Up the West Coast of Central America and Mexico
Travel writer G. R. King surveys Central American and Mexican coastlines from Panama to Acapulco. He notes limited tourist facilities, the canal’s impact on shipping and travel, and contrasts Costa Rica’s peasant land reform with Nicaragua’s revolutions and peonage. He praises Acapulco’s harbor and San Blas fishing, and warns internal unrest hinders progress. He urges development despite upheaval.
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Central America
Mexico
G. R. King
Canal
Panama
Isthmus
California
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Salvador
Guatemala
Managua
United States
New York
Haiti
la Union
la Libertad
San Blas
Acapulco
Sidney
Australia
Poets Discuss Magazine Market for Filler Lines
A fragment from a column shows poets debating how they earn by supplying filler lines for magazines. The speaker notes a steady market and asks about the poets’ livelihoods while hinting at broader literary economics.
Hank the Texan’s Carom Shot Ends Enmity at Courthouse
A Texas man, Hank, killed his enemy Torm with a ricochet shot from behind a brick pillar at dusk. The tale, attributed to a Texas Republican, appears in the New York Evening Post.
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Kentucky
Texas
Hank
Torm
Republican Party
New York Evening Post
Ancient Egyptian discovery hints at early labor unions
Professor Petrie reports exhuming a mummy of a woman linked to a 5000 B C labor union of cake sellers. A new king Ha is inferred from a jar carving, suggesting a pre‑Mena era. The find expands knowledge of early Egyptian rulers and social groups.
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Egypt
England
Flinders Petrie
British School of Archeology
Apollonius
Doctor Petrie
London
New York Sun
Professor Petrie
Mena
Luxurious London Car Hire Impresses American Guests
A group of Americans in London recently booked an automobile for sightseeing. A luxurious limousine with a well informed chauffeur was provided. They noted the car bore a noble heiress's coat of arms and questioned who profited from the arrangement.
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London
Lovers of copper rail at Kilauea and Hawaii's volcanoes
A nostalgic reflection on copper's former central role and a travelogue to Hawaii, describing Kilauea and Moana Loa as the island's stirring landmarks. The piece extols Hawaii's scenery from Nuuanu Pass to Haleakala while noting plans for a national monument around Kilauea and surrounding volcanos.
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Hawaii
Kilauea
mid-Pacific
Moana Loa
Hades
Tropics
United States
Lake of Fire
Congress
Honolulu
Nuuana
Hell
Oy Lake
Vre
Pacific
Mokuaweoweo
Haleakala
Oahu
Nuuanu
Tantalus
Pele
Halemaumau
Crater
Kama-puaa
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