Canal Survey Echoes of Panama Neptune and Dam Progress
A travel diary recounts visits to Pedro Miguel and Miraflores locks, Gatun dam, and Taboga as Major Williamson leads a Virginia team through 85 percent complete Pedro Miguel works, 10 percent Miraflores, and the giant Gatun dam. It notes water supply, valves, gate leaves, and a French legacy.
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Ernoon
Old Pani City
Panama
Comrete Waa
Miraflores
Gatun
Commission
Culebra
H .F Hodges
Thebogs Scultarium
Terial
Great Gatun Dam
California
Panama Canal Progress and Goethals Address 1910 Report
A detailed update on the canal project notes walls, spillway, and locks rising near 40 million dollars in cost. Colonel Goethals speaks at the Tfoli Hotel outlining expected readiness by October 1912, toll rates, and defense justification. The article highlights engineering leadership, Southern staffers, diverse labor, and a unanimous engineer society resolution praising the work and predicting opening by 1915.
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Cologes Geethal
Tfoli
Goethals
Buer Canal
Mirafiores
Gatun
Balboa
Almple
Panama Republic
Canal Zone
Panama Raites
Remark on Canal Construction From Civil Engineer Leaders
A dated message from Charles M. Strahan of the University of Georgia praises American planning, labor use, and government direction in a Central American canal project. He commends the engineer corps, the plant and equipment, concrete methods, and day labor under government guidance, predicting timely completion and national capability. The note is dated April 18, 191L and from Athens, Georgia.
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Caprit du Corps
Coat S
Central America
United States
Commission
Tts Erapioneer
Charles M. Strahan
M.A
C. E
University C1orgia
Athens
May Madonna Reveres Christian Maying Traditions
Fragmentary OCR text hints at May religious associations with Madonna and Mary in Christian countries, noting pagan Roman influences and symbolic renewal. The garbled excerpt references spring, flowers, birds, and cultural celebrations tied to May, suggesting a period piece on month long observances.
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Eady
Great Tunnel Through Alps Completed After Years Work
Sanderstes Switzerland April 22 Special The Bernese alps piercing tunnel names Lotechberg about nine miles long enters Kaenderstag and emerges at Goppenstein shortening routes Berne to Paris Ca laus Brigue to Italy Five years work cost 10000000 dollars last wall pierced 22 m miner from south noticed the hole and drill spot halted the tunneling cheers rang through the tunnel engineer Rotpletz credited for rapid completion
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Sanderstes
Switzerland
Bernese Alps
Kander
Rhone Valley
Lotechberg
Kaenderstag
Goppenstein
Gampel
Rhone
Berne
Hasle
Paris
Calais
Brigue
Simpson
Italy
Montreux
Herr Rotpletz
Remarkable Divorce Tangle In French Court
Paria April 22 Special. An unusual divorce dispute arose from both spouses filing cross petitions. Domicile not stated. Each petition was considered by separate courts, both granting the petitioner by default with costs and child custody. The wife appealed after learning of the divorce in America, and prevailed in his absence. only the decree dissolving the marriage on her petition and granting her custody remained.
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Paria
America
Vorce
Not to Be Made Light Of From Rochester Herald
Marie Dressler, famed for epigrams and generosity, attends a birthday party at the opera house. When a guest asks about cake and candy, Dressler quips the celebration is a birthday party, not a torchlight procession, showing her sharp wit.
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Rochester Herald
Marie Dressler
Opera House
Miga Dressler
Morteal and Failures of Yesterday
A reader challenges the paper to publish real automobile news. The editor dodges, directing the reader to the seventh page where the suggested headline appears, implying a humorous or ironic critique of the publication's content.
Persian Sege hair tonic advert claims hair lustre
An OCR fragment advertises a Parisian style hair tonic promising to make dull faded hair lustrous and fascinating. It urges readers to try a bottle to restore shine and brightness, noting ordinary dressings leave women untidy and unrefreshed.
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Strouse & Bros
More, MD
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Whitehall St
Soa Sen Sant Aml Phuance
Tatoga
Americana
Taboga
Neos
Flamenco
Napa Island
Flamenco Island
Pacific Entrance
Mace
Pacific
Aac
Ancon Rock
Fedro Miguel
Porto Bello
Atlantic
Gatun Iocks
Bayana
Cn Tee
Tenga Co
Buchl-Meador Co
Peachtree St
We Hatcher € Co
Marietta St
William C. Gorgas
Department of Sanitation
Louisiana
R. I Noble
Alabama
South
D. D. Gailford
Central Engineering Division
83. Williamson
Charleston
Richmont
Canal
Labrerenegrans
Agoralos
Ccm Hal
Bt. Kitts
Adaloupe
Martinique
Panama Railroad
Uncle Sam'a
George A. Kimball
Hoston
A. J. Burt
Denver
American Society of Civil Engineers
Pangma Canal
Byven
Act Square
A. M. Rose Company
R. M. Rose Company
Randolph Rose
Chattanooga, Tenn
Jacksonville, Fla
Rose
Southern
Adams Express
Alps
Jacobs’ Pha Co
Auburn
Amarcan
Giroux City Co
Buffalo
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