Modern Buccaneers and the Panama Plot Observed
Captain Lloyd Buchanan reports on two prominent Americans who discussed plans in Washington in 1908 to back a revolution and form a capitalist company to gain a canal charter. The scheme involved steamers six inch guns and Krag rifles, with Americans and English organizers, and underscores the era of adventurous plots near Venezuela and Curacao.
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Panama
New Willard
Washington
New Republic
Lloyd Buchanan
Lippincott’s
Pierpont Morgan
Junta
Roosevelt
South America
Mexico
West Indies
Curacoa
Venezuela
Guzman Blanco
Paris
Castro
Honolulu Poultry Expert Claims Egg Sex Forecast
Weatherwax, a Honolulu poultry expert, says he has a method to predict an egg's sex and fertility. He has tested thousands of eggs since 1894 and will publicly test 100 eggs, marking predictions with an indelible pencil before incubation. He claims no devices or chemicals are used and that experts are wrong about identifying fertility before incubation.
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Cr. W. Weatherwax
Honolulu
Weatherwax
Guam faces new hospital plan for gangrosa outbreak
Lieut McNamee acting governor asks for a new isolation hospital after navy approval. A 5000 dollar facility near the leper hospital is expected to be erected to contain the highly contagious gangrosa, now affecting 400 people on Guam. Naval surgeons link cases to tropical regions and Brazil and Panama origins.
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Gangrosa
Guam
Lieut. McNamee
Admiral Rixey
Navy
South America
West Indies
New York
Brazil
Panama
Local Names Abbreviated In Honolulu Cable News
The Hawaiian Star notes that the Honolulu news service abbreviates names in transit. Example shows John J. Smith rendered as jjsmith and Mrs Jaloson elected Red Cross Society president while Mrs J A Logan remains president.
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Honolulu
John J. Smith
Jjsmith
Jaloson
Red Cross Society
J. A. Logan
Hawaiian Star
Paying Off at Panama Train of Silver and Gold Payroll
Canal laborers at Panama are paid monthly by a special pay train carrying large sacks of silver dollars and $1,000 currency bags. About 2,500 white workers receive roughly $250,000 monthly, while 15,000 Jamaican laborers are paid around $60,000 fortnightly. The process uses pink certificates, diamond tags, and a long pay counter, with two Chinese counters counting and wrapping $25 parcels daily, amid security checks and occasional forged certificates.
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Panama Canal
United States
Washington
Panama
Tabernula
San Pablo
Cristobal Gatun
Bobie
Waldrop
Chong
Leon
Tabernilla
Gatun
Canal
Jamaica Signals End of Financial Struggles with Surplus
Governor reports a surplus of 80 000 dollars and the removal of the six per cent surtax on imports as Jamaica exits its financial difficulties.
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Jamaica
Sand and Clay Road Method Endorsed by Expert
W S Tomlinson of the Bureau of Public Road Inquiries cites S C H Owens on sand on clay roads. He notes testing determines depth, clay or sand layering, and that clay on sand drains better, with durable roads five years old still in good condition. Four hundred miles built in Richland County and South exceed six hundred fifty miles nationwide follow this method.
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Toad Superpovisor
S&s
Columbia
Richland County
W. S. Tomlinson
Bureau of Public Toad
Washington, D. C
Buck County Good Roads Meeting Reports Tax Increase
A Buck County Pennsylvania gathering shows township records proving local improvement funds exceed one third higher than years ago despite steady tax rates. Officials say property values rose solely due to better roadways, allowing townships that borrowed for road work to cut debt as real estate values climb.
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Buck County
Pennsylvania
Good Loads Magazine
Good Roads Magazine Seeks Better Roads Guidance
A fragmented line from Good Roads Magazine urges readers to seek better roads and trust that essential needs will be provided. It references churches and guidance for improving infrastructure.
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Good Roads Magazine
Aid to Crop Marketing and Highway Improvement
The text argues that better market reads would let farmers market crops conveniently, reduce surplus strains on the money market, and ease national treasury pressure. It notes the road question as both national and local, urging Congress to act quickly and framing highway improvement as an added obligation.
Mischievous Dogs Burst Balloons in Street Chase
A man selling toy balloons in the street loses his stock when a gust of wind lifts the balloons away. Two dogs grab the string and pull until the balloons burst in quick succession. The dogs fearfully roll over amid the bursts. Their master later compensates the balloon seller to replace the stock.
Stomach Removal for Cancer Discussed by Surgeon
Professor HW J Paterson explains in a Royal College of Surgeons lecture that whole stomach removal can cure malignant disease. He notes that most stomach functions are redundant with other digestive organs, and dogs and patients show weight gain and normal absorption after gastrectomy. Until better cancer cures appear, wide removal is presented as an ideal operation.
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HW. J. Paterson
Royal College of Surgeons, of England
London
London Standard
Nature
Words of Wisdom on Faith and Character Echoes from Stains Florin
A collection of aphorisms on inspiration, obedience, and religion. It contrasts true light with flashy vanity and notes that life’s journey matters as much as the cargo and port. The piece closes with a church choir moment about shared spirit.
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Heaven
Life as a glorious drama not a foolish struggle
The Commoner argues against a seventeen year old Indiana girl's note calling life a foolish struggle. It urges that life's mix of pain and joy reveals divine love and purpose. Parents teachers and religious leaders should teach ideals inspiring noble effort.
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Indiana
Notable Champaign County family crowns thirtieth child
A Champaign County couple led by McDonald Hall welcomes their thirtieth child, a girl named Margaret. The family lists famous names among the midwives of their children, including Washington Jefferson Lincoln and Sherman, while the parents face the challenge of feeding many mouths.
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McDonald Hall
Champaign County
Roosevelt
Nall
Margaret
George Washington
Thomas Jeffersson
Patrick Henry
Victoria Stegina
Abraham Lincoln
Lucretia Borgia
Victor Manuel
Susan EB. Anthony
Ulysses Grant
William T. Sherman
Phillip Sheridan
Cassie Chadwick
Gover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Henry Ward Beecher
Shields Bladne
Hall
What's in a name A croquette after all is only hash
A playful remark on culinary labeling noting that a croquette is essentially a form of hash, highlighting the ambiguity between name and substance in food naming conventions.
Franking Abolished in Philippines Postal System
The Philippine postal service ends franking on all mail and requires postage stamps for both private and official correspondence. Officials stamp mail with OB for official business, with funds moving from insular treasury to the post office and back, costing about ten cents per thousand stamps. General Madden urged similar reform in the United States to reduce a long standing deficit.
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Postal Administration of the
Philippines
Edwin C. Madden
United States
Gen. Madden
Postal Bureau
Postal Department of
Islands
Insular Bureau
Congress
Postal Department
Post Office Department
Island
Insular Treasury
House Post Office Committee
Milan Shifts Trade Tactics for Philippine Market
Consul Dunning reports from Milan on Italian manufacturers expanding trade in the Philippines. Milan shipments to Manila rose from 280 in 1903 to 24,000 in 1904 and over 38,000 in six months to Dec 1905. Italians produce many goods in the United States for export, including hats and shoes.
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Consul Dunning
Bureau of Manufactures
Milan
Philippine Islands
Lombardy
Manila
Philippines
United States
Italy
Schlemmer
Mannheim
Germany
Massachusetts
Hawaiian Surf Birds and their Arctic migrations
The passage notes that surf birds in Hawaii, including turnstones and plovers, undertake a 4,000 mile annual migration to the tundras of Alaska to rear their young, an extraordinary journey for birds of the Pacific.
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Hawaiian Islands
Pacific
Alaska
Isthmus Tehuantepec Railway Aims to Feed Canal Trade
A Special Agent Pepper report praised the Tehuantepec National railway across the Isthmus as well constructed with standard gauge, rock ballast, creosoted ties, and strong bridges. The line will not rival the Panama Canal but will carry overflow traffic during canal construction, aided by coast-to-coast steamship connections and growing Isthmus commerce.
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Panama Canal
Pacific
Atlantic
North
South America
Panama
Vera Cruz-Pacific
Tehuantepec
Pepper
Consular Department
Tehuantepec National Railway
Indianapolis News
Isthmus
Panama Railroad
Packing Cocoa Seeds for Export Practiced in Samoa
Consul General Helmrod of Apia presents a cocoa seed packing method tested in Samoa. Seeds from ripe pods are washed and dried, then packed in a moisture balanced mix of vegetable mold and charcoal in a tin box. Layering seed and packing material, proper moisture, and pre-wetting advised for even hydration.
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Helmrod
Apia
Samoa
Philippine Islands
Dragon Tree of the Canaries Chronicle Ancient Canary Dragon
The dragon tree of Teneriffe is noted as possibly the oldest living plant, with estimates of 4000 to 6000 years. It stood over 70 feet tall until 1819 when a storm broke a large branch, and a 1867 storm stripped its remaining limbs, leaving a lone trunk. Its name derives from dragon's blood resin found in Guanche caves once used in embalming.
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Canaries
Canary Islands
Teneriffe
Pyramids
Guanches
Governor Dredger Lands Massive Coral Sea Prize
The Governor, operating at the old Pacific mail dock, hauled in a 15 ton coral piece. After heavy gear and engine strain, the rock balanced like an egg in a spoon and squeezed under the gin block, finally landing on dry land.
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Pacific Mail
Honolulu Commercial Advertiser
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Isthmian
SOAS
Sererk
God
Panama Neck
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