Questions on the Panama Canal for pupils
The item lists student questions about the Panama Canal including sea level versus lock design, decision authority, cost, dimensions, completion time, and current progress. It also asks about the chief engineer and prerequisites for starting work, followed by corn crop inquiries asking for the Secretary of Agriculture, harvest totals, comparison with other crops, percentage increase, and current crop value.
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Panama Canal
York County man fined for shipping rabbits out of state
B Brodbeck of Brodbeck York county was fined 50 dollars plus costs after pleading guilty before Alderman Aughenbaugh in York. He was arrested last week by Game Warden Fuller of Harrisburg on a charge of shipping rabbits to city merchants. A separate theft at Seitzland station saw Ralph Kankle miss an express package containing 10 dollars while he lit the signal lamp.
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B. Brodbeck
Brodbeck
York County
Fuller
Harrisburg
Aughenbaugh
York
Northern Central Railway
Seitzland
Ralph Kankle
Clock and Jewelry Repair by Klingel in New Oxford
All clocks watches and jewelry repairs handled neatly and cheaply. Goods sent with G A Klingel New Oxford and promptly returned. Penrose Merchers Jeweler Gettysburg Pa.
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G. A. Klingel
New Oxford
Penrose Mrers
Ettysburg
Local Residents Entertain Visits and Life Events
East Berlin guests include Mrs Cornelius Jacobs and Miss Florice Jacobs visiting Mrs CGA Ruff on Berlin Street. Eva Stock visits York Springs friends. Emma Wassem leaves Gettysburg to join Villa Maria Academy West Chester as an Immaculate Heart of Mary sister. Mrs FE M Root of Bellwood receives cancer treatment in town. Mary Carson of York visits sister Mrs John Ditenhafer Berlin Avenue. Jacob S Taughinbaugh and daughter Mary E Smith of Hanover St spend Sunday with Chas E Hummer family. John C Barnitz of Philadelphia visits mother and friends. Anna C Myers of Pitt Street stays with sister Mrs N M Dicks at Hotel Hanover.
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Cornelius Jacobs
Florice Jacobs
East Berlin
CG. A A. Ruff
Berlin Street
Eva Stock
Pitt Street
York Springs
Emma Wassem
F. T. Wassem
Gettysburg
Villa Maria Academy
West Chester
The
Immaculate Heart of Mary
FE. M Root
Bellwood
Eagle Hotel
Root
H. W. Swarts
Mary Carson
York
John Ditenhafer
Berlin Ave
Jacob S. Taughinbaugh
Daugher
Mary E. Smith
Hanover St
Chas. E. Hummer
Hanover
John C. Barnitz
Philadelphia
Anna C. Myers
N. M. Dicks
Hotel Hanover
Council Proceedings November 21 1905 Regular Session
City council notes regular session with Wehler Schnell Livingston and Taughinbaugh present. Minutes from Nov 9 10 approved. Committees directed to secure rim lock and soft egg coal for pumping station. Street work ordered at pipe sites and Hoover alley repairs approved. Water works winter preparations approved. Town property aims to remove circle seats. Monthly meeting date set. bills totaling 117 37 approved. Adjourned to Jan 2 1906. T I Bower secretary.
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Messrs
Wehler, Schnell
Livingston and Taughinbaugh
E. C. Livingston
H. K. Schnell
John H. Duttera, Jr
Schnell
Hoover Alley
A. T. Stambaugh
C. W. Myers
Stambaugh
H K. Schnell
Nicholas Lingg
M. G. Colestock
T. I, Bower
Sac’y
McSherrystown Notes and Regional Greetings
Misa Myrtle Eline travels to Grand Rapids Michigan to join her father there. James W Hart from Cincinnati arrives hoping to attend Mary C Hart funeral. internment held at Conewago Chapel. Local visitors include Mrs Bievenour and Misses Breighner Lingg and Smith from New Oxford. Mrs George Lawrence of Irishtown recovering from typhoid pneumonia. Rev P Mauger delivers steriopticon lecture The Wilderness Way at Pine Run schoolhouse drawing a large audience.
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Misa Myrtle Eline
Grand Rapids
Michigan
James W. Hart
Cincinnati
Ohio
Conewago Chapel
Mr. Hart
West
Joseph Bievenour
Mary Breighner
Mary Lingg
Mainie Smith
New Oxford
George Lawrence
Irishtown
Tragedy at Emmitsburg As Girl Accidentally Kills Mother
Miss Fannie Bowers accidentally shoots and kills her mother Mrs Isaac Bowers at their home near Emmitsburg while family members hunted nearby. A coroner's jury exonerates the girl after evidence shows the gun was mishandled during a household accident. Mrs Bowers, 47, leaves a husband and five children.
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Fannie Bowers
Isaac Bowers
Emmitsburg
Eyler
West High Street Man Suffering Blood Poison From Rabbit Bone
The condition of Mr Wm C Herman of West High street is described as very serious after blood poison set in from a splintered rabbit bone. Though slightly improved, doctors fear for his life as the infection has spread through his system.
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Wm. C. Herman
West High Street
Doctors Seaks and Sheetz Form Partnership in New Oxford
Dr. Geo H Seaks of Shrewsbury York county partners with Dr J L Sheetz and will locate permanently in New Oxford. Dr Seaks will arrive about January 1.
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Geo. H. Seaks
Shrewsbury
York County
J. L. Sheetz
New Oxford
Seaks
Desirable store room hind house for milliner and general store
Desirable store room hind house offers an excellent opening for a first class milliner and general store. For particulars inquire of D. F. Ste Fry Carlisle Street New Oxford.
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Hind House
D. F. Stefry
Carlisle Street
New Oxford
Five Family Perishes in New York Fire
A mother Mrs John Thomason and her five children aged 3, 7 months to 9 years burned to death in a Columbus avenue apartment house fire. Two others injured and many tenants panicked as police and firemen rescued several. The tragedy occurred when a door latch trapped the hall exit, trapping the family in their rooms.
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New York
Columbus Avenue
100Th Street
John Thomason
Chicago Stores 360 Million Eggs and 30 Million Pounds Butter
Chicago reports 360 million eggs in 1 million cases and 30 million pounds of butter in 50 000 tubs stored in cold vaults. Officials say the stock is the largest in the city’s history and will sustain winter demand.
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Chicago
Farm Hand Becomes Bavarian Heiress to Big Estate
George Becher a Bavarian farm hand living near Hammond Ind has been informed by the Munich consul that he is an heir to a Bavaria estate worth about 14 million dollars. The estate was left by his grandmother’s brother. Becher says he has papers proving kinship and there are no European heirs.
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Chicago
George Becher
Hammond
Ind
Munich
Bavaria
Europe
Becher
America
Mrs. Rogers Dies On Gallows After Vermont Killing
In Windsor Vermont on December 9 Mary Mabel Rogers was executed for murdering her husband Marcus Rogers in Bennington on August 18, 1902. She faced death calmly, received Holy Communion, and declined to speak as the trap sprung.
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Windsor
Mary Mabel Rogers
State Prison
Marcus Rogers
Benning
Mrs. Rogers
Senator Mitchell Dies After Dental Extraction Complication
United States Senator John H. Mitchell died in Portland Oregon at Good Samaritan hospital from a severe hemorrhage after four teeth were removed at a dental office. Doctors attempted to stop the bleeding but could not. he had visited the office in weakened condition due to illness and declined anesthesia. The fourth tooth extraction proved fatal as the hemorrhage intensified.
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Portland
Ore
United States
John H. Mitchell
Good Samaritan
Mitchell
Hundreds Killed at Harbin Mutiny Suppression
London reports from Mojo Japan describe refugees accounts of sacking and burning of Harbin Manchuria by mutinous Russians. Desperate fighting with loyal troops and massacre of Russian and Chinese residents is alleged. General Madari loff used drastic measures to suppress the mutiny.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Mojo
Japan
Harbin
Manchuria
Madariloff
Week's News Condenser Reflects December Tragedies and Titles
A condensed week recounts multiple suicides, deaths among society figures, mine and factory disasters, and notable legal events. Ed ward Fehr of Stockertown and Woodbury Kane are among the deceased, while others face violence, illness, or legal consequences across Philadelphia Chicago New York and beyond.
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Royal Baking Powder CO
Katz Furniture Co
Balto. St
New Oxford, PA
WM. R. Snyder
Council Proceedings
McSherrystown
P. Mauger
Wilderness Way
Pine Run
Pottstown
Max Schwartz
East
Broadway
Spring Street
Schwertz
Senator Mitchell
Edward Fehr
Stockertown
Allentown
Woodbury Kane
International Harvester Company
Alice Ormsby
Emmetsburg
Florence
Italy
Pietro Andrenni
Artillery
Horton
W. Va
William H. Thompson
National Bank of Commerce
St. Louis
Huntington
Austin Cartridge Company
Chagrin Falls
Edward
Arthur Nicholson
Madrid
Algeciras
Spain
Boston Elevated Railroad
William McSwain
Wilbur Cole
Armour & Co
Harry Reynolds
American Institute of Bank Clerks
Florence I. Stillwell
Riverside Mill & Coal Company
Bogota
N. J
Stroudsburg
Carter B. Harrison
President Harrison
Murfreesboro
Tenn
R. & O. Southwestern
Chillicothe
Mary Kunz
Manitowoc
Wis
Edward L. Kramer
Carlisle
Yale University
Brooklyn
James Murphy
William Willams
Elsie Parker
Baroness von Zedwitz
John L. Spalding
Peoria
Jim Green
Beryl
Miss
Samuel S. Brown
Pittsburg
Henry R. Sloat
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
Stoatsburg
N. Y
Johnno
James Fisher
Wilkes Barre
Lehigh Vally Rai
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