Suez Canal Through Time and Trade Winds the Globe
A historic geography essay traces the Suez Canal as a lockless waterway linking Europe and Asia, its role as a world barometer of cargo and travel, and the long arc of its construction from ancient attempts to modern operation. It covers De Lesseps, the 99 year concession, labor methods, Sweet Water Canal, and Port Said logistics with references to ships, routes, and global commerce.
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National Geographi
Suez Canal
Europe
Asia
Panama Canal
Panama
Great Seas
Suez
Kamchatka
World Life
Holy Land
Egypt
Bombay
Hong Kong
Japan
Grand Banks
North Atlantic
Tropics
Gibraltar
Massawa
Mediterranean
Africa
Mombasa
Durban
Capetown
Equator
Melbourne
Bay of Nanleg
Putenkhramen
India
Golden Gate
World Canals
New York
Southampton
Gre
Seti I
Bemenes the Great
Nile
Red Sea
Darius
Necho
Psammetichos
Herodotus
Phrage
de Lesseps
England
Napoleon
Great Britain
Indian
Lepere
Dardanelles
Mohammed
Pasha
Turkey
Cairo
Ismailia
Suer
Port Said
Tutankhamen
Goshen
Joseph
Port Fuad
Boxing Promoter Dickson Chases Global Rings
Globe-trotter Buck returns home as boxing writer chatter links New York and Paris. Jeff Dickson leverages European deals, with Paris bouts and Wembley dog races on the horizon, while Sonja Henie may rejoin in January and boxing in Albert Hall faces ticketing fights.
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Ter Fou
Globe Trotter
Axford Cleaveland Buck
Andy Niederriter
Lou Burston
Europe
Jeff Dickson
Ebbets Field
Dickson
Runior
Palais Des Sports
Paris
Marcel Thil-Lou Broulilard
Cleto Locatelli
Audra Boutis
Cate
Pareis
Mickey Walker
Passis Des Sports
Georges Carpentier
Sonja Henie
Palain Des Sports
London
Wembley
Earl's Court
Albert Hall
Mississippi
Atlantic
Arthur J. Elvin
Wembly Fool
Elvin
Benny Lynch
Small Montana
Wresting
Schmeling to Visit U S After Christmas Holidays
Boxing news from Fred Kirsch reports Schmeling may travel to the United States after Christmas. Other notes mention German promoter Rothenburg, Eder’s potential U S return, and Katter as a promising welterweight. The piece also touches on amateur turning pro, world events, and college sports gossip.
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Fred Kirsch
United States
Arthur Rothenburg
Hamburg
Deutechs
Meanager
Schmeling Strmpother
Heins
Hitler
London
Paris
England
Simpson
America
King Edward
Harny
Behine Arena
Lou Burnton
Gai Ae
Baer
McLarnin Gave Ambers Lesson in Boxing
Boxing notes recount Lou Ambers losing a decided bout to Benny McLarnin in Madison Square Garden after being outmatched in weight and experience. The piece touches on boxing politics, coaching picks, and other sports anecdotes from the era.
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McLarnin
Ambers
Boxing
Lou Ambers
Herkimer
Madison Square
Jimmy Garden
Tony
Brown
B.C
Francis Albertant
AB. C
New York
Preston
Selby Burch
Washington Horsemen
Bowie
Maryland
Kentucky
Jack Mackie
Professional Golfers Association
England
Jane
P. G
Welte
Cowles
Neb
Cedar Rapids, Jr
George W. Bryant
Moray
Eby
Gudicon
Wirtythree
Jake the Lamb Joins Captain in River Voyage Tale
A ram named Jake travels aboard a river boat to cheer the ailing captain. The crew recounts Jake's playful misadventures from loading sheep to a barroom spectacle, a school visit, and a town chorus of Marys Little Lamb. The narrator plans to reunite captain and pet to lift his spirits.
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James J. Montague
Jake
Dalles
Jake Doas
Celilo
Mary
Jake Caperin
Hood Rives
Smilin
Tim
Alck Bo
Yell Syndicate
Worship of the Boon Moon Worship in ancient nature belief
The moon’s worship precedes the sun as an ancient veneration of nature’s creative and fruitful powers. It reflects a wisdom hidden in instinct and the cycles of nature, suggesting timeless reverence for moonlit forces.
These Cuddle Toys Solve Gift Problems
A vintage sewing pattern offers four cuddly toys with simple pieces and detachable parts. The pattern 5609 provides transfer templates, material requirements, and assembly instructions for a bear chick and two others using cotton scraps. Send 18 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept. in New York for the pattern and mail your name and address.
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Enie
Meenie
Minie
Household Arts Dept
West Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
Stunting Growth and the Shadow of Futurity
Fragmentary reflection questions how men judge future by their own smallness. The text imagines stones around a foundation urging larger ambitions beyond mere height, prompting a meditation on ambition and perception.
Temptation and honesty in resisting temptation
Dr. Johnson argues that resisting temptation once does not prove honesty and that continuing temptation, such as silver in view, may overcome virtue. He contends that provoking temptation harms the person and sharing guilt when they succumb to it.
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Dr. Johnson
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Jack McBride
Vic Hanson
Wilder Taskar
Rutgers
Claire Shirlington
Eddie O'Keefe
Hockey Rovers
Chick Meehan
Manhattan
Jorkey
Sammy Hrenick
Sidat Singh
Cappy Wells
West Point
Astion
Sixteenth Infantry
Montague
O. S. Marden
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