Straits Echo, 15 October 1914
1914-10-15
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Title Section37 1914-10-15 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FtDERAH D IS MAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERAL!,*. VOL. 1 ‘2. $24 Per Annum PENANG, THURSDAY, 16th OCTOBER, 1914, Single Copy, 10 cents No.37 words
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Advertisement1211 1914-10-15 1 CEMENT»] CEMENT!! ••TIGER” BRAND. Best and Cheapest on the Market Z Highly recommended and j used by the leading engineers, contractors and n builders. M Large Stocks Held By TIANG LEE CO., Penang 6 f Kuala Lumpur, n Now On Show. Lagonda Cars 11 H.P. 4 cylinder water cooled engine1,211 words
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Advertisement28 1914-10-15 1 5) 5 2 H 2> > <£ z o a Cl r pi pi 05 The Doctor advisee and reoom mends. It is nourishing, invi f orating and strengthening. i28 words
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Advertisement16 1914-10-15 2 DRINK RECOGNISED BY CONNOISSEURS THE LEADING BRAND ON THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS: KATZ BROTHERS, LTD., PENANG.16 words
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Article1170 1914-10-15 3 September 17. Af lant Ceylon ha* awakened to find hen-elf in the active war area. A not very formidable German cruiser has contrived to e!u)e detection ty our exiguous naval defence forco in her escape from her Per „t«*ru base and reaching the Tory pr:1,170 words
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Article358 1914-10-15 3 Hordes Placed. The Gay Gordon 2 1 0 0 Sador 2 1 0 0 Two Lips 2 1 0 0 Venture 2 1 0 0 Nick 2 0 0 0 Cordon Rouge 1 2 0 0 Michael Graham 1 1 1 0 Tikus 1 1 1 0358 words
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Article310 1914-10-15 3 The following memorial has been sent to President Yuan-Sbih kai by the Peking Peace Societv. "The present European War is bringing to China awful reports of sorrow, ruin aud death. Men’s hearts are deeply moved by there things. We know that the President of Chiua, with the310 words
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Advertisement66 1914-10-15 3 It Never Fails. 1 uuiU rlaiu’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarr < ,i I'Otii'dy is all its name implies. It u j hn diarrhoea and dysentery, in either c or adults, and the most violent Caw 1 "1 colic or pains in the stomach T f e Wa J to a66 words
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Advertisement244 1914-10-15 3 jiuii mm PENANG. SINGAPORE. IPOH. 0 KUALA LUMPUR. A «is s **l^ <4 A A «tfe sjfe) Rubber Factories Rubber Mills. 4s>' GAS, OIL 8 PRODUCER ENGINES. SEMI DIESEL CRUDE OIL ENGINES. BENTRIFUGAL 8 PISTON PUMPS. WATER, GAS U STEAM PIPES FITTINGS. BELTING 8 ENGINE OIL. a—aaaafißßSMßE—h——mb ggsgsanmT wirMsri'ti'iU.* «Bgßssteis&me&aatSK244 words
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Advertisement1608 1914-10-15 4 FOR SALE. Guide to Penang, BT THE LATE E. F. Skertchly, f. e. s. Price 50 cents. Worth a Dollar a copy• bold at ••STRAITS ECHO” OFFICE. AND AT THE SAVE-U-TROUBLE FIRM NOTICE. nnnnnnannnnnnnnnnannnnannnnnnn X ft LABOUR CODE, 1912, F.M.S Indian Immigration Fond Ordinance 191!.’ JT^M PLOVERS OF INDIAN LABOUR1,608 words
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Article1780 1914-10-15 5 NORTH SEA IN WINTER. Germans’ Waiting Game. There is little doubt that the German Navy is playing a waiting game, waiting till the fog and bad weather to be found in the North Sea in winter help to wear out the endurance and cheery spirit of our1,780 words
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Article195 1914-10-15 5 Installation at Klang Lodge The annual installation of Klang Lodge, No. 3369, E.C., took place on Friday, when there was a large attendance of the Brethren, including many from Kuala Lumpur. Bro. H B Dudley succeeds Wor Bro E W Harvey as Master of the Lodge aud after he195 words
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Article41 1914-10-15 5 The following tie has been fixed for to-day Double Handicap A. Rogers and Reid vs. Preutis aud Bennett. The following tie has beeu fixed for to-morrow Mixed Doubles A. Mrs Crabb-Watt and Oliver vs. Mrs Crichton and Rogers.41 words
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Article24 1914-10-15 5 The following tie has been fixed for to-morrow Fours. Cunningham, Southam, Messrs G E W Motion vt. Dunn, Rose, Adams, Owen.24 words
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Advertisement181 1914-10-15 5 < 111 </) a Id O' -i < u Ui 0. z < < X u m o i/> gUCHANANS SCOTCH WHISKY a m ■SsBSi^Sl sg. &r oiaso OW "SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT* r*j so pfl ft u o "D > r* BLACK&WHITE m L. V ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY181 words
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Advertisement10 1914-10-15 5 For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure, Is. 6d.10 words
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Advertisement298 1914-10-15 5 SMOKERS sen ALWAYS SELECT THE “GARRICK CIGARETTES AND SMOKING TOBACCO. e 'c t* ■!C v, eaSc LAMBERT BUTLER. LNCLAND 6ab ßr fig c Joking Tobac^ ?AD£ ENG Money cannot buy and an Expert cannot blend a better CIGARETTE or TOBACCO. r OCDOCDOCDOCZDCCZDOCZDOCDOCDQCDOCIDOCIDCCIDOCDOCDOCZKDCDOCDOCDOCID FOR THE FOLLOWING APPLY TO CHIN SENG 8298 words
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Article, Illustration96 1914-10-15 6 fmbliihed daily (except Sundays and pwblic holidays) AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd. No. 59, Beach Street, Penang. fKICB. Daily Local $24 per annum. Outstation... Postage Extra. Mail Edition (Post Free) $17.50 CABLE ADDRESS ECHO—PENANG.” Telephone Nos. (Echo, 586 Printing Department 343 If.B.— All buainaea communication* ahoold b*96 words
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Article465 1914-10-15 6 The caption is a misnomer, because they are not 5 ft. broad nor are they generally used as footways. Perhaps that is why they are called five-foot ways. Their restricted utility was discussed at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners on Tuesday when a tenant applied for permission465 words
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Article560 1914-10-15 6 Bismarck was a very fair political prophet but he went pretty wide of the mark when he excluded from possibility a combination of the European Powers in which Great Britain would stand side by side with France. The rapprochement had its origin in the South560 words
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75 1914-10-15 6 Mr. W. G. Peter, Hon. Treasurer, sends us the following further list of contributions to the above Fund, forwarded to the Chartered Bank, Penang Oct. lc By Balance ...$16,139.35 14 Mr. and Mrs. G. D. N. MacCunn 100.00 Amount collected by Messrs. Quah75 words
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Article76 1914-10-15 6 Mr. W. G. Peter, Acting Manager of the Chartered Bank, advises us that the following amounts have been received by him for the credit of the Belgian Relief Fund opened by Mrs. John Mitchell: Oct. 13 By Balance 3864 57 14 Gapis Estate Staff 50.00 Mr. and76 words
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Article349 1914-10-15 6 Major H. Barry de Hamel, Chief Police Officer, is at present in the Dindings, on inspection duty. Colonel Caldwell, Master of Corpus Cambridge, died on September 8 from injuries received in a motor-car accident in Aberdeenshire. Colonel Walker, of the M. S. Guides, and Colonel Lumsden, of349 words
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93 1914-10-15 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 15. In the Supreme Court at Singapore William McNeill Co. applied for the appointment of a receiver of the assets of the General and Electrical Engineering Co., who had failed to satisfy a judgment of 53,589 against them, while93 words
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Article255 1914-10-15 6 Messrs.J.L. Campbell CO. t from Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, October 15. The Chief Justice, sitting in the Supreme Court at Singapore, ordered the Liquidators of Messrs. J. L. Campbell Co Ltd., who have gone into voluntary liquidation, to pay Mr. Claude Ivory’s passage home. Mr. Ivery had been lately employed255 words
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Article482 1914-10-15 6 Before Mr. Hall three Malays were this morning charged with breaking into the Municipal Offices. They all claimed trial and Court Inspector Nicol prosecuted. Kasim Sahib, P. C. 135, stated that at 4.30 am. on the 3rd he was on rounds with P. C. 410. They visited482 words
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Article171 1914-10-15 6 Before Mr. G. A. Hall in the District Court this morniug Lok Pow, a Chinaman, was charged with the robbery of a rifl from Pte. Louis David, of the Bearer Section. Pte. L. David stated that on the night of October 4 at 830 p.m while he171 words
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Article211 1914-10-15 6 Chinamen Put to the Torture. On Thursday, the Bth inst., five Chinese broke into a Kedai at Bentong and held up 1 the proprietor, a Chinaman. Failing to discover the whereabouts of the cash-box. the ruffians lighted candles and applied them to five different parts of their211 words
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Advertisement148 1914-10-15 6 PRITCHARD 8 Co. SOLE AGENTS FOR BE BEST. Iced Etude Cologne Instantly relieves Headaches. For all Pains, Neuralgia Rheumatism. Mr. Quali Bong Kee says: I have found your Iced Eau de Cologne not only very good for Headache, but also very beneficial in the case of a cold. A few148 words
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Article787 1914-10-15 7 TSINGTAU. POSITION IN FRANCE. THE GERMAN CASUALTIES. (Reuter’s Service.) u Copyright Telsgram. Received 14tii of Oct. at 6 pm. EVENTS IN FRANCE. THE BELGIAN MINISTRY AT LE HAVRE. London, October 14. The Belgian Ministry has reached Lo Havre. They wore received by the Minister 0 f Marino aud787 words
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Article44 1914-10-15 7 (Reuter.) Bukharest, October 14. King Ferdinand, the new King of Rumania, took his accession oath before Parliament. He had a very cordial reception. The passage in his declaration 1 will *erve my country as a good Rumanian was especially cheered.44 words
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Article16 1914-10-15 7 (Reuter.) Rome, October 14. Cardinal Gasparri has been appointed Papal Secretary of State.16 words
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Article952 1914-10-15 7 Returned Emigrants—Questionable Order—Liberty of the Press— Christian Da ion. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Canton, October 2 The iufirm, unemployed, and destitute Chinese who are being forced to return to Cauton from the Straits Settlements because the war is affecting trade and agriculture there will be cared for952 words
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Article1332 1914-10-15 7 WELL-KNOWN CHINESE IN COURT. Before Mr. G. A Hall in the District Court yesterday afternoon the hearing was commenced of the case in which Gan Teong Teik was charged (1) that he on October 1 at Ayer Etam did put Gan Ngoh Bee in fear of injury by1,332 words
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Article356 1914-10-15 7 Protests bt German Minister. Dr. Ariga, Legal Adviser to the Chinese Government, arrived at Shimonoseki on the 20th Sept, on his way to Tokyo. In an interview with a Mainichi correspondent, Dr. Ariga states that the German Minister in Peking made a protest against the Chinese356 words
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Article287 1914-10-15 7 London is not London as it was. Private letters say Darkened London is a wonderful sight. The Victoria Tower, House of Commons, has had no light since the war began and now all the flash light adits and theatre fronts are extinct and shop windows only partially lit.287 words
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Article174 1914-10-15 7 New York Sun” on Viscount Knneko's Speech. The New York Sun of the 19th Sept, published an article on the relations between Japan and the United States based on Viscount Kaneko’s speech recently delivered in Tokyo. The gist of the article is as follows Viscount Kaneko in174 words
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Advertisement283 1914-10-15 7 Mrs. Coff is an old-age pensioner, An aged dame who has seen brighter days; She grants me permission to mention her, And to publish her quota of praise. A hacking, dry cough was the bane of her, Which made the nights hard to endure But she bids me to say283 words
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Article2234 1914-10-15 8 THE POSITION OF FIRMS STILL TRADING. I A LAWYER’S ELOQUENT LETTER. On the subject of Germans now in India, i the Englishman (Calcutta) remarks —Feel- 1 ing continues to run very high in Calcutta and other parts of India against allowing German and Austrian firms to trade,2,234 words
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Article730 1914-10-15 8 The annual meeting of the above com* j pany was held in the Exchange on Monday, Mr. James Snodgrass presiding. Others present were Messrs St. V. B. Down, F. C.! Feck, J. McClymont and U. C. Batemam (for the secretaries). After the notice calling the meeting and the730 words
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Advertisement374 1914-10-15 8 AT Crown Cinema. Depicting a Naval REELS. ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME To-night! To-nihgt! The Straits Cinema, PENANG ROAD. Speciality Latest Pathe Productions. The Leading Premier Show in Penang AND The People'» Favourite Rendezvous In the Mills of the Gods An Extraordinary Drama in 3 Parts. With the Eyes of Lore374 words
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Advertisement428 1914-10-15 8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE The municipal commissioners of George Town. Penang, hereby invite separate tenders for the following for one year from the Ist day of January, 1915. A.” No. 1 2. 3. 4. 5. Renting of Noordin Street Ghaut Market. Renting of Jelutong Market. Pulo Tikus Market. Sungei Pinang Market, Market428 words
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Advertisement109 1914-10-15 8 NOTICE All persons having claims to compensation for damage caused by the defence works in Penang are requested to send in their claims in writing to the Resident Councillor’s Office before the 21st instant. FOR SALE. LOCALLY MILLED PARBOILED AND WHITE RICE. THE UNDERSIGNED have on hand large quantities of109 words
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Advertisement507 1914-10-15 8 NOTICE. «w tn» Ti» h*i the Power of Attorney to one Ong Hock Beng of Chop Q,,^ J H« of te,ch 8t«, revoked from this date. Puket, 6th October, 1914 ONG OH LEN’q 613 NOTICE. SEPARATE TENDERS will be up to noon on Thursday, thTu? October 1914, for the following507 words
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Article487 1914-10-15 9 Stokt or the Song that Inspires Our Soldiers Tbu route to Tipperary is devoid of auy strategical importance, but it is placing no meau "part in upholding wbat military expeits term the moral of our troops. The Germans thunder “Die Waebt am Rhein.” the French487 words
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Article230 1914-10-15 9 Official Minute*. Minutes of a meeting oi the Municipal Commissioners held on Tuesday, the 29th September, 1914 Pretent. W Teel, Esq., President. I*. T Allen, Esq. F. Duxbury. Esq. Qnah Beng Kee, Esq. John Mitchell, Esq. Absent Lim Eow Hong. Esq Yeoh Guan Seok, Esq. 1. The minutes230 words
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Article116 1914-10-15 9 Crime at Alo* Star. Hie Alor Star correspondent of the Times of Malaya writes*: A gang of Chinese robover twenty in number, entered a certain kedai owued by a Chinese Towkay nt Simpang Arnpat, 6 miles from Alor Star, Bl ‘d, it is alleged, murdered116 words
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Article212 1914-10-15 9 S. P. Tapioca 1 bnyers M. P. Tapioca ...$3.30 bnyers Gold Leal ...J64 40 Black Pepper 27.50 buyers VVhite Pepper 28 25 sales r Trang Pepper 19 no stoc Cloves 50. nom. Mace 110 nominal Mace. Pickings 85 nominal Nutmegs 110 23— nominal C No, 1 6.10 sales Sugar212 words
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Article252 1914-10-15 9 Penang, October 15. Beef— c t B Soup per catty 20 Roast 35 Steaks 35 Stow or Curry Meat 22 Rump Steak 35 Ox Tail each 50 Tongue 60 Feet 20 Heart 50 Liver per catty 40 Pork— Pork per catty 36 Pig’s Head 22 Feet £6 Tonguo252 words
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Article117 1914-10-15 9 Prnang, October 15. {By :ourtesy 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 Tank 173 3 days’ sight Private 176 Madras Demand117 words
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Advertisement12 1914-10-15 9 for Children's Hacking Cough at Night, wd»’ (treat Peppermint C«re la. 6d,12 words
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Advertisement78 1914-10-15 9 TRANSLATION. UNDERSIGNED undertakes to _L 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 insertion in the Straits Echo or the Penang Sin Poe or to' be printed by the Jobbing Department of the78 words
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Advertisement743 1914-10-15 9 Anaemia, Indigestion, and Awful Nervous Terrors cured by Dr. Cassell's Tablets. Mrs. Florence Higgs, of 97, Gordonroad, Peckham, London, S.E., says:— I owe my life to Dr. Cassell's Tablets. I was so weak and nervous that I could not bear to be left alone. I cannot describe the sensation. I743 words
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Advertisement783 1914-10-15 9 N. Y. K. Japan Mail Steamship Coraoany L *5X \x< EUROPEAN LINE A Fortnightly service is maintained bptween Yokohama via ports to Marseilles, London and Antwerp under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government The New Twin-Screw steamers maintaining this service have been specially designed and instructed, and are fitted783 words
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Article819 1914-10-15 10 Huntin» the German Merchantmen. Up to the present- there bare been reported no fewer than 200 German merchant ■hips captured or sunk by Great Britain, and these have au aggregate total of 600,000 tons gro-s Of this total some 70 h ire been eit her seized in819 words
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Article151 1914-10-15 10 Messrs. Guthrie Co. in their report dated October 13 say The Auction held this morning again saw full supplies of offer, about 90 tons j being catalogued, and with demand well j maintainod the proportion sold wai larger than for soma time past, 72 tons changing hands.151 words
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Article707 1914-10-15 10 Likely Results or hbr Defeat. Austrin-HuDgary has lost two great battles in which at least ono-half of her Regular army was engaged. The Servians have inflicted upon the Dual Monarchy a defeat which has been followed by a rout, and 40.0C0 prisoners and numerous guns fallen into707 words
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Advertisement10 1914-10-15 10 For Chronic Ch«st Complaint*, Wtodi' Gr*at Peppermint Cure, li 6d.10 words
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Advertisement365 1914-10-15 10 Weakness Debility TROX ‘JELLOIDS,’ the reliable tonic, strengthen 1 your blood and fortify your system against climatic effects. After a course of Iron ‘Jelloids,’ the blood is enriched, appetite is restored, vitality increased, Weakness and Debility disappear, and your system is enabled to combat attacks of Malaria and other diseases.365 words
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Advertisement162 1914-10-15 10 Diphtheria-How It May Be Avoided. Diphtheria is usuillv contracted when the child has a cold. The cold prepares the child’s system for the reception and development of the diphtheria germs. When there ■are cases of diphtheria in the neighbourhood children that have colds should be kept at home and off162 words
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Advertisement767 1914-10-15 10 The Perfect Emulsion. Angier's Emulsion is the most palatable, the most cream-like, the most perfect of all emulsions. Even the most fastidious take it with pleasure and it agrees perfectly with delicate, sensitive stomachs. Those who have found other emulsions distasteful should try Angier’s and note the difference it is767 words
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Article425 1914-10-15 11 It is an extraordinary rommentarv on the nn’verfei.l upheaval cause*! by the European War that the opening of the Panama Canal on August 15 passe*! almost unnoticed What should have been a brilliant ceremony, at which the warships of every European naval power would have assisted, was425 words
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Article381 1914-10-15 11 An Impressive Funeral. The funeral of R<jx Haji Ngah Abubakar, Meml»er of the Couucil of State, and Malay Magistrate, Lenggong, Perak, who died on Friday morning at about nine o’clock, took place on Saturday in the R >yal cemetery at Bukit Chandan, Kuala Kangsar. H381 words
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Advertisement46 1914-10-15 11 Chamberlain s Fain Balm Thero is nothing so gco't for muscular rheumatism, spraius, lameness, cramps of the muscles, bruises ami like injuries as Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It will effect a cure iu less time than any other treatment. For sale by all Dispensaries and Do dors.46 words
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Advertisement61 1914-10-15 11 Sunsh ne and Common Sense. Don't doctor your blood for rheumatism Use an external application of Chamberlain s Pain Bdtn. In a few days it will get you up and out iuto the sunshine, then nature will restore the rich red blood to your veins and soon rid the system61 words
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Advertisement790 1914-10-15 12 Guardian Assurance Company, Limited. Established 1321. Subscribed Capital Ml ,000,00 Total Invested Funds upwards of 6,44)0,000 Total Annual Income over 1,180,000 THE undersigned have been appointed Agents of the above Company at Penang, aDdare prepared to issue policiei of Insurance against loss by fire at tbi owesr tariff rates KENNEDY790 words
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