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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1914
Page
6
The article recounts the 1904 to 1905 steps of the Panama Canal project. A commission was appointed for construction, work began where a French company paused, and engineers debated sea level versus locks. The 50 mile route runs Atlantic to Pacific, with Gatun locks lifting ships to Gatun Lake.
The narrative recounts the long vision of a Panama Canal and marks the 1918 completion milestone when President Wilson activated the final explosives to breach the Gamboa dike. It outlines earlier efforts from Balboa’s discovery in 1543 to the 1903 U.S. acquisition and the 1904 treaty that granted U.S. control of a canal zone, framing the canal as an American project amid Latin American history.
Otto Schaumberg, the so called key burglar and sought murderer of Detective James Arnold, is jailed at San Quentin after a national manhunt. Sheriff Mulcomery of Le Claire county Illinois identified the prisoner who confessed to multiple burglaries and the 1892 murder during a talk with a fellow inmate.
In New Orleans Captain William Collier was found dead in his hermit’s lodge with buckshot in his head and upper body. He sat at a table clutching a royal flush while a full house lay opposite him. He appears to have been assassinated by the losing player, a suspected sugar planter, as police seek the opponent.
A Rhode Island bill introduced in the legislature would prohibit women from wearing dresses that button up the back. Offenders would face six months of hard labor in the kitchen.
Mendota Illinois Mayor Charles Rogers refuses to work as his pay remains fixed at 16 cents daily. He demands annual compensation of 300 dollars, arguing for a livable wage and alignment with municipal duties.
A discussion on the Bible as God breathed scripture versus mere literature. It argues scripture derives authority from divine inspiration, challenges private interpretation, and critiques church as sole authority while urging to return to Christ through scripture. The piece cites Jesus’ references to written scripture and reflects on continental current events in a foreign section.
The passage counsels enjoying earned leisure by sharing happiness with others. It emphasizes that personal happiness travels with you and that being active and generous at gatherings yields the most satisfaction. Remember the memory afterward to sweeten future days.
The article notes that the most elaborate fireworks are built for war, with star shells launched by large rockets to great heights. These war rockets, eight feet or more long, release colored stars on explosion to signal troops over wide areas, potentially eclipsing any Fourth of July display.
Argentina stands as the leading South American market for U S products with $55,000,000 in sales last year, compared with $40,000,000 to Brazil and $52,000,000 to the other 12 countries on the continent.
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