War of Centuries Won by U S Army at Panama Canal
Frederick J. Haskin writes of victory by engineers who used steam shovels dredges and dynamite to move mountains and tame tropical torrents, describing the Panama Canal project as a monumental achievement and urging readers to obtain the book The Panama Canal through The Constitution.
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U.S. Army
Panama Canal
Frederick Haskin
Constitution
Canal Zone
George W Goethals
Isthmian Canal Commission
Ernest Hallen
Commission
National Geographic Society
Canal
Thomas Ritchie
Library of Congress
Howard E. Sherman
Government Printing Office
United States
Uncle Sam
Haskin
Sam
Panama
Gatun
Culebra
Miraflores
Pacific
Balboa
Fou
Atlanta corn club boys praised for hospitality to hosts
Letters to Walter G Cooper of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce praise Atlanta citizens for hosting Georgia corn club boys. Mrs R H White and others recount pleasant visits last year and urge sending more this year. U S agriculture agent J Phil Campbell notes Atlanta's hospitality is widely praised and rare in other cities. The stories include a boy inspired to build a kitchen sink after visiting Atlanta.
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Walter G Cooper
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Atlanta
Adles
Georgia
R H White
Gordon Street
Corn Club
W A Parker
North Boulevard
Eoson
J N McRachern
Camp Dorsey
Alex W Smith
Peachtree Street
Kendall Welsiger
Georgia Corn Show
J. Phil Campbell
Athens Ga
United States
Washington
M. Campbell
Jihe
Payne Gives Four Million to Cornell University
Ithaca NY November 16 formal notice announces a gift of 4 million 900 dollars to Cornell University. The donor named Payne is listed as providing the funding for the university, with details of the gift and announcement date recorded.
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Ithaca
Gift to Cornell Medical College Revealed by President Schurman
President Jacob Gould Schurman announced a new hospital opening for the Veterinary College in New York City and confirmed a donor. Colonel Oliver H. Payne of New York, a Yale alumnus long interested in Cornell Medical College affairs, is reported as the benefactor behind the $4,000,000 gift.
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Cornell Medical College
New York City
Jacob Gould Schurman
The
Veterinary College
Oliver H. Payne
New York
Yale
Long
Medical College
Payne
Mahogany Set Deals for Four Pieces in Colonial Style
Four piece mahogany sets priced with solid and veneered parts. Sets No 22 53 and 24 feature 54 to 66 inch sideboards, china cabinets, side tables and 8 foot extension tables. Descriptions note rope carvings lattice Jacobean style and modest add ons.
Antique Mahogany Set Ad Offers Four Piece Suite
Antique mahogany reproduction of an Adam set priced at 297.50 for four pieces. Describes true lines and rare dull finish with excellent pulls and fretwork. Includes 60 inch sideboard with five drawers two compartments 45 inch china cabinet two panels mirrored 36 inch side table 54 inch and 8 foot extension table. Set No 31 solid throughout with England century styling. Set No 32 references 66 inch sideboard 3 drawers two compartments 44 inch china cabinet 44 inch side table 54 inch 10 foot extension table.
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England
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Engineer Corps
Frederic J. Haskin
Amer Darry Hay
Corn Club Boys
Mr. Cooper
Cornell University
Western Union
Theo. WN. Vail
Anystior
Western Union Telegraph Company
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Company
Stanta
Paris
Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose
Noone
South
Sheraton
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