Pacific Halfway Cross the Canal Completed Barrier Exploded
The last barrier at the Pacific end of the Panama canal was blown up by dynamite as 1,500 spectators watched. A 5,000 foot long, 41 foot deep navigation cut began filling with water, connecting the Pacific with the Miraflores locks, marking a major step toward a full canal channel.
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Tha Bow Redges
Panama
Pacific
Panama Canal
New Zealand
Barrer
Gamboa Dike
Miraflores Locks
Miraflores
Atlantic Channel
Pacific Ocean
Ancon Harbor
Gulf of Panama
Spaniel Whines Four Days For Death Master in Alpena
In Alpena Michigan a water spaniel whined for four days outside his shanty, drew neighbors, and led them to the body of Frank Cleveland. The dog, the master’s sole companion, attracted attention as onlookers offered food but it refused to eat.
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Alpena
Mich
Frank Cleveland
Nun Deserts Convent Sister Leocadia Believed Teaching Music
Sister Leocadia of Mount Loretta Convent at Falls View has left after more than twenty five years. It is believed she went to New York to teach music. Mount Loretta is the parent institution of the Loretta Sisterhood in Canada.
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Leocadia
New York
Niagara Falls
Ont
Léocadia
Mount Loretta
Falls View
Margaret Coulter
Philadelphia
Sister Leocadia
United States
Canada
Loretta Sisterhood
Mother Joseph
Queen Mary blocks royal ladies gambling club plan
London reports Queen Mary refused to allow a women’s royal household club to include a card room or male visitors. The initiative attracted many royal ladies but the queen’s conditions led 140 of 180 signatories to withdraw, and the project was abandoned.
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London
Marlborough Club
England
Agneta Montague
Queen Mary
Lady Agneta
Last of Crow Indians Dies Near Saginaw Michigan
Lake Metimop known as Met Wop the last Crow in the area died on a reservation near Saginaw Michigan He was said to be 107 years old and Michigan's oldest inhabitant He had been blind for three years and was regarded as a farmer more than a warrior he settled in the Saginaw valley before white settlement.
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Lake Metimop
Saginaw
Mich
Met Wop
Saginaw Valley
Widow's query yields million dollar estate in Australia link
In Los Angeles Mrs. S A T Jones, widow with four children, becomes heir to her brother in law's estate. William Jones, husband’s brother, died in Australia leaving an estate near a million dollars. Jones and his Welsh wife emigrated to the area many years ago.
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Los Angeles
Cal
S. A. T. Jones
William Jones
Australia
Jones
Government Armored Plate Plant Proposal Emerges
Representative Britten of Illinois introduces a bill for a seven million dollar government armor plate plant to compete with private mills. He argues bids for Navy armor were collusive, estimates a 10 000 ton yearly plant could cut price to 314 a ton, saving over a million annually and reducing reliance on steel trusts.
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Washington
Britten
Illinois
Navy Department
Daniels
United States
Steel Trust
Army
Navy
Judge Emory Speer Seeks Hearing on Charges
Emory Speer of Savannah Georgia denies all charges brought in Congress and requests a hearing as soon as hay fever subsides. He says his only information came from newspapers and asks for a copy of the original charges. He rejects accusations of appointing his son in law and claims he only demands order and decorum in court.
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Emory Speer
Savannah
Washington
Congress
Henry Clayton
Judiciary Committee of the House
Judge Speer
Estate fight hinges on which Porter died first in crash
Springfield report details a $1,000,000 estate dispute after Sherman D. Porter and his wife died in a South Deerfield grade crossing accident. Relatives from both sides anticipate a legal battle over who died first, potential codicil effects, and a chauffeur bequest linked to the railroad. Porter, 80, led Kibbe Bros. Manufacturing and candy business.
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Springfield
Mass
Sherman D. Porter
South Deerfield
Porter
Kibbe Bros.’ Manufacturing Company
Decker Father and Son Convicted in Horse Theft Case
Eugene H. Decker and Clarence E. Decker, tried in Craig Colorado, were found guilty and innocent respectively of horse stealing. The son admitted guilt to exonerate his elderly father. Their mother captured the notorious Hole-in-the-Wall gunman William Morgan last fall after a multi-county chase.
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Craig. Colo
Eugene H. Decker
Clarence E. Decker
Ira H. Olmstead
Young Decker
William Morgan
Morgan
Boy of three lost two days in wilds near Muskogee
Oran Trammell a three year old wandered from a construction camp at Wovoodston. After two days with no food he was found by hunter James Payne. Payne refused a $500 reward offered by the father J T Trammell. The route he traveled ran through wolf and wildcat country.
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Muskogee
Okla
Oran Trammell
Wovoodston
James Payne
Payne
J. T .Trammell
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American Press Association
Milton, Ind
J. M. McMahan
Consort
U.S
Father
Kennewick
Home
C. R. Crawford
Lucerne
Columbia Valley Creamery Co
W. W. Delameter
Great Western Frontier Times
Walla Walla
J. B. Thomas
Wash
F. van de Water
D.f.&p.a
North Yakima
General Electric
Pacific Power & Light Co
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