Piping Oil From the Pacific to the Atlantic Across Isthmus
A historic 1906 report details Union Oil of California building and testing a cross Isthmus pipeline to ship California crude to the Atlantic coast. The seven storage tanks at La Boca and Mt Hope, the 49 mile open-hearth steel pipe, and the 800 psi test pressure mark a landmark in oil distribution and canal region economics.
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Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Panama
Great Canal
Tims
Union Ol Company
California
Two Oceane
Tropics
Union Oil Company of California
Pennsylvania
Los Angeles
Lyman Stewart
Fedune
Horn
New York
Philadelphia
R. W. Fenn
United States
Fenn
Colon
T. McElfread
Pittsburg
Isthmusa
Oi Ie
Pacific
Panama Railroad Company
Government of
Secretary of War
Canal Zone
Isthmian Canal Commission
Union Oil Company
Isthmus
Santa Barbara County
Cal
Port Harford
Unolon Oil Company
Oregon
Washington
Nawali
Chile
Guatemala
la Boca
Pacific Entrance
Mt Hope
Bach «Nk
Culebra
Rio Grande Reservoir
Bolslers
Mt. Hope
Women in Austria Embrace Better Paid Professions
Vienna is seeing a shift as training schools open to women and thousands of Austrian girls choose careers in electricity architecture and engineering. Some plan to work on bridge building and machinery while others leave traditional needlework. The correspondent notes these changes will curb sedentary lifestyles and boost womanhood’s strength and beauty.
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Vienna
Boston Post
Observation Car Curiosity Sparks Mother’s Whisper
In a Pullman train through car Archibald spots a man wearing a wig. His mother hushes him with a reminder to mind his observations, noting the observation car setting. The exchange centers on a child’s keen noticing and a parent’s guidance amid travel.
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Mamma
Archibald
Rammer incident echoes in Nubian desert tale
An old Nubian desert skirmish at Abu Klea is told with a remembered quip. A British gunner, while ramming a charge, struck a dervish and split a rammer head. He later offered to pay for the rammer, noting the head’s hardness and hoping to avoid punishment.
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Abu Klea
You can tell me the apostles or the pitchers
A pretty Sunday school teacher asks Sam to name the twelve apostles. Sam cannot, but cheerfully offers a different talent by reciting all the pitchers in his league. The exchange captures a boy’s humor and priorities.
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Sam
Harper's Magazine
Quoter Snubs Poetry Quoting as Anonymous Letter
The Quoter quotes Senator Sorghum on why he avoids poetry in speeches. He says quoting poetry shifts authorship and hides responsibility, likening it to sending an anonymous letter.
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Senator Sorghum
No-Drug Advice on Cathartics and Cascarats
A health warning condemns liquid pills and cathartics for worsening conditions. It promotes Cascarets as improving bowel strength and muscle tone, claiming resulting health and proper function.
Poker winner builds home on a bluff
A jokey exchange notes a successful poker player paying tribute to his winning game by building a handsome home described as being “on a bluff.” The line invites amusement at the pun linking bluff with building on a bluff.
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Canal Record
Canal Commission
Commission
Stinlton
Ooo
Tanis AT
Picont Mope
Sigmine Tluco Sarreli
OFL
Austria
Dros
Arcipe
Samuel Teer
Irehells Sat
Fred Wien
Fac Siwsle
Castoria
Edltor
Brown
Jones
Scott
Lewis
Seta
W. L. Douglas Shoes
Anyle
Dr. Pierce
Erin
Walsh
Bette Medical Discovery
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