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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1912
Page
11
A vivid report details gathering rubber along the Amazon in Brazil, portraying a harsh camp life starkly different from North American industry. It contrasts Brazil’s growing role with other nations and notes the national demand for latex as global supply tightens.
In Algot Lange’s volume on the Brazil Peru border, he portrays rubber workers tapping trees, living on huts with minimal dress, and carrying tools and a small rubber bag. He describes estradas, bark gashes, smoking huts, and the crude first stage of rubber, set against a wild jungle and the rhythm of labor.
Harper and Brothers announce pressings for "The Valor of Ignorance" by Homer Lea "Princess Idleways" by Mrs. W. J. Hays "The Servant in the House" by Charles Rann Kennedy "Trilby" by George Du Maurier "Wild Life Under the Equator" by Paul Du Chailly "Riders of the Purple Sage" by Zane Grey and "Jinrikisha Days in Japan" by E. R. Skidmore. The note cites reader interest, author popularity, and Harper ties with Henry James Mark Twain and others.
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