A Trip Through the Panama Canal Plans and Progress
James Schreiber recounts the Panama Canal's early vision and construction led by Col. William C. Gorgas and Col. George W. Goethals. He describes the canal route from Colon to Panama, the Gatun locks, the Culebra cut, and Miraflores and Pedro Miguel dam projects, noting costs, scale, and future opening expectations with ships like the battleship Oregon.
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Panama Canal
United States Army
William C. Gorgas
George W. Goethals
Oregon
United States
Big Ditch
Obispo
Culebra
Andes
Panama Railroad
Pedro Miguel
Pacific
Rio Grande
Miraflores
Great Dam
la Boca
Bay of Panama
Rio Grande Lake
Panama Bay
Sosa
Americans eyed for Australian tour in Ke lley proposal
William C J Kelley reports Australians closely watch U S sport and consider sending four top West Coast athletes Ralph Rose Fred Kelley Clarence Edmundson and Ira Courtney to Australia with a $5 000 subscription if they agree Richard Coombes promotes showcasing American prowess to boost amateur sport in Australia Kiam H Brady offers Columbia University prizes to boost track athletics at Columbia Cross country work continues under Coach Bernie Weters at California golf grows among students Midwestern bowling prepares for finals in Kansas City Mathewsons final World Series ball reaches fan William Brown U S boxing commission reports over 1 000 000 spent on tickets boxing popularity rising in New York Australia funds Harry Pearce to challenge Ernest Barry in England Southern Association salary and player limits discussed with Birmingham only profitable club all others faced losses
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William C. J. Kelley
London
Australia
United States
San Francisco
Ralph Rose
Fred Kelley
Clarence
Edmundson
Ira Courtney
Richard Coombes
James B. Sullivan
Kiam H. Brady
New York Ath Club
Columbia University
Columbia
Bernie Weters
Inventions Drive U S Industrial Growth 1880 1910
The article details the surge in American manufacturing linked to patents from 1880 to 1910. It lists vast percentage gains across sectors such as iron and steel, sewing machines, agricultural implements, photographic apparatus, automobiles, wire, phono graphs, cash registers, food preparations, fountain pens, photo engraving, rubber goods, typewriters, and electrical machinery. It cites specific output values illustrating dramatic gains.
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United States
Leslie’s
The Child Heart Teachings On Humility And Offense
A Sunday School meditation on Matthew 18 verses 1 5 6 9 10 14 emphasizes child like trustfulness humility and simple service as marks of true greatness in the kingdom of heaven. It warns against offenses toward children pledges guardian angels and the value of every soul for the future of the nation.
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Christ
Kingdom of Heaven
God
The Dome Size Debate From London to Constantinople
A London Chronicle compares domes in Constantinople and London noting St Sophia’s dome size and rain threats. It mentions St Paul’s Dome and the British Museum dome at 140 feet in diameter, close to the Pantheon, the largest dome.
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St. Sophia
Constantinople
London
St. Paul's
British Museum
Japan's St Nicholas and the Souls of Children
The article explains a Japanese Buddhist belief that children's souls travel to Sumokawara after death and await maturity under Jizo Bosatsu. Jizo watches over the stone heaps children build for family salvation, with a fearsome night spirit challenging their plights, while cemeteries show Jizo imagery aiding petitions from parents and kin.
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Japan
Sumokawara
Jizo Bosatsu
Kawara
Jizo
Birthplace of the Bagpipe debated by scholars
The Westminster Gazette notes debates on the bagpipe origin with M. Sazenoff at Balmoral sparking talk of a Rus sian link. Major F W von Herbert traces ancient pipes to Seljuk Turks, while Sir Alexander Mackenzie claims the fiddle as Scotland’s national instrument and denies bagpipe invention.
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M. Sazenoff
Balmoral
Russia
Scotland
F. W. von Herbert
Alexander Mackenzie
Westminster Gazette
English constituencies with high inhabitant density
In England and Wales there are at least eighty three constituencies where the population per member of parliament is 100000 or more. The statement highlights the imbalance between voters and representatives across the regions.
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England and
Wales
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James Schreiber
Gatun
Canal
Atlantic
Colon
Limon Bay
Mindi River
Great Gatun
Chagres
Gatun Lake
Canal Zone
Panama
University of California
Middle West
Kansas City
Mathewson
William Brown
Cincinnati
Rigler
New York Boxing Commission
New York City
Harry Pearce
England
Ernest Barry
Richard Arnst
Pearce
Arnst
Southern Association
Birmingham
Atlanta
Mobile
New Orleans
Anees Two Pasion
Praia
W. M. Kavanaugh
Billy Carpenter
International League
ST. Nicholas
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