Free Rides on Railway in Fiji Isle
John C C Poole describes a 120 mile coastal rail line on Viti Levu owned by the Colonial Sugar Co offering free passenger transport to cane workers and travelers. The service runs twice weekly along mangrove swamps and through cane villages, highlighting local life, Indian laborers, and island scenery.
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Fiji
John CC. Poole Sigatoka
Fij Islands
Fiji Islands
South Seas
Piji Islands
Viti Levu
Sica
Colonial Sugar Co
Government of
Sugar Co
Sigatoka
South Pacific
Ner
New Zealand
Drink Taught This Man Something New
Cincinnati Ohio November report tells how a contractor Joseph D Engelbert recalls a man who had too much to drink. The man slept on a curb with his hat between his feet and woke to find $1.60 in coins. People believed he was a beggar and gave him money.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Joseph D. Engelbert
De‘clares
Emnine
Sick Flowers Are Cured With Drugs Witty Gardener Says
In Cincinnati on November 4 a gardener Christian Witchkowsky says treating sick pansies with aster oil and a chaser of Epsom salts can restore condition. He claims these drugs supply nitrogen, noting many plants cured this way. The article also cites a U S government loan to Great Britain totaling 4 277 billion with 64 164 million repaid.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Christian Witchkowsky
U. S
Great Britain
Corey's Whiskey Beat From Seattle To New York
Corey travels from Seattle to New York to cover the world series in Brooklyn and Cleveland and writes a series on liquor smuggling. The Detroit border sees heavy illicit whisky traffic with nine officials policing shipments from Windsor to Toronto. Despite strict Dominion laws, whisky crosses by carload, with bar ledgers and sudden arrests, while a resident can request extras if allowed by Toronto authorities.
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Herbert Corey
Seattle
New York
Brooklyn
Cleveland
The
Star
Ontario
Detroit
Atlantic Ocean
Edwards
New Jermy
Windsor
Canadian Royal Mounted Police
County Constabulary
Dominion
Toronto
Hookworm Disease Warns Soldiers at Camp Travis
New York reports that hookworm disease among white soldiers at Camp Travis Texas reduces mentality by 33 percent, according to the International health board of the Carnegie Foundation.
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New York
Camp Travis
Texas
International Health Board of Carnegie Foundation
Stanford Students Tested on Government Knowledge
In Palo Alto 235 Leland Stanford College students were examined by Prof. Cottrell. Results show 37 did not know the governor, 8 believed Hi Johnson remained governor, 29 could not name a California senator, and views on cabinet members were described as awful. Some named Gompers, Roosevelt, Bryan, McAdoo, Reed and Blaine.
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Palo Alto
Cal
Leland Stanford College
Cottrell
California
Hi Johnson
Gompers
Roosevelt
Bryan
McAdoo
Reed
Blaine
Parisian Chef Creates Elegant Crab Flakes Dish in New York
In New York Louis Paquet, a French chef, abandons a Parisian dish to craft a new crab flakes creation for Miss Edith May, winner of a beauty contest. The recipe blends crab flakes with mushrooms onions paprika grapes and cream, plated in a chic presentation amid Paquet’s taste for elegance.
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New York
Louis Paquet
Mondieur
Edith May
Paris
Mike
Epicure Brillat-Savarin
Monsieur Paquet
Mmpling
Orf
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Corey
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Mildred
Betty
Beau
Wilda
Edith
Zor Beckley
Lbargain Basement
Coats
Boston
Union Street
Hammersley’s
BON Marche
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