Canal Rival to Panama Emerges in Colombia
Aug 22 report says Colombia backs a rival canal to the Panama route, seeking British capital. Congress leans toward granting a concession to engineer Luis Arturo Undurraga who claims a superior route near the Panama Colombia boundary along the Atrato River.
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Panama
Colombia
Little Republic
United States
Luis Arturo Undurraga
Senor Undurraga
Bogota
Panama Canal
Gulf of Darien
Pacific
Panama Eyes All-Colombian Canal Plan Amid Rival Schemes
Panama launches 50 police at the Atrato mouth building Fort Obaldia to back an all-Colombian canal route proposed by Underraga. The plan envisions a six foot depth, later 45 feet, linking Atlantic and Pacific in five years at an estimated cost of 100 million dollars. Promoters include British geographers Sir Thomas Holditch and Ewan Smith.
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Panama
Atrato
Obaldia
Foreign Office
Rothschilds
Underraga
Isthmus
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Panama Canal
Andurraga
Cordillera Chain of
Thomas Holditch
Royal Geographical Society
Ewan Smith
Longshoremen Demand Union Voice at Conference
Boston Provident Longshoremen's Union insists on representation at upcoming wage and work agreement conferences with port steamship companies. They oppose actions by the Longshoremen's Trade Council which referred the dispute to the Knights of Labor District Assembly, expressing clear umbrage.
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Boston Provident Longshoremen's Union
Longshoremen’s Assemblies
Longshoremen’s Union
Longshoremen's Trade Council
Knights of Labor District Assembly
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Woman
A Willimantic woman reports five years of pain from female troubles and says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after doctors failed. The ad touts the product as a standard remedy for displacement, inflammation, irregularities, backache, and nervous prostration.
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Lydia E.pinkham
Willimantic
Conn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Erraa Donovan
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Hornets' Nests Among New Boston Hats
Fashion notes preview bold hat trends arriving in Boston with dramatic shapes. Designers showcase white satin nest inspired headpieces, porcupine quill styles, and a bonnet resembling Salvation Army attire in pink. Enthusiasts anticipate a sensational street display.
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Salvation Army
Record Fair on Cape Cod in Barnstable Aug 22 preview
Thousands are expected to attend the 65th County Agricultural Society fair in Barnstable during the week of Aug 40 with calf and hog pens, poultry displays, vegetables, horse racing, band concerts, balloon drops, and athletic events. Cape Codders promote local heritage as Wellfleet Chatham Sandwich Hyannis games crown a Cape championship. Special trains and excursion rates accompany nightly vaudeville and shell fish exhibitions by the Massachusetts State Fish and Game Commission.
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Barnstable
County Agricultural Society
Cape Cod
Cape
Barnstable County
Bacon Farm
Salem Cadet Band
New England
Wellfleet
Chatham
Sandwich
Hyannis
Boston
Frank H. Briggs
George Brown
Benny Osthues
Frank M. Kannaly
Keith & Proctor
Massachusetts State Fish and Game Commission
Pinchot Defends Roosevelt Methods Against Ballinger
Washington battle between Interior Secretary Ballinger and Forest Service Chief Pinchot unfolds as Pinchot affirms Roosevelt policies to shield water powers from predatory interests. The dispute threatens Pinchot and possibly Wilson, with politics shaping charges and the fate of the forest service head.
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Washington
Pinchot
Forester Pinchot
Spokane
Secretary of the Interior
Roosevelt
Forest Service
Land Office
Bureau of Corporations
Weather Bureau
Herbert Knox Smith
Commissioner of Corporations
Mr. Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
Nervousness Cited in Roxbury Woman's Poison Attempt
Mrs. Annie Finnerty of 1 Dayton Avenue Roxbury attempted suicide by taking iodine solution yesterday afternoon due to nervousness. Found by her husband semi conscious, she was rushed to City Hospital where doctors reported her saved and on the way to rapid recovery by 4 PM.
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Annie Finnerty
Dayton Avenue
Roxbury
City Hospital
Minstrel Show Tambourine Chair Cited in Sad End Joke
A quip in the dialogue jokes that a man “came to a sad end” by occupying a tambourine player chair in a minstrel show. The exchange features Little Willie asking and his father providing the punchline about show business status.
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Little Willie
Siouxter Courting Widow Rumor In City Tale
A fragment cites a man named Siouxter in the city of Sioux who addressed a widow, calling her Mrs Weeds and expressing a wish to be her husband. The scene is described in a terse, local tone with no further context or verification.
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Sioux
Knioux
Tloux
Snowing on Mars Signals Seasonal Changes
Berlin Aug 22 Dr Friedrich Archen beld director of Treptow Observatory reports surface changes on Mars that strongly support the idea of seasons similar to Earth. The observed features are described as temporary snow likely indicating seasonal cycles on the planet.
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Berlin
Mars
Earth
Friedrich Archenbeld
Treptow Observatory
Last Stone Placed on Monu ment at Provincetown
Provincetown reports completion of the Cape Cod Pilgrims Memorial Monument on Town Hill with final stone laid. The 250 foot tower honors the Pilgrims voyage and Mayflower pact, funded by 12 Massachusetts towns, English towns, and patriotic groups, with total cost $100000 and a planned dedication in 1910.
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Provincetown
Cape Cod
Town Hill
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
England
Pilgrim Company
Southampton
Dorchester Girls Ride Stone at Pilgrim Monument
Isabel A. George and Anna C. Cromar, cousins from Dorchester, aged 11 and 14, were lifted on the Cape Cod Pilgrim memorial monument in Provincetown on Saturday. Guarded by Inspector Clark and two workmen, they sat atop the stone 250 feet above the base, smiling during the inch by inch ascent. George is the daughter of Fred George, masons foreman. Cromar the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cromar of 230 Miller Street.
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Dorchester
Isabel A. George
Anna C. Cromar
Provincetown
Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Monument
Inspector Clark
Miss George
Fred George
Masons
Miss Cromar
C., Cromar
Miller Street
Asked and Answered in a Witty Exchange on Matrimonial Lectures
An old bachelor questions why many unhappy wives enter the lecture field. A scantly-haired man replies that lecturing appears to be the only business they ever learned, a cutting quip on marriage dynamics.
Three is a crowd rule sparks playful reply
A young woman entertains a gentleman caller in the parlor while her little brother asks about the rule of three. She quips that three is a crowd and sends him away to play.
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Sis
Fitzgerald Faces Predicted Defeat by Boston Mayor
Mayor Hibbard told a Post reporter at his home that John Fitzgerald will be buried this fall no matter who runs against him. He warned that any candidate opposing Fitzgerald for mayor will defeat him, saying Boston voters will remember this year's events.
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John Fitzgerald
Hibbard
Post
Boston
Fitzgerald
Boston Mayor Discusses Term, Health and Reform Labels
In a candid reply to questions about a possible second term, Mayor Hibbard defends his record on city finances and tax rates, denies pressuring assessors, and notes improved health with plans to return after Labor Day. He challenges reform critics and mentions a Maine trip later in the month.
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Hibbard
Good Government Association
Fitzgerald
Boston
Maine
Ex Mayor faults Hibbard on taxes and jobs
Former mayor Fitzgerald challenges critics while pointing to higher expenditures of 600000 under Hibbard and a 35 million rise in valuations. He notes the tax rate is 60 cents higher than his era and claims economies came from laying off hundreds of workers.
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Fitzgerald
Hibbard
Vanderbilt heirs sell San Francisco site for sub-treasury
A Treasury Department official payout of 375,000 dollars to Mrs. William K Vanderbilt Jr. covers the site for a new San Francisco sub-treasury to be built at Pine and Sansome streets.
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Washington
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Treasury Department
Sub-Treasury
San Francisco
Pine and Sansome Streets
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