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...rubbers, teas and mining shares help give 'Change its international flavor. A broker receiving an order in rubbers may have to rush out and buy some Bah Lias, Gula Kalump, or Linggi, while in teas he must know Budla Beta, Chargola, Jokai, Pabbojan. The mining list includes famed De Beers Diamond Mines, the Rand (gold), Johannesburg Consolidated Investments ("Johnnies"), Rio Tinto ("The Tinto"), Roan Antelope, Katanga, Mount Isa, Siamese...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Open on Saturdays | 8/31/1931 | See Source »

...Freedom Under the Snow. A Novel. By Maurus Jokai, Author of "Black Diamonds." Translated by Mrs. Waugh. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.50. In "The Odd Number Series...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW BOOKS. | 3/10/1897 | See Source »

...story is one of Underground Russia, and deals especially with the secret and terrible power of the Nihilists. It has a strong historical background and an absorbing plot. Jokai never forgets that, after all, the story is the thing, and here is one whose moving complications may well stir the feeblest pulse. It is a book to read and to be read again, a story instinct with the pure romance of the Thousand-and-One Nights...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW BOOKS. | 3/10/1897 | See Source »

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