Paternalism on the Isthmus as Lifeblood of the Canal
The Canal Record, a government mouthpiece, shows U S oversight in Panama Zone life with housing rates hotels schools and utilities set at cost. It highlights July Fourth celebrations and social life plus fixed market prices for food and power, framing the regime as benevolent paternalism for American employees.
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Panama
Canal Zone
United States
Leroy Thermen
Chicago Daily News
Congress
Pangma
Canal Commission
Canal and Railroad
Todd
Treasury
Colon Beach
Panama Railway Company
Tivoli
the Commission
Commission Club
Culebra
Empire
Gorgona Gatoy
Commission
Canal
Ancon
Colon
Commissary Department
Cnal
Last Man's Banquet Held for First Minnesota Company
A Stillwater Minnesota survivor of Company B First Minnesota attended the last man’s banquet. Twenty three chairs lay vacant and draped in black with a cedar chest and a champagne bottle on the table. The piece hints the survivor will dine alone and later toast fallen comrades.
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Company 6
First Minnesota
Stillwater
Minn
Wight
Company B
First Minte Obe
Bare Aske For $50,000. 1 reed of the department or ged the senate.
Bare asks for fifty thousand dollars in a department budget request or senate funding. The fragment mentions lands and a pledge but lacks coherent details.
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Bare
Reed
Senate
Pulette
Missouri Gov declares good road days for 1.5 million value
Governor proclaims Wednesday and Thursday August 20 and 21 as public holidays asking all able bodied residents to work full time on highway improvements. Rural women to provide lunches and encouragement. project valued at about 1.5 million dollars. Also note: Santos Domingo bones voyage suggestion by Assistant Secretary Osborne after Caribbean trip.
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Missouri
Columbus’ Bones
Osborne
Washington
West Indies
Remblic
Haiti
Tle
Christopher Columbus
Santo Domingo
Puptena Canal
TROLLEY O FROM TRACKS AND OTHER CITY ITEMS
A trolley wreck slightly damaged a car with the fender carried from its bearings. Dick Diamond narrowly avoided a child on Third Avenue by steering into the curb intentionally. Henhouse intruders strike in the city while residents prepare outings in Connecticut. Morris Ferry burial follows a death on the Monmouth line deemed self-inflicted negligence.
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Dick Diamond
Stearns
Third Avenue
Bath Avenue
Dunbar Avenue
Morris Ferry
Henry Ferry
Poplar
Monmouth County Electric Company
Loyalton
J. G. Lovell
Glenwood Cemetery
William H. Morris
Morris
Ferry
Newlywed Breakfast Cap Ends Humble Romance
A Chicago Record-Herald tale recalls Mr. and Mrs. Newlywed six months into marriage. She laments dwindling affection despite crafting a breakfast cap, while he hesitates to kiss her in public. She discards the cap and styles her hair, signaling waning romantic gestures.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Fun In Space Dream At A Celestial Committee
A whimsical dream scene unfolds with the sun, earth, moon, and stars at a committee meeting. The earth proclaims no cowardice yet cites two fears the hemispheres and the atmosphere becomes a punchline as the moon and a gleeful comet observe.
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Earth
Enn
Two Serious Matters From Fog On Past And Future
In a reflective aside the figure Fog muses on two mysteries the world’s preexistence without him and its fate after he leaves. The witty line frames a broader commentary on moderation and virtue as woven through society.
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Fog
Ilupdun
Man and Girl Drowned in Bay
Tragic bay accident ends in the drowning of a Sea Bright man, his son, and a rescuer. A West Park cattagar named A. D. Lawrence saved the boy, while the father sank after helping. The body was recovered an hour later by Nathaniel Johnes with grappling hooks. The boy survived, and Coroner Harry Fay and Dr. Kimball oversaw the aftermath and funeral plans in Brooklyn.
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A. D. Lawrence
West Park
Mr Lawrence
Victor VanDen Bergh
Anthaeeues
VanDen Bergh
Nathaniel Johnes
Davies
James J. Reed
Harry ©. Fay
Red Bank
Kimball
Sea Bright
Mr. Davies
Smail
Brooklyn
Florence Davies
Francis
Thomas
Frances Davies
Centre Street
Small Red Bank Blaze Causes Minor Porch Roof Fire
Red Bank firemen responded to a small morning blaze on a roof near Leighton Avenue and Herbert Street with minor damage. The Liberty Hose Company auto truck broke down en route after being moved from repairs, leading to use of an older wagon and hand apparatus while crews worked. The report ends with a stray dialogue line as the text notes a picnic sponge cake question unrelated to the incident.
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Red Bank
Leighton Avenue
Herbert Street
Liberty Hose Company
Liberty Company
Nicaragua Treaty Not Abandoned Policy To Ward Mexico
Washington reports an official notice on President Wilson policy toward Mexico to be issued within a day. Secretary Bryan says the Nicaragua treaty’s main features remain unchanged and will be considered by the Senate at the regular session. Further action is postponed due to tariff and currency work. Advertise in the Daily Record.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Mexico
Bryan
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Nicaragua
Steamer Rescues Party After Highland Incident
Life Saving Station No. 2 promptly sent a crew to assist when a launch rescued a party from the Albertina. The three women spoke with the captain, then stayed aboard overnight at Alber tina before returning home via Highlands. A buoy from the Red Bank Motor Boat Club caused a noisy scare near Red Bank before the Albertina finally docked.
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Albertina
Highlands
Red Bank
Albert
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