Prices Drop in Panama Canal Zone S Under Study
The Canal Record reports lower prices in the Isthmian canal zone with sugar five pounds at 20 cents, yellow sugar at 3 cents, Jamaican cigars at 10 cents, currants at 10 cents per pound, and coffee at 24 cents per pound. The piece questions why prices fall there while rising in the United States.
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Panama Canal Zone
Canal
Isthmian Canal Zone
Jastaner
Panama
Canal Record
Sugar Trust
Tobacco Trust
United States
Jamaica
Roosevelt's Louisiana retreat described as supreme hideaway
The piece portrays President Roosevelt enjoying a secluded stay in the Tensas cane brake of Louisiana. It contrasts his rural refuge with political elites and imagines encounters with wildlife amid mocking tone about financial magnates. The report frames his isolation as a strategic, peaceful 1908 respite.
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Roosevelt
Louisiana
Tensas
What Other Newspapers Say Daily Philosophy
A collection of quips and commentary on politics language and public discourse. It critiques lazy reasoning, gender roles and political rhetoric with humorous satire referencing contemporary newspapers and figures.
Food Pairings for Professions Humorous Almanac
A playful list matching foods to occupations parodies daily life. Items include jam for car conductors, cereals for novelists, beers for policemen, Saratoga chips for gamblers, Pi for printers, corn for chiropodists, gumdrops for dentists, and taffy for after dinner speakers.
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Saratoga
Repainting the Eiffel Tower in Paris for Fourth Time
The Eiffel Tower receives a new repainting contract worth about 15000 dollars. Forty painters will work three months, with a parti colored scheme from the third platform to the summit in white and the lower part in yellow. The tower’s upkeep keeps it from being demolished amid past lapses in public appeal.
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Eiffel Tower
Paris
A Sermon for Today on Merry Hearts in God’s Work
A devotional piece titled A Sermon for Today urges cheerful devotion as constant aid in performing God’s work. It emphasizes joyful faith as a driving force for service and daily ministry.
Pianos Outpace Reed Organs in U S Manufacturing
In 1905 U S piano production greatly exceeds reed organs with 113 065 reed organs valued at 4 162 000 and 901 pipe organs valued at 9 981 000. Reed organ output barely rose since 1900 when 107 830 were made while Massachusetts leads in pipe organ production with 900 units in 1905 up from 572 in 1900.
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United States
Massachusetts
Ilinois
Middle West
Ticket-Printing Automaton by Count Piscidelli
An Italian inventor Count Piscidelli develops a tesserograph that prints issues and registers railway tickets. It speeds service, guards against employee dishonesty, and displays fare price by automatic dial before purchase.
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Count Piscidelli
Subirrigation for City Trees Shows Promising Results
The article describes laying iron pipes 10 to 16 inches below street level and 3 to 6 feet from trees to supply water from street mains. Water enters through upper openings and is protected by gravel and brick or tile to prevent soil clogging. Observed benefits include more luxuriant and denser growth in watered trees versus those with irregular watering.
Coal reserves in Shansi outweigh global supply fears
A mining engineer asserts Eastern Shansi contains about 600 billion tons of coal and Western Shansi has larger bituminous fields, with further deposits in Hanan and Kansu. He argues these figures render the claim of a 300 year world coal life absurd.
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Shansi
Pekin Syndicate
Hanan
Kansu
Atmosphere for Success and the Christian Way
A noted lawyer highlights creating an atmosphere of deadly earnestness to win cases. The piece contrasts selfish worldly tact with carrying the spirit of Christ to build God’s kingdom. It urges a buoyant disposition, faith in God, and belief in Providence to face life bravely.
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Jesus Christ
Look On The Bright Side A Christian View On A Merry Heart
The text argues faith in God plus work toward a grand life purpose yields a merry heart. It claims such purpose acts as medicine by enabling a positive outlook. It notes each person has a unique life task from a higher being, and a cheerful mindset blesses others.
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God
Water works repairs and local notices from 20 years ago
The water works office is being repaired. The Woman's Relief Corps will meet next Thursday afternoon. A heavy white frost caused damage. Old clerk records are being rebound. Adam F. Snyder died of heart disease at home on Fifth street. C H. D. installs electric bells on crossings toward Cincinnati. Mrs. Lucy Dyer bought Miss H. Ringwood’s brick residence for 4000 dollars in Dayton street. C. N. Clapp elected gas works superintendent at Middletown. Quail law expired in Indiana. Indiana dates noted. County Clerk Welliver settled with county for May term fines totaling 287.21. Local mail boxes expected. mounted carrier sought. Philip Snively from Seven Mile disappeared. debt cited. Major Bigelow tearing up Fifth street car tracks. proposal to lay North Third street tracks. 35th C. V. IL will meet for annual reunion next Friday. morning session at opera house. luncheon at Beckett's hall. veterans may march to Vanderveer grounds. Butler County Teachers Association opens season October 22 with talk on township schools. full program in next week’s papers.
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Adam F. Snyder
Fifth Street
Here
Cincinnati
Lucy Dyer
H. H. Ringwood
Dayton Street
C. N. Clapp
Middletown
Indiana
Welliver
Lohman
Philip Snively
Seven Mile
M. W. Flannagan
Snively
Major Bigelow
High
Heaton
North Third Street
Niles Tdéol
35Th
C. V. IL
Opera House
Beckett's Hall
Vanderveer
Butler County Teachers’ Association
Ellis
Costs of governing American cities rise in 1905 census data
Washington correspondent reports census bulletin on 154 cities with 30 000 plus population. It shows rising per capita corporate payments and total costs from 1902 to 1905, highlights Boston New York and Washington with high costs, and lists Ohio city indebtedness. Also notes immigration policy and Roosevelts reelection prospects and club meetings in Washington.
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Bureau of the Census
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Michigan
Kiei
Cincinnati
St. T Bend
Chicainf
Columbus
Toledo
Washington, D. C
New York City
Boston
Milwaukee
Washington
New Orleans
Detroit
Chicago
Macon
Chester Pa
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Buffalo
Baltimore
Allegheny
Ohio Cities
Dayton
Youngstown
Akron
Springfield
Canton
Fresh Oysters Daily at Haib's on Court St
Daily fresh oysters offered at Haib's 217 Court Street with 30¢ per quart and 15¢ for raw or stewed portions starting September 13.
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Haib’s
Court St
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R.N
Republican
Cayonicle
Noah Webster
John
Pfaff
Ako
Democrat Sun
Merry Heart
George Downing
Christ Church
West Ilip
Rothenbush’s
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Moses Bab
Phoebe Cousins
Riggs House
Senator Dixon
Montana
William A. Clark
America
Department of Commerce and Labor
Canadian
Pacific
Chandler
Tillman
Ananias Club
Spanish Claims Commission
Ananias
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