Panama Canal Toll Took Lives Alongside Costs
The Panama project cost hundreds of millions and claimed many lives including Lieut. Col. David Gaillard, the South Carolina engineer who supervised the Culabra cut. He died in Baltimore hospital from a head growth linked to overwork in the tropics, a martyr to civilization’s progress.
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America
David Galliard
Galliard
Culebra
Panama Canal
Hercules
Gaillard
Baltimore
Monument to Gaillard urged for canal builders
The article honors Col Gaillard and other canal builders for their sacrifices and economies that saved the government about 17 million dollars during the Panama construction. It praises their courage amid slides and obstacles at Culebra and notes the era of global trade awaiting the canal opening. It also profiles F B Adams of Maine, turning to a poultry venture begun in 1919 with a 110 by 20 foot mill, 480 pullets from 1,000 eggs, and plans to ship two-pound broilers to Boston for profit.
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Culebra
Gaillard
United States
F. B. Adame
Maine
Adams
Boston
Villa Embraces Some Huerta Tactics Against Foe
The article notes that Villa and other constitutionalistas are nearly certain to adopt select Huerta style methods in dealing with their enemies, signaling a shift in strategy and authority.
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Villa
Huerta
Offer of Work Favored Over Charity for Working Men
For men able to work an offer of employment is preferable to charity and generally more acceptable.
Pendleton Stranger Sees Christmas Fall Countdown
A Pendleton resident senses autumn as Christmas approaches ten days away. The nation awaits a currency bill nearing final passage, expected to be a favorable gift for the country.
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Pendleton
By the Scissors A homeless wind laments its circle of night
Poem fragment where children plead for shelter as a cold wind wanders alone. The speaker notes the wind's lack of home and laments the dark hours before Christmas bells. The scene evokes winter bleakness with ruined moonlight and drifting stars as the wind roams.
Masquerade Island fragment from Pangborn tale
From the December Scribner story Masquerade Island by Georgian Wood Pangborn the narrator recalls a gale and a crew recruiting island servants, reflecting on Captain Kidd and the islanders. The scene shows fear, hunger, and a strange, hawklike population as the wind and fog blur lines between worlds.
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Captain Kidd
Polly
Jack
Beeson
Georgian Wood Pangborn
Poultry Profitable in Farm and Fireside Feature
In the Poultry Raising department of Farm and Fireside, John K. B. Taylor profiles a former mill employee who has built a successful poultry business after twenty two years in mill work. The piece highlights practical steps and lessons from his experience.
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John KB. Taylor
The Old Oaken Bucket Comes Alive in Class
A New York teacher reading The Old Oaken Bucket to primary pupils asks them to copy the first stanza and illustrate it. Mamie draws a well circle and three buckets, with little dots between lines to show infants spots, explaining the moss bound bucket and the other two as well.
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New York
Mamie
Mumile
Gossip War Follows Bitter Fallout
A court of public opinion spirals after sharp rumors about local figures. whispers split close circles as accusations flare and trust erodes. Key names are uncertain in the fragments, but the sense of a divided community remains clear.
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