Balboa Crowned Panama Canal Zone Capital Town
Balboa, built by the United States as the permanent capital town at the southern end of the Panama Canal, serves as government seat and canal headquarters. The American community features uniform architecture, no politics, and strong civic planning with Balboa Heights and Quarry Heights housing officials and troops.
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Tory
Panama Canal
Sam
Balboa
Jong New Time
Canal Zone
Uncle Sam
States
Canal ‘Zone
Panama
Clvfé
Ancon Hill
Bandgame
Sosa Hill
Prado
Balboa Heighta
Balboa Heights
Quarry Heights
Military Heights
United States
Provost Guard
M Military Police
Tnew
New York in the Tropics and Gulf Stream Hype
A whimsical look at Gulf Stream possibilities turning New York warmer like tropical cities. The piece dismisses the chance as unlikely but imagines exotic scenes, then compares it to political heat in campaign textbooks and a tact lesson about entertaining.
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New York
Father Odenbach
Cleveland
New Jersey
Suffolk County
Connecticut
Newton Creek
Westchester
New York Sun
Better to Be Alone Than to Be Bored
A concise aphorism asserts solitude is preferable to dull company. It emphasizes personal choice in social fulfillment and the value of quiet time over tedious interaction.
Cure Pimples With Cuti cura Ointment And Soap Ad
An old advertisement promotes Cuti cura Ointment and Cuti cura Soap for treating pimples. Instructions advise light application for five minutes followed by hot wash. Free sample by mail with a book offer from Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Also a brief anecdote from The Living ChurchRegarding Bishop Hare.
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Dept. L
Boston
One Twin Too Many
In a domestic scene two young children react to the arrival of twins. The household becomes unsettled as Bobby suspects danger and warns Dorothy that the babies may be harmed. The boy imagines a grim fate for the newborns, prompting a tense moment in the home.
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Bobby
Miss Dorothy
Dottie
Week Ending From the Trench
The writer recalls returning home on leave after serving at the front. He describes getting a leave warrant rapidly, having stood 70 yards from the enemy at 10 p.m., then dining at his St James Street club the following day at 1 p.m., in a lighthearted London Outlook tone.
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St. James Street
London
Extravagant daughter to marry reforming suitor
Viance declares intent to marry the daughter of a wealthy man to reform her, as the father notes she has always lived in luxury and never had to economize. The scene centers on class and reform through matrimony.
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Peter
Viance
Blind Plead With Inventor Over Restoring Sight
More than six thousand blind recipients, reached by deputy or mail, plead with Pittsburgh inventor Ethan J. Dodds to restore their sight. Dodds reports partial success with radium eyes and vows to help, though he remains at the edge of a major breakthrough and cannot yet apply it broadly.
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Ethan J. Dodds
Pittsburgh
Mr. Dodds
Dodds
Pittsburgh Post
The Braggart Who Flees At Threat
A proverb-like note warns that a man who flaunts courage is often quick to run when danger appears, likening him to one who dreads the tall tuber in a perilous moment.
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Contalnsium
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Ty Rvc
Castoria
New York IN the Tropics
Charlie
Brnck
Hare
Sioux Falls
Philadelphia
Mr. Hare
Israel
M.L. Jones
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wlians
Passosi
W.N. U
Fort. Wayne
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