National Rivers and Harbors Congress Set for December Start
Washington expects the ninth annual National Rivers and Harbors Congress to open December 4 in the capital. Taft will deliver the opening address, urging a broad federal program to make waterways navigable. The election outcome shifts several members on river and harbor appropriations committees in both houses.
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Washington, D. C
Speedo
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Thia City
Arlington
Taft
Senate Committee On Commerce
Just tWie
Messrs
Bourne
Oregon
Percy
Mississippi
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Randsdell
Louisiana
Ellerbee
South Carolina
Boshne
Indiana
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Davidson
Wisconsin
Young
Michigan
Rodenbers
Tinos
Kennedy
Town
House Committee
Congress
Ransiell
Senate
House
Commerce
Tracks Raised in Spokane to Ease Traffic Flow
Spokane Washington November 20 The Northern Pacific began a 1 2250000 project to raise four miles of tracks without hindering city business A crew of 350 men will start work with concrete retaining walls on the sides The contract was awarded to Guthrie McDougall of St Paul and Spokane under the supervision of Alex M Lupier The project includes new ships just east of the city limits and an additional 3000000 expenditure.
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Spokane
Northern Pacific
Guthrie & McDougall
St. Paul
Alex M. Lupier
Spokane & Inland Empire Railway System
Uncle Sam Aims at Care for Panama Canal Workers
A long feature extols how the Panama Canal labor force, about 35 000 men, is housed fed and led with strict discipline. The piece praises a commission system dividing workers into gold and silver ranks with housing and meals provided at cost, and a focus on keeping combatants free to work while comforts are ensured.
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Panama Canal
Candi Zone
Sam
Medard Hurling Davis
Col- Hers Weekly
WecChimino House
Mint
Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Liver Cleanse
A vintage advertisement touts delicious Syrup of Figs as a safe, natural laxative to relieve biliousness gas headache and constipation. It claims gentle action overnight without nausea or griping and warns against imitation products, urging readers to seek the genuine California Fig Syrup Company label.
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California Fig Syrup Company
Panama Canal Commission Employe Benefits Revealed
Description of generous provisions for canal employees including wages, housing, coal, education, YMCA facilities, and clothing services funded by a commission. It details sourcing from Philadelphia to Texas for foods, and the vast laundry and garment operations within the canal zone, with remarks on the logistics and mysteries of returns to workers. Also notes Porto Rico reports on Dr King’s New Discovery and Colorado’s daily electrical horsepower usage.
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Eugene T. Wilson
Santa Claus
Philadelphia
Missouri
New York State
Germany
Scotland
England
Texan
Panama
Commission
Mr. Jones
Mrs. Smith
Canal Zone
Atlanta
Pacific
Porto Rico
Ramon T. Marchan
Barceloneta
Koeppens
West Coast Mexico land bargains from trusted specialists
Specialists in agricultural and timber land on the West Coast of Mexico offer personally inspected properties. Years of local knowledge, fair prices, and reliable delivery of goods emphasized in a minimal promotional notice.
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Mexico
Farmland prospect in Sonora near railroad line
No 138-5,000 acres in Sonora state near railroad offers 80 percent first class farming land with water transport. Partly fenced and suitable for alfalfa corn wheat cotton and other crops. A large bar area noted.
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Sonora
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Uncle Sam
Catal Jow
Atlantic
Colorado
Beecham’s
Beecham
Canadian Pacific
Minneapolis
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
New York
M. E. Malone
Thos
J. Wall
Sprague Ave
United States
Chas. F. Obrien
Los Angeles
California
Who-Is
Whitman
Tallman & Co
Edeson
Hoasekeeper
Holeson
M. T. Byrne
Juneau St
Seattle, Wash
Ita
J. A. Borie Lumber Co
Beaver Board
Pendleton
Ore
City Brewery
Billy’s Place
W. J. Bogert
Brewery Depot
Molitor & Stangier
OPERA
State Saloon
H. J. Latourelle
Prop
THE
Crescent Saloon
J. H. Taylor
A. T. Matthews CO
C. D
Alta St
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