to build 5,000 houses at about 9 million dollars, addressing previous high rental housing.
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Cement Age
San Paulo
Rio Janeiro
Rio Jateiro
Proposal to Study Tea Cultivation Department
The Chinese board of agriculture weighs establishing a department to study and promote tea cultivation with outreach across provinces where tea is grown. The plan envisions support and development for tea production regions.
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Chinese Board of Agriculture
Banks in New York City Reach 212 Institutions
Twenty years ago New York City boasted 200 banks and trust companies. Today the greater city has no fewer than 212 such financial institutions.
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New York City
Western Canada crops cannot be checked, Kaltenbrunner asserts
Mr A Kaltenbrunner of Regina writes from Central Canada praising homestead land in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. He details 70 acres wheat 20 acres summer fallow yields of 20 and 25 bushels per acre and 9000 bushels from 160 acres with 96 bushels per acre on 80 acres plowed and 30 bushels on 80 acres stubble. He ships three car loads at 0.53 a bushel and notes seed wheat. He cites favorable conditions and urges inquiries to Canadian Government Agents for free homestead land information.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Central Canada
A. Kaltenbrunner
Moose Jaw
Western Canada
Manitoba
Alberta
Whistler Learns Dining From Paris Artist with Monkey
James McNeill Whistler visited an frugal Paris artist whose lavish lunch surprised him. The host explained he keeps a pet monkey that lowers from a window to the landlady’s, delivering whatever Providence brings, sometimes bread or ham, making visits full of surprises.
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James McNeill Whistler
Paris
Providence
Jacko
Ons
Bookkeeper’s Marriage Sparks Salary Scrutiny
In a quip from a Catholic Standard and Times item, the junior partner notes the bookkeeper has been married nearly four months and the senior partner asks what that implies. The joke ends with a call to examine his accounts, highlighting curiosity about a salary increase.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Insects and Bees Observed Feeding on Sugar Syrup
French naturalist Gaston Bonnier observed bees falter at several sugar lumps then return with workers after visiting a fountain. The insects settled on the sugar and pumped water from their crops to form syrup that they then sucked up.
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Gaston Bonnier
Castoria Reminder Emphasizes Trusted 30 Year Brand
The notice urges mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for the signature of Mead and to trust the over thirty years of use. It reinforces that Castoria is the safe remedy for infants and children and the kind that has always been bought.
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Mississippi
W. S. Lewis
Morningside College
Sioux City
Charles W. Smith
Pittsburg Christian Advocate
Hairy Restorer for Landlady Prompts Laughs at Sea
A comic dialog from the Philadelphia Record features Starboarder and Hallroom debating a bottle of hairy restorer. The joke hints at hair growth and a mattress joke, reflecting light nautical humor of the era.
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Hallroom
Philadelphia Record
Reflected Sentiment Across Political Dialogue
An admiring auditor notes that when the man speaks, his true thoughts are clear. A cautious observer responds that he should not reveal such certainty, yet concedes the speaker appears to reflect what his constituents want him to think.
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Board of Education
Ohio Wesleyan University
Drew Theological Seminary
Bovart
Freeman D. Bovard
California Christian Advocate
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Danial Dorchester
Christchurch
Western Pennsylvania
New England
Edwin H. Hughes
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Episcopal
School of Theology
Boston University
Henry C. Jennings
Central Plant
Hmit
Asbury
James N. Buckley
Christian Advocate
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Hanly
Hoch
Kansas
Levi Gilbert
Western Christian Advocate
D. D. Thompson
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Stephen J. Herben
Epworth Herald
Henry Wade Rogers
Law School of
Yate University
Gov. Buchtel
Colorado
Hanford Crawford
Market Reports
Louisville
MR. Kaltenbrunner
Canada
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