Canal scheme and Red Head Club feature in New York Times
Details of the Isthmian Canal Commission report outline a near 189 million plan for a Nicaragua canal with two harbors at Greytown and Brito, 183.66 miles long, eight locks, a Conchuda dam, and a dual-lock system. A rail line along the canal is planned with high costs. Also described is the Red Head Club in Washington a protest social group with elaborate woodland decor and electric globe lanterns chaired by a leader titled Most Illustrious.
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United States
Nicaragua Canal
Commisson
Boar
Congress
Greytown
Atlantic
Carribean
Brito
Pacific
Conchuda
San Juan
Carios River
Grestown
Belto
Frito
Conchuda Dam
Tamborcito
Deafness and dam plans spark medical and engineering debate
The article cites a famed physician on deafness and discusses a grand dam on the San Juan river, detailing gates and sluices, flood control, and huge costs. It covers construction from the dam to a canal toward Lake Nicaragua, with estimated expenses exceeding 24.6 million, plus extensive excavation and lock work. It also notes historical red hair claims and cautions against self treatment for deafness, urging professional care for wax buildup and warning against inserting objects into the ear.
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Great Conchuda Dam
San Juan
Lake Nicaragua
Commission
Noy 4
Rio Grande
A Thousand Dollar Dinner at Delmonico’s Forest Dinner
George Heye hosted a remarkable private dinner at Delmonico's on Monday night for nine guests from 7:15 to 10:20. He transformed the red room into a pine forest bower with hundreds of pine boughs and a lavish repast costing at least 109 dollars per guest.
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Delmonico's
George Heye
Mirror Plate Company
Snow Leopard of India and the hunter’s distinction
The Snow Leopard of India describes the elusive high altitude predator rare below 11,000 feet. It notes Indian big-game hunters pursue markhoor then snow leopards, whose white fur and green eyes inspire superstition among natives. Killing a snow leopard elevates a hunter into elite ranks.
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India
Increased cost of living outpacing wages, Pfeight Pittsburg Dispatch
The Pittsburg Dispatch reports that Dun's Review finds per person annual costs have risen nearly fifty dollars in under five years. In 1807 yearly supplies were 372.45. now they reach 1018. The piece notes wages average about one dollar fifty per day, arguing that rising living costs are not matched by earnings, though employment and advancement offer offset.
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Dun
Pittsburg
Neglect of a Nation at Harrison Tomb in Ohio
The Cincinnati Enquirer laments the neglected tomb of General William Henry Harrison at North Bend Ohio. The granite vault shows vandalism and decay with a rusted door and scratched inscription Harrison amid weeds and derelict grounds, reflecting national memory’s neglect.
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North Bend
William Henry Harrison
Tire
Ohio
Harrison
Cincinnat! Enquirer
Monument to Rosa Bonheur Unveiled at Fontainebleau
A monument to Rosa Bonheur the renowned animal painter was unveiled at Fontainebleau. The pedestal features bronze reproductions of her works on side panels and a bas relief portrait. A bronze branch rests beneath the sculpture as shown in the accompanying image.
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Rosa Bonheur
Beeneath
Harmonizing Temper and Preferences in Married Life
Advice from Col. Higginson on the married state stresses conscience and time to smooth tempers. Both partners should consider which has more reason to care, making small sacrifices to avoid larger conflicts, and noting shared duties like children help foster compatibility over time.
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Col
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Chicago Daily News
Remarkable River Crossing by Woman on Sibalom Rite
A Panny Letter recounts a lone old woman crossing the wide Sibalom River near San Pedro. She strips, bundles her belongings, and uses successive dives to ride the current, emerging dry on the opposite bank before vanishing into the jungle.
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San Pedro
Sibalom
Kings in Eixtire The Hittie islands monarchs in Seychelles
In the Seychelles east of Africa overpopulation of dusky monarchs grows. Four ax kings and two queen mothers reside there including Prempeh of Ashanti Mwanga of Uganda and Nkabaregu of Toyote. East and West African rulers meet. Premneh arrives over a year ago and is described among elegant Europeans in Victoria indicating shifting appearances of African leaders.
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Hittie
Seychelles
Africa
Axkings
Prempeh
Ashanti
Mwanga
Uganda
Nkabaregu
Toyote
Everts
Seyvehelles
Kabarega
Premneh
Baden-Powell
Victoria
Rich Man's Idea of Revenge Moves House to Toston
J Mo Lomsyear of Marquette Michigan, builder of a palatial home costing about 00,000, grows embittered at the city for permitting a railroad nearby. He plans to move the house, stone by stone, to Toston, a project near the original price of the structure.
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J. Mo Lomsyear
Marquette
Mich
Toston
Chicago
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Detroit Free Press
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Fontainebleau
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Pinay
Eixtire
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