Oliver Seeks Job On Panama Canal Big Contractor Wants Ditch
William A. Oliver travels to Washington to press for the Panama Canal contract to furnish dirt cars and support other engineering ventures in Brazil and Cuba. He predicts quick finish if he controls the project, but notes practical hurdles and praises Major Goethals. He believes five years could suffice under his direct oversight despite government structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Washington, D. C
William
A. Oliver
Panama
Washington
Big Ditch
Brasil
Cuba
Choattanooga
New York
Irwin
Ig Yi
Mr. Oliver
Goethals
Tor Tus South
Major Goethals
Instant Catarrh Relief Trial Offer Promises Quick Cure
An advertisement crowding a testimonial claims Eclipse Catarrh Cure provides instant relief from nasal congestion and throat irritation. It invites readers to send a dollar for a week’s treatment, promises permanent improvement, and cites letters from Augusta Georgia customers as proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Wiggins
Augusta
Eclipse Medicine .and Manufacturing Company
Atlanta, Ga
Path of Peace Chosen in Central America Conflict
Washington reports peace now assured in Central America via U S and Mexican mediation. A peace conference may be revived in Washington or Mexico City with both nations as sponsors. Arbitration of disputes and enforcement against violators are likely conditions. The Central American republics see warfare hurting commerce and development.
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City
Mexico
Central America
United States
Washington
State Department
Ade
Flenor Godoy
Ads
Bureau of American Republics
Father Reis to Visit Here from Mexico City
Very Rev. Father Helz formerly of Sacred Heart church comes to Atienta tomorrow and will spend several days with local friends. Chicago dispatch notes three ciphers vanished from a $250,000 mall robbery on a Burlington route train. officials in Denver report the theft amount was $250 and the thief and two pouches remain unfound. North Carolina delegates named to the International cotton conference at Atlanta October 7 include Grimes Daughtridge Battle Capehart Crostanda Mille Mor Rea and Dockery Allen Graham Kilgore Hi Erwin.
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Father Helz
Sacral Heart Church
Mexico City
Atienta
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Postoffice
Kimball
Denver
Raleigh
N. C
Patterson
North Carolina
Atlanta
Alston Grimes
EB. L. Daughtridge
N. Battle
W. S. Kennedy
Whem Capehart
W.W
North Carolina Rate Hearing Weighs Intrastate Costs
Comptroller Plant on Southern railway testifies in North Carolina rate hearing. Cross examination reveals questions over intrastate vs interstate earnings, sworn reports, and the commission’s treatment of non intrastate traffic. Plant notes wage increases and higher bar costs since 1906, with a $1,044,000 wage rise estimate. Also Mexico requests Villareal deportation, but immigration action rests with state department.
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Washington
Plant
Southern Railway
North Carolina
Woodward
Afr
Bether
North Carolina Railroad Commission
Mr. Plant
Plat
North Carolina Railroad Corporation Commission
Atlantic and
Danville
Corporation Commission
Southern
Mexico
Villareal
United States
Bureau of Immigration
Antonio Villareal
Los Angeles
Sebaremshtp of Commerce and Labor
State Department
Funeral notices from a busy mortuary page
A string of funeral notices reports infant deaths and adult passes from Parker to Sykes and Shaw. Services scheduled at 9 and 10 AM with interments at Hollywood Riverside and other cemeteries. Notables include Miss Elena Sykes of Macon and the Earl of Dunmore in England.
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Johnnie Lee Parker
J. L. Parker
Fortress Avenue
Hollywood
Thomas Adams
Thos. Adams
Harold
W. J. Dabney
Decatur
Famiy
Norning
Cclock
L. C. Reed
Julia Potter
Julia
Pot Yelock
Westview
L. E. Seamore
L. EB. Seamore
Griffin
Lack
G. W. Sykes
Plum Street
W. H. Budd
Taking a Flyer and The Bald-Edged Pack Train
The eastern company pursuing a silver lead mine in the northwest faced overoptimistic ore assays. A mining expert’s favorable report prompted scrutiny, then a rough-and-ready inspector concluded the ore exists but warned supplies require a pack train of bald edgers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prom Harper's Weekly
Northwest
Butte
L “Genta
Uphill church kept for Christmas Eve service only
A historic Uphill Somerset church sits atop a hill above Uphill castle, with caverns nearby. Once a regional church, no weekly services are held. the public may only worship there on Christmas Eve when a visiting clergyman officiates, amid reports it is the only English church to hold a divine service this way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Uphill
Somerset
Uphill Castle
Engtend
Oumaguey Cuba Primitive City From Léelie's Weekly
A vivid sketch of Oumaguey in Camaguey Cuba describing its 1515 founding amid pirate threats, its colonial architecture and vivid streets. The piece notes primitive child rearing, colorful houses, absence of streetcars, lively markets, and a foreign street faker. It also recounts a curious exhibit at a fair showing a stomach foreign body removal and an Arctic expedition recruiting scene with a San Francisco stutterer.
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Oumaguey
Cuba
Léelie
Puerto Principe
Maguey
Old Spain
Caridad
Prado
Camaguey
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Kiser
Crichton
Munson-Graham
Pitman
John Gilmore
United States District Court
Panama Canal
Peace Congress
Mexico-Washington
Father Reis
Sacred Heart Church
Manhattan
Daniel Brothers Co
L. J. Daniel
Peachtree
Walton St
North Carolinas
State
Congress
Drai
Draughon
Peachtree, Fietawit Hotel Brook
Review
A. Maurice Low
W. Trickett
Sam’s Parsons
W. R. O'Donovan
Charlotte Osgood Mason
Abram
Mark Shaw
New ‘York
Sud,denly
Narragansett Hotel
Shaw
Donmore
England
Earl of Dunmore
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Concord
N. H
Trinley Manor
Callerbury
Earl of Leceister
Viscount Fipcantie
Sixteenth
Lancers
Hile
Earl Dunmore
Jacobs’ Pharmacy
Marietta Street
Whitehall Street
Calle Republica
Paul Berger
Talrs
Atranger
San Francisco
Pola
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