Laborers of the Panama Canal: Jamaican Barbados and Spanish crews
The article surveys the noncommissioned workers on the Panama Canal, detailing racial and national groups. It notes Jamaicans and Barbadians as main labor sources with Spanish migrants in separate camps, paying conditions, housing, and discipline. It highlights white supervisors, sanitation, pay processes, and social life around Ancon and Colon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
West Indies
Jamaica
Barbados
Panama
Spain
Jamales
Commission
Ancon
Colon
Weat Indien
Salvation Army
Ancon Hill
Marbados
New Cure for Swell Head Let the Fowle Go
A poultry tip explains squeezing the white matter from a fowl’s eye is dangerous spreading contagion. Breaks in the eye sac allow disease to spread to the head. avoid squeezing, keep birds warm, separate from others, feed freely, and let the fowls go by themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Howe
Machine for testing eggs in a moving belt system
A three foot long device lights eggs on a canvas belt with six inch apart metal saucers. An electric lamp above the belt illuminates each egg as it passes, allowing inspection of freshness in ordinary light or from dry batteries.
Electric Daylight Egg Tester Reveals Automatic Features
An article describes an electric daylight egg tester with automatic egg turning to inspect all sides. It notes color and settling in the wheel indicate egg quality, with good eggs rolling out for further handling and bad ones removed by hand. It also mentions a colony plan for growing chicks with multiple colonies spaced apart.
Get Together Breeders Aim to Boost Poultry Industry
A general movement urges breeders to unite to advance the poultry industry. Select the best hens and test their traits over seasons to build a strong breeding flock. Focus on careful selection each year to improve egg quality and overall vitality of ducks and hens.
Uncle Sam gauges human horsepower in calorimeter tests
Government chemists under Professor Langworthy measure human energy output using a respiration calorimeter. Subjects pedal a bicycle, eat varied diets, and rest while thermometers record heat and air exhaust to assess energy and fuel needs for different tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abhington
Langworthy
Chemistry Bureau
Department of Ageulture
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Chemistry
McDermott Quips Amid Latin Lore in Chicago House
Arthur Krock recalls McDermott in the Chicago house mixing politics with Virgil and Horace. The scene centers on Sergeant at Arms Gordon and two rival lawmakers trading insults as McDermott misinterprets a Latin phrase and jokes about throwing them out.
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Arthur Krock
Virgil
Horace
McDermott
Chicago
Arthur
Robert Gordon
Serjeant
Arms of the Hour
Weld Artur
Gordon
Alanus
Sack Yards
Voleos
McCarey
Sixty-third
Halstead #troceta
Jawbreakers Trigger Laughter in Senate Reading Scene
In a senate chamber moment the secretary of the senate struggled with a tariff bill paragraph while Senator Gallingar teased him. As the secretary misread and called out odd chemical names including toluidine and bensaldehyde laughter erupted among members and the gallery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Howe
Senate
Gallingar
Emile Mr. Rose
Rose
Ares
Gellinger
Rowe
Hose
Marshall
Howe
Aunt Julie Gathers at McAdoo Treasury Visit
An elderly visitor, Aunt Julie Gideon, mothers of many children, was entertained for over an hour by Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo in the Treasury Department. The scene recalled family ties and a presentation of Mer moth, kept as a keepsake in her home town.
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William Gibba McAdoo
The
Treasury
Lim
Treasury Department
Julie Gideon
McAdoo
Fbr
Julie
Mer
Macon
Destructive Man and a Caution on Contentment
The piece cites David Grayson on contentment wearing shabby clothes and living simply while contrasting with a warning from English scientist Strathe Lancaster about civilization as a destructive force. The New York Medical Record echoes concern over pollution and the greed fueling neglect of nature and public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Str Tay Lancester
New York
Atlantic
Tuberculoid itching cured by Cuticura remedy
The letter from R. F. D. No. 3 Clarkfield Mina recounts a long lasting severe itching on the leg with red and yellow spots and heavy scratching at night. After trying many treatments, the writer reports complete relief following use of Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkfield
Mina
Gorden
Cuthurn
Dept. L. Bowton
Hes Made His Own Way William C Medfield New Commerce Secretary
William C Medfield the new secretary of commerce started from humble beginnings in Afteen. At age he worked as a clerk in Pittefeld pant office earning three dollars weekly. He then became a paper company salesman and later an accountant for a tool maker, rising to president before resigning after thirty years to pursue Congress. The piece notes his self made career and cites a quip about a vulture and a relixion mann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Medfield
Afteen
Pittefeld
Pittefelt
New York
Congrams
Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy In Windom Kansas
A Windom Kansas woman recounts relief from female troubles after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the tonic's roots and herbs and urges others to seek advice from the Pinkham company.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Windom
Kansas
Pinkham
Mary A. Houwen
Box
Lydia E
Lydia F Pinkham
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David Grayeau
Cambridge
England
Winslow
Mate Line
Atchison
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Carter
Haynox
Shieh Kat
Levant
Matrox GO
Steinmaghem
Michigan
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N. Y. Denver
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Washington
Nationale
Coca-Cola Company
Adante, Ge
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