Dutch Shipping Faces Big Revival and Costs
An article notes a large postwar expansion in Dutch shipping capacity reaching 2,225,000 tons, with profits rolled into reserves. It cites rising operating costs, freight rates, and longer, more expensive voyages as factors reshaping Antwerp and Rotterdam competition, and outlines how global trade shifts drive higher margins but greater risk.
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Gena Danas
Eald
Europe
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Rhine
Belgium
Fagmers
Ameri
South Africa
England
Netherlands
Germany
France
Binck Sea
North America
South America
Mystery Rat Found With Neck Wound In West Virginia
In Faremont, West Virginia, Mise Madge Gilivety, fourteen, daughter of Benjamin Knisely, reported missing last spring while tending pigs. Her father recently found a dead rat with a round neck wound, suggesting the animal choked as it thawed after a flag slipped over its head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faremont
W. Va
Mise
Madge Gilivety
Benjamin Knisely
Near Mere
Sullivans Picked Up On Disorderly Conduct
In Chicago Aberdeen Street the Sullivans quarreled over Ireland and Treland timing as Patrolman Sidney Sullivan intervened at Maxwell Street. They were booked for disorderly conduct, brought before Judge E D W Sullivan, teased about being brothers, and discharged with warning for a likely future clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Aberdeen Street
Pat Sullivan
Frank Sullivan
Harrigan Street
Ireland
Pat Son
Treland
Frank
Sidney Sullivan
Maxwell Struet
Sullivans
Sullivan
Mike Sullivan
Jerry Sullivan
J. L. Sullivan
ED. W. Sullivan
Pat
Tia
Jerry
Judge Sullivan
Amiles
Court
War brides scandal sparks defense dept inquiry
A damaged report claims Russian and Indian civilians were coerced into marriage schemes tied to wartime transport plans to the United States. It alleges stowaway women, using money to gain asylum and husbands, faced repatriation threats amid deck and quarter arrangements for married wartime arrivals.
Man Baptized in Coffin Dead in Kentucky
Hickman Kentucky reports a man named Paul Eldridee died after a makeshift baptism in a coffin inside a home. Ill health prevented church attendance, so family improvised a baptism by a cell lined with offerath. Elder L Miley of the Christian church performed the rite. A wife and several children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickman, Ky
Paul Eldridee
Erath
L. Miley
Chirtetlan
Farmert Seeks Remedy After Potatoes Lost to Fraud
Farmer Johnron exposes a scam in which a seller delivered substandard potatoes and misrepresented a large shipment. He alleges deceit in the ordering process, noting an apparent loss of quality and value from the bulk tubers and a failed return on investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oleovilie
W. Woo
Johnron
Darrel
False Claims About Fletcher's Castoria Enduring Use
A vintage ad asserts Fletcher's Castoria reduces infant deaths for over thirty years and urges mothers to keep it in the house. The claim reflects historical marketing rhetoric rather than medical guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Castoria
Bin
Freezone Ends Corn Pain Instantly
An ad promotes Freezone a small bottle sold by druggists for a few cents. It claims the product quickly stops corn pain then allows lifting the corn away with fingers. It targets busy men seeking a quick, painless home remedy for hard soft and between toe corns without irritation.
Rheumatism Cure Claims Blood Cleansing Solution
An ad claims a blood cleansing liniment cures rheumatism by removing the disease cause. It advertises medical advice from a Medical Director in Atlanta and promotes cosmetics and other products. The text includes unrelated tales and promotional snippets from various sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
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