# Museum Catalog Note
This issue comprises primarily commercial advertisements and public notices from Hong Kong, dated February 1917. Featured content includes shipping and maritime business notices (rope manufacturing, shipbuilding, motor vessels); hotel and hospitality advertisements (Peak Hotel, Hongkong Hotel); spirit merchants and pharmaceutical remedies (Scotch whisky distributors, cough balsam); transportation schedules (tramway timetables); and corporate shareholder meeting notices (Hongkong Land Building Company, Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation).
A substantial news section, credited to Reuter's Service, covers American and international war preparedness during World War I, reporting on U.S. military training exercises, tensions with Germany over unrestricted submarine warfare, and the diplomatic positions of neutral nations including Holland, Spain, Norway, and Greece. Additional items address German merchant ship sabotage in American ports and diplomatic hostage situations.
About this artifact
- Date
- 1917
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by comicbooks.com.
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