Panama Canal Lighted Waterway Across Forty Three Miles
The Panama Canal will be a straight forty three mile waterway from Atlantic to Pacific, lighting at night by electricity. It requires fifteen years more work and about 145 million dollars, with 15,000 laborers, many from Jamaica, to finish two fifths completed. The project includes dams on the Chagres River, reservoirs at Bohio and Alhajuela, and electric powered locks and illumination, with ports at Colon and Panama enhanced by basins and a Panama Railroad connection.
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Panama Canal
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Jamaica
Uncle Sam
Ocean
Suez Canal
de Lesseps
Chagres
Obispo
Alhajuela
Colon
Panama
Panama Railroad
Panama Canal Plan Through Mountain Passes and Locks
The proposed canal avoids the Chagres floods by passing through a mountain range via eight locks. It would be navigable in large sections from Colon to the Pacific and laterally, with about half the route at sea level. Transit time would be under a day and would boost global commerce.
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Chagres
Repartee as a Senate cross examination in debate
A discussion notes how Senate exchanges resemble cross examination as speakers try to supply material for the Congressional Record. It cites Senator Allison and Tillman, Aldrich, Quay, Penrose, and Hanna, illustrating collegial exchanges, whispered clarifications, and approving reactions amid partisan debate. The piece also reflects on camaraderie and attentive listening among lawmakers.
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Senate
Louse
Allison
Tillman
Aldrich
Thitai
Quay
Penrose
Nomatter
Rye
Hanna
Joe Mitchell Chapple
National
Very Easy Method of Robbing a Bank
A Washington Post tale recounts a bank stenographer revealing how a cashier could order large sums via telegrams to be paid without identification. He describes lax controls at big New York banks and imagines coordinating confederates nationwide to steal millions, highlighting systemic vulnerability.
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New York
National Bank
Chicago
James Jones
Philadelphia
Washington
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Mexico
Washington Post
Dining regular outsmarts waiter with month end tip
A man who dines daily at a restaurant tells the Irish waiter he will pay tips in a lump sum at month end. The waiter asks for advance payment. The man gives half a crown to cover today, and the joke ends with the waiter saying he’s laying there tomorrow.
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Pat
Autos Push Toward Railless Highways On Long Island
A clipping notes New York car owners plan fifty miles of free coasting roads on Long Island to speed vehicles with trailers and even feed steam or electric transit later. It suggests wider road use could lead to passenger and freight service without new tracks.
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New York
Long Island
Spanish Inquisition Weapon Shocks Cincinnati Court
Patrolman Harnold presented a spiked knuckles weapon in Cincinnati Police Court as part of Frank Shaw’s concealed weapons case. The aged Spanish import is described as over 100 years old and capable of crushing bones with its spikes. Only one other such weapon has appeared in the court’s 30 000 annual cases.
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Cincinnati
Harnold
Frank Shaw
Columbus
United States
Excursion Into Bird Land And Unusual Scissor Trick
A fragment covers a peculiar bird themed essay and a trick to fasten and remove scissors from a wall using a cord. The text references Mrs Jenks Smith and a humorous aside on bird study and social outings with a Cook's tour style. The piece shifts to describe a method of looping cord through the scissor handles and securing it to a wall, detailing steps as the cord is repeatedly threaded.
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Mrs. Jenks-Smith
Europe
The Thumb Test and Odd Tales from a Magazine
A jumble of anecdotes on the thumb as a detector of insanity and nerve disorders, a tale of Jennie trading for a necklace with a Big Chief, a morality tale about paying for misdeeds, cheerful poems for children, and a note on electric rat traps in Amsterdam.
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Jeanie
Jennie
Waverly Magazine
Too Much Attention
A young girl shares a simple story about a sick aunt, noting the aunt’s headaches and need for a dark room while friends visit daily to cheer her. Dorothy describes her aunt as bearing afflictions nobly, acknowledging limited improvement despite kindness.
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Dorothy
The
Washington Post
Premature Judgement Fears In A Politician’s Tea
A public figure dodges a frank view during an afternoon tea when a young woman probes his opinions on a point. He humorously deflects, admitting concern about appearing older than his years and nodding to his gray eyes.
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Bohlo
San Pablo
Motachin
Erastus Pinkley
Washington Star
Somerville Journal
Leslie's Weekly
Blades
Kansas
Indian Territory
Honor
England
Detroit Free Press
Missionary Society
Antwerp
Rome
Amsterdam
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