The Spanish In Panama from Columbus to Morgan
The article traces early Spanish involvement in Panama from Bastides and Balboa through the 16th and 17th centuries. It covers Balboa’s Pacific discovery, the Portobello and Panama towns, the 1671 Morgan assault, and the rise and fall of Panama’s early settlements, plus later Franco American canal efforts and railroad development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
East Indies
Porto Bello
Nombre de Dios
Republic of Panama
Panama
Rodrigo de Bastides
Bastides
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Balboa
Pacific
Spain
Pedrarias
Atlantic
Canal Zone
Plymouth
North America
Jamestown
St. Augustine
Fla
Peru
Central American
Drake
Henry Morgan
England
Morgan
Chagres
Ifis
United States
Ripse
William H. Aspinwall
John L. Stephens
Henry Chauncey
New York
Bogota
Compaany
Columbia
California
Oregon
Aspinwall
James L. Baldwin
Paris
M. de Lessep
Suez
de Lesseps
M. de Lesseps
Colon
Isthmian Canal
Culebra
Count de Lesseps
Health Hint for Today Care of the Hair
Hair drying takes precedence over washing and should use warm soft towels or sun drying for gloss. Avoid Turkish towels and wetting as it harms roots. Shake hair ends to evaporate moisture and massage scalp during drying. For dry hair apply small amounts of sweet oil like almond oil.
Truth and Perception in a Stretching Light
A compact reflection on truth, noting that some people bend facts like rubber to extend meaning. It questions how stretched truth can mislead while seeking honesty in everyday discourse.
Peruna touted to restore appetite and zest for life
An ad claims loss of appetite stems from a general malaise and that Peruna, taken before meals, restores appetite and mood. It argues Peruna acts as a natural tonic not a stimulant, and notes tablets are available for those who dislike liquids.
Pangolins of Africa and the White Bellied Pangolin
The article explains pangolins as rare mammals found in Africa and at the London Zoo the white bellied pangolin is exhibited. It describes its appearance shedding scales like a hedgehog and its diet of white ants while noting limited value beyond curiosity and possible local consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
London Zoological Gardens
New York Post
Water trough through time in a perpetual ebb and flow
Readable excerpt describes a trough with water sinking to half empty then rapidly filling again. The water level shifts with each minute, showing a continuous, rhythmic ebb and flow that never repeats exactly in consecutive minutes. A fascinating natural phenomenon noted in Wide World Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wide World Magazine
England's Curious Well and Golfing Anecdotes
A piece describes England's ebbing and flowing well near Settle and Ingleside with a tide like water. It then recounts Glasgow Herald anecdotes about women and golf showing how little they understood the game in earlier times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Settle
Ingleton
Yorkshire
England
Girgleswick
Glasgow Herald
Westminster Gazette
First Submarine Cable Linked Dover and Calais
The Dover England to Calais France cable opened in 1850 marking the first submarine telegraphic link. The milestone connected two nations and launched rapid transchannel communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
England
Calais
France
Indignant Artist Haydon Decries Public Taste in 1846
Painter R. W. Haydon vented in his diary during an 1846 London visit as crowds swarmed Egyptian Hall to view General Tom Thumb. He lamented that audiences rushed past his works to see the marvel, calling the scene an insanity and a furor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haydon
London
Tom Thumb
R. R. Haydon
Browning Manuscript Pauline Sells At Auction For 2400
The first edition of Browning's Pauline sold at auction for 2400 dollars. Browning received nothing from the sale and would have withdrawn it from prints if possible. Rossetti admired the work and copied it word for word at the British Museum library after failing to find another copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Pauline
Rossetti
British Museum
Wasteful Grasper objects to daughter's marriage to writer
Exchance notes a cautious man scolding a journalist and a poet for wasting space in print. He fears his daughter may marry a writer, arguing they waste lines and never finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grasper
Also Mentioned on This Page
Panama Canal
William R. Scott
Prormz Mar
Pananama
New Granada
Colombia
Simon Bolivar
South America
Soauna
Gatun Lake
Mexico
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Canal
Canada
Valparaiso
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Panama Canal Company
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Chagres River
California Overland Railroad
Island of Africa
World Congress of Engineers
Limon Bay
Continental Divide
Bohio
Gatun
Caribbean
Praima Canad Company
Comopany
TSS
Gatun Locks
The
Statler Publishing Company
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Pedro Miguel
Miraflores
Culebra Cut
Aberdeen Herald
the Herald
Kimball
Standard Poultry World
Woman’s World
National Farm Magazine
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Kimball Dairy Farmer
National Dairy Magazine
Dairy Farm
Dairy Farmer
Poultry Culture
Woman’s Friend
Pangolins
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
M.D
Henry B. Harris
Edgar Selwyn
the Grand
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