Tehuantepec Railway Opens and Accelerates Trade Flows
The Tehuantepec railway opened in 1907 linking Coatzacoalcos and Salina Cruz cuts across 190 miles enabling rapid transfer of goods between Atlantic and Pacific ports. Trade via the isthmus surged with US merchandise passing through Panama and Tehuantepec, totaling over 40 million dollars in 1907, amid growing interchanges and new steamship connections to Philadelphia New York and Hawaii.
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Tehuantepec
Hawaiian Islands
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Tehuantepec Railway
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Gulf of Mexico
Salina Cruz
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Philadelphia
New York
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Whittles Himself to Fame in Berks County
Mohnton Pennsylvania Justice of the Peace Daniel M Peiffer chief executive of Cymru township is Berks County s cleverest artist with the penknife He presented staff with carved wooden pocket pens at the recorder s office He has whittled a miniature set of blacksmith tools from wood salvaged after the Johnstown flood and railroad wrecks He carved from wood from the Pan American exposition and local churches and made a tiny octagonal mahogany watch charm weighing an eighth of an ounce
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Mohnton
Daniel M. Peiffer
Cymru
Johnstown
Shoemakersville
Exeter
Ludwig's
Divorce Void in New York Ruling on Michigan Decree
New York Court of Appeals rules that a Michigan divorce decree obtained while one party resided in New York and served by publication is invalid in New York. The case may go to the U S Supreme Court. The dispute concerns Silas Olmstead and two marriages yielding four children and an $8,000 estate.
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Court of Appeals
Michigan
New York State
United States Supreme Court
Silas Olmstead
Tarrytown
Benjamin F. Olmstead
Mary Jane Olmstead
Olmstead
New Jersey
Sarah Louise Welch
The Teacher and the Country Love Dream
An autumn meeting between Otto Laurence a devoted teacher and Aurora Prescott, a free-spirited young woman, blossoms into a romance challenged by class and parental consent. Laurence vows to wed despite wealth and status while Aurora’s father weighs future risks before granting consent.
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Oak Grove
Otto Laurence
Philadelphia
Uncle Hank
Aurora Prescott
Ozarks
Aurora
Prescott
Garden of Eden
Valley Road
Chicago
Sunset Hill
Papa
Mr. Prescott
Jove
Kangaroo Delicacy Takes Paris Gastronomes By Storm
Paris diners at the Ritz hotel increasingly seek kangaroo joints on the menu saying they are tired of chicken beef and mutton. The hotel notes a small joint costs about 20 pounds. Other regular Paris delicacies include bird's nest soup chamois bear and peacocks.
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Paris
Oliver
Ritz
Wood Wanted by Tribune Subscribers on Account
Several subscribers arranged to supply the Tribune with wood on account. Please deliver it now. Do not use man wood. The Tribune.
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The
Tribune
Continuous Indian Dance at Cheyenne and Arapahoe Powwow
More than 5,000 Indians encamped in the city park partake in a day and night squaw dance that stretches over several days. Bucks and squaws join the festivity while children imitate elders around the pounding tomtom. Garments are rich with feathers beads and bells creating a lively sound and display noted by Watanga Herald.
Time table fragment for Tabor and Northern line
Fragmentary OCR shows a timetable item for Tabor and Northern line with a 715 pm notation and 1806 m as a distance or kilometer mark, plus a 9 00 am reference. The readable text is incomplete but indicates scheduling details or stop times on the Tabor route.
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Tabor & Northern
Tabor
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