Lisbon Seeks Relief From Food Shortage Crisis
The Lisbon government seeks relief from a severe shortage of essential goods as prices spike and supplies vanish. Officials raid shops and private homes for foodstuffs including potatoes oil lard rice coal sugar and bacon, seizing hidden stocks and imposing fines. Free transit and import of staples are decreed while two days a week meat cheese and butter sales are banned to curb shortages.
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Lisbons
Portugal
Portus
Cule
Merchant Marine oil bunkering race reshapes world ports
European manager Milton Bronner reports Britain seeks fuel stations for merchant ships to aid British shipping as coal declines. Oil bunkering expands globally with American and British firms dominant, while ports from Canada to Chile shift roles in supplying petroleum to fleets.
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Milton Bronner
London
Undiesant
Sim
Tae
Ens
British Mercantile Marine
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
California
Mexico
Peru
Standard Oi Group
Toyal Dutch Shell J Group
Lie World
Hawaiian
West Indies
Public Debate on Farmers Markets and Peddlers
A reader letter from Pizer argues against farm market limits and peddler laws, urging fair treatment for farmers and improved local markets. He contrasts farm storage and commission selling with brewer influence, urging the press to aid farmers in securing better prices and stable costs. He questions transients and calls for protections against fraud while promoting market improvements.
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Tribune
Las Sy Lat Crosse
Wis
A. S
Columans
Vas Verlag
la Craxne
Thor
Renu
Fraenlag
Sixteen-year-old inmate escapes and returns to custody
A 16 year old, identified as Conklin, Lt, escaped from a school unit and fled through a drain pipe. He was recaptured after guards restrained him with force. The incident involved a kick to a Yok in a prison brick wall before the inmate regained control and was returned to the unit.
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Lamitoul Conklin
Reecothe
Tt School
Ius
Conn
Trere Pendines
Olades Fs
Idtsurely
Frociem
Ivory Coast nowhere near the task yet in text
Fragmentary OCR passage mentions various nationalities and regions such as America Britain Belgium India Japan Australia and New Zealand. It discusses merchant marine, oil facilities, coal, and reaching ahead in thoughts, but content is garbled with many misspellings and lacks a coherent event or clear subject.
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Italy
India
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
America
Fragmented Sunbeam Note From a Humble Plant Scene
A fragment describes a plant growing in gloom seeking light. It mentions a distant sunbeam breaking through a small window, pushing a pale stalk toward the half darkness. The tone hints at nature observing light’s persistence.
Unclear fragment hints at family labor during business trips
The text describes two brothers and parents with fathers always working to prepare for business trips, while mothers also worked long hours. It mentions lifelong labor and a distant reference to British Columbia and lumber figures from 1929.
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Johnny
Tack
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Chicago
Hawley Commission Company
PearLse Phone
Lech
British Columbia
Maoniba
Tre
the Arbuckle Guest Coffee
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Estey Musical
Fred Leithold Piano Co
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