Congressmen Visit Isthmus to Inspect Canal Work
Congress members will tour the Isthmus to study canal progress and plans for faster completion. Army control has accelerated construction, reducing public posing for cameras and allowing more work focus. The visit aims to inform decisions and speed up canal completion, with federal funding likely to rise if early results improve.
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Sounded Familiar Eva Uncle Tom Mine Glory
A playful remark connects Eva to Uncle Tom and a mining fortune. The speaker jokes that a European trip would allow a private cabin, then quips about Edna and a pun on Uncle Tom's Cabin, noting humor in the mistaken references.
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Prosperity to Stay and Trade Outlook
Secretary Wilson reports West and South crops ripe and money flowing to markets as grain surpluses rise. Prosperity hinges on sane investment and rail costs. avoid foolish speculation. Article notes shifting funds from farms to financial centers and hopes for easing duties reflecting German imports.
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Chicago News
Deadly New Hampshire wreck shatters Excursion train
A telegraph operator’s error on the Boston and Maine line near Canaan Station, New Hampshire, sent a freight train into the path of a crowded excursion train. Twenty four were killed outright and many more injured as the two trains collided head on at high speed near a curve. Passengers returning from a fair in Sherbrooke faced a catastrophic crash as the baggage car telescoped the day coach, leaving wreckage and sirens in the night.
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New G A R Chief C G Burton Led Kansas City Navy
Charles G Burton former Grand Army of the Republic chief and National G A R officer with Missouri roots in Nevada and Warren Ohio. He served as revenue collector at Kansas City, circuit attorney, prosecuting attorney, and judge in the twenty fifth district and the Fifty fourth Congress era. Born 1816 in Cleveland, he joined the Union Army at 15, discharged, re enlisted 1864, served Ohio’s One Hundred Seventy first in a hundred days. postwar he studied law and built a prominent Missouri legal career.
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Humorous News Notes and Oddities
A collection of wry items noting telegraph strikes, fashion trends, and curious facts. Mentions a 104 year old Philadelphia woman, rising thread costs pressuring dressmakers, and a playful quip about train porters and Esperanto. Chicago population from city directories cited amid satirical asides. The piece closes with a mock question about telegraph cables and White House politics.
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Contentment as St Paul urged in his prison writings
Reverend Roches discusses Paul’s call for content despite danger and want, urging inner virtue over worldly success. He offers rules to curb envy, keep optimism, and cultivate active virtues, tying contentment to trust in God’s love and protecting the heart from evil.
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Meeting Temptations Sermon by Rev Henry F Cope
The sermon urges overcoming evil with good. It warns against negative righteousness and cautions that virtue requires active pursuit and assaults on temptation rather than mere defense. It stresses personal growth toward higher being through decisive action against sin.
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Henry F. Cope
Short Meter Sermons on Sins and Faith
A compact reflection on hidden sins, sincerity, and true faith. It warns that formal religion cannot heal, true riches lie in friendship, and genuine joy comes from right living rather than empty praise. The text contrasts eloquent lies with honest deeds and urges living by the Master’s presence.
Timeline of world events from richard i to 1901
A compact chronology listing major historical milestones and figures from 1191 through 1901. It cites battles, explorations, political shifts, inventions, and notable births and deaths across Europe, the Americas, and beyond, including Richard I, Wallace, Magellan, Valdivia, and McKinley.
Crusty Old Gentleman and the Candy Mischief
A young mother complains about a crusty old man who frowns at a baby offered candy in a car. The baby repeatedly offers sweets, the man ignores him, and the conductor is alerted. In Exgresse a touring car narrowly misses a broncho while Amber Pete boasts about a puncture photo from the incident.
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Naval Shake-up Aims Younger Line Officers for Pacific Cruise
A radical reshuffle in the United States Navy is under way with focus on battleship crews. The shift intends to promote younger officers to the fighting line while moving older captains to rear ranks. Reportedly, many captains aged fourteen will be replaced by younger men, reshaping command as the Pacific cruise approaches.
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