The Culebra Cut Cockroach Slump at Panama Canal
Colonel Goethals discusses the Cucaracha slide in the Culebra cut near Panama and its cost, pace, and impact on completion. He predicts about 5 million dollars more will be required and explains the risks, timing, and safety measures as workers advance toward opening the canal in 1915.
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Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Culebra
United States
Goethals
Canala
Goethale
Jan Vary
Ferdinand de Lemeppe
Isthmian Canal Commission
Adamsan
Colonel Gaillard
Mr. Taft
Elelier
Market Prices for Livestock and Farm Commodities
A scanned price list shows cattle and sheep categories with feeds and weights, including pulped fed cows and heifers, corn fed stockers, veal, and slaughter weights. It lists prices for hay, grain, and various Colorado Nebraska regions, with ton and per hundredweight figures and regional fruit and vegetable prices.
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Kenny
Denver Jobber F. C
Denver
Colorado Upland
Nebraska Upland
Second
Colorado
Nebraska
South Park
San Luis Valley
Gunnison Valley
Miscellaneous markets and grain prices from Chicago session
Lead and spelter prices list as traders note quiet pallor. Chicago grain and provision prices show mixed quotes for wheat corn oats and barley with various No 2 Nos 3 and spring grades and futures like No 1 Northern and No 2 hard. Widespread figures include pork at 631 754 and 66 cents for lard with hog and hay values also cited.
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Chicago
Ek Mhde
Boyadou
Market Prices for Livestock at Omaha East Side Sale
Readable cattle and livestock quotes show prices in dollars for steers cows and heifers range cows stockers and calves in Omaha South area. Entries include Western Meers Tease steers and bulk sale figures with various price points and classifications.
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Omaha
Harrowing as a Soil Mulch and Winter Snowhold
Guidance on using the harrow to form a fine dust mulch that reduces moisture loss, renews after rains, and improves autumn and spring soil conditions. It discusses timing for harrowing autumn plowed land, effects on snow retention, and cautions for delicate crops and heavy weed control.
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Thoma
Audi
Protect Our Birds and Feed Costs Impact Agriculture
A long study on birds' diet shows the annual loss to agriculture could reach 9700 million, a figure rising without feathered predators. Birds help control pests like mice, with 1000 small worms found in one bird’s stomach noted. Cheaper feeds do not strongly affect butter prices, while feed costs influence overall production value.
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Coe
Man Wanted and Fresh Eggs Feed Student Comedy
A traveling man in Greencastle witnessed Purdue students crowding a poultry car at Pauw University. They seized hens and fried eggs at a nearby slot, claiming the eggs were exceptionally fresh while the crowd joked about their feast.
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Indianapolis
Pauw University
Greencastle
Wne & Poultry
Atudente
Egme
Equivocal remarks spark debate over art in Detroit press
fragmented quotes reveal tension between critics and a longtime performer in Detroit. the discourse hints at rivalry and defense of artistic merit amid mixed public reception.
FOUND A WAY To Be Clear of Coffee Troubles
A couple recounts coffee as a cause of severe illness including yellowed skin and kidney issues. They claim switching to Postum eased headaches and digestive problems, improving health and strength. The writer notes personal weight change after using Postum and invites readers to request a booklet from Rams Creek.
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Rams Creek
Fragmented Twain anecdote about a late authoress friend
The passage recounts Mark Twain sharing a humorous tale about a deceased woman described as an authoress. In the story a loaned narrator sits by the fireside, grieving his wife’s death, when a spectral wife appears to comfort him urging cheerfulness and noting she left due to wanting a "vore" (twisted word) and beer.
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Mark Twain
Face in One Solid Rash in Lindsau Mont
A reader describes a severe skin eruption starting on the face and neck with intense itching and scratching causing sores. After using Cuticure Soap and Ointment the itching subsided and the facial rash largely cleared in about two months.
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Lindsau Mont
Mra
Gant Nelson
Dept L
Boston
Advy
Oregon marriage fitness law faces medical fee protests
The Oregon law requiring blood examinations to prevent unfit marriages meets criticism from physicians who say the fee is too low for the work. They claim $15 or $20 would be fair, noting the need to assess tuberculin and other diseases while keeping the process affordable. The Springfield Republican comments on making marriage laws less burdensome.
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Oregon
Springfield Republican
London welcome dampens New Zealand envoy memories
The high commissioner of New Zealand found London chilly on a first visit, arriving as a plain citizen twenty four years ago. He left soon after a brief stay, then moved on to Washington where he received a warmer reception. Thomas Mackenzie recalls the early London impressions at an Atlantic Union dinner.
Not a Warning From a Mocked Caption
A garbled satire passage mocks civic honesty and social pretenses. It names fictional figures and misreads language, highlighting distorted dialogue and parody without clear factual events or figures.
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