Straits Times Weekly Issue, 8 November 1884
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Straits Times Weekly Issue
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Title Section25 1884-11-08 1 The Straits WEEKLY ISSUE. New Series. fok Transmission by Every Homeward Mail Steamer. [Prick 40 Cent? VOL XL. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1884. NO. 3,28725 words
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Domestic Occurrences.
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Article39 1884-11-08 1 AT PcfMAir. <,n tie 30th Oet ber. >) e Wile IJ. Y KKNNEDY OtaSoN. N v. 3rd, i wife ul J. Lloyd, of At Ptnug, on Sunday, October 26 a. the file ol ...r. Gj_orqj_ Gkiffin, ui d lUgbter.39 words
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Article62 1884-11-08 1 !«t Mhjw'h, Greenwich, on the 25th S< p.c. ber, iy the Kev. George Elder At A.. GEOKO iICQH IkhLAND, of Mauri ti-is, elder a rt ..f tbe ia«e George Ireland, Ka v i M >uri ius, and Bl c ita eath Paik, Kell>, ARGARET IU.HKIfc,, third daughter of ibe62 words
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Obituary23 1884-11-08 1 On tbe ith Mint, at M uut Sopbia, Mrs. bLISAB-TH M. o,<, relict of John HENRY ilO'Jk. iu ii- r 75th year.23 words
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202 1884-11-08 1 STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, 8th NOV., 1884. LATEST MAUKET QUOTATIONS. ?ing__por__, Bth .November, 18S4. Gambier 4.90 Black Pepper 17.75. White Pepper, fair quality... 27. Sago Flour, bar 2 00. Pearl Sago 1.4.1.. Coffee, Bonthjne 13 Tapioca, small Flake 2 95. Tin 2375. 40p. Mule twist 92.50. 8± lbs. Shirtings 1.55. 7202 words
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Article761 1884-11-08 1 The last homeward mail was deeps tohed ou Monday, the Brd November hy the P. O. steamer Aucona. The M. M. steamer Sindh arrived here on Friday afternoon with the London and Paris mails of llth and 12 October respectively, The M. >J. steamer Sagkalien is761 words
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Article183 1884-11-08 1 The Acting Governor has been pleased to appoint Major O. F. T. Annesley, Royal Artillery, to act temporarily as Superintendent of Prisons, Singapore, during the absence on vacation leave of Major W. R. Grey. E. 11. Dell, Esq., reported his return j from leave of absence183 words
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Article629 1884-11-08 1 TxTBbDAY,/_TH OCTOBER, l^t>_. PRKSBKT H. E. the Officer Admiuistei _i_k the Government .ecil U. Smith, cm. a.) His Ho our the Acting Chief Justice (T. T. Ford.) The Hou. the Officer Com. the Troops Lieut. -Colonel A. Hales.) the Actin* Col. Secretary (A. M. Manner.) the ueni-ieut Councillor629 words
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Article392 1884-11-08 1 (From the Penang Times of Ut Nov.) Inspector Scott and Sergeant Crank, who deserted from the Police Force in Penang on the 20th of September last, have, we hear, been arrested at Calcutta, and will shortly be brought hack to Penan^. The deserters, it is said, had joined the392 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous37 1884-11-08 1 gasraengers* Per steamer Arratoon Apcar, on the 2nd inst. For Singapore.— From Calcutta Mrs. Small, Messrs. C. M. D_vi_, Cazalas and Andrew Qalastaun. For Hongkong. Fyou} Calcutta Mr. and Mrs. Exshaw, Mrs. G. Demetrius and Miss Aijfibeg.37 words
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Article5180 1884-11-08 2 We are informed that 556 men made use of the Sailors' liest last month. H.M.S. Firebrand has been sent to survey the spot where the steamer Pioneer was lost. The Austrian gunboat Albatross left this forenoon for Colombo en route to Trieste. The remains ofthe late5,180 words
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Article2780 1884-11-08 3 1. Never make tea with water that has been boiling a long time. 2. Never make it unless the water boil3. Be sure and heat the tea-potthoroughl\ 4. Never infuse tea longer than 8 or 10 minutes. If it has to wait, pour it ofl"2,780 words
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Article1004 1884-11-08 4 lhe following letter to the Kongkang Doily Prem is of interest at the present time Sir, I have reid frith much intv the correspondence republished from the StraiU Times in relation to this important industiy. which is ye', I believe, only in its infancy.1,004 words
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Article280 1884-11-08 5 The following solilo(piy, d la Hamlet, i s from the Rangoon Gazette. Dhobie, or not dkobie: that is the question. Whether t.s better iu the wish to suff r The soap and butter of be ighted Hmd p< Or to takearm against this sea of bub And by280 words
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Article309 1884-11-08 5 A very interesting and amusing entertainment was given by this rising young club last evening in the Town Hall. It consisted of the performance of two very langhable farces, the one entitled A very pleasant evening," and the other But however." The first contained only three309 words
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584 1884-11-08 5 A Nippon Rioriya, or, as the Commissioners from Japan English the phrase, a Japanese restauraut, has been opened at the Health Exhibition, and the visitor who wishes to experiment with thc viands and cookery of the East may learn how he would fare in584 words
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Article368 1884-11-08 5 fVnr Straits Times.) Germany. London, [et Nov.-~A squadron of four German war vessels unoW the command of a Rear- Admiral has left for the West Coast of Africa. N i. \.\d China. /fong kong, Brd Nor..— -Official Notice lias been given te> Neutrals that torpedoes have been laid368 words
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Article944 1884-11-08 5 From /{angoon Paper.) London, IS/7. October. —It ig now stated that the conversion of Consols will consist of six millions of 2_ per cents and four millions of 2 peJ cents. St. Peterburg, IHth October.—SW Nih- offioers «nd two men convicted of Nihilism were executed here to-day. Teheran,944 words
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Topics of tbe Dap.
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Article893 1884-11-08 5 A GOOD many residents in the East have expressed tbeir satisfaction at thc action decided upon by the home government with regard to local defen without, we fancy, very deeply considering- the practical questions which at onoe arise. Confiuing our attention for the moment to Singapore,893 words
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Article356 1884-11-08 6 The telegram ret I today, announcing that the Mahdi is concentrating his forces on Khartoum, and has summoned General Gordon to surrenler, will be read with anxiety alarm by even true bearte Englishmen in Jic Colony. We t unk even be r ire anv here, who think that t!356 words
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Article763 1884-11-08 6 The correspondence which has appeared in our columns in reference to Tip Mining in the Native States, seems to us to bear upon a question of vcry great importance to these States and to this Colony. Either tin mining is an industry which cannot be763 words
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1128 1884-11-08 6 Nobody will be very violently astonished to learn that residents iu this Colony are in possession of one or two facts regarding tbe mu_h dreaded Triad Society in Hongkong which are certainly unknown to the great majority of Europeans at that port. Whether the1,128 words
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Article1036 1884-11-08 7 The news from Madagascar published in our issue of tbe sth instant is by no means reassuring to those who sympathize with French views of Eastern colonization and conquest. So far from any success having been gained over the Ho vas, the latter have declared war to the1,036 words
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Article1122 1884-11-08 7 The oldest resident in this Colony caunot probably recall any period of his sojourn therein at which amusements of a social nature werc more freely indulged in than at the present moment. Thanks to the invention of a game which allows the softer sex to play and even1,122 words
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Article743 1884-11-08 7 The residents have been nightly startled by repeated explosions, which put members of tbe fire brigade on tbe alert, until successive reports convince them that the) are blasts, and not iruns from Fort Canning. Formerly, heavy blasting was carried on at night at t be Teluk Ayer743 words
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Article828 1884-11-08 8 Everybody whose avocations require him to drive daily in and out of town and the exceptions as regards those who can afford carriages may be counted on the fingers has almost daily had occasion to indulge in strong objurgations regarding what has long been known as the828 words
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Article2815 1884-11-08 8 A. Markwald&Co. v. McAlisteuA Co. This is a case of some importance to the mercantile community, mooting as it does the question whether the seller of a specific chattel which has been inspected by the buyer is liable on an implied warranty of its quality. The facts of2,815 words
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Article1747 1884-11-08 9 Thursday, 30th October, 1881 Present H. E. the Offioer Administering the Government (GseU C. Smith, c m.o.) Hi« Honour the Actin* Chief Justice (T. T. Ford.) The Hon. the Officer Coui. the Troops <, Lieut. -Colonel A. Hales.) the Actin? Col. Secretary (A. M. Skinner.) the Acting C^»l.1,747 words
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Article2634 1884-11-08 9 Translated from Dutch newspapers, for the Straits Times. Tbe latest published official report on the Merapi volcano dated the llth October announced that the crater was then quiet and undisturbed, smoke however continually issuing.therefrom. On tbe 7th October, a very heavy undulating earthquake proceeding from the direction2,634 words
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Article458 1884-11-08 10 The China Mail of the 25th October publishes the following special telegrams Amoy, 25th Oct. 10.49 a.m.— Tbe steamer Fokien was sent trom here to Tamsui on the 23rd instant. She was stopped at that port by the French, who refused to allow her to discharge any cargo458 words
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Article793 1884-11-08 10 From intelligence received from Keelung by the S. S. Alioine, which left that port on the 23rd inst., it appears that no advance inland has yet heen undertaken by the French troops, who are, however, in possession of the heights around Keelung as well as the forts793 words
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Article791 1884-11-08 10 There are two periods in a mau's life when, in the natural course of things, he is unable to take care of himself his childhood and his old age. He comes into the world helpless, aud he often becomes helpless again before he leaves it. During the whole791 words
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Article689 1884-11-08 10 (From the Times of 29th Sept.) The six survivors of the Wasp left Dublin by the Xorth-wall steamer Shamrock for Holyhead at half-past 9 o'clock on Saturday morning (27th Sept.) They conversed fre*' ly with inquirers on the subject ofthe wreck, but added little to689 words
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Article1651 1884-11-08 11 (From the Times of 29th Sept We publish to-day a series of letters from our Correspondent at Khartoum which no Englishman will read without a thrill of pride aad a flush of shame. They tell a Story of unflinching courage, of unwavering fortitude, of inexhaustible energy1,651 words
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Article1195 1884-11-08 11 A Oovernment Gazette extraordinary was issued last night containing Admiral Courbet's notification of the blockade of the West and North coasts of Formosa. The following isa translation ofthe notification Notification of Blockade. We, the undersigned Vice-Ad.niral Courbet, commander-in-chief ofthe French naval forces in the East. In view of1,195 words
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787 1884-11-08 11 Funrch Military OpteraTions in Madagascar. Port Louis, August, 247/*.— A French man-of-war arrived at Tan d>out the iat, with mules from Bourbon. What men have tailed to accomplish the mules are not likely to do. What is wautt il e t,le Fr^ 1 mean anvthing. i army of 50,000 men,787 words
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Article442 1884-11-08 12 Port Louis, 21/// Aug. T of three war ship? b is caused an amount of gaiety that, owing existing financial depression, wouid not Lady Henno On the dii t wl MSted. The oo 'he lodge of iwo cl i.. n i j .ui m ui..:o! in. an Ima442 words
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Article1087 1884-11-08 12 Adelaide, South Australia, Sept. 22nd. A largely-attended meeting was held of the Chamber of Manufactures tonight, to discuss the questions involved in Mr. Caldwell's motion, which is now before the Legislative Assembly for encouraging local industries, and for developing some of the known resources ofthe colony- Sir Samuel1,087 words
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Article880 1884-11-08 12 Over two hundred thousand tobacco plants have been put out on the Suan Lamba Estate, and planting is going on as quickly as possible. The Manager exi w iis satisfaction with the experiin. sr. His Excellency the Governor, aeoompanied by the Acting Resident, visited the Chinese Hakka settlementNorth Borneo Herald - 880 words
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Article1923 1884-11-08 12 Latest Is e. Bi fobi Mk. Treacher, the Acting Consul General, left Brunei on the 9th October, a deputation from tho Sultan waited on him, requesting him to use his IjnHuence ui obtaining a discontinuance of hostiht.es by the Bisayas of the Limbang pending the opening of1,923 words
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Article890 1884-11-08 13 {Truth) A movement appears to be on foot for the formation of a Shareholders' Protection Association. The idea, although difficult of realisation, is i good one. Unfortun■y, it generally happens that precisely the men into whose conduct and capacity it is necessary to inquire, tind their890 words
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Article3364 1884-11-08 13 Dinnei* to si* Fbed. A. Weld, K.C MG London and China Express. fbf^ MPLIMENTARYDIWNER^ 8 given on the 7th ...stsant at Willis's R .u^bv the merchants connected with the Straits sir tlements to Sir Fred. A. Weld KrV?" the Governor of that colony Mi- WiuS™.' Paterson i ecu nnd the3,364 words
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Article783 1884-11-08 14 From the Penang Times 29th October. The natives of India in Penang, other than the labouring class, are about to memorialise the Government of India and the Madras Government, begging to review the Indian Immigration Bill of the Straits Settlement!?, with regard to the definition of Immigrant" meaning783 words
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Article713 1884-11-08 15 I (Translated from te SaigonWai^of glad to be able to give our read ers some precise information regard in the" grand repairing dock whi hou"e of Hersent is constructing in the precincts of the arsenal. The importance of this work cannot escape any one. In effect,713 words
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Article832 1884-11-08 15 "He ride a race siid a jockey about a ;i rival, "Why, bless you, he's only fit to command the rear guard of the camel corpse out yonder." A Journal in New York has announced j the disquieting fact that there are in that Cl ty thirty widows who832 words
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Correspondence.
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Letter166 1884-11-08 15 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Dear Sir, —Here's a chauce. We might have Prince William of Dougal, Dooke of George, Kount Fraser, &c., &c. Yours truly, Agent. Singapore, oth Nov., 1884. The newest thing in agencies is one for supplying those very common commodities —Italian patents166 words
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Letter63 1884-11-08 15 To the Editor ofthe Strait* Times. Dear Mr. Editor, -I picked up in the Gardens the otber day some lines, a copy of which I send you (without tbe nanus mentioned in the original.) The writing looks like a lady's, and the owner can bave the original63 words
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Letter72 1884-11-08 15 Dear- i send you some nei At whieh I'm afraid you will grieve; .our next week yon must r or I go hy next mail'on sick Ifl Mv image, then, cast from y >ur heart, And time will thv son- >w relievi Since I must. .1 Farewell then, dear72 words
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Letter81 1884-11-08 15 I TO Dear Pll never forsake, The ima u my hearl Do you think, d< t bm sueh f\ ike, A.s without me to let y >u depart. N o I've made it all Bqu And taken apa aext mail Ito not to be ._r raoß <.. irVt So81 words
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Letter246 1884-11-08 15 To the Editor ofthe Straits Times. Dkak Sir, A\ r ith reference to thc suggestion in your artiele of w to preparing papers of questions lor circulation, I will gladly undertake one subject "1 general interest Lf you can obtain volunteers for History, Botany, and Physical and Political246 words
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Page 15 Advertisements
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Advertisement90 1884-11-08 15 Messrs. BROOKS <s_ COMPANY. General Commission Merchants and M.IIM ERS. 2 Railway Approach. Eoudou Bridge, Are prepared to receive f >r sale on commission all sorts of In lian produce and manufacturers; full market prices ijuuran teed with prompt pavtmnts. Messrs. BBOOKB Iff] so undertake the purchase and shipin every90 words
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Advertisement325 1884-11-08 15 LATEST PRODUCTION X2__.oje&_-__J ED. PINAUD I IXORA Soap. IXORA Essence. I2s_:o_R,_<?V. Toilet Water. I IXORA _Poraade. i:XCO_R._A. Oil. I3__lo_Ft_-V. JRi .-Powdw. I^^OR,_A. Toiltt r iaegarM 37, Boulevard de Sti iq, 37 I PARIS x r ?_HH______Hf_-_E QXJHMI3>T_E_-.T?V-I_V_E3 "il doubtlsu highly (Fhe Lancet.) the most powerful d preparations f quinine, M325 words
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Page 16 Advertisements
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Advertisement507 1884-11-08 16 substances un\y, and arc absolutely fiee from calomel or any other injurious j ingredient. A Suffbrsr from Headache writes. Ayer's Pills are invaluable to me i and are my constant companion. I have been a severe sufferer from Headache, and j your Pills are the only thing I could look507 words
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Advertisement137 1884-11-08 16 (J MADE DISHES AND SAUCES. "I§ m success and boon for which Nations should feel grateful."— See Annual Sale, 8,000,000 Jara. Medical Prtu, Lancet, Brit. Med.. Jour., Ae. To be had of all Storekeepers and Dealers throughoat India. Invaluable for India aa CATJTIOH.— Genuine ONLY with fac-slmile of Baron Liebig's137 words
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Page 16 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous601 1884-11-08 16 A KKIVA LS •i iES "j 1 j Vessel's Nams. and Captain. Fbom. Sailed. Consionkis. Nov 1 SuryWongse iGer. str.: 513:Rademaker (Bangkok Oct. 29 Katz Brothers. 1 Ruby i Brit. str. i 149' Partridge {Pa'bang Oct. 31 Wee Bin Co. Meinam M.M. str| 80 r Pa vre Saigon Oct. 30601 words
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Miscellaneous1006 1884-11-08 16 CLEARANCES. Date. Vessel's Name. Flag A Rio. Captain. Destination. Nov. 1 Goalpara Brit. str. Magennis Madras via ports II ViKe de Strasbourg Fch. str. Themoy M»rseilles A London. 1 Vera Cruz Spa. str. Kiquer Manila 1 Cleator Rrit. str. Lon? Bangkok 1 Glaucns Brit. itr. Jackson London 1 Chi Yuen1,006 words
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Page 17 Advertisements
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Advertisement467 1884-11-08 17 ifli&rrllanrous.. Pimplea, Imperfect Nutrition, Premature Decline, A Dr BRIGHT'S PHOSPHODYNE it the Beat Known Remedy for Indigestion. I Liver 'implants, and all Functional Derangements of either sex Dr. BRIGHT'S PHOSPHODYNE.Ihe beneficial effects of the Phosphodyne are frequently shown from the first day of its administration, by a remarkable increase of467 words
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Page 18 Advertisements
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Advertisement973 1884-11-08 18 SC II WE ITZ ER' S COCO ATI NA A ti Dy*j epHc Cocoa or Chaeblatt Powder GUARANTEI-i) PTJRW IiTJHLE i O O FI __STQUALIT? WITH(•UT SUGAR OB U IX Tbe Faculty [tonounce ii nu ritiou... perfectly <3i?e t ible here rage for Brcakfatt Luncheon, or -Supper and invaluable f973 words
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