Junk Machinery From Canal Projects To Be Sent To New York
Isthmian Canal Commission begins moving about 100000 tons of old French junk from Gatun Lake basin to New York for sale by competitive bid. Locomotives dump cars tanks and girders dateline 1908 provides clues. shipments via Ancon and Cristobal proceed biweekly over three years. Many items salvaged for copper rails and other uses while sales recoup canal costs though profits are small.
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Isthmian Canal
Isthmus
New York City
French Canal Company
Ancon
Cristobal
New York
Sam
Uncle Sam
New York Custom
Yale Honors Yon Hsiang Ts'ao With Ten Eyck Prize
Yale University student Yon Hsiang Tsao, the first orient recipient, won the Ten Eyck prize at the junior exhibition. He spoke on America and the Far East. The prize, established by Kingsley Trust in 1888, is among Yale's biggest honors.
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Yale
Yon Hsiang Ts’ao
Yale University
Orient
America
Far East
Kingsley Trust Company
Henry J. Ten Eyck
Comet Transparent Noted From Princeton Observer
Discovery by Princeton graduate student Zaccheus Davies on Dec 6 from the observatory roof. Observations show a nucleus, a diameter near 25 000 miles, distance 56 million miles from Earth and 146 million miles from the Sun, with gas and vapors dominating the body.
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Zaccheus Davies
Princeton University
Princeton Observatory
Daniel
William Thaw
Pittsburg
When Christmas Comes
Warwick James Price in Pittsburg Dispatch urges readers to cast off grudges and share kindness at Christmas. The poem encourages neighborly help and deep compassion especially toward children, noting there are hungry mouths and hands needing every touch.
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Warwick James Price
Pittsburg
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Chagres
Rio Grande River
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Pacific
Roosevelt
aAfrica
Early & Stauffer
Palmyra
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