Panama Canal progress and proposals for sea level design
The article outlines predictions for Panama Canal completion by January 15 1915 and discusses sea level versus lock designs. It covers lock dimensions, costs, and engineering challenges, including flood risks, dam works, and the Soo and Suez comparisons. It also notes administrative efforts to improve harbors, roads, water systems, schools, and a Panama David steamship line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Ma Canal
United States
Changres
Suez Canal
Panama
Republic
Canal Zone
Pacific Ocean
Caribbean Sea
Colon
David
Santiago
Puzzle memory boy amazes researchers with calendar feats
A ten year old boy, son of a dead army officer, could instantly name the weekday for any date and compute movable feasts for any year between 1000 and 2000. He answered questions like June 14, 1808 and Easter 1929 with no formulas, suggesting his calendar knowledge relies on memorized material rather than calculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna Psychological and Neurological Society
New York Sun
Soap Tree and Tallow Tree Promote Florida Planting
The Ocala Banner notes the soap tree and tallow tree side by side in Florida as a promising new industry. The soap berry pulp acts as a natural soap and yields lather nearly equal to manufactured soap. Berries are imported from Algiers and China, with prospects for profitable cultivation and oil production from both trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soap Tree
Florida
Algiers
China
Ocala Banner
Artists Pursue Far-Reaching Works Despite Skepticism
A compact note describes artists striving to make bold art even as doubt persists. It highlights one creator's insistence on experimentation and a push to redefine value in contemporary practice.
Reformed Book Agent Reflects on Schoolhouse Scams
A former book agent recounts his craft targeting educators and principals. He explains the ploy of securing endorsements from school leaders and ministers, then selling from a hotel room while fearing exposure, as he recalls a wary superintendent and a tense family moment.
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R. B.A
Morocco
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Truck farming expands along the Atlantic coast system
The rise of truck farming tracks the growth of transport and markets from Norfolk Virginia and Charleston South Carolina. Northern cabbage dominates fall crops while southern areas grow winter crops with protected or open cultivation. Rail shipments to northern markets began in 1885 from Norfolk and 1888 from Charleston.
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Atlantic Coast States
Norfolk
Charleston
8. C
United States
Gulf Stream
South Atlantic Coast
South Carolina
Hugh Bates
New Jersey
New Territory
Georgia
Maryland
Campaign to save and use liquid manure proposed
The article argues liquid manure from livestock may hold over 60 percent of fertilizing properties. It urges a campaign to persuade stackmen to save and use these liquids, suggesting England would gain prosperity if adoption increased.
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England
Burdens Lifted by Dean's Kidney Pills
Mrs. Wesley Clemens of Manchester Iowa credits Dean's Kidney Pills with easing severe back and kidney pain from constant sewing work. She reports relief started quickly and continued until her trouble was fully gone. The ad notes the pills cost 60 cents a box and are sold by all dealers.
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Dean
Wesley Clemens
Marion
Manchester
Foster-Milpurn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Yale Faculty Meeting and the Waterloo Wheeler Tale
A Bohemian Magazine recounts a Yale faculty meeting where a fast student faced possible dismissal for misconduct after being seen with a woman of poor reputation. Professor Ladd questions identification and Wheeler asks if the other party can be positively identified, illustrating cautious inquiry despite the scandalous rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Waterloo
Wheeler
Ladd
Genteel hint ends day as clock nears noon
The exchange features Mr. Laphead and Miss Smart with a quaint moral, noting the proverb Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today as they acknowledge time nearing twelve. The人物 dialog reflects period voice and light social etiquette.
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Mr. Laphead
Unconscious Tribute and Humorous Vignettes in Ads
The snippet presents a mix of humorous anecdotes and advertising copy. It includes a businessman advising Hobbs & Rawson to handle a consignment, a buyer preferring to work with himself, a quip about a daughter marrying a duke, an eye disease remedy Pettit’s Eye Salve priced 25 cents from Howard Bros., and Uncle Josh noting Turkish cigarette smoke versus mint flavor, with a plug for WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holden
Hobbs & Rawson
Pettit
Howard Bros
Buffalo, N. Y
Some marriages mean war and some mean an armed truce
A fragmented advertisement style note mentions Russ Blue as good and blue while a young wife bakes a first cake for a tramp. It also notes preserves clothes and keeps them white as snow and sells groceries at five cents.
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Miquel Loch
Raffks
Bata
Contractors Hill
Oath
Gold Hill
Engineer Magazine
Sauerkraut Factory
Josh
Wrigley
Des Moines Directory
Des Moines
Iowa
Get & Polley
Victor
Evans
F.C. Evans Piano CO
Des Moinas, Lowy
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