Pilfering Shifts From Canal Zone To West Coast Ports
The article notes a decline in pilfering in the Panama Canal Zone due to prompt dispatches and improved supervision. Despite gains, theft remains a problem at ports on the Pacific coast of South America, with Bolivian goods in Mollendo seeing reduced losses. Panama Railroad and dock authorities employ checkers and detectives to guard cargo and detect tampering, suggesting the source of pilfering lies outside the canal zone.
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South America
Panama Canal Zone
Galliard
Colon
Balboa
Canal
Colon and
Panama Railroad Company
Panama
Mozambique government raises salaries and levies new taxes
Owing to the rise in living costs the Mozambican provincial government increases salaries for staff earning under 1,900 escudos per year by up to four percent. The salary shortfall, about 913,200 dollars, leads to higher license fees for bars and kiosks, telegraph and telephone rates, and an export tax on sugar with a new military tax. Revenue from these measures is projected at 216,000 dollars from sugar, 27,000 from communications, and 46,600 from other taxes and fees.
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John F. Jewell
Laurenco Marques
Mozambique
Bermuda Potato Crop Expected Lower Fall Yield
Bermuda potato production for the Triumph or fall crop is estimated at 82,500 bushels, down 8,000 from 1916. Vice Consul W. Bilis in Hamilton notes earlier plantings suffered from unfavorable seasons, while later plantings show promise for better yields.
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Bermuda
Stillman W. Bilis
Hamilton
Director of Agriculture
Burning Mine's Blast At Zwickau
A fire at Zwickau in Saxony burns or burned when war was declared, tied to a coal mine dating back to the fifteenth century. German thrift of the era allegedly used burning air tubes to warm vast conservatories. the note recalls 1987 demonstrations of such methods.
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Zwickau
Saxony
Topographic Maps and War Use in Civil War Context
A discussion on how topographic maps shaped military planning and engineering since the Civil War. It notes the late 19th century development of topographic mapping, the 1861 congressionally authorized topographic engineers, and the maps’ role in guiding large scale mobilization, drainage projects, and field storytelling with practical cost savings.
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Geological Survey
Engineer Corps
Army
Congress
Corps of Engineers
Farim
Need Parcel Post Facilities
Consul Henry H. Balch of Asuncion urges urgent establishment of a large parcel post system with Paraguay to boost American export trade. Paraguayan merchants rely on direct imports and parcel post heavily, with much early war trade routed through Germany, England, and France. Some orders reach Asuncion via third parties in Buenos Aires, highlighting US parcel post potential.
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Paraguay
Henry H. Balch
Asuncion
Germany
England
France
United States
Europe
Buenos Aires
Holland's Foreign Trade in 1917 First Half Analysis
The Dutch report shows imports from Germany totaling 70 649 713 florins for the January to June period 1917. Exports to Germany reached 102 088 777 florins for the same half year, with the first quarter favoring Holland by nearly two to one in imports versus exports and the second quarter largely balancing the trade.
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Holland
En Ultvoer
Germany
Central Bureau of Statistics
Maandatatiatiek van den
Record Year for Kingston Exports to the United States
Consul Felix S. Johnson of Kingston Ontario reports that exports to the United States for the past calendar year will approximate 5,000,000 dollars, compared with 2,494,442 in 1916 and 1,288,291 in 1915. Kingston's export trade in 1910 was less than the current figures.
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Kingston
Felix 8. S. Johnson
Ontario
United States
Raisins and Wine Making in Malaga Spain Described
A Malaga correspondent details muscatel and Pedro Ximen grown as vines pruned into bushes in rows ten feet apart. Grapes ripen by August and drying beds use sun heat and canvas coverings. Raisins are sorted packed in 22 to 25 pound boxes and shipped to shipowners and dealers. prices vary with quality and world demand.
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Malaga
Muscatel
Spain
Costa Rica Coffee Exports Total 27 Million Pounds
Official stats show Costa Rica exported 27 044 550 pounds of coffee in the past season with 24 749 135 pounds of Beneficiado or full milled coffee and 2 295 415 pounds of Pergarmino. The United States took 53.16 percent of shipments and the United Kingdom 40.14 percent. The value is estimated at 8 128 489 colones. The 1917 18 crop is forecast at 30 million pounds.
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Costa Rica
United States
United Kingdom
Panama
France
Italy
Spain
Chile
San Jose
Heredia
Cartago
Alajuela
As Effective as Tanks? Ancient and Medieval Armored Chariots
The article traces early weaponized chariots from Cyprus figure to Roman and Egyptian wooden carts armed with scythe blades. It notes medieval evolutions into mobile armored towers with surface protection. Siege operations used towers to breach castle defenses and bridge walls.
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Cyprus
Livestock Prices Report From Swiss Sale
Switzerland reports live stock pricing from a recent auction. Oxen sold from 440 to 480 per pair, bulls 160 to 180 each, cows 240 to 280 each, young cows 100 to 200 each, goats 12 to 10 each, small porks 12 to 16 each, medium porks 40 to 80 per pair, fat porks 82 cents per pound, sheep 12 to 16 each.
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Switzerland
Desirable Wife Found By Forest Sawmill Couple
A Chicago Tribune writer recounts a tale of a lone forest settler near a mill who challenged friends to find him a wife. A citywoman, chosen by matchmaking cooks, visits for a week and becomes his wife after a staged courtship, with the cow reward forgotten as life moves on.
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Chicago Tribune
Mr. Homesteader
South African Shoe Trade Faces Foreign Competition
Cape Province firms mix high class local footwear with imports flooding the market. Consul General Murphy notes overseas producers flood SA with boots and shoes, limiting domestic producers from expanding. Much of the popular higher end footwear comes from abroad while large US shipments fill gaps.
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Cape Province
George H. Murphy
Cape Town
United States
When the Doctors Despaired
A wartime correspondent notes cures from accidental causes and odd medical lore. A former soldier lay 15 months under entalepsy until bagpipes near his bed restored him. A skipper kept a medicine chest with numbered cures, mixing No 2 and No 5 when No 7 ran out, masking pains aboard.
Purchase of Foreign Hides Association Formed in Rome
Milan published notice describes a new association for buying foreign raw hides. The directing committee met in Rome and named Commendatore Gennaro Maffetone of Naples as president. The Rome office sits at the Hotel Splendid to begin admissions and organize purchases and related services.
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Milan
Rome
Universal English as World Language Urged by Writer
A Los Angeles Times Magazine writer argues for replacing diverse languages with English to boost world efficiency. He cites America's melting pot as proof, claims English is the best due to brevity, and urges making others learn English for harmony and prosperity.
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Los Angeles Times
Tower of Babel
America
United States
Horee Breeding In Brazil
In Brazil, breeding projects aimed at improving animals attract attention as ranching grows. Ranch owners import cattle and crossbreed. the National Society of Agriculture in Rio de Janeiro, state cattle associations, and ranchmen's leagues support it. A presidential commission studies livestock resources and census data.
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Brazil
Alfred L. M. Bottschalk
Rio de Janeiro
National Society of Agriculture
Oil Yielding Plants Urged in Denmark Meeting
At a large Copenhagen farmers association meeting discussions focused on planting oil yielding crops like flax and hemp. With fat and edible oil scarcity, increasing oil crop areas is urged, as oil cake residue could bolster cattle feeds.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Ireland Crop Report 1917 Shows Large Increases in Acreage
Agricultural statistics show Ireland's total crop area in 1916 at 4,806,575 acres, rising to 5,570,458 for the past year an increase of 763,878 acres or 16 percent. Potatoes in 1917 reached 1,000,28 acres up from 586,306 in 1916 an increase of 122,000 or 21 percent. Hay area rose to 2,532,723 acres from 2,406,247 in 1916 an increase of 126,476 or 52 percent.
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Agricultural Statistics of
Ireland
How Camel Was Persuaded From India To Australia
Norman Duncan notes in Australian Byways that camels arrived in 1884 with Afghan handlers, forming a labor force now numbering about 10 000. The tale recounts camel behavior and superstition, including a driver’s humorous episode with a billy can that spurred a stubborn pack camel to move.
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India
Australia
Norman Duncan
Commonwealth
Jerry
Ghana
Shipboard Repair Ships Hold Hidden Secrets
A British war correspondent notes the repair ships afloat as vast floating smithies that restore battleships far from docks. These vessels deploy top artificers from naval yards, are widely stationed, and reportedly elude German spies seeking to learn their mysterious rebuilding feats.
Ex Czar’s Ring Delays Express on Moscow Run
The ex czar fears a fragment of the true cross in a ring believed to be Vatican treasure. While traveling from Petrograd to Moscow he halted a special express to recover the ring after leaving it behind, sending a messenger back hours later to fetch the relic.
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Rasputin
Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Vatican
Pay Increases for Birmingham and Walsall Leather Machine Operators
Female machine operators fifteen years and older receive a 10 percent wage bonus from last October. Minimum rates for those eighteen and over with more than one year on hot wax machines rise to 13 cents per hour and 11 cents for dry thread machines. Fifteen to eighteen year olds retain current time rates, but after one year on machines the rate increases to no less than eight cents per hour. Overtime pays time and a half.
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Birmingham and
Walsall
Win Truth by Strength
Quote attributed to Phillips Brooks urging that truth comes through strength rather than mere knowledge. The fragment asserts truth is won by striving after strength and by becoming strong in proportion to effort.
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Phillips Brooks
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