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Spitting Snake of South Africa and Sugar Beet Ventures
A Montrose Messenger item discusses the spitting cobra and other dangerous snakes in South Africa with a curious eyewitness account. It then presents Claus Spacelees of San Francisco urging beet sugar industry in the western states, detailing factory costs, planting methods, and site considerations. Also notes progress in Japan per the Japan Herald and Chicago Banker's Monthly commentary.
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South Africa
London
Cerastes Lophophrys
Cyrtophis
Montrose
Colorado
California
Germany
United States
Watsonville
San Francisco
Oregon
Washington Territory
Claus Spaceles
Japan Herald
Minerva
Chicago Banker’s Monthly