Macao's rise and shadows in a gambling era of vice
Macao once a major East Asian trading hub now hinges on gambling and prostitution as chief revenue sources. The colony boasts a storied past with missions, hospitals, early treaties, and famed figures, yet modern life centers on casinos, opium, and vice. Government revenue from gambling powers public works and charities, while critics call it a vice economy.
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Macao
Far East
Hong Kong
Canton
South China
Coney Island
China
Chung Shan Island
Pearl River Estuary
Japan
Caleb Cushing
Sun Yat-Sen
George Washington
Paul de Lamanon
Tenerife
Portugal
Boy Saver Jake Honored For Rescue Of Gene Knott
In Bellingham Washington a litch incident led to Gene Knott, 3, falling into a ditch while wandering. The dog Jake led by owner George Clauda found the child unconscious and saved his life.
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Bellingham
Wash
George Clauda
Jake
Gene Knott
Extension Farm Foresters Appointed to Lead Clinton and Whiteville Areas
William G. Davis of Haywood County and Walter W. Barnes of Troy Alabama are named extension farm foresters for Clinton and Whiteville. Davis replaces Robert E. Reed who resigned to start a lumber and pulp business. Barnes succeeds Harold E. Blanchard and will oversee Brunswick Columbus Robeson and southern Bladen counties with 13 years in southern forestry and U S Forest Service background.
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College Station
Raleigh
William G. Davis
Haywood County
Walter W. Barnes
Troy
Alabama
Clinton
Whiteville
R. W. Graeber
State College
Davis
U. S. Army
Robert E. Reed
Duplin
Sampson
Cumberland
Bladen County
Barnes
Harold E. Blanchard
Saar
U. S. Forest Service
Brunswick
Columbus
Robeson
Bladen
Fox hunting by air and shotgun yields bounty in Indiana
Arthur Darlington airport owner in Anderson Indiana says he hunts foxes by airplane and 12 gauge shotgun. He reports 34 kills since Christmas with $5 per animal and $3.50 per pelt while admitting the method is not foolproof. He once fired 25 shots on a flight without hitting a fox. BELLEVILLE Illinois notes a May 8 1899 discharge certificate for Capt. Fred J Schrader of the Fourth Illinois Regiment from the Spanish American War is among WWII discharge papers registered there.
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Anderson
Ind
Arthur Darlington
Darlington
Joseph Aspirin promises purity and value in tablets
An advertisement touts Joseph Aspirin as guaranteed quality and purity. It claims no rival at any price, promoting genuine pure tablets in a 100 tablet bottle for ten cents.
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St. Jr
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Boyle
Fido
Lusaka
Northern Rhodesia
Belleville
Ill
County Recorder
Fred J. Schrader
Augusta
Usk
High Point
Walgreen's
Mann's
Bom
Walgreen
Walgreen Drug Store
Amee Ra
Amelita
Kolynosse
Lady Esther
Ayer Pink Clover
Max Factor
Hollywood
Yeatest
Jacobs
Triomphe
Hin
Paris
Colonna
Jerry Colonna
Chen YU
U.S. A
Dceck
APEX
Elmo
EPSOM
Absorbine Junior
Hill
Olafsen
Mead’s
Abbott Vita-Kaps
LILLY
Bezon
Kay Daumit
BAYER
Mennen
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