Straits Echo, 28 August 1912
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Title Section35 1912-08-28 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY- VOL. 10. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 2Sih AUGUST, .1012.1^ Single Copy, 10 cents. No 1«635 words
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Advertisement973 1912-08-28 1 Tf ro« require a Tonic and rome* thing to nourfah jou, t Drink Head .Guinness's Stout d loot f f'l'Wn i £wo label Vv&ZT? Sv>J to nee that you get it. LEE A Co., Bole Agent». Andrew Usher 8 Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE. O.V.G. Whisky. ■< BANKS. Chartered Bank of India,973 words
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Advertisement32 1912-08-28 1 Order it in Nip BottlesDog's Head Guinness's Stout. The Tonic that cheers and soothes and doesn't harm. Observe this label, it is on every genuine Nip. TIANO LEE A Co., Sole Agent»32 words
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Article378 1912-08-28 2 I.'ajah’s Last Wiuii for Country’s Welfare. The «‘vealeen'h meetirg of the Council No;n, which is held every throe years, took I-lace at the Astana oil the 2nd instant, says the Sarawak Gazette. Hi* Highness the Rajill presided, and there were about forty European and native member* present.378 words
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Article456 1912-08-28 2 Famous Cricketer Becomes Divinity Student. The famous Gloucestershire cricketer, Mr. Q. L. Jessop, h is entered the Leeds Clergy School as a student. The practical disappearance of Mr. Jessop from the field of cricket implied by the above announcement means the removal of one of the456 words
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Advertisement60 1912-08-28 2 .tnLx.ii UUli.i liliiiiuft THIS IS IT 1 TASTLLHSS Cf< l r t n WATERBURY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compound ODORLess The latest scientific preparation of COD LIVF.R OIL. Does all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioned emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly recommended by the medical60 words
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Advertisement514 1912-08-28 2 Best Treatment for Wheo»irf Couth. I 1 Whooping cough is not dangerous when 1 the cough is kept loo*e and expectoration 1 easy bv giving Chamberlain’s Conrh Remedy. It has been used in tn%oy epidemics of this disease with perfect success For «ale bv all Dispensaries and Dealers. > n514 words
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Advertisement2092 1912-08-28 2 APIOLINE CHAPOTEAUT i NOTICE. APIOLINE CHAPOTEAUT LADIES SAFE REMEDY for functional troubles, belay, pain and those irregularities peculiar to the sex. PARIS S, rue Vivienne Sold by all Chemists My wife Png Cheng Im baring left my protection on the 26th day of August, lit 12, I shall not be2,092 words
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Article21 1912-08-28 3 t rom Agents Due i Singapore B.M.AJo. 27thAug. Colombo BM.ACo. 29th M bnanha Colombo AG.ACo. 5ihSept. Singapore A.G.ACo. 7th21 words
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Article17 1912-08-28 3 1 «M«ll For Agent* Leave* Lutttv* brranlM Colombo Singapore Singapore Colombo B.MACo. A-O.ACo. A.O.AC0. Aug. Sept17 words
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Advertisement365 1912-08-28 3 m M B.N.G fAiKK-twl Arrirals and Departures Mail Service Outward. iy>|it. 5 I >evanha connecting with Macedonia 19 China Morea Hoireward. Date. Steamer. Connecting! Due with S.S. I London. Sept. < >ct. 7 Assaye ‘2l India 5 Dcranha Medina Malwa Mooltan .Oct. 'Nov. 1913. Season. Keb. Mar. Apr. May 21365 words
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Advertisement1238 1912-08-28 3 r SHIPPING. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT 81 Co.. Penang, Agents. la KONINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL DUTCH PACKET COMPANY.) For Intended to Sail. Steamer. Deli, Asahan, Paneb and Singapore. (Weekly). De!i and Batu Bahra. (Fortnightly). Deli and Langsa. (Fortnightly). Singapore (direct) Tues. 3rd Sept., 4 p.m. Tues.1,238 words
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Article, Illustration95 1912-08-28 4 Published dailj (except Sundays and public holidays) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 226—232 Beach Street, Penang Prick. Daily Local $24 per annum Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 536 Printing Department 343 N.B. —All business ccmmunicationa should be95 words
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Article629 1912-08-28 4 THE “TIMES AND TIBET. The biblical person who yearned for “no remembrance of former things never i worked in a newspaper office, but he had a fellow feeliug. I remember writing a warning some months ago that there was gome game on in London regarding Tibet, and I have wasted629 words
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Article123 1912-08-28 4 S. S. Alma. The s. s. Alma, the vessel recent purchased by the Eastern Shipping C< ipmy, arrived from home this morning. She was built at Clydebank in 1894 and formerly belonged to the London and Southwestern Railway. She is a steel, two-funnelled ship, with the following123 words
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Article119 1912-08-28 4 The preliminary enquiry into tlie case against the two Chinese who were charged with robbery on Ayer Etam Hill was resumed yesterday Moe Mr. R B Osborne when further evidence was called most of which referied to the fi st iiccused. Mr. B. E. Ross, couuscl for the119 words
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Article112 1912-08-28 4 O. C. G.” writes I wonder why a dog-shootor when passing along Jelutong Road every day does not see a dog (without wearing a collar of Municipal Registration Number) rooming about in that locality day and night. The dog is now making his resting-place underneath the premises112 words
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Article62 1912-08-28 4 In de Dato Kramat gardens wlieu de moon am shilling bright [Ezechiel’s expecting that’ll be to-morrow night] the Band’ll tootle iugisic from de hour < b 9.15, an’de folk who’ll feel de saddest are de folk what haven’t been. So chilluns think it ober an’ be dere to-morrow62 words
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Article408 1912-08-28 4 [Echo Correspondence Mr. W. G. Maxwell is expected here r about the middle of September, and will be in time to deal with the estimates for next year. Tuan Syed Hassan, Chief Judge, is on a month’s leave and is going to Penlembang to recuperate his impaired health. Tunku408 words
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Article430 1912-08-28 4 To Tm Kpitor or ths Straits Kcao. Penanq. Sir, I crave the hospitality of your columns in bringing to the notice of your readers the quiet and unostentitious way in which Mr. Tan Boon Hong the Laird of Simpang Am pat, manages his vast estates. Since the430 words
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Article443 1912-08-28 4 Following are the Agenda for to-morrow’s meeting of the Municipal Commission 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any Special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Statement of Receipts and Disbursements and Progress Report for July. 5. Some bills to be443 words
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TELEGRAMS.
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Article40 1912-08-28 4 London, August 28. (By Courtesy of Messrs. The I*» Asiatic Co., through their agents g” Fine Para Spot... ]i j Fine Para Forward... 4 S jjjjj First Latex Crepe delivery next three months 4s. <jlj Market quiet.40 words
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Article51 1912-08-28 4 (>’.(tin Sj.rrinJ.' Singapore, August 28. Iu the Cooper-Abbs suit the respun, dent alleged gross cruelty against her hUsbaud who lived on her income and earning for five years. b The husband said that he was now earning 110 and could keep a wife on it. Judgment was51 words
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Article40 1912-08-28 4 (Reuter.) Hongkong, August 27. lhe Macao Police have seized the pirate junk and recovered the booty captured by the pirates near Dumb Bell island on the 19th inst. [ln another column we publish full details of the outrage].40 words
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Article220 1912-08-28 4 (Reuter.) Villages Cut Off. Loudon, August 27. The weather is the most prominent topic in the papers, putting other horrors in the background. The latest news is that Norwich, Cromer, and several villa es in Lincolnshire are cut off by the floods. Passengers to Cromer yesterday were held220 words
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Article45 1912-08-28 4 {Reuter.) London, August 27. Mr. B. Law, after a game of golf, was motoring towards Margate when there was a bad smash up between his car and another car at a dangerous corner. All *u motorists were badly shaken.45 words
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Article46 1912-08-28 4 {Reuter.) London, August 28. The cruiser Diana hastily left Malta for Crete. There is some anxietv over the situation there, owing to the discovery of a Cretan plot to seize Samos and hoist tbe Greek flag. A French warship is also proceeding to Crete.46 words
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Article22 1912-08-28 4 {Reuter.) London, August 28. The Grand Cross of the Victorian < Irder has been conferred on the Duke of Devonshire.22 words
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Article30 1912-08-28 4 {Reuter.) Campaign Funds. Washington, August 27. The Senate has finally resolved in favour of campaign funds. The committee is investigating the charge against the Roosevelt campaign fund.30 words
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Article38 1912-08-28 4 (Reuter.) London, August 2?. Dr. Morrison, formerly Times correspo o dent at Peking, was married in oD JL yesterday to Miss Robin with whom he well acquainted in China whither they return after their honeymoon.38 words
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Article155 1912-08-28 5 Reuter.) CONCESSIONS. Constantinople, August 27. i s announced that the Government has tfr ucted the Valis of all the European in *Tinee«to apply the concessions made to fl!*' Albanians throughout their districts. i,, same measures, it is understood, will introduced into the Anatolian vilayets. Sjcaitza. The report of155 words
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Article264 1912-08-28 5 Chin a and Tibet. (Renter.) A Tine» Article. London, August 28. The Tunes, iu an article following that of July 2- r >, conteuds that within the last few 7 au entirely new situation has arisen m Tibet. All our acknowledgments of t’binene suzerainty were made when the circumstances now264 words
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Article35 1912-08-28 5 France Morocco. (Reuter I Vigorous Measures Demanded. I Paris, August 28. There is a strong outcry iu Paris I hounding the rescue of the Marrakesh pri- h Dtrs The newspapers unanimously insist ItipoD rigorous measures.35 words
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Article65 1912-08-28 5 I (Reuter.) I London, August 28. I Lie Kaiser is better but ho is suffering IP 'in exhaustion and swelling of the glands th<* muscles of tho neck. The feverish B»'U)ptoniji have subsided. He has been vr i?re<l complete rest. His illness was *uw«l by the inclement weather65 words
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Article164 1912-08-28 5 P. C. C. Tennis. Ifullowing were the results of the ties B'aiet] Yesterday:— I Single Handicap C (Final.) McDonald l»eat Ballautyno 7-5, 5-7, 6-4. I. Double Handicap B. ngton A lienuys beat Adams A Goatly I 6—4, 6—3. I Sn t jl e Handicap B (Final) I Heunett w.o.164 words
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Advertisement209 1912-08-28 4 Fred Lander TURF ACCOUNTANT, Penang Singapore, HAS OPENED HIS BOOK ON THE ST. LEGER Run on Wednesday, Ilth September, 1912. Combination 1,500 to 10 against placing them 1,2, 3 as they run. Also Straight Out. For further prices and particulars apply to HEAD OFFICE, 23 BEACH STREET, PENANG. Telegrams, Lander,”209 words
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Advertisement8 1912-08-28 4 For Chronic Cheat Complaints, Wooda’ Great Peppermint Cure.8 words
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Advertisement30 1912-08-28 4 The curative action of Gonosan is attributed to its being antiseptic and anasthetic, Manufactured by J D. Riedal Ltd., Berlin, and sold m form of capsule*,. 40 in a bottle30 words
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Article1226 1912-08-28 5 POLICE STATION RAIDED AT HONGKONG. Three Constables Killed. Details of the piracy, on British territory at Hongkong, on the night of August 11*, are now to hand, the Daily Press, of the 19th insk, containing the following account:— One of the most daring outrages which has been1,226 words
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Article559 1912-08-28 5 In an interview with a China Press reported on August 13 Dr. Sun Yat Sen declared that he would support Yuan Shihk’ai iu the forthcoming elections. Dr. Sun will leave Shanghai for Peking, accompanied by General Huang Hsing, and will remain there about a mouth, returning559 words
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Article75 1912-08-28 5 F**r the period from 23rd August to slh September. 1912, inclusive, the F. M S. export dutv on cu’tivated rubl>er leviable on an ad valorem basis in accordance with the Rules under the Customs Duties Enactment will be assessed on the following:— Sheet and biscuit $245 per75 words
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Article1054 1912-08-28 5 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANK. The Loans to China. At the Half-Yearly Meeting on 17th August, Mr. E. Shellim, the Chairman said (in part). When we met in February 1 st the outlook in this part of the world did not ‘permit my predecessor in the Chair to b 9 over ptimistic1,054 words
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Article90 1912-08-28 5 The s. s. Malaya will sail for Deli on Thursday, the 29th inst. at 2 p.m. Rice. —The a.s. Tong Hong arrived from Rangoon yesterday and is discharging 21,938 bags of rice. Pktboleum. —The s.s. Besitang is discharging 346 28 tons of Sumatra oil in bulk at Bagan Luar90 words
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Article69 1912-08-28 5 The following business in tin lias 1 eea done to-day:— Penang Penang Tiu Exchange, SIM 55 buyers no sellers Straits Trading Co., tons at 105. Leong Fee Co, 25 105. Singapore Straits Trading Co., 10) 105.12^ Total 275 tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day at69 words
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Article62 1912-08-28 5 To-uay 16th Day of 7th Moon. St. Augustio. Free School, Prize-giving, 5 p.m. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Volunteer Recruit Drill, B Co. George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Matsuo’s Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. To-mobbow. 17th Day of 7th Moon. Municipal Commission, 4 pm. Penang Volunteers,62 words
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Advertisement46 1912-08-28 5 She «ralks in beauty like a queen, Her equal mau hath never seen, She takes for coughs and cold* I wee A good, safe cure. You her bright. Md knows the stuff which chemists sen Take Woods’ Peppermint Cure, 1 eau e Of health she's sure.46 words
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Advertisement10 1912-08-28 5 For Children’* Hacking Cough at Night, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure.10 words
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Advertisement127 1912-08-28 5 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO.,_LTD. Hbad Okkicb:— .SINGAPORE Life Assurance and Endowment in All Fo-ms LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW RATES Financial Agents for Penang. MACBETH AND BARRETT. E. C. BOYCE, District Manager. Local Office: —No. 7, Union Strkkt. «c DOC ICDBC DOC O n RUBBER and COCONUTS. Managers of Estates127 words
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Advertisement435 1912-08-28 5 V I I I I TOURISTS GUIDE TO THE FAR EAST. A Complete Handbook with Notes on Buruiah and the Malay States and detailed information and description of the voyage FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO TOKYO. $1 per copy [2 6] each. Pritchard A Co, Straits Echo Criterion Press, Pinang Gazette Office435 words
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Article2211 1912-08-28 6 MOLLY-CODDLING THE COOLIE. Me. Macfadyen’s Bteono Criticisms. A meeting of the Planters' Association of Malaya, held at the Chamber of Commerce, Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday, was presided orer by Mr. E Macfadyen, who passed some strong criticisms on the recently passed Labour Code. The following2,211 words
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Article204 1912-08-28 6 111 at a Convent or Nursing Sisters. Milan, 16th July. Ex-Crown Princess Louisa of Saxony, who recently separated from Signor Toselli, a Florentine pianist, has made a swift return to Florence in melancholy circumstances. She has been conveyed to the convent of the English nursing sisters known as204 words
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SHIPPING.
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Article110 1912-08-28 6 Ayuthia, Ger. s.s., 260, Freese. 27t1» I Singapore, 22nd Aug., Gen. B. M. A Co. Pegu, Br. s s.. 294, FergusoD, 27th Aug., Malacca, 24th Aug., Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Tong Hong, Br. s.s., 2,184, Williams, 28th Aug, Rangoon, 24th Aug., Gen. E. S. Co Ltd. Alma, Br. sa,110 words
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Article51 1912-08-28 6 28th August. T/toriibtrh, for Calcutta. Rotorua, for Tongkah. Vidar, for Batu Bahra. Hok Canton, for Teluk Anson. Van Stcoll, for Singapore. Ayuthia, for Asaban. Flying Dragon, for Port Weld and Taiping. Irulragiri, for Deli and Laugsa. Luetzow, for Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Egy t and via Naples, for Europe51 words
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Article101 1912-08-28 6 For Yen —Per Jit Seng, to-morrow, 7 am. Alor Star (Kedah) —Per Resident llalew’jn, to-morrow, 8 a m. Deli—Per Malaya, to-morrow, l pm. LangVat—Per Chantabvon, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca —Per Pegu, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham acd Singapore—Per Teesta, to-morrow, 3 pm. Dindings,101 words
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Article264 1912-08-28 6 Taiping, Ipoh and Batu Gajah, 7-15 a.m. and 1.45 p.m. daily, Sundays excepted also at 5-30 p.m. on Saturdays. Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur and Soren ban, 7-15 a.m. daily, Sundays exempted a! -o at. 1.45 pm. on Mondays and Wednesdays, and at 5.30 p.m. on Saturdays. Malacca,264 words
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Article122 1912-08-28 6 Pbka.no, 28th August. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London, Demand Bank 4 months sight Bank 2/4/ 7 3 Credit 2/4 7 6 3 Documentary.. 2/44 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 1744 '3 days* sight Private 175$ Bombay, Demand Bank 174 4 Moulmein, Demand Bank 173 4 8 days* sight122 words
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Article213 1912-08-28 6 Hold Leaf $64.60 Black Pepper no stock White Pepper 32f sales Trang Pepper 23 75 nominal Cloves 35. —nominal Mace 120 —sellers Pickings 113— sellers Nutmegs 110 s. ...2 7\ sales No. 1 8.20 sale* Sugar < 2 8.10 sal 's (.Basket 5A5 buyers Copra (mixed) 10.15 buyers C213 words
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Article179 1912-08-28 6 Penang, 28th August, 1912. Beef— c i s Soup pe r catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat... 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tonguo... 55 Fbdt 15 Heart 39 Liver per catty 55 POKK— Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head... 20 Feet179 words
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Advertisement51 1912-08-28 6 Digestion aid Assimilation. It is uot the quantity of food taken but the amount digested and assimilated that gives strength and vitality to the system. Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets invigorate the stomach and liver and enable them to perform their functions naturally. For tale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.51 words
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Advertisement48 1912-08-28 6 Sound, Heihhfvl Sleep. Restlessness and insomnia are often caused by disorders of the stomach and constipation. In such cases a cure is easily and quietly effected by taking Chamberlain’s Tablets. They strengthen the digestion and regulate the bowels, insuring sound, healthful sleep. Sold by all Dispensaries and Dealers.48 words
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Advertisement56 1912-08-28 6 The Up-to-Datc Woman. The woman of to-day who haa good health good temper, good sense, bright eves and a lovely complexion, the result of correct living and good digestion, wins the admiration of the world. If your digestion is faulty Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets will correct it. For sale56 words
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Advertisement117 1912-08-28 6 Riedel’s (jononail is not unpleasant to take, and is not attended by those distressing byeffects which so often accompany the use of balsams and Santal oils. It has secured unqualified praise from the leading Specialists. If YOU feel that the ECHO deserves A Leg Up It’ll cost you only $2117 words
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Advertisement408 1912-08-28 6 JUST TO HAND. HISTORY OF ••CHINA’S REVOLUTION, 1911—19j 2 By Edwin J. Dinqlx. The Truthful Historical and Political of China’s Civil War and the jEg* of the Republic Profusely illustrated Price $7-50 postage extra. Order Your Copy Now. THE CRITERION PRESS, LTD. EUROPEAN CAPITAL. Furnished for attractive enterprises i n408 words
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Article840 1912-08-28 7 Residents. Ihe sensational rise in the price of tin that has taken place duriug the past few days has created a good deal of excitement in Ipoh, where our interests are still large- ly bound up in tin, and, in view of the rise, a representative of840 words
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Article168 1912-08-28 7 L.C.C. Clashes at the Northern PoLTTECnNIC. Classes in rubber manufacture are to bo organised by the London Couuty Council at I the Northern Polytechnic. The Polytechnic ran a course of instruction in this connection last year. This vear there will be a class for beginners and also168 words
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Advertisement1059 1912-08-28 7 The Insular Life Assurance Co., LIMITED. CAPITAL Ps u 500,000. Head Office: 25, Market Street, Manilla P.I. LEON MOOSER Es<j., Managing Director. Policies Unconditional and Incontestable. S>ecial Features, “Disability." and “Return Premium Cl-.uses.” •NO OTHER COMPANY OFFER THESE ADVANTAGES.” “STRICT GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION.” For further information apply to: TIANG LEE S’1,059 words
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Advertisement55 1912-08-28 7 THIS IS IT! WATERBUBY’S METABOLIZED Cod Liver Oil Compnd f i fTASTELESS ODORLESS The latest scientific pre paration of COD LIVER OIL Does all that is claimed for it and supersedes the old fashioued emulsions which upset the stomach. Highly re commended by th nudi cal profession. Ob ALL CHEMISTS55 words
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Advertisement332 1912-08-28 7 How to Cure Muscular Rheumatism. It is worso than useless to take any medicines infernally for muscular or chronic rheumatism. All that, is needed is a free application of Chamberlain’s Liniment. For sale by ull Dispensaries and Dealers. ASK FOR (o. W »s m S 3 A 2 <3 7332 words
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Advertisement880 1912-08-28 8 BANKING AND TRADING CORPORATION, TECK COMPANY, NAUDIN TEN CATE CO., LTD. Shanghai '.Carpenters', V Furnisher*, 4 PENANG ROAD. W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late ol Or. AUca 8 Co., Pka, 0. S. A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. KE8IDINO AT /Vo. 21 a, Penang Road. 4 lev 4oou from the Enter* »nd880 words
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