This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
BAD FIRE AT COLON Panama Buildings Burned
A large blaze in Colon Panama destroyed the Phoenix hotel an American owned property two other hotels several liquor saloons and tenement houses The Bowes building port office and government offices were burned destroying most records The American consul and others assisted in saving lives including the body of a chef s child amid harrowing scenes Albers gets three years in Costa Rica case and canal commission member Hains injured in a bathtub fall in Washington The advertisement notes a laxative product from Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets sold by A L Pearre s Drug Store.
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Panama
Colon
Phoenix
Bowes
Merendez
Treasury
Chef
Polwe Gritz
Albers
Washington
Beatty
Minkster Merry
San Jose
Costa Rica
State Department
Willam S Albers
Supreme Court
Afr
Donaldson
Wanaqua
Peter C. Hains
Panama Canal Commission