United States Gains Full Ownership of Panama Islands
The Panama Canal Railway company has sold its share to the U S government for 400000 dollars, giving the United States full ownership of Naos Flamenco Perico and Culebra. The islands will bolster the canal breakwater and protection against storms at the western entrance.
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Washington
Panama Canal Railway Company
United States
Panama Canal
Naos
Four Islands
William A. Young
Panama Railway
William A. Aspinwall
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Aspinwall
Bay of Panama
Railway Company
Steamship Company
Naas
Flamenco
Perico and
Culebra
United States of Colombia
Colombia
Panama
Balboa
United States of Columbia
United States’ of Colombia
Republic of Panama
Republic‘of Panama
United Stiaten
Panama Canal Zone
United States Army
Econ
Company
Sion
Canal Commis
Economy Commission Targets Transparent Government Costs
Economists working for the economy commission report toward December delivery of a comprehensive cost plan for federal departments. The effort, led by Dr. Frederick A. Cleveland, aims to show taxpayers at a glance what government spending amounts to and why, uncovering misalignments in appropriations and urging budgetary reform.
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Economy Commission
Taft
United States
MacVeagh
Norton
White House
Congress
Commission
Bra Island Quarantine Station Since 1508
Bra Island, the fourth in the group, has served as a quarantine station since 1508. The designation reflects its long use in controlling imported contagions and safeguarding public health.
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Bra Island
Cost of battleships by shipyards and dreadnought Florida
Secretary Meyer will present congress with cost figures comparing the Florida and Utah dreadnoughts. The Florida reportedly costs about 26 percent more to construct than the Utah, both built in different yards. The finding may curb further navy yard shipbuilding to a limited number of vessels.
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Meyer
Congress
Florida
Utah
New York Navy Yard
New York Ship Building Company
Navy Department
Navy Yards
U. S. Market Bureau Proposed to Reform Farm Marketing
The proposal establishes a bureau of markets in the department of agriculture to study farm product marketing. It would recommend fairest direct methods to connect producers with consumers and inform the public through reports on best practices and markets.
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Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Tragedy of the Sea Two Brothers Drifted at Sea in Dense Fog
A Franklin Bay style tale from Labrador details two Buckle brothers of Bonne Esperance who set out in a fog bound boat. The elder, twelve, survived after days at sea with only raw ray capelin to eat. The younger, eight, died. the survivor reached St Augustine and was cared for before returning home.
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Canadian Labrador
Buckle
Boone Esperance
Church of England Mission Chapel
Ion
St. Augustine
Bonne Esperance
Why He Turned Back by George W Perkins
George W. Perkins criticizes a New York socialist as intelligent yet cautious about timing. He compares the thinker to a Western camp errant who abandoned a fresh grizzly trail after noting it grew too fresh, implying premature action.
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George W. Perkins
New York
Mr. Perkins
Our Youthful Hopes
William Dean Howells accepts congratulations on a new edition of his works but notes happiness in career is never achieved. He says true success would overwhelm him with names like Washington, Homer, Croesus, Michelangelo, Beecher, Rockefeller, and Roosevelt.
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William Dean Howells
Mr. Howells
Washingtons
Homers
Croeguses
Michael Angelos
Henry Ward Beechers
John D. Rockefellers
Theodore Roosevelts
Child's Farm Visit Highlights Lambs in Corner
In a brief, playful exchange a Wall Street investor recalls taking his son to a country farm. The boy's first request was to see all the lambs gathered in a corner, a cute moment noted by the speaker.
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Wall St
Noted Humorist Charles Loomis Dies in Hartford
Charles Sattell Loomis a renowned humorist author and lecturer died in Hartford Conn he leaves a wife two sons Charles Battell Loomis Jr and Alfred Loomis a daughter Edith Worthington Loomis and a brother Harvey Loomis composer Loomis born in Brooklyn Sept 16 1861 worked in merchandising before turning to lighter American humor his verses appeared in Harper's Century St Nicholas Atlantic Life Puck Judge and more He wrote The Four Masted Catboat and many others and toured the country with his storytelling skills last home Leonia New Jersey
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Charles Sattell Loomis
Hartford
Loom
Jerome IX
Jerome
Paul Bourget
Leonia
N.J
Washington diplomat is bridegroom without bride
Dr. Belisario Porras, Panama’s minister to the United States, could not marry his Costa Rican fiancée in Panama because urgent business forced him to Washington. He sent proxy papers to the bride, who went to the altar with a friend of the groom. Read as proxy, the ceremony was completed. a second ceremony will occur in which he is the principal.
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Belisario Porras
Paniwa
United States
Costa Rica
Panama
Washington
Doctor Porras
Notable Figures Connected to Religious and Civic Life
The article surveys diverse personalities from Dr. George Chalmers Richmond, rector in Philadelphia, and Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden who resigns over attendance concerns, to King Albert of Belgium backing a Belgian merchant navy. It also notes M Mauvel, first president of Portugal, and Miss Annie Leary of New York, made a countess by Pope Leo XIII for philanthropic work, with mentions of Arriega and Hetty Green.
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George Chalmers Richmond
Hugh Richmond
Scotland
Thompsonville
Washington Gladden
First Congregational Church
Columbus
Ohio
Albert
Belgium
Bueiners
M. Mauvel
Portugal
National Republic Assembly
Arriega
Annie Leary
New York
Hetty Green
Christopher Columbus
Leo XIII
Edelweiss trade shifts from Alps to Paris region
Paris correspondence notes a thriving edelweiss market linked to Fontenay and Chatillon outside Paris. Despite Alpine demand, cultivation in France and Denmark boosts exports to Swiss and English markets, yet shoppers often find Paris shops lacking fresh blooms.
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Fontenay
Chatillon
Paris
Alps
Edelweiss
French
Savoy
England
London Evening Standard
The Tailor and Art
A fragment recounts a scene around a famous portrait of The Doctor. A tailor named Smart reacts with emotion to the image showing a suffering child and a humane doctor, then shifts to discuss attire with companions as Dr Johnson awaits an audience with Lord Chesterfield.
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Smart
Dr. Johnson
Lord Chesterfield
Cold Storage Growth In European Cities Like Paris
European cities adopt American cold storage models with Paris as a hub. The Paris suburb hosts a new large plant on the North railroad for domestic and imported goods. One cold storage chamber is in operation and an automobile wagon system links city sellers to the storage house, returning unsold goods for storage.
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America
Paris
Enginee
Correcting the Blackboard for Eye Strain in Schools
A Philadelphia physician urges reducing eye strain from school chalkboards by adjusting the board to avoid glare from windows. He recommends hanging it out of plumb enough to remove glare and using larger chalk characters so all pupils can see. Experiment may show if nonperpendicular mounting helps.
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Philadelphia
How Bells Are Tuned and Harmonized
The article explains that bells require a tuning process after casting. Each bell emits five notes that must blend to achieve harmony, tuned by shaving thin metal from various parts. An expert bell tuner can tune a bell as easily as a piano tuner adjusts chords.
Peking Kalgar Railway Progress in Chinese Nation
A newly completed segment of the Peking Kalgar line spans 130 miles from Hankow Pass toward Mongolia. Built and operated entirely by Chinese, the project uses revenues from other railways, proving profitability and bolstering the case for national ownership of Chinese railroads.
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Mey
Bingy
China
Hankow Pass
Great Caravary
Mongolia
Wwrope
Peking-Kalgar
Monsolia
Chinese This Example .Twill Be & Hal
Spare Rooms in the City Lives
The excerpt reflects on crowded urban living and scarce guest space in New York households. It contrasts city life with country homes, noting how relatives adjust rooms to accommodate visitors and the limitations of small apartments in a crowded metropolis.
World quicksilver production and trade in 1910 overview
In 1910 global quicksilver output reached 3,399 metric tons with Spain the dominant supplier from Almaden mines. The United States Austria-Hungary and Stay, save 'n urn trended second. U S imports totaled 667 pounds worth 881 dollars while exports hit 144,237 pounds valued at 91,077 dollars. Canada led the chief market, followed by Mexico.
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Spain
Yerous Almaden
United States
Austria-Hungary
Uni
Canada
Mexico
A Queer Post Office at Cape Horn Legend
Sailors around Cape Horn in the sixteenth century faced fierce seas and slow passages. A rock island near the cape allegedly hosts a hidden barrel on a ledge where captains land briefly to exchange messages by placing items in the barrel and returning others in kind. The so called math box acts as a remote post office with no postmaster.
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Cap . Horn
Straits of Magellan
Cape Horn
Cape S
Math
The Most Fickle Man John in Georgia Folklore
A Washington Post anecdote recounts a backwoods Georgia county election tale about John the fickle voter. It notes his changing stance on candidate William M. Howard and jokes about John's repeated religious reaffiliations and creek baptisms.
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Coil
William M. Howard
Tariff Board
Congress
Georgia
John
Washingston Post
A 14 Year Old Baroness Holds Right to Vote
England shows a unique case as a 14 year old Baroness Clifton has the right to be summoned to all counties and state ceremonies of the sovereign. She can vote on important questions though she focuses on dolls rather than the budget. She attends coronations and a bill is prepared for her.
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England
Barones Clifton
House of Lords
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