Giant Guanajuato Tunnel Aims to Shield City From Floods
The Porfirio Diaz tunnel under Guanajuato Mexico is designed to carry surplus storm waters from the Guanajuato and Postila rivers to prevent inundation of Puerta Cita. A second tunnel may cut risk near Presa Chivea. Construction began mid 1906 by the Mexican Construction and Engineering Co. Ltd with Major Poctirie Phas Jr as chief engineer and T. B. Slade directing work.
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Guanajuato
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Postila
Puerta Cita
la Presa
Presa Chivea
Pustita
Serena
Mexican Construction and Engineering Company, Ltd
Mexico City
Poctirie Phas, Jr
Paul BE. Leite
T. B. Slade
United States Mural Academy
Republic
Astute
Quaker Reflections From the Philadelphia Record
A reflective column notes on self regard and public image with wry aphorisms about ball players stage careers and awkward aging. It muses that spontaneity can be risky and that not all men live up to greatness or bluff successfully.
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Philadelphia Record
Caustic Boston Jest On New Yorker Green Bag Theory
A Boston Evening Transcript spoof about a New York bag left on a Grand Central seat containing odd items from a patent cooker to Aristotle and Henry James. The piece ridicules New Yorkers as clinging to a fanciful “green bag” that supposedly stores vast omnifariousness and avoids carrying items openly.
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Boston
Boston Evening Transcript
Eite
Grand Central Station
E. Atkinson
The
Atlantic Monthly
Swedenborg
Limartine
Philippines
Joud Penou
Henry James Fletion
Esther
New York
Tan Marvel
Plately
Fragmented Weather Dialogue In Snowbound Town Scene
In a slate colored street a woman under a large umbrella coughs as she asks if the weather will warm. A man replies that forecasters rarely agree and pins blame on a government forecaster.
Wedding Breakfast Guest Sparks Outrage With Pig Remark
During a country wedding breakfast a rude guest provoked others by asking, Is this pig? The retort came from a quiet guest: Which end of the fork do you refer to. The exchange highlighted the tension over the offending comment.
Richard Mansfield’s Diet Rules and Irving Tale
The theater manager Richard Mansfield praised strict control of actors figures. He cited Henry Irving’s early Hamlet with a tale of a skeletal start and jokes about a young actor wearing black tights, illustrating dangers of early fame and weight.
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Richard Mansfield
Mansfield
Henry Irving
Irving
Hamlet
Pill
Bill
Lost sovereign sparks mock moral in London bar
A drinker boasts returning a counterfeit sovereign to a boy who never lost it, then betrays the ruse by claiming the coin was genuine. The bar creates an absurd scene as a comical moral about honesty is exposed in a weary London setting.
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London
New York
Throuah Tile Milk Depts
New York City
Washington
Siraties
Washngton
Profesor Sechewick
Hannibal's Mean Man
A St. Joseph girl recalls Mark Twain recounting a Hannibal man famed for meanness. The tale says he sold his son-in-law the front half of a cow and kept the milk, fed the cow, and supplied water, until the cow butted him and the son-in-law sued for damages.
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Hannibal
Minnetonka
St. Joseph
Mark Twain
Watering the Streets in Mexico Reveals Ancient Methods
A vivid scene shows water being raised in a wooden barrel by a pulley system as a street is sprayed. Bystanders observe the slow process, the wet stones, and a man with a whisk broom sweeping water along the block. The piece contrasts modern progress with age old urban watering.
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Mexico
Vitles
Mion
Sailor Song Recalls Stevenson Tale on Chicago Riverfront
A Chicago Times reminiscence recounts a Treasure Island style ballad sung by old sailors on a lake liner near Clark Street. The singalong features Ye ho ho and a bottle of rum and echoes the Dead Man’s Chest chorus as Davy Jones figures into the tale.
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Stevenson
Lierald
Talind
Robert Lave Bievwneon
Tal
Benhowlin
Louis Stevenson
Clark Street
Davy Jones
Wild Indian corn examined by Harris in Garden and Forest
Robert P. Harris discusses wild Indian corn found in Arizona southern Texas Mexico and Central America. He notes small ears on Rocky Mountain corn and experiments in Mexico while editors debate whether wild maize is a remnant of ancient varieties or a reversion of cultivated corn.
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Philadelphia
Robert P. Harris
Arizona
Texas
Valley of Mexico
Central America
Rocky Mountain
University of Mexico
Landreths
Bristol
Williams
Houston
Tex
Garden and Forest
Warris
Wajor Americarien
Pisarro
Over the Hill I Want to Do It Again
A child recalls attempts to go over a hill at home with parents and birds nearby. The narrative blends childhood imagery with a line about eighty five percent of people who are lame being affected on the left side.
Stop Poisoning Babies: Nathan Strauss Calls for Milk Regulation
Nathan Strauss urges federal regulation of milk to curb infant deaths. He cites pasteurization, milk depots, and expert findings on tuberculosis and bacterial contamination, pushing for a national bureau of infant hygiene and wider pasteurization adoption.
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Nathan Strauss
Bureau of Infant Hygiene
Washington
A. DD. Moeteln
Clise JL
Committees of One Hundred
Strauss
Lair
New York
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A rambled cipher of social commentary and comic observations on gender roles and manners. It lampoons printing and novel writing while noting public perception of respectable people, businesswomen, and social expectations with scattered quips and drift.
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Chicago News
Nomiin
Good Wether
Ankrl
Tf Jove
Wind
tHmurriige
Lochmill
Linny
Unclear OCR Fragment On Denial And Trials
Fragmentary OCR text describes a disruption at a land event and a trial extended by a judge. Mentions Great Birkjate, New York, Metropolitan, and individuals Mba and Lavoie. Content is garbled with many unreadable phrases.
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New York
Metropolitin
Seta
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Raw Mill
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Abraham Jacobs
Jacobs
Royal Commission
FE. C. Shhroeder
Department of Auriculture
Hads
Public Health Service
Walter Wyman
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States
International Congresa Ies
Chaattin de Lalit
Brussels
Inwrnathoial Medien Con Press
Roosevelt
Walter Warids
Mod
Rasenan
Hygienie Laborators
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Mr. Strauss
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Bunthay
Dhywol
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