Broad Canal Commission report notes costs and labor trends
The Canal Commission details progress on the big ditch across the American Isthmus with total canal costs reaching $120,004,408, and a payroll averaging 43,057 workers. It cites improved sanitation, a lower death rate, and ongoing use of locomotives and cranes, while recommending parcel post additions to rural delivery to aid farmers and small stores. The piece also covers counterfeit currency, military honors, naval deck changes, and broader federal resource inventories.
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Canal Commission
Adi
Inuine Berg Eiyta
The Fatal Three unfolds a London tale of love and revelation
Mildred returns to Enderby with a ruined heart. She discovers a trove of letters revealing a former lover’s enduring betrayal and a child’s hidden fate. The documents bind Mildred to her husband as she faces the truth, and the couple’s reunion follows a devastating conscience-stricken reckoning.
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Vivien
Ife
Untimely death heals a broken family rift
In a tale of pride and reconciliation, Mildred Grenwold refuses mercy to her aunt until a final kiss heals old wounds. Miss Fausset dies as Mildred and George Grenwold inherit wealth and vow to aid the poor, funding a hospital as the couple’s legacy before their lineage ends.
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Ter
Mildred
Miss Fausset
Mildred Grenwold
George
Tasha
Greswold Hospital
the Thames
George Greswold
Drove Wolves from New York and Pennsylvania Grudge
Dr Gates recounts 1828 Wolf drive in Moga County New York where Richford Berkshire Cov dor Union Lisle towns formed a two man committee Anthony M Tyler of this town and Folie Gates of Union to drive wolves beyond the Susquehanna. Volunteers armed with guns cow bells and provisions marched in a half moon line amid bonfires. The tale notes Pennsylvania long held a grudge against New York for driving wolves into PA.
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Empire Sttate
Newark Valley Herald
Gates
Moga County
New York
Richford
Berkshire
Cawdor
Union
Lisle
Susquehanna River
Anthony M. Tyler
Folie Gates
Maine
Irge
Hartford Mill
Hunt's Corners
Slaterville
North Richford
Pennsylvania
The Game Warden and the Lias
A Colorado man visiting Wellington tells how a hunter boasted of a 200 pound deer as the finest buck seen. The Colorado chief game warden reveals his identity, and the hunter asserts the warden is the biggest hare in the state.
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Lias
Colorado
Wellington
H. T. Woods
Kansas City
Hetwixt and Between New Rox girls discussed
Miss Uppeon asks Miss DeSwell about the New Rox girls and their social position. DeSwell replies they are betwixt and between, not exactly nobody nor anybody, existing in a liminal social space.
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Miss Uppeon
Rox Girls
Miss DeSwell
One Reason Bella and the Pole Picture Mission
A playful note questions aims to cover the North Pole, asking why and what for. It hints at gathering picture proofs or souvenirs, tagged with a casual pickup vibe and curious curiosity about imagery from the polar region.
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Bella
North Pole
Pesbeanda
Slavery Abolished In Jaranica Assembly Bill Passed
Chronology of 19th and 20th century events lists governors, elections, and disasters. Notable items include abolition of slavery in Jaranica, formation of the American Anti-Slavery Society in Philadelphia, Whig conventions, and various international political shifts. Loretta quake, first US cremation, and Roosevelt Nobel prize noted among many items.
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House of Assembly
Jaranica
American Anti-Slavery Society
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
William A. Harrison
Pope Gregory XVI
Whirsthrough
Boston
Albany
Francis Joseph
Louis Napoleon
France
Christ Church
Montreal
Queensland
Australia
Confederate Congress
Kentucky
Gen. Banker
New Orleans
Longstreet
Knorville
Knights of the Golden Circle
Indianapolis
Mexico
United States
Loretta
California
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Stenamer Borussia
Cannada and
Mississippi
Science Hall
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Cleveland
Hendricks
Katakaom
Hawaii
San Francisco
Turkey
Niagara
Erie
Germany
England
Venezuela
Tennessee
St. Louis
Senor Palma
Cubs
Taft
Emperor Nicholas
St. Petersburg
Roosevelt
Railroads seek steel orders as lines expand and unions form
Railroads like the Chicago and Northwestern seek 24 000 tons of steel for elevating tracks at a new terminal while ordering locomotives from American Locomotive Company. The Chicago and Alton and Rock Island plan large locomotive purchases as unionization efforts grow in the industry. The Minnesota railways panel denies a Holman depot permit and the Ann Arbor contracts for miles of rail foliate from Lackawanna Steel. Prices for 4000 tons of steel for a Denver viaduct are being sought by four lines.
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Mildred
Pamela Ransome
Brighton
Lwehinvac
Malcolm Stuart
Panela
Lady Lochinvar
Pamela
Paris
Lochinvar
Trousseau
Prighten
Maria
Briedes
Mrs. Dawson
Pantsset
Phe Hook
Mableed
Milan
Conservatoire
Amd
Curtrel Innes
Offerman
Bert Ray
Gatper
Towers
Fran Ryn
Moe
John
Jenstrom Deetor
Éreswold
Tvian
Tan
Boulogne
Dijon
Ufe
London
Kensington Gore
Barnes
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Chicago and Northwestern
American Locomotive Company
American Federation of Labor
Hock Island
Napay
Rock Island
Union Pacific
Harriman Syeter
Harriman
Kuba, Tack & Co
Denver
Roosevelts libel suit threat over Pulitzers Panama tale
President Roosevelt asked Congress to prosecute libel against Joseph Pulitzer and the New York World for false charges about Panama canal property. Pulitzer retorts that Roosevelt is reckless and that the World will not be silenced by any criminal action.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Panama Canal
United States
the News
Delavan
Smith
New York
the World
Joeseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
Bulliger
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Congress
Panama
Eleven Die In Bas Obispo Panama Canal Blast
A premature dynamite explosion at Bas Obispo along the Panama Canal killed eleven men and wounded fifty. Most victims were Spaniards. Relief trains were dispatched to the scene as investigators consider the accident likely occurred during loading when twenty two tons exploded by concussion.
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Bas Obispo
Panama Canal
Colon
Culebra
Panama
Pedro Miguel
Supreme Court Upholds Life Terms for Murderers
The Supreme Court of Minnesota affirms life imprisonment for John Wooley and Robert Sasswan for murder. Wooley killed his stepdaughter Pearl Baith, age unknown, and Sasswan killed his traveling companion Carl Miller, taking his wagon and horse. The latter crime was uncovered years later by a WOMAD account.
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court of Mineouri
John Wooley
Robert Sasswan
Ife Torme
Bate
Wooley
Pearl Baith
Bassman
Carl Miller
Waroe
Hores
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Fillimet Crawford
Third
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National Cemetery
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Kearney
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Ceab
Aildaras Beners
Manig Ita
Navy
Naval Statien
al Toseater
Goo
Noathenat Monservational Commission
White House
Naton
Federal Land Office
Sear
Wihitel
National Monetary Commission
Stewart
M. E. Draddon
Gue
Fanny
Fay
Lewes Crescent
Sime
Hera
Sam
Peter Ie Ste
India
Fanny Fausset
Vivien Paws
Wiedrate
Lincoln’s
Tan Fielly
Himioas
Danie
Janus
Paolo Castellani
Paolo
Como
Bellagio
St. Gothard
Vevay
Castellani
Punsuit
Aildred
TUR Bnd
New York World’s
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