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Title: The literary digest
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York : Funk & Wagnalls (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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The Literary Digest for March 22, 1919 77 Gejieral accounting officeUnited Cigar Stores Com-pany, New York City
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If not made by Felt & Tarrant,its not a COMPTOMETER ODING AND CALCULATING MACHINE 78 The Literary Digest for March years. But the natives did not know thevahie of platinum. They formerly carried the gold to thetown of Quibdo to free it from the whitegrains of platinum, which were throwninto the streets as worthless dust. To-daythe streets of the town are torn up and fullof pot-holes, where treasure-seekers havedug away the surface and washed it forthe platinum. They used to make counter-feit gold coins by using platinum and gildingit. Now these platinum coins are worththree times their weight in gold. Dr. Spinden paid a high tribute to thezeal of Americans who worked in thetropics to obtain materials to satisfy thewar-needs of the Government. Dr. Spin-den continues: By far the most wonderful thing Idiscovered was the spirit of patriotismdisplayed by tiny gioups of Americanssent into the forests on the mosquitocoast of Nicaragua to get out mahogany. It was here that all of the stra

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