Sugar Cane Growth in Java Through Modern Times
A historical note traces Java sugar cane from ancient native farming to industrializing methods. Production rose from under 100,000 tons yearly between 1990 and 1800 to a million tons by 1M and possibly two million soon. Native farmers once paid rent in crops. now manufacturers lease land, uniting small properties under corporate management for about a three year planting cycle before returning land to natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Americas
National City Bank of New York
Europe
Smoking in Church Customs Across Regions
The text notes smoking in churches as a Dutch custom and cites similar practices in South America and Britain during the seventeenth century. It mentions Seville cathedral where the chapter sought papal power to curb the abuse and Welsh churches where smoking continued into 1800s. it describes a church scene with farmers lighting pipes as services began.
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Lamon
South America
Great Britain
Seville
Wales
Jowett to Return to Clerical Work in England
Dr J M Jowett of New York plans a return to clerical work and will relocate to England for new employment.
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J. M. Jowett
New York
England
The Teeth of the Tiger Chapter One Continued
In Paris, Major Comte d Astrignac reads Cosmo Mornington's will naming Don Luis Perenna as heir with a 1 000 000 franc legacy. Don Luis, famed as Arsene Lupin, discusses Mornington's death, the ambush in Africa, and a suspected foul play tied to a suspicious medical death.
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Perenna
Roussel
Don Luis
United States
Asx
Paris
M. Desmalions
Maitre Lepertuis
Maltre Lepertuls
Don Luis Perenna
France
Lule Perefna
Comte d'Astrignac
Morrocco
Legation
Peru
Mattre Lepertuis
Lula Perenna
Thowe
Rousse
Vietor
Don Luis Jenna
Europe
America
Morocco
Private Perenna
Foreign Legion
Comte d' Astrignac
Police
Arsene Lupin
Monsieur le Prefet
Arsene Luepin
d’Artagnan
Porthos
Monte Cristo
Legion
Comte d’Astrignac
Oll
Rom Pluck
Monsieur le Prefect
Africa
Cosmo Mornington
Oran
Cosmo
Talenta
Don Luia
Monsieur
Monsier le Prefet
Monsieur Prefet
Coamp Mornington
Caem
Doctor Béllavoine
Rue d
Bellavoine
Rue d'Astorg
Mysterious links in Mornington case prompt police inquiry
In the embassy meeting, officials and agents discuss a possible tie between a murder and Mr Mornington's will. The prefect notes ambiguous circumstances and questions a leak while Don Luis Perenna defends caution and absence of office burglary.
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Ame
Appeal
Perenna
Don Luis Perenna
Mr. Mornington
Monsieur le Prefet
Maitre Lapertuist
Western Canada economic prospects in 1918 and farming outlook
The article notes growing bank clearings in Western Canadian cities for 11 months ending November, higher than the prior year, with U.S. entry into the war cited as boosting activity. It forecasts hog production rising 35 to 60 percent in 1918 and urges settlers to move early spring for crop planting and fall harvest to aid the Allied effort.
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Western Canada
United States
Iato
Advertier Mest
Weeden Orchestra of Reed Pipes in Brianza Italy
A unique band in Lompardy Brianza uses only wooden pipes and reed instruments including drums and a trombone shaped by wood. Members ignore written scores relying on ear and instinct, often learning from phonographs, producing a curious and agreeable harmony as described by Edwin Turrisae.
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Weeden
Brianza
Lompardy
Pan
Edwin Turrisae
Recipe for Gray Hair Compound
Fragmentary note describes a hair treatment claimed to darken hair using a compound and ancestral ideas. The text is garbled with unclear ingredients and steps, offering no verifiable method or results.
Job Set On Bundle of Old Tickets
A ticket man stores an array of old railroad tickets, suggesting they’re for rarely used routes. The dialogue hints at discounting unused tickets to clear them out while someone studies him closely throughout the day.
Man’s Mouth Compared To Ship Hatch In Advising Silence
A proverb-like line warns that a man’s mouth is safest when closed, likening speech to a ship hatch and urging restraint to avoid trouble.
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Gatmant
Qolles & Rogers
Sion Ly
Lowe
BY Maurice Leblanc
Coamo Mernington
Senor Caceres
D’ Agtrignac
Bim
de Bossy
Saat
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