Panama Canal 18 Near Completion
Washington reports dry excavation for the Panama Canal nearly finished ten days ahead of schedule. Dredges will finish clearing Culebra Cut and surrounding areas while prep work continues, with water to be admitted from Gatun Lake by October 5 and the canal expected to be ready for shipping by December.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Great Waterway
Culebra
Gamboa Dyke
Pedro Miguel Locks
Gatum Lake
Gamboa
Gatum Locks
Pacific
Miraflores
Atlantic
Gatam Lake
Emi
Bandits Hold Up Payroll At Phrar Shoals Dam Site
Three armed bandits robbed a payroll shipment of 16 000 dollars intended for the JUG White Construction Company at a dam site near Perr Sivoals twenty miles from here. Deputy Jover was shot but not seriously wounded. A large manhunt with bloodhounds is under way across four counties.
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Columbia, & C
J UG. White Construction Company
Phrar Shoals
Jugner
Merv
Fred Bultriantes
Vna Jovner
Perr Sivoals
Wathyey
Jover Renee
Conditions in Mexico Described by Missionary in San Luis Potosi
Miss Cherley May Cunningham, a Methodist missionary at San Junis Potosi, describes Mexico's chaos and economic collapse as fighting closes Durango and Saltillo. She notes Americans may evacuate via a rapid route, fears no immediate danger in San Luis Potosi, observes widespread graft, rising prices, unemployment, and a government unable to quell revolts as Huerta loses support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S. C
Mexico
Chrrley May Cunningham
San Junis Potosi
Thomas J. (Mrter
Textile Industrial Institute
J. ©. Cunningham
Wofford College
Durango
Saltillo
San Luis Potosi
Cmters
Huerta
Federal
Mexican Officer Shot by Americans at Juarez Bridge
Lieutenant Acosta of General Salazar’s Federal forces was killed by U S customs and immigration officers after firing at them at the Stanton Street Bridge. The incident drew thousands of Mexicans to the riverfront as U S troops were deployed to prevent unrest. Juarez residents reported threats and confrontations as the shooting sparked anger on both sides.
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el Paso
Tex
Acosta
Salazar
Juarez
Stanton Street International Bridge
United States Customs
T. F. Jotah
Thomas N. Heffron
Jeffron
Jonah
Beagan
Thirteenth Civalry
Hugh Scott
United States
Seata
Salavar
L. Oleson
Ier
Cicaca
Kes
Mexcan
M. E. Diebold
FA Pano
Herron
Salazars
Diduares
Durham
Carry
Forer Meader
Seventy-first New York Regiment
Belleville
Hancock
Carr
General Carr backs Overman and woman suffrage
Gen Julian S. Carr of Durham predicted that Overman would win reelection to the Senate and voiced strong support for woman suffrage. He recalled his wartime encounter with a Union veteran and described a pledge to resume yearly correspondence.
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Overman
Senate
Julian S. Carr
Durham
Il Am
Yadkinville's Green Pond Section Black Moonshine Clan
In Yadkin County’s Green Pond area the so called Big Woods near Davie County is a near-lawless zone. Two killings in self defense and arrests loom with a federal blockade. residents say a white man and a black man are dead or jailed as officers fight a persistent moonshining network.
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Yadkinville
Superior Court
Yedkin County
Yadkin County
Davie County
Courtney
Yadkin River
Neiborhood
Reid
Big Woods
Yadkin
Federal Revenue Service
J. EB. Shigart
William
Mieporeul
Odergraft
Sherif Frank Wichon Ewanes
Littl
Scientist Eaten by Cannibals Reported in London
London reports state German American mineralogist John Henry Warner was allegedly eaten by New Gaines cannibals. Adviews received from Fader oe Bags meaned indicate seven regions of unrest amid the sensational claim.
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London
John Henry Warner
New Gaines
The teeth of life are to make, not break us Aner
Fragmentary quote reads The teeth of life are to make, not break us Aner. The line hints at resilience and personal motto but lacks context or identifiable events or individuals. Further readable details would enable a fuller, attributed summary suitable for a newspaper card.
Violence on excursion train ends in death
Henry Boykim died in a Suffolk hospital from injuries after being thrown from an excursion train during a Burgaw Norfolk trip. Three Black men, unnamed, were said to have forced him from an open window while the car was in motion, as passengers reportedly drank whiskey.
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Clinton
Henry Boykim
Suffolk
Norfolk
Norfolk Southern
Henry Delkin
Clinton Hardware Company
Bear ye one another's burden in Obriat's law
Fragmentary biblical phrase appears as a moral exhortation about bearing each other's burdens and following the law attributed to Obriat, noted in a reader's excerpt. The text lacks full context, names, dates, or places.
Judge Orders Bar Admitted to State Court in Salisbury
Judge B. E. F. Long, urged by Broncon, rules to quit a firm in Salisbury and bans any more bar actions at the September term. The decision, to be fully settled next Monday, involves all evil exes cooling at the term.
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Salisbury
B. EF. Long
Broncon
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Shore
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