Bulletin of the Pan American Union, Volume 49U.S. Government Printing Office, 1919 |
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Page 14
... shows Dr. Pessoa ( the gentleman holding a flower in his hand ) and Senhora Pessoa ( in the center of group , in dark dress with white lines ) , surrounded by their friends just before leaving the place of entertainment . After spending ...
... shows Dr. Pessoa ( the gentleman holding a flower in his hand ) and Senhora Pessoa ( in the center of group , in dark dress with white lines ) , surrounded by their friends just before leaving the place of entertainment . After spending ...
Page 49
... show- ing . At 12.19 the moon began to appear , and the welcome sight made us all feel more comfortable . Each destroyer was sighted in turn , first being located by star shells , which in some cases we saw 40 miles away ; then by ...
... show- ing . At 12.19 the moon began to appear , and the welcome sight made us all feel more comfortable . Each destroyer was sighted in turn , first being located by star shells , which in some cases we saw 40 miles away ; then by ...
Page 63
... shows the appearance of the Avenida de las Delicias in the days of the horse - drawn carriage and cobblestone paving , while in the lower may be seen the contrast offered by the same street to - day on the corner of Eighteenth Street ...
... shows the appearance of the Avenida de las Delicias in the days of the horse - drawn carriage and cobblestone paving , while in the lower may be seen the contrast offered by the same street to - day on the corner of Eighteenth Street ...
Page 65
... shows the section of the beach known as Playa de Miramar when it was visited only by carriages . The lower picture shows the same section as seen now , frequented by handsome automobiles . It should be noted that in this northern port ...
... shows the section of the beach known as Playa de Miramar when it was visited only by carriages . The lower picture shows the same section as seen now , frequented by handsome automobiles . It should be noted that in this northern port ...
Page 73
... shows on the import side a decrease of 7,650,433 pesos gold ( statistical values ) , and on the export side an increase of 206,467,469 pesos . Estimating the peso gold at 97 cents , in United States values , the trade of the two periods ...
... shows on the import side a decrease of 7,650,433 pesos gold ( statistical values ) , and on the export side an increase of 206,467,469 pesos . Estimating the peso gold at 97 cents , in United States values , the trade of the two periods ...
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Page 39 - ... the actual market value or wholesale price of such merchandise at the time of exportation to the United States, in the principal markets of the country from which the same has been imported...
Page 253 - WHEN navies are forgotten And fleets are useless things, When the dove shall warm her bosom Beneath the eagle's wings,— When memory of battles At last is strange and old, When nations have one banner And creeds have found one fold, — When the Hand that sprinkles midnight With its powdered...
Page 99 - ... within the jurisdiction of the other high contracting party on obtaining from the latter, upon payment of a single fee, a license which shall be valid throughout its entire territorial jurisdiction. "In case either of the high contracting parties shall be engaged in war, it reserves to itself the right to prevent from operating within its jurisdiction under the provisions of this treaty, or otherwise, enemy nationals or other aliens whose presence it may consider prejudicial to public order and...
Page 406 - ... is otherwise of distinctly low quality, or contains small, inseparable stones or cinders. (1) The wheat in grade No. 1 shall be bright.
Page 406 - ... stones and/or cinders; or which is musty, or sour, or heating, or hot; or which has any commercially objectionable foreign odor except of smut or...
Page 99 - Peddlers and other salesmen who vend directly to the consumer, even though they have not an established place of business in the country in which they operate, shall not be considered as commercial travelers, but shall be subject to the license fees levied on business of the kind which they carry on.
Page 666 - All wear silk, and of the most fine and costly quality. The gala dresses and clothes of the women are so many and so excessive, that in no other kingdom of the world are found such...
Page 166 - The common Boat-Bill is about the size of a domestic hen. In the male, the forehead and upper parts of the neck and breast are dirty white; the back and lower part of the belly rusty-reddish ; the bill is black, and the legs and feet are brown. From the head depends a long crest of black feathers, falling backwards. The female has the top of the head black, without the elongated crest ; the back and the belly rusty-reddish ; the wings...
Page 560 - It was an all-divine concept to them and not a "me und Gott" working agreement presided over by men masquerading as angels and seraphs. From the great terraced pyramid at Chichen Itza, marked by nine undulations in the bodies of the four great serpents stretching from its top to its base, representing the nine divisions of the Maya calendar, down to the richly intricate mouldings in many dark vaulted interiors the rattles, fangs and teeth of snakes have been conventionalized and used, as I have said...
Page 404 - No. 6, inclusive, or which has any commercially objectionable foreign odor, or is heating, hot, infested with live weevils or other insects injurious to stored grain, or is otherwise of distinctly low quality.