Canal Bill Passes Despite Heated Debate Over Toll Exemption
Congress narrowly approved the canal measure by 216 to 71 after a fierce clash over exempting American vessels from tolls. The final act preserves sovereign rights under the Hay-Pauncefold treaty and Panama treaty while limiting tolls and denying broader exemptions.
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Anjon
Washington
Senate
Sored Duwb
West Virginia
Uni
United States
Underwood
Congress
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
Great Britain
Fragments of a Curious Conversational Exchange
A garbled passage shows characters discussing flirtation fame and politics. A grandmother mentions a "Votes for Women" card in a window while a doctor and others react to casual remarks. The dialogue hints at social dynamics, humor, and a hopeful misread about an X ray.
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England
Mary
Comedic Fragments From a Turbulent Page
A garbled excerpt recalls domestic banter about a sleeping baby, a bottle, and a quip on pockp Rye. It also references a young girl accused of suffragette activity and window breaking, with a mother’s defense and scattered dialogue.
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Grace Tage
Mima
Race
Wallie Learns Speech From Food Language Reversal
A boy and his father visit a restaurant where a joke about dessert and beef shows Wallie’s grasp of words. Weeks later he reflects on language quirks, noting how dessert and cream on beef become a comic revelation, revealing his playful misreadings.
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Wallie
Temptation and a baby plot poison a Long Island home
A chaotic narrative from Long Island relays a family upheaval over a baby, with Ed Tite HA-Saeaheste and others offering toys and a boat as incentives. Edwin Weihe schemes and a jealous suitor tries to claim the infant while Short Jenks blasts the press as the journal contends about family drama and political quips.
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Fatwin
Mro
Crosby
Kresien
Long Island
Peter
Dee Fey
Glilekerms
Edwin
Monheran
Wil
Rome
New to Her tan your baby brother is Hew Jamie
The text reads as garbled OCR like dialogue with fragments about a child named Hew Jamie who can say many words, some nonsensical phrases, and references to words never used before, a person who never kicks, and a vague note about a train department.
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Jamie
Weather forecaster’s hint spurs grape shipments surge
A disrupted memory of a small town weather observer and a shopkeeper in western New York shows how a forecast sparked urgent grape orders. A single hint of rain led to doubled shipments, driving up prices while the narrator regrets not ordering more cars.
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New York
Mississippi River
Dave Runnine
Pen and pistol query raises concealed weapon doubt
A quotation on the pen being mightier than the sword prompts a question about whether a man with a fountain pen could be considered to carry concealed weapons. The article debates legality and interpretation of concealed weapons alongside symbolic symbolism.
King George of Burland and the Dental Jil-Croan Inquiry
A cryptic note references King George of Burland and a dental context with a mention of Jil-Croan work. The fragment hints at a historical or satirical item involving royal matters and a dentist, but specifics are unclear.
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George of
Burland
Drinks and duty collide in a wartime odd scene
In a fragmented report Pat Rose is praised for stepping up while Pat O Flynn is amid a tense moment. A titled lady insists on a drink, choosing sherry for Pat and port for herself as a rum mix is prepared, all set against a Chile railway reform plan and a Canadian tungsten dust note.
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Pat O'Flynn
Pat
London
Apanera
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