Record of Tropical Product Imports and War Impact
New York November reports show total tropical imports for 1916 at 1.060 billion dollars, led by sugar and rubber substitutes. The data note sharp price rises abroad due to war, with mentions of India rubber, raw silk, coffee, cotton, and eggs, plus commentary on Turkey’s Constantinople College amid regional conflict.
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Washington
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department Or Commerce
United States
India
Perto Rico
Hawaii
Superintendent of
Washington, D. C
New York
Navy
Henrry Olay
Hoboken
Mary Mills Patrick
Constantinople College For Girls
Samuel T. Dutton
Dutton
Bosphoria
Turkey
Balkans
Kiamil Pasna
Charles R. Crane
Trus
Newark
Foreign Trade Department
The
National City Bank of New York
Haiti
Jamaica
Java
San Salvador
Paris
France
America
China
Hongkong
Open Window Week Observed In New York City
Open Window Week will run December 4 to 10 in New York City as part of tuberculosis week. The initiative from the city health department promotes fresh air for prevention and cure, with daily themes such as Open Window Day on Monday and Sunshine Sunday on December 10.
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New York City
City Health Department
Arizona Still Uncertain About Governorship Race
In Phoenix on November 16 the race for Arizona governor remained unsettled. Democrats said Hunt led by 17 votes, while Republicans asserted Thomas Campbell held a provisional plurality of at least 150. Official tallies begin next Monday with 12 precincts unreported, showing Campbell ahead by 138 unofficial votes.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Hunt
Thomas Campbell
Campbell
General Gonzales Orders Release of Two Americans
El Paso Texas Nov 16 General Francisco Gonzales commanding at Juarez Mexico issued an order for the release of Benjamin Brahan and Joseph Williams both Americans held on charges in the Juarez jail Representations had been made by state department agents United States officials had pressed for their freedom while stationed in Juarez Mexico
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el Paso
Texas
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez
Mexico
Enjamin Brahan
Joseph Wiliams
State Department
Barnens Dag raises large funds in Stockholm celebration
In Stockholm on Barnens Dag nearly 360000 was raised to send poor children to the country for the summer. Cowboys and cowgirls toured the streets with contribution boxes while costumed children and autos carrying actors and actresses urged giving. A stadium performance capped the event.
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Stockholm
Foley advertising slip for cough remedies and mail order
An old classified style ad urges readers to send five cents with a name and address to Foley & Co. for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup plus Foley kidney pills and cathartic tablets. Sold by Mann Drug Co.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Mann Drug Co
How Words Come to Picture Ideas
A discussion on word origins shows how English borrows from Latin Greek and other tongues and then blends forms. It highlights prefixes suffixes hyphenation and shortening as ways words evolve. The piece promotes The New Universities Dictionary with coupon terms and lavish color illustrations.
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Worth
Constantinople
Tees
Patrick
Shukri Bey
Elkus
Near East
Gonzales
Sweden
THEE
Fairbank Stara
Ces
Philologists
Gilbert’s Erector
Gilbert Institute of Erector Engineering
Jarrett’s Stationery Store
A. Hart Drug Co
Rayo
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Baltimore, MD
Washington,d.c
Charlotte
N.C
Norfolk, Va
Charleston
W. Va
Richmond
Charleston, S. C
Ferran
Bank of Commerce
O. E. Kearns
J. H. Adams, V.pres
H. A. Millas
A M. Rankin
G. A. Pollock
Asst. Cashier
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