Straits Echo, 8 January 1915
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Title Section36 1915-01-08 1 Straits Echo I'MLY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRA TS. THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 13. $24 Per Annum PENANO, FRIDAY, Mh JANUARY, ltlio. Single Copy, 10 cents No. 636 words
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Advertisement1065 1915-01-08 1 fllliaMNWiiaaiicataai jf WHEN ORDERING SPECIFY T “Do* Head Stout." It is Strenfthening and Invitoratint. a Salt rinNGLtL R Co., P*nnmi <f fu Ua ■IIiaDDDDDIIIIIJPQUULBaiIII nonaan Georgetown Motor Garage 7 A Penang Road. Due to arr.ve by a steamer. oa2 5 Stater EMPIRE CAR AS ILLUSTRATION. (BAN H S s' A1,065 words
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Advertisement34 1915-01-08 1 ftriik tot's Metd Oumneu Stool. J a a 5 e jb e -a s r d *?J 9^ r 3,a -"V Qi ~r w *.O Sol* Atfiiit TIANG LEE CO. p*ft»n| y Kual» humour.34 words
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Advertisement55 1915-01-08 2 DRINK i Wx rtTNC 4 35 (M 91 V rr (F ■■'AH 1 m ss&i k r it 1\ m > tV fcggal *..Vill »»01 '■kit-***' J THE ON THE SOLE AGENTS: tru! m i •t A a gfglp ##s wjlfe |B| Hi <* feSl r-V 3 j ■\t Jf*55 words
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Article467 1915-01-08 3 HOW ENVEB PASHA BROUGHT ON WAR A Bhootino Incident. The AllaJutbad Pioneer prints an account fn,m its Cairo correspondent of an incident in Constantinople of which only brief particulars were published at the time. Ihe writer «ay* It baa long been known that the Turkiah Cabinet is467 words
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Article406 1915-01-08 3 WHAT ADMIRAL MAHAN SAID OF BRITISH SEA POWER. “Incomparable Model for the World. Following the death of Admiral Mahan, the famous American naval authority, the Telegraph correspondent at New York transmitted an account of an interview which he had with the Admiral two months ago, but which406 words
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Article912 1915-01-08 3 Princess Lichnowset’s Governess. Both the light and the dark aide of the situation in Berlin were described to a reporter of The Globe in mail week by Mi*» Brown. English governess in Prince Lichnowfcky’s family, who bid just returned from Berlin This lady wont to the German912 words
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Article110 1915-01-08 3 The representative of a British firm in Cairo writes home as follows It seems by the papers that you in England have somewhat of a scare about us here, but we ar-! going- on just the same as nsual. We do not fear the Turk or a110 words
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Advertisement11 1915-01-08 3 For Children’ Hacking Congh et Night, Woods'|Oreet Peppermint Onre li. M.11 words
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Advertisement10 1915-01-08 3 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Is. 6d10 words
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Article207 1915-01-08 4 S. P. Tapioca $3.80 buyert M. P. Tapioca $4.10 buyert Gold Leat ...$64 40 Black Pepper 18. —buyert "White Pepper 30.50 talet Trang Pepper 19 no ttoc Cloves 41. talet Mace 110 nominal Mace Pickings 85.— nominal. Nutmegs 110 23 —nominal SNo. 1 6.10 talet 2 5,50 talet Basket207 words
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Article226 1915-01-08 4 Penang, January 8. Beef cts. Soup per catty 20 Roast 30 Steaks 30 Stew or Curry Meat 22 Rump Steak 30 Ox Tail each 50 Tongue 55 Feet 15 Heart 50 Liver per catty 40 Pork— Pork per catty 36 Pig’s Head... 22 Feet 26 Tongue 36 Mutton226 words
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Article2050 1915-01-08 4 The Plain Deal Box llsia Wei Lu was a friend of mine. He I kept a small laundry in Chotewell Street, London, E and he took more pains with 1 my collars and cuffs and dress shirts than all the purely Biitish laundries in the United Kingdom would2,050 words
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Article118 1915-01-08 4 Penang, January 8. (By iourtety of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 2/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4* 3 Credit 2/4} 3 Documentary 2/5 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174} 3 days’ sight Private 177 Bombay, Demand Bank 174} Moulmein, Demand Hank 173 H 3 days’ sight Private 176 Madras118 words
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Advertisement80 1915-01-08 4 TRANSLATION. rpHE UNDERSIGNED undertakes to JL translate any document from English into Chinese and vice versa. Also Chinese accounts into English. Fees according to the following scale:— (1) For translations for in-ertion in the Straits Echo or the Penang Sin Poe or to be printed by the Jobbing Department of80 words
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Advertisement283 1915-01-08 4 E. 8 0. HOTEL. Special Race Dinner. Saturday, 9th January, 1915 E. O. Orchestra AND Town Band IN ATTENDANCE. FOR SALE. VICTORIA in good condition and useful lVlare for sale at a low price to quick buyer. Apply M. A. L. 6-1-15 16 c/o StraitB Echo WARNING. All persons are283 words
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Advertisement298 1915-01-08 4 ELLERMANS HALL LINE. *WI. From Japan, China, Straits, TO Marseilles, London, and Liverpool. A frequent service of fast cargo steamers of this Line will be run in the above trade, commencing with s.s. Trentham Hall, 8,000 tons, on or s.s. Bloemfontein, 10,000 tons. about January 12, to be fol- a298 words
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Article710 1915-01-08 5 Judgment »0» Plaintiff». Before Mr. Justice L P. Ebden in the I Supreme Court yesterday morning Messrs, j Katz Brothers Ltd., sued Messrs. Kong 1 Kook Cheong to recover the sum of $2,172 84 cents, being the price of goods sold and delivered between Mat 1914710 words
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Article233 1915-01-08 5 A Successful Entertainment. The Amateur Surprise DramatiG Society, of Taiping, staged the Arabic Version of Beauty and the Beast” at the Town Hall yesterday evening in aid of the Prince of Wales’ atd Belgian Relief Funds before a large crowd of little children, including a good233 words
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Article579 1915-01-08 5 Christmas io CanDo—The Consemocy Scheme —The Unto» Soldiery A Crime Wave the Gambling Monopoly. {From Our Own Correspondent*) Canton, December 26. Christmas was observed by Cantonese in a manner never before seen. Not ouly the Christian churches but also manv schools and homes, non-Christian but influenced by579 words
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Article225 1915-01-08 5 Carl Lody’s last letter, written in the Tower on the night before bis execution is published in the Frankfurter Zeitung It is addressed to the spy’s sister, and runs as follows My Darling—l have trusted in my God. He has decided. Through many dangers of life225 words
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Article78 1915-01-08 5 Ladies’ Spoon for January, 1915. Result. Mrs Park 3 up Mrs Powell 1 Mrs Brereton Martin 1 Mrs Clarke all square Mrs Crichton Mrs Kirk 1 down Mrs Dunn 2 Miss C Brown... 2 Mrs Ebden 2 Miss Mahler 4 Miss Warham 4 Mrs Hoefeld 6 Mrs78 words
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Advertisement145 1915-01-08 5 < 111 a u CZ U LJ a. co eft z < z < z u m o t n gUCHANANS SCOTCH WHISKY *v sv« SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT" “BLACK.fWH'TE scotch OIASOO w BLACK WHITE ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY M PW Sole Agents PENANC AND KEDAH. By appointment to H145 words
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Advertisement369 1915-01-08 5 I ‘BMCr CIBMTIS. NX 'C Cigarette NIA rr Friends also follow the law of divine necessity; they gravitate to each other, and cannot otherwise.” EMERSON. A DOMINATING PROGRAMME FOR RACE WEEK. THE STRAITS CINEMA, PENANG ROAD. The Leading Premier Show in Penang and the People’s Favourite Rendezvous. COMMENCING The 9th369 words
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Article, Illustration95 1915-01-08 6 Published daily (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THB CRITERION PRESS. Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. Pbicb. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDBBBS ECHO—PENANG Telephone Nos. (Echo 586 Printing Departnent 343 KB. —All business communications should bs95 words
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Article1328 1915-01-08 6 If, as there is good reason to believe, that gilded popinjay of Pera, Enver Pasha, was in supreme command of the Turkish forces in the Caucasus, he must now be feeling rather sorry for himself and wondering whether after all the fate of Nazim and Mahmud is1,328 words
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Article720 1915-01-08 6 Capt. L. Creagb, who was in Singapore with the let Manchester», is in the casualty list of Dec. 26th as one of the killed. Captain P. Gugbers, West Yorkshire Regiment, who was for some time attached to the Malay States Guides, is reported wounded in list dated720 words
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121 1915-01-08 6 Jan. 6 By Balance $70,270.41 7 A. Dennys, monthly subscription 10.00 Balance Jan. 7. ...$70,280,41 A Cantonese woman named Fu Ah Min was this morning found guilty of selling chandu dross other than to the Superintendent, Government Monopolies, but on the application of121 words
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Article995 1915-01-08 6 It was roses, roses all the way at the races yesterday afternoon and whoever first mooted the genial idea of selling buttonholes on this occasion for the benefit of the War Relief Fund is deserving of hearty congratulations. The uniform price was a dollar for each rose and995 words
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Advertisement207 1915-01-08 6 HOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOCOCOOO* g AINC CHEANC Co. f 59, Magazine Road, q O We have just unpacked a large consignment of private rickshaws of the O O latest type which can bo fitted with English-made wheels, etc. complete O and can be had at prices which defy competition. Q We have in207 words
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Article222 1915-01-08 7 (Reuter’s Service) Copyright Telegram. Received 8th of Jan. at 8-35 a.m. PROCRESS OF THE RUSSIANS. Petiograd, January 6 A communique from Petrograd states Our troops suddenly attacked the Przasnysz region at Mlawa and almost entirely annihilated the euetny there with the bayonet. They captured some prisoners. Only222 words
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Article529 1915-01-08 7 THE GENERAL STAFF. Working of the Wnr Machine. A graphic account of how our vast military organization in Northern France and Flanders is worked is given by the military correspondent of The Timet The Field-Marshal lives with his personal staff in a small mess- His various529 words
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Article632 1915-01-08 7 MEN, MORE MEN (Reuter's Service.) Copyright Telegram. Received 7th of Jan. at 7 p.m. LORD CORZON’S APPEAL. I London, January 7. In the House of Lords, Lord Curson j urged that the utmost number of mf-n be t sent to the front without the least delay. He believed that considerably632 words
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Article1265 1915-01-08 7 The U S. Note. —To the outsider, President Wilson’s Note to Great Britain implies lan admission that the United States’ ship- ping men have themselves largely to blame in the matter. That statement says that great embarassment has been caused the I Government because of some1,265 words
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Article171 1915-01-08 7 OurKlang correspondent writes On the 31st ult. Mr. Askey, Forest Officer, prosecuted a Chinaman for cutting timber from State land without a licence and was fined 85 by Mr. Beech, besides |7 to be paid as royalty. A fine of $5 or to go to jail for two171 words
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Article140 1915-01-08 7 Says Thursday’s T.O.M. Mr. W. N. Haigh, Headmaster of Anderson School, who returned from leave and resumed duty yesterday, was presented with an address of welcome by the masters and students. The Gymnasium, which was used for the occasion, presented a gay appearance and140 words
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Article165 1915-01-08 7 The large Dutch steamer Patjan (4,000 tons register) was beached at Deal on December 3, in a sinking condition after having been in collision near the Goodwifl Sands, She was homeward bound for London and Amsterdam from the Dutch E*Bt Indies, with a valuable cargo of rubber,165 words
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Article63 1915-01-08 7 Relative to the G O.C’s Inspection on Monday next, the 11th inst, The Maxim Gun Section will parade on the 25 yards Range at 9-30 a.m, for Target Practice. The Corps will Parade (including the Maxim Section) at 3-45 p.m. on the 800 yds. firing Point. To take63 words
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Article99 1915-01-08 7 The Question of Notice. (From Our Oum Correspondent.) Singapore, January 7. In the Supreme Court Mr. Justice Earnshaw, giving judgment in a case between a landlord and his tenant, held that four months’ notice to terminate a tenancy was sufficient in a market garden property, which at99 words
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Article78 1915-01-08 7 The following are our selections for tomorrow Race I. —l Jiarnabat. 2 Nick. Race ll.— l Electric Shock. 2 Loaddeer. 3 The Owl. Race lII. 1 Michael Graham. 2 Remembrance. 3 Two Lips. Race IV.—l Belbeck. 2 The Friar. 3 Storey. Race V.— l Sador. 2 St.78 words
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Article96 1915-01-08 7 The following articles will be found on our outside pages Page 3. —Turks’ Evil Genius How Enver Pasha Brought on War. Life in Berlin. Our Superb Navy What Admiral Mahan said of British Sea Power. Confidence in Cairo. 4. —Queer Story. 5. —News from Canton. Messrs. Katz Brothers’ Claim.96 words
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Advertisement180 1915-01-08 7 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Head Orinc»: —SINGAPORE Life Assurance and Endowment in All Forms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES Financial Agents for Penang. SELLAR, MURRAY A CO. f.ornl Office :—No. 7, Unioj» Strkbt, HORSE FOOD The best horses must have the best food. Don't insult and injure them180 words
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Article, Illustration2239 1915-01-08 8 SUCCESSFUL OPENING DAY. Patroxe. H. E Sir Arthur Young, k.c.m o H H. The Sultan of Perak, C.M.R, H H. The Sultan of t' edab, k c.M.0., H. H. The Sultan of Deli and The Hon. A T. Bryant. Committee. The Hm. A R Adams, President, Commander2,239 words
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Article761 1915-01-08 8 SECOND DAT. i Saturday, 9th January, 1915 1. The Pbnanq Plate—3 pm. CLASS A. Value, $3OO. Entrance, $lO. Distance, Race Course. Mr.J Maurioe’s ’’bag Barnabas 9. 7 Mr. George b a m Brydone 9. 7 Mr- Seah Eng Kun’s bag Nick 8. 9 Mr. Clifford’s b a m761 words
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Advertisement470 1915-01-08 8 Is War A “Death Game.” George Town Kinema WILL SHOW YOU “DEATH CAME" (or the riaymites of Death) IN 3 MASSIVE REELS ASD THE Latest War Gazette TOGETHER WITH A GRAND CHANGE OF PROGRAMME Latest Pathe Cartoon M. PRINCE (Wiffles) As a Benedict, 2 Reels. PRICES AS USUAL. FOR A470 words
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Advertisement42 1915-01-08 8 Sing a song of Sixpence, All the blessed day, Sing a 6ong of trinmph In the old familiar way. Also don't forget to sing A song of something pure. And let it be a song in praise Of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure42 words
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Advertisement117 1915-01-08 8 Straight it It .There i. no use of our beating aroumd the bush We might as well out with it first as last. We want you to try Chamberlain s Cough Remedy the next time you have a cough or cold. There is no reason so tar a. we can117 words
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Advertisement575 1915-01-08 8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE ALL PERSONS claiming refund of assessment in respect of dwelling bouses vacant for anj portions of the half, year ending 31 it December, 1914, are hereby reminded that such claim must be sent in to the Commissioners on or before the 31st day of January, 1915. Forms of575 words
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Article1891 1915-01-08 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Loudon, December sth. Their deeds during these days of «tress and trial will furnish some of the most brilliant chapters to b) found in the military > history of our time”. 3o roeeutly wrote Sir > Douglas Haig of his commaud at the1,891 words
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Advertisement944 1915-01-08 9 FOR SiILH. NOTICE. Guide to Penang, BT THB LATH E F. Skertchly, t. i.s. LABOUR CODE, 1912. F.M.S Indian Immigration Fund Ordinance 1911.' I EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR J are hereby remin<le<l that anae^utuent Price 50 cents. Worth a Dollar a copy BOLD AT ••STRAITS ECHO” OFFICE. returns for the944 words
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Advertisement35 1915-01-08 9 Sick Headache. Sick headache is caused bv a disordered stomach Take Chamberlain’s Tablets and the headaches will disappear. They are just what you need to correct the trouble. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers35 words
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Advertisement131 1915-01-08 9 THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY. THERAPION NO. 1 CURES DISCHARGES. EITHER SEX,WITHOUT INJECTIONS. THERAPION NO. 2 CURES BLOOD POISON, BAD LEGS. SKIN ERUPTIONS. THERAPION NO. 3 CURES CHRONIC WF AKNESSES. DR AIN'S. LOST VIGOR. AC. SOLD BY LEADING CHEMISTS. PRICE IN ENGLAND. 29Cl ND STAMP ADDRESS ENVELOPE FOR i r 8131 words
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Advertisement538 1915-01-08 9 7TS ‘i w I VJ jil v?J*s. A petirod Colonel of tbo Indian Medical Service writes— Dear Sirs, —Following repeated attai ks of influenza and debility due to long service in the tropics, I was leit wiih ob t rate chrome bronchitis. severe flatulent dyspepsia and a general neurasthen.a, winch538 words
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Article518 1915-01-08 10 The following is an extract from the letter of a naval officer serving in tbe East: At last lam permanently appointed as No. 1 of a destroyer. We travel about 1,000 miles a week, most of it iu practically unknown seas, full of uncharted coral518 words
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Article140 1915-01-08 10 Fclminations From Teuton Fulpits Paris, December 2. A special envoy of the Temps who has succeeded in travelling through Germany gives a remarkable account of German hat red of England. The very priests in the pulpit, he says, fulminate against Albion, ordering the Almighty to chastise her140 words
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Article180 1915-01-08 10 Before bringing his official visit to a close, Brigadier-General Barnardiston sent out, through the Kokusai Tsushinsha, the following farewell message to the Japanese Press and public —1 cannot leave Japan without expressing, to as many as it is possible to reach through the medium of the press, my180 words
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Article57 1915-01-08 10 The Times 0/ Ceylon may be thanked for the word hyperceusortive.” Quoting our paragraph of the leaving of Mr A. R. Sansome for the fiont among a number of others, we expressed the hope that s me time or other the Censor would allow the publication of the Roll57 words
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Article610 1915-01-08 10 We published the other day an interesting account, by a German editor who is serving as a lieutenant at the front, of his first experience of the British Army. Ho writes like an intelligent man and one who wishes to tell the truth. Yet he says that610 words
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Article327 1915-01-08 10 The German newspapers, having ceased to take any further interest in Calais, are now professing the deepest preoccupation in the Suez Canal. We can well understand that Flanders and Poland are not attractive topics for German writers at this juncture, hut the statements current in Berlin and327 words
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Advertisement41 1915-01-08 10 Do You Cough? Don’t overstraiu tbe tine membrane of your tbioat m trying todislodge t e phlegm Chauiberlam's Cough Kemedy will accomplish tins for you, and cure the cold thit is causing it. For sale ly all D ifenaar.es and Dealers.41 words
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Advertisement602 1915-01-08 10 YOU MAY REST ASSURED that Beecham's Pills will be of great service to you if your stomach is out of order or your liver is sluggish. The conditions of life in these days arc so strenuous that nearly everybody is at times, overtaken by variouy derangements of the digestive organs.602 words
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Advertisement88 1915-01-08 10 Straight at It. There is no use of our beating aroun«l the Lush.” We as well out with it first as last. We wint you to try Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy the next time you have a cough or cold. There is no reason so far as we can see why88 words
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Advertisement321 1915-01-08 10 Children like Meilins -and thrive on it Mellin’s Food always satisfies. It con‘ains in correct proportion nutritive elements which, when the food is mixed with fresh cow’s milk, provide a complete and satisfactory diet for children of all ages from birth. 9 A Sarnple RjtJle of Mellin’s Food. together with321 words
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Article433 1915-01-08 11 To the current numW of the Century M. Yve» Guyot c ntribute» an extremely interesting article on The Waste of War." From re* ’ily available statistics he compiles animates of the colossal bill* wh'ch the d ffareut be'l g-*rent Power* will have to f *ot by the433 words
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Article221 1915-01-08 11 We commend to tb-i no’iceof those who are tesitousible fur «ending, or rather for within ld;Dg int* sting and in no sense harmful, news from the front the recent Dumlier» of the J urwl OJiriel A tin ugl> this is a trench Gov»ruuient pu Id cat no221 words
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Article190 1915-01-08 11 BuBDEAUX lIosprTVL IVV'iTED TO BoNE '1 1. AN SEE HENCE Bans, December 3 The Mo tin announce' that the military medical MU>horities have deeded to send to the Russian hospital at B >ideaux al worn d d suffe ing fioin pieudo arthrosi', or loss of bouv matter.190 words
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Advertisement306 1915-01-08 11 Cure T At Cough. Wh*>n you h »to troubl- h mo coogh, if does •of me u that yo have c<>n>unip'<on or that von arn going to bavo if, hut if 'oe< in an th t your limes am throat noil, at d it i« ju«t an woll to t>o306 words
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Advertisement85 1915-01-08 11 Croup. £'•67 you ch id i- su-«cpp*iW« to cronp. D«J wtir u itil tins dr~a fil diseise aMhck- v"u>■ lit Ih one before v«»u pr*pire fir H It comas in fc'ie ninlit when die id i f*ts* sh 8 .re U'U llv closed, slid tins alone should be a winiu_f.85 words
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Advertisement362 1915-01-08 11 Madame CECILE lIAi AKI.IVKD FR"M Mmn. D ery g Toms, London, WITH 4 Large and Most Select Consii r m?nt cf MILLINERY and ki diy solicits an Inspection of same AT THE E. U 0. HOTEL, Room No. 36, Penang. J. DE ALWIS, (Late of the P W D. Ceylon362 words
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