Panama Canal Idea Through the Ages Seen in Vienna Monthly
The Vienna Monthly Magazine notes repeated canal proposals linking Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It traces mentions from 1551 by Gomara through Tehuantepec and Nicaragua routes to a Panama crossing. Church opposition and political upheavals hindered campaigns from Spain to Belgium and France.
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Vienna
For
Austrian Oriental Museum
Panama
Francisco Lopez de Gomara
The
Two Indies
Atlantic
Pacific
Tehuantepec
Ferdinand Cortez
Lake of Nicaragua
Gil Gonzales Davis
Francisco Pizarro
Spain
Jose de Acosta
Society of Jesus
Philip I
Netherlands
Guatemala
Nicaragua
France
Those Who Died at Pompeii
Saturday Review reflects on the Vesuvius eruption losses of A D 79 noting Sir William Gell’s estimate of 1300 dead and the many bodies found during excavations. The piece praises Pompeii’s remains for antiquarians and highlights frescoes from the House of the Tragic Poet and Naples museum as key to ancient Roman life.
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Saturday Review
Vesuvius
A. D
William Gell
Pompeii
Romvni
Naples
Centennially Celebrating Sunday School In Britain And Abroad
The piece recalls Robert Raikes founding the first Sunday School in England and outlines plans for a 1880 centennial with a London world convention and public meetings. Funds are sought to improve and expand schools worldwide, with estimates ranging from $25,000 to $160,000.
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Robert Raikes
England
London
Foreign Sunday School Association
A Barber Mouth Guard Invention Patented in Washington
A Nevada resident has a new invention cavated at the Washington Patent Office. The iron mouth guard fits over a barber's mouth to prevent talking during shaving and is secured to the head with clamps and screws. Priced at 260 dollars with an 8 dollar lever option for jaw breaking. The article also recalls Horace Greeley’s quip about fools and his kindness to people despite contempt.
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Nevada
Washington
Animals And Sharks In Ocean And Farm Tales From News
A collection of short notes describes a dog owner disciplining three barking puppies by turning each bark into a group cue, a Connecticut farmer’s peace with a cat that ignores rats until a failed shot prompts the cat to kill the rat, and sightings of a ferocious forty foot shark named Joe near Guatemala with rewards offered for its death. Also listed are brief ads for Malt Bitters and a skin salve, plus cheap hack fare commentary.
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Preston
Conn
Pacific
Acapulco
China
India
A. H.C
San Joel
San Jose de Guatemala
Punta Arena
Joe
Guatemala
Dr Kings New Discovery Promises Cough Cure
Stop that cough and seek Dr Kings New Discovery for throat and lung ailments. The ad boasts over one million bottles used in the last year with reported cures and offers a trial bottle for ten cents and a full bottle for $1.09.
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Dr. Kings
Dr. King
Jerde Allen Greencastle
Vast London maze of streets and names overwhelms
The city overwhelms visitors with its vast population and sprawling suburbs. Names linger from hamlets long absorbed, creating dozens of Kings and Queens streets, and many streets require surnames or district initials to distinguish them.
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London
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
San Francisco
New England
Kingdom
Denmark
Norway
Scotland
Palestine
Rome
Dublin
Edinburgh
Hare
Chelsea
Kensington
Camberwell
Bayswater
St. John’s Wood
King Street
Queen Street
Church Street
John Streets
James
John
Mary
Cheapside
St.James Square
Tooting
High Street
Marylebone
E. C
East Center
West Center
S. E
Nordenskiold Arctic Finds Open New Siberian Islands
The Arctic explorer Nordenskiold reports a chain of islands off the Siberian coast near the Lena and Behring Strait. Fossil-rich ground and ivory wash ashore, with mammoths and other creatures found, suggesting a need for a light steel steamer to thoroughly explore. Natives along the coast are hardy and fur-clad, living in double tents and exchanging goods, but ignorant of money.
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Nordenskjold
Arctic
Siberia
Lena
Behring Strait
Siberian
New Siberian
Earth
Scientific Classification Reproves Name as Barrier to Thought
In a Free Press piece from The Atlantic Richard Grant White argues that labeling beetles as coleoptera or using fancy terms does not advance knowledge. He condemns science that merely assigns learned names to common knowledge or ignorance and urges clearer thinking.
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Free Press
The
Atlantic
Richard Grant White
Richard
Baby Learns Life’s Puzzle Early
Poetic note by Mrs. S. M. Pratt in Christian Union reflects on a baby who has seen sun and moon and learned life’s lesson in a year. The verse frames infancy as a quick study of nature and existence.
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S. M. Pratt
Christian Union
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Lowell
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Wilis G. Nerv
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Albin’s Black
South Side Public Square
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Thee
Sype
Bagby
J.T. Warren
Manu Ad
Bennett Jones
3D St
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Carter Medicine Co
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