The Tropics as a Future World Food Source
In the December dispatch Frederic J. Haskin explains rising food prices push interest to the tropics as a vast potential for new farming. He cites Panama Canal gains, sanitary advances, and better transit as opening tropics for intensive cultivation guided by expert O. F. Cook, who cautions temperate regions may overstate tropical gains.
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Washington, D. C
Tropics
Jtn
Belgian Congo
Belgium
Africa
Europe
Panama Canal
Central
Panama
O. F. Cook
Department of Agriculture
Cook
Pinex cough syrup and tropical agriculture debate
An advertisement touts Pinex cough syrup as a cheap, effective remedy for bronchitis and croup. The article then discusses tropical agriculture, arguing sugar and cacao exports depend on permanent crops and better shipment methods. It suggests bananas, avocados, and cacao as key tropical crops for future production.
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United States
Canada
Pipex Co
Wayne
Parole Board Baffled By Fake Kill Letter
A Des Moines report recalls Ed Smith, a parole violator, who asked for pardon while in England Army. The board ignored a prior request. A later letter on military letterhead claiming his death was signed with Smith's handwriting.
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Des Moines
Ira
Board of Parole
Ed Smith
England
Smith
Oklahoma
Reichstag Meeting Tuesday to Hear Chancellor on Southeast Front
Berlin reports the Reichstag will assemble next Tuesday to hear the imperial chancellor explain the new military situation on the southeast front via Sayville dispatch.
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Berlin
Sayville
Reichstag
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Aikée
Nou
Petey
Dow
Iigne
Nes, Wan Tut He
Saxe
Guy van Boob
International News Service
J] Swan
Ube
By C. A. Voight
George McManus
MR .Hoof
MR .Jiggs
Dawnce
MR. Hooe
Haskin
By Frederic J. Haskin
Clives
Orty
Mane
Castoria
H. Fletcher
Maine
Weyman-Bruton Company
Union Square
New York City
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