Japan's tobacco monopoly shapes industry and prices
A dispatch from Kobo reports on a modern government run tobacco factory in Japan, its female workers paid by piece, and a state monopoly that regulates imports, sets wage levels, and expands export to India and Australia while drawing European protests over anti foreign practices and claims of quality improvements. The piece notes high profits, shifting to native tobacco, and pending challenges in China market.
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A M’kensin
Kobo
Japan
Europe
County Council
London
France
Department of Finance
Isbor
Framay
Allogalzer
J Agye Pol
China
India
Straita
Austruia
Scandinavia
Murgpean
Egyptian praise for Lord Cromer cited by official visitor
An Egyptian official praises Lord Cromer as a protector of small farmers, noting land tax reforms favoring the poor and access to justice. The visitor describes crops in Upper Egypt, with barley, fodder, cotton, and wheat as staples, and mentions the Assouan dam impacting irrigation and weather independence.
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Lord Cromer
Nowe
Egypl
Cromer
Ium
Egypt
Upper
Assouan
Irrisa
Egypt Irrigation, Tax Reforms and Agricultural Progress
The speaker notes persistent drought risk in England and urges reliance on rainfall while warning against overdependence on luck. In Egypt an Agricultural Society studies countrywide farming issues and Lord Cromer leads a land survey that removed tax abuses, including charges for nonowned acres.
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England
Fuet Laonot Ficht
Egypt
Lord Cromer
Cromer
Wife Rejects Appeal in Divorce Case of Hutton and Lyon
Captain Malcolm Lyon of the 2nd Life Guards is named as co respondent in Me Charles Bustacs Hutton's divorce. Hutton testified that his wife Whitired Hutton traveled to Paris and the south of France with Lyon, stayed in hotels with him, and declared plans to live with him in Bouremouth. Despite attempts to reconcile, she refused to return home. decree nisi with costs and custody of their child granted.
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Malcolm Lyon
2Nd Life Guards
Charles Bustacs Hutton
Mdworth Daly
Whititerd Hutton
Mlublon
Lutton
Paris
Hotaru
Hla
Ome
France
Fig
Captain Lyon
Nive
Mire Hutton
Bouremouth
Mr Hutton
London
Milan exhibition fire destroys decorative art building
A fire at the Milan Sulan Exhibition destroyed the Building of Decorative Art on March 3 due to wiring defects. Italian and Hungarian exhibits burned while British Japanese German Swiss Persian Chinese Turkish works were saved. Firemen and gendarmes moved thousands of pounds worth of paintings from the burning building. damage estimated at over 1,160,000. The exhibition building will be rebuilt at once.
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Milan
Sulan
Italy
Hungary
Bed dressing and fashion cautions in early heat
The passage warns against neck scarves and tight neckwear that trap heat and cause perspiration and circulation issues. It notes concerns about excessive bed dressings on the neck, suggests reducing stiff corsets and garters, and advises avoiding knee coverage in hot weather to ease discomfort.
Charivaria from London Punch.Snide remarks and absurdities from a late 19th century column
A jumbled Charivaria item from Punch jokes about Siganananda's age and death, the Natal government, Kaiser on a ship kitchen, X-ray hair color claims, slang changes, a shop name misreading Smithy and Kistol, and gossip about beauty and fashion notes. It parodies current events and wordplay with a mix of misprints and quips.
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London
Siganananda
Natal
Scandinavia
Deutschland
Bouchard
Parks
Smithy
Smith and Son
M. Aptomy
Warwick
Bandcuffed for Singing in Berlin Arrest Sparks Outrage
Berliners denounce a police brutality incident after Robert Lieberg was handcuffed for singing while walking home. A officer allegedly used excessive restraint and later threatened with a sabre, with Lieberg wounded and hospitalized.
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Robert Lieberg
Lieberg
Liebig
Liebje
Fugitive Lefer Returns to America from Bible Virginia
The Express correspondent reports George Roseert, a Syrian leper, has returned to America under police guard aboard a special train. After attempts to reach New York, no state would admit him, and he was turned back and forth between jurisdictions. Now confined to his garden, he attracts hundreds daily seeking food and drink.
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America
Eapress
Bible
Virginia
George Roseert
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AEST
Wisconsin
Mayhew
Wisconsin University
New York
Charivaria
Lefer
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