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Dubuque Sunday Herald in Dubuque, Iowa

23 Dec 1900

Page 9

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Dubuque Sunday Herald

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Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1900

Page

9

Great Artificial Waterways of the World Explored

The piece surveys proposed transcontinental and global canal schemes, tracing historic aims for an Atlantic Pacific waterway, noting American efforts from canal networks to ship canals, and highlighting envisioned routes across North America and beyond. It mentions key figures, historic milestones, and currents in canal development.

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Ue Myers Althouigt United States ISOS von Hauarboldt Ft Pracs Christopher Columbus Tadn tSeg Nunes de Balboa Pacific Ford Connecticut River Charlie Potome Great Lakes Chesapeake and Ohio Erie Madison Buffalo Fludson River Sault Ste. Marie Lakes Superior Huron Lakes Erie Ontario St. Lawrence Lake Huron Ottawa Atlantic Boston Cape Cod New Orleans Galveston Massachusetts Long Island Sound New Jersey Cape Hatteras Georgia Peninsula Florida Gulf of Mexico Nathaniel H. Bishop New World Terway Egypt Red Sea Mediterranean Suez China Mars Amsterdam Holland North Sea Great Britain Manchester France Loire Rhone London India Gibraltar Central America Tehuantepec Mexico Nicaragua Panam Darien Coutzaconlcos Panama North Atlantic de Lesseps Culebra Chagres
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The Great One Chose A Humble Path Of Work

A poetic observation contrasts worldly rank and wealth with the humility of the divine choice to dwell among men. It lauds the value of labor and the approval found in honest toil, elevating simple service over status and riches.

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Canals and ship routes through history and plans

A survey of historic and proposed ship canals from Egypt and Suez to China Grand Canal, European and British works, the Suez path, and possible links across Nicaragua and Panama. Discusses costs, depths, lengths, and geopolitical impacts for a future Nicaragua or Panama route versus alternatives like Darien and the Baltic to Black Sea plan.

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Russia Baltic Black Sea Turkey ITA Suez Canal Mediterranean Red Seas de Lesseps Napoleon I Egypt Red Sea M. de Lesseps
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Celebrated Travelers and a Mischief of Names

Prince Henry of the Netherlands prefers simple tastes and resists Berlin gossip about arranged marriages. Sims Reeves prompts a sharp rebuke from a singing teacher. A Swinburne descendant causes Australian press to hype a visit that never happened.

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Henry The Netherlands Berlin Potsdam Sims Reeves Sims Alvernon Charles Swinburne Melbourne A. C. Swinburne Sydney Australia
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Wit in Disrepute and the Rise of the Middle Class

The article argues wit declined in the nineteenth century as the middle class grew dominant. It suggests eighteenth century wits mocked city merchants and tradesmen, while the later empowered middle class still fears that very gift. This shift reflects England's social and political changes.

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Gladstone England
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