Weekly Sun, 19 October 1912
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Title Section21 1912-10-19 1 The Weekly Sun. GREATER STRAITS SETTLEMENTS EDITION, 126. CROSS STREET. SINQAPORE. PRICE 5 CENTS. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1912. NO. 112.21 words
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Advertisement482 1912-10-19 1 Premier Vinolia Soap. THREE TABLETS In a box. Size of box l^by '614 by 6% PRICE 50 CENTS Per box. Christmas Variety. lfl ff hWai 2 a-£S&a^3E9Mft aW. Kf»i*ri(>€ ll af^l _^3i»QiiBS fr 3 xgy^lg a<pLjr-4S ir^3tl Hwgy^HPPl IJVI I IVJt TaaH-TrTir^^^^^ Y^Hal )_fla^V9P^(fk^^^^^^^^% U U/ncf i. 1 1 I482 words
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Advertisement38 1912-10-19 1 jgfk Floral faff Vinolia mr Soap. THREE TABLETS IN A BOX. Size of box Wi by 3H by 6^. PRICE 65 CENTS PER BOX. OTTO VINOLIA SOAP. For sensitive skins. PRICE 25 CENTS Per box of 3 cakes.38 words
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Article788 1912-10-19 2 White Mans Wanderings in South There hat just died in New Zealand at the agt of $4 years, Mr. John Webster, olio of the first settlers in tht North. Auckland district, whose life story it a real romance of adventure in the South Seas. Mr.788 words
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Advertisement416 1912-10-19 2 RUGS! RUGS!! RUGS!!!! NEW STOCK EXTRA LARGE SIZES 60 by 90 $7.50 each TWO PATTERNS TO EACH RUG FRINGE ENDS. "■aaawßaa*aa^aaaaa_«*_ _aa*»*»»aaaßaa_"a_"a_"a~aaaWiaaaa» Exceptional Value. Katz Brothers, Limited. SINGAPORE. SWIMMER BRAND. NATURAL MILK. S iwmmer brand milk ls a milk W hich will satisfy anyone who I s desirous, to gret416 words
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Advertisement28 1912-10-19 2 Notice to Advertisers. I ALL ADVERTISEMENTS must, here- I atfer. reach us by Friday at 2 p.m. I Ads. received later cannot appear in same week's issue. I28 words
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Advertisement280 1912-10-19 2 A Few Reasons Why You Should Buy ft fO^RD BECAUSE 125,000 others are using the same make of car, and getting the utmost satisfaction from their purchase. BECAUSE every other car you meet on the road, both in*^the Straits and F. M. S., is a Ford which testifies to their280 words
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Article2243 1912-10-19 3 News Prom all Sources. fan Yuen, i m ,r lie Minister ot Kdue ;it ion has tendered his resignation. Chan- Bin, who has been entrusted wil power Of re-organizing the salt trade ir < bin soon leave for Peking in Ofde, STOld the attacks and critieiem of tin public2,243 words
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Article101 1912-10-19 3 Paris, Sepetember 1. The Villa San Martino, Napoleon's house during hi-, si ile on the island of Elba, was sold by auction before the court of Porto Ferrajo to-day to the Marquis Ruspoli for £12,000. Doubts as to the probability of Napoleon having occupied the house expressed101 words
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Article279 1912-10-19 3 The Philadelphia Record, known as a conservative newspaper, prints the follow, ing srti< 'Leaping from tin track as a Pennsylvania express Main whizzed by, Miss Julia Horwitz had her ->kirt torn from her body by the engine, but escaped uninjur d. But the shock was so279 words
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Article90 1912-10-19 3 Eccentric Leaves Wealth to Native Town with Condition Chambery, France, August 19. if.Carrion, eccentric and once a member ot jthe Frt nob Chamber of Deputies, but who retired from politic-, many vears ago to live in an Alpine :a\» in Savoy, died recently. A will90 words
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Advertisement37 1912-10-19 3 CONTINENTAL j Amm a_a I aal B _atW»*^'** _T~^^^^^^aW aH _^B_^^jßMlla-i Jy Z^ >^ Laa VaW D 0 La* J- Jfi. m'^MmW' Br^s^E n hu aW Kk Bsa99 mr^^ (SB KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. I SINGAPORE I37 words
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Article681 1912-10-19 4 Influence on Share Values, Investment Considerations. A cerrespendent of the Financial News rites In my article of a week ago I arrived at the conclusion that there is no ground for Anticipating any decline from the present price of rubber at any rate, within the next681 words
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Article134 1912-10-19 4 According to a report appearing yester•S:iy in a Chinese paper Governor-general Hheng Teh Chuan at Nankin had cora'riusioned a deputy to Shanghai to dispose of Tls. 5,000,000 worth of military bonds and that 8 eerta in foreign firm had accepted 'hem at a discount of sixty134 words
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291 1912-10-19 4 Life insurance companies in the United States and Canada distributed $692,640,000 during the year ended December 31, 1911, according to figures just compiled by the Insurance Press. Of this enormous sum $401,140,000 was paid to beneficiaries for death claims, matured endowments andi other291 words
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263 1912-10-19 4 The school year that has now closed has witnessed tho successful working in the public schools of this city of a system that is intended to do away with much of the "cost of high living, as James J. Hill puts it. A course ofTopeka Capital - 263 words
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Article441 1912-10-19 4 The depopulation of Rural England hss beoomo an aoate topic in ths columns of tho London pross bscaaso of tho announcemont that Australia plans to transport 30,000 emigrants to settle on commonwealth lsnds in tho next four months. Oao ship saild from Aberdeen eu August 90441 words
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Article115 1912-10-19 4 Paria, Supt. 1. A miserable old rag-and-bone merchant known a* "The Bluebeard of Vanves" (the town near here where he lived) committed suicide yesterday morning in his cell at the Conciergerie prison, where he was awaiting transfer to the penal settlement to complete a life sentence for115 words
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Article355 1912-10-19 4 Among the Swiss Alps iters ars several post offices at a height of 0,000 fast, and there is one letter box treat which fear dsily col lection s srs mads 1 0,000 feet above the sea level A cidsr shop in Paris advertises a kitchsa and ass355 words
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Article255 1912-10-19 4 LOWERING THE STANDARD OF LIVING. Th standards of Hriag of the ssutksrn and saltern Surepeaas, who a«sw form ths largest preportioa of sur industrial jworkars, ars mush lowsr thta thoss of the nativa Ainsrieaas or sf all othsr daises of wags sarnsra in our mines and faeteries. Ths prspsndsraase sf255 words
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Advertisement143 1912-10-19 4 THK National Mutual Life Association of Australian, Limited. Established 1869. The first Life Assurance Office in the World to apply the Non-Forfeiture Principle to Policies. A Mutual Office No Shareholders All profits belong to Policy-holders. Annual Income (1911) $10,268,128.00. Funds $57,434,777.00. Claims Paid $48,580,853.00. STATEMENT. Showing to progress of The143 words
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Advertisement148 1912-10-19 4 Siemens Brothers. ■■■■MaaaaaaaaaMaaMaaaaaMMMaaaaaaaaaa^MM^— a^^^ M^ M MANUFACTURERS O F ilectrleal Machinerv, Call* Wires, Apparatus and Accessories tor Electric Llghl. tower and Traction Purposes. HEAD OFFICE Caxton House. Westminster LONDON. Supplies Department Upper Thames Street. LONDON. WORKS. XUffWl WMlwtrl. lllStM. vaaaaaaaiaaaaa BRANCHES. Cape Town, Melbourne Calcutta, Toronto, Bombay, Penang, Madras, Rangooi148 words
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Article550 1912-10-19 5 Five Chinese were charged before Mr. Talma with travelling on the rail, way without paying a fare All the accused pleaded not guilty Thev said they boarded the train at Newton Station and paid for tickets to carrv E!P t0 I Bukit P *"Jang station at the Dth milestone.550 words
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Article661 1912-10-19 5 A Tamil named Sammy, appeared*, before Mr. Talma on the charge of be-:< ing drunk and incapable in Neil Road. He pleaded guilty and begged f or j mercy. > The Magistrate: 1 think I have t seen you here before Accused: Yes Sir, twice I appeared before you661 words
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Article474 1912-10-19 5 Tan Chiap Ngee of No. 157-6 Martin Road was fined $20 and costs, for play-; n^ wavang during prohibited hours. Cheong A Seng the Chinaman who >vas charged with theft of three brass- couplings value $21, from the steamer Minderoo at the Tanjong Pagar wharf, ind remanded for sentence,474 words
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Article364 1912-10-19 5 Thursday. Thursday. Karl Teison a young Dane, was arrested on a warrant on the charge of cheating in respect of $250, the property or a Russian woman named Lisa Feronakows. He appeared before Mr. Talma this morning and on the ap- plication of the Police was remanded for a week364 words
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Article478 1912-10-19 5 A Malay chauffeur named AmatJ< appeared before Mr. Talma this morn- ing on the charge of driving a motor-car No. 644 in a rash or negligent manner and causing hurt to Mr. Back, Mrs. a Turner and Tahir a Malay syce. Mr. Courtney Back said, he was I Managing478 words
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Article475 1912-10-19 5 A famine in ears to handle the huge cropis threatened, but a famine in ships to handle the world's trade, of which the crops are soou to be an important part, is already a fact. We are reminded that the trade of the world hai been475 words
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Article759 1912-10-19 5 ASmiler! When I wa* in Malacca last week selling Ti (hares to my numerous Chinese friends in Heeren Street, I had th 3 misfortune to sleep m a straw mattress in a certain wellkn )wn house and now gavvy the saying about the straw which broke the camel*s759 words
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545 1912-10-19 6 The Weekly Sun. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19. THE COMING RUBBER CRISIS. No one financially interested, in rubber can, unless he deli- jberately stick his head in the sand, ostrich-fashion, fail to see that big upheavals in thia in- j dustry are approaching. The latest addition to the many warning signs is545 words
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Article99 1912-10-19 6 It affords us pleasure to congratulate Mr. Firmstone on the exemplary fine of $250 which he imposed on Captain Gerrir William de Boeve, Master of the s. s. Neritea for causing grievous hurt to a poor Cant nese coolie. His honour awarded $150 out of that99 words
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Article49 1912-10-19 6 Ihe China Republican of Saturday, Oct. 5 has this:— On account of the manipulation of the exchange, by the Sextuple Group, the people are indignant, and a movement is on foot to withdraw the money deposited by Chinese at the foreign banks, the Chartered Bank excepted.49 words
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Article66 1912-10-19 6 Mr. Uhesney Duncan, wellknown to < 'hinese throughout :he Straits Settlements for his great knowledge of "tilings Chinese/' also for the pen lie wielded so well when editor of Straits Echo on behalf of the Straits Chinese, is now. we anderstand on the staff of the^ Z^hina Republican.66 words
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Article114 1912-10-19 6 mWtmm m *mmmmaa* Lord Kinnaird is the only peer who las played in the winning team of an nternational football match. Sir Edward Elgar the famous com>oser, is an ardent naturalist and at me time made a hobby of making and lying kites. m Lord Kosebery is a collector of114 words
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Article590 1912-10-19 6 Or. W. R. Lamb, the optician and oeculist will visit Singapore again in January. j Siputeh lot d an output ot 183 picuU (last month and 450 piculs from tributers. .a». The September output of wolfram from the Dungun mine was 159 35 piculs. The output of590 words
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Advertisement101 1912-10-19 6 V^ \_Lt aaN fllll IllT llllTl af ig R. V al V* mL VVaaa-aafl 77 J '*T if Tffl I fl I vA^ftllHeiTtftf TTTTTmMJ if J tjff a-^Bt?Tf^a-J-t-2^<t "A** C*f" yyyf^fyT^rTrTl XT JLirTtttfJHr **_Hnf-l_f «_a k TfflTTTTaaaaaißaaa_aaaaaa(jlv t***^ j I.^'' .*i V V < _aaaC Laa-W. a. V i^J **K~_?s'-a£9"alaaa!101 words
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Advertisement31 1912-10-19 6 ARE YOU j PARTICULAR? j You know quality, demand value We supply only Wines and Spirits of choice quality. Garner Quelch&Co. BATTERY ROAD, SINCAPORE. AND Al SHANGHAI. HONGKONG AND LONDON. l-ti31 words
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Article363 1912-10-19 7 Latest Freight Statistics. The Harbin paper Haibiuski V^tnik publishes statistics concerning the goods traffic on the Chine** Eastern Railway during the period from 1908 to 1911. 4s .swell-known the railway sustained great losses until the year 1908 on account of iek of freight, but aiaee then363 words
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Article222 1912-10-19 7 Home exists tor the confusion ot the sentimental traveller. Other cities deal tenderly with our preconceived ideas ofl them. There is one simple impression made 1 upon the mind. Once out of the railway station and in a gondola, and we can dream our dream of Venice undisturbed.222 words
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Advertisement243 1912-10-19 7 ./__lfesis-»- iTmIB BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. APCAR LINE. The undermentioned mail steamers of the above Line maintain a regular service between Calcutta and Japan, calling at Penang, Singapore. Hongkong and Shanghai en route. FLEET. Tons. Commander, ss Japan 6,013 L. Y. Archdeacon, ss Gregory Apear 4,600 J. E.243 words
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Article912 1912-10-19 8 It is strange that we should have had to wait so long for a colour-book on Germany but the gap is now about to be filled by! Mossrs. A. 6z C. Black who are including a volume on that country In their woll-known series of "Beautiful Books."912 words
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Article206 1912-10-19 8 fn the hopt of getting some light on the origin or our solar system recent thought has turned away from the famous nebular hypothesis of Laplace and is turning to the spiral nebulae, writes Dr. Edward Arthur Fath in the Century. Suppose there existed at206 words
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Article670 1912-10-19 8 Most people possess a mascot of some! kind or other to which they pin their faith. 1 Royalty is no exception to the rule. i King George's favourite mascot is said to'i :he a motor one. This is a little brass figure if of Britannia, with a670 words
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Article68 1912-10-19 8 Hearing a shot outside his door, the landlord of the Ben Jonson public-house, Westmoreland buildings Aldersgate-street City went out to see what had happened. And found an unknown middle-aged man sitting in the doorway with a bullet wound in his head and a revolver clenched in his68 words
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Advertisement287 1912-10-19 8 I A Dollar an Hour BBBbCbbbhWS^^ """"V r» *^*an Wrf* C L. 1 y° n j P4] he increased. Tt ma i uot where \ou are, in the city or D the farm, in the mine or in the mill, in the office, atore, or ahop, the j. C. S.287 words
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Advertisement723 1912-10-19 8 WATERBURY'S m. Metabolized God Liver Oil Compound jMLwh. WITH CREOSOTE AND GUAIACOL OR PLAIN. W^^BSLW^ Does Allay Fermentation— Does Aid Digestion— Does Assist Assimilation 1 j gSgS^ But Does NOT Disturb the Stomach. I i^^^S i v^Ts. A scientific preparation of COD LIVER OIL, ||^^pfe- j 1 f/*©*\ entirely superseding723 words
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Article662 1912-10-19 9 No Apparent Prospect of the Supply Equalling the Demand. It will doubtless be very interesting toj consider how the new view of the future of' 2*eqt?*w rubber market, which 1 havelatelyl advanced elsewhere, ought to affect share! values and prospects, says a correspondent! of The Financial662 words
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Article164 1912-10-19 9 Haimen, Chekiang, September 27. The people of this place were awakened this morning about 2 o'clock by the cry of fire Upon reaching their windows they saw a great tongue of fire going up. When it was about 200-feet high it seemed to burst open.164 words
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Article385 1912-10-19 9 If the development of the natural potash supplies in Southern Oregon makes this fertilizer cheaper to the farmers, the states •vill be a considerable gainer by it. At present our potash for orchards and girden crops comes largely from G :rrniny. A home product ought, therefore,Portland - 385 words
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Advertisement423 1912-10-19 9 Sledge Brand Milk 18 SUPPLIED TO ALL THE COVERNMEMT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES. ASK FOR "SLEDGE" Natural Sterilized Milk OR SLEDGE" Condensed Unsweetened Milk. SOLE IMPORTERS!: J. Travers Sons, Ltd. amii-IMa-alll Yllft^T^ I I s^ «ri^^\ < _l^ n^^S^Si^^^3 Kb Ba^ Bs .aaaßi B B' >i 4-sT^_rTlr423 words
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Advertisement62 1912-10-19 9 Loh's Dispensary. Chemists, Druggists and Opticians, (Wholesale and Retail*. g 108, South Bridge Road, SINGAPORE. TCLEPHONC NO. «ll TELECRAPHIC ADDREBS LON, SINGAPORE. g Depot for all kinds ol Patent Medicines, Toilet Requisites. Perfumery, Medicated Wines Surgical Instruments, Chemical and scientific Apparatus Medical. Surgical and Sanitary Aovltances. SUPPLIERS TO HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES62 words
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Advertisement117 1912-10-19 9 Jodelite Registered. I The Great Timber Preservative. All kinds of soft timber, such as serayah, are, after treatment with joaeiite, permanently protected against attacks of white ants drv rot and decay. anis, arv Protection of Para Rubber Trees. After pruning the trees apply a thin coat of Cold Jodelite to117 words
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Article1168 1912-10-19 10 In the columns of the Daily Telegraph a writer born in China, gives an interesting character sketch of Yuan Shi-kai from which we extract the following Yuan Shi-kai, in common witii every Chinese official, high and low, is proChinese and pro-nothing else. He is an opportunist, with aJapan Herald - 1,168 words
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225 1912-10-19 10 Dr. W. vou Bolton has been trying to grow diamonds. At a recent congress of the Herman Buusen Society he described the decomposition of illuminating gas uuder the action of sodium amalgam, which precipitated the carbon in the form of blask coal and, it seemed,225 words
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Article309 1912-10-19 10 DOUBLE -DECK STREET CARS. rhe aen type of -treet railwa> ear re-: eeutly In serviee in New York City, as described in The Times Kiigineriug Supplement of April 17 last, was a success from I it- initial 1 rip and order? were place d some time ago tor 150 more,309 words
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Article416 1912-10-19 10 Fletcher of Saltoun, th««t rare and gentlespirit, declared that if he might be permitted to make the songs of a nation, the legislative enactment* might shift for themselves No such pent-up Utica contracts the powers of the Bull Moose advocates, who would fain tjive nsWashington Post - 416 words
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Advertisement331 1912-10-19 10 PROTOS MOTOR CARS, j HIGHCLASS WORKMNSKIPA. STRONG CONSTRUCTION VERY SILENT RUNNING. Largely used by Royalty. Cars in Stocks I Torpedo and Half-Torpedo Double Phaeton Cars tu seat 5 and 7 persons. All finished in theibest style. /r JJ $-j -m x/ __Js '^rL» JM j— it •mfma^^^ )j— Wy> "Ja_a—331 words
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Article762 1912-10-19 11 While nobody for a moment doubts Dr. Morrison's qualifications to speak with authority on Chinese affairs, his recent utterances carry with them a conviction, which is difficult to escape, that he is just a trifle too optimistic in his outlook on the new Republic. In762 words
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Article52 1912-10-19 11 New York, September A telegram from Managua (Nicaragua) says The Europeans and Americans detained in Managua are safe." The wife of th? British Cousui, who is detained at Jinotepe, has sent letters to her husband saying she is safe. There is no news of several English women52 words
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Advertisement253 1912-10-19 11 Eimyiy YLUKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHApp| j ►VAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) dm Contract w.th the »aiaaaiura. India Oot. M b.»t iu at mmm tic a» Awy, »<., 2.3 cum j MAIL TABLE-OCTOBER I4TH TO 23RD, 1912. Theundermentioned date, are only approximate BTF.AiIBHir. Fron, Expected. Will be Deepatched for- dall 1 Date. M.rku.253 words
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Advertisement592 1912-10-19 11 PROFESSIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT. aaVaaa*B_aaa__aaa__aaaa___^_H__Mß_ajaW> DR. W. R. LAMB, American Oculist and Optician, Specialist in Examining the Eye and correcting defective vision, wishes to announce to the citizens of Singapore and vicinity that he iray be co suited ft t No. 2, Adelphi Hotel, til September 27th, inclusive. He has unexcelled facilities592 words
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Advertisement273 1912-10-19 12 av_aam avaava fla_t a aa_aaV_ B aV_w Martell s Brandy. -f^-V BX af% 09 Klaffl-k Jk sold than any other Brand of 1 11 1 1 I I r^l I I 1 _r| 111l l/V LLI vll _LJr I II I 1 1-1 W a n «a> a»> m-^ a»ff»273 words
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