Giant underpass work speeds ahead at Buchanan Street
About 65 percent of excavation is done for the Buchanan Street Underpass. A steam shovel digs the earth while a concrete mixer dumps into forms. One fifth of the concrete has been poured for abutments. The project will have 17 sections per side of the main structure and 12 approach sections. Pile drivers drive 35 foot timbers into ground, each blow shaking nearby observers. Ten or more piles form a single support. four supports per track. Eleven railroad tracks will be affected.
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Buchanan Street
Panhandle Old Settlers Plan Big Doings at Tri-State Fair
Panhandle Old Settlers Association gears up for its annual meeting during Tri-State Fair week September 21 26 with J C Estrack named president and Mary E Snider among officers. Contractors push underpass work while bands plan visits and officials announce prize money for visiting delegations.
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Panhandle
Old Settlers
Tri-State Fair
W. H. Puqua
Bill
Panhandle Old Settlers Association
Tri-State
J. C. Estrack
Donley County
Clarendon
Fuqua
Panhandle Old Letters Association
DeLea Vicars
Pampa
Joe Rorex
Lanon Doak
Claude
Mary E. Snider
Amarillo
Floyd V. Snuder
Snider
Tri- State Territory
The
Fair Association
Gene Howe
O. L
Ted” Taylor
Tri-State Fair Territory
Southwest
Howe
Flush kidneys of poison and stop getting up nights
Advertisement urges flushing kidneys and stopping nightly urination with 35 cent GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Capsules. Claims to remove waste acids, soothe bladder, and reduce uric acid linked to joint pain. Promotes original Haarlem Oil Capsules from Haarlem, Holland as genuine.
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Haarlem
Haariem
Holland
Benzedrine Promoted For Nervous Ailments By Doctor
Dr Abraham Myerson of Boston State Hospital reported benzedrine may ease gastro intestinal spasms linked to emotional states and reduce depressive symptoms. He noted it calms nerves and may help narcolepsy, while cautions on its use as a morning after aid.
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Hanover
N. H
American Psychological Association
Abraham Myerson
Boston State Hospital
Mattapan
Mass
Myerson
Radical government takeover fears in Russia led options
The text argues that a state could be seized by an ultra radical government under Russian influence or fail to maintain control if such an outcome does not occur. It frames the scenario as a critical choice between radical governance and continued stability.
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Russia
Navy officers labor leaders named for Maritime Commission posts
Washington expects five appointees to run the ship subsidy program with salaries of 12000 a year. Admiral Standley and Rear Admiral Land are named from the Navy, while Paul Scharrenberg and Victor Olander are listed from organized labor. One Navy member is expected on the commission.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Navy Department
William H. Standley
Naval Operations
Emory
Money and values drift as Europe faces pessimism and old coins fade
The passage reflects on shifting money forms in Europe amid pessimism. It traces historic French currency from the copper sou to silver ten sou pieces and the Louis d or, noting their values and use in gambling hubs alongside Bank of France notes and high denomination plaques.
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Paris
Bank of France
Monte Carlo
Joes Gordon Bennett
W. K. Vanderbilt
France changes its coinage and gold status in the era
The article describes French money shifting from chips to white coins with square holes like traditional cash. It notes the five centime piece valued at twenty parts of a cent, progressions to higher denominations, and the devaluation of bank notes. It contrasts France's move toward a gold basis with the United States leaving gold behind while Britain also adjusts its gold holdings.
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France
United States
Uncle Sam and John Bull on gold price
The passage discusses gold prices and profits, noting a British buyer selling gold to the US at about thirty five dollars an ounce while the old price was twenty dollars. It hints at cunning profit strategies by John Bull toward his American cousin and uses a proverb about skinning a cat to illustrate the idea.
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England
United States
John Bull
Sam
Uncle Sam
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