New Panama Canal Plan Under Strong New Company
A revived effort to finish the Panama Canal is underway under a new Paris legally formed company. It reviews past losses, outlines a canal with locks, adds about 180 million dollars in cost, expects 12 million in tolls by year twelve, and describes heavy government and investor backing to ensure completion despite prior scandals.
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Panama Canal
Machlery
Colombia
Acbene
de Lesseps Company
Paris
Parzama
Chagres
Colon
Panama
New York City
Quantrell's Rendezvous and Guerrilla Relics in Kentucky
A historical sketch notes Quantrell’s Nelson County retreat home of Capt A 10 Pence the sash of Quan trell once worn by the guerrilla chief and later passed to Frank James and Captain Pence It recalls Quantrell’s death at Wakefield farm and burial near Louisville plus a poetic autograph album memento The piece also mentions a Venezuelan crane the yakamik trained to herd sheep and poultry with a German farmer’s crane example
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Nelson County
Kentucky
Quantrell
A. 10. Pence
Blount
Lexington
Frank James
Captain Pence
Broomfield
Lawrenceburg
Terrell
Wakefield
James Wakefield
Spencer
Mercer
Louisville
Venezuela
Herr von Seysffert
Growth of basketball and social roles in the era
The article notes basketball’s rapid rise since its 1891 invention by James Naismith in Springfield Massachusetts. It outlines its popularity among colleges and ministers in Montreal, its educational value for teamwork and discipline, and describes Amateur Athletic Union rules, court space, and positions. It then shifts to social notes on Mrs. Porter wife of the president’s secretary and her family life including Agnes and Josephine Porter and their Washington residence.
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James Naismith
Springfield
Mars
Naismith
Young Men's Christian Association of
Canada
Montreal
Amateur Athletic Union
Addiena Porter
Ofo
Amercan
Porter Te Sks
Col. Betts
New
You
Jedge Betta
Porters Echool
Kington
Conn
France
J. Addison Porter
Washington
de Porter
Teer
Agnes
Jonephile
Bessetary of the Interior
Hoke South
Snobbery of Education Editorial Stirs Debate
Edward W. Bok criticizes a rising snobbery in education in the Ladies' Home Journal. He warns that schooling focused only on intellect may neglect a girl's heart or soul, creating a perilous divide and urging a more holistic approach.
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Ladies' Home Journal
Edward W. Bok
Mr. Bok
Lea
Not Out of Politice Ex Premier in Bath Course
A garbled Glasgow Times excerpt mentions an ex Premier Crisps of Italy taking mid bath courses near Padua. The text is fragmentary with likely misreads and unclear attribution.
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Tenspot
Crisps
Italy
Padua
Tenspa
Glasgow Times
Calendar request and grocery borrowing in village tale
A boy asks a grocer for a calendar for his mother, but the grocer notes she already gets groceries there. The boy protests that she borrows groceries, not buys, prompting a quip about Mrs Mackay. Household Work.
Unusual Church Benediction Sparks Periodic Awakening Talk
In a Boston letter, readers discuss the idea that reform movements within the church occur intermittently. One correspondent notes a morning cane thie and the other remarks on awakenings being periodical, reflecting a view of cyclical religious revivals.
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Parson Prulix
Boston
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Hia
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YALE
Addison Porter
Andidow
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Tite
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