Great Gatun Dam Lock Gate Leaves Built for Panama Canal
The article describes a gate for the Gatun dam lock in Panama canal, 77 feet high with two 64-foot leaves of mitering type spanning 110 feet, made from vanadium steel nickel steel and bronze. The heaviest leaf weighs 750 tons. The canal gate contract covers 92 leaves, 47 feet 4 inches to 2 feet in height, requiring 60,000 tons of steel and costing about 5.97 million dollars. The image is from The Star via American Machinist.
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Gatun Dam
Panama Canal
Uncle Sam
Removal of a Bad Complexion by Mercolized Wax
An ad claims mercolized wax removes facial blemishes by gently dissolving the outer skin layer. It asserts quick results and names a druggist as supplier, promising relief from red tan moth patches sallow liver spots and pimples.
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Freckles Remedy Promises Clear Complexion
A drug called ethine-double strength claims to cure freckles. Buy one ounce from Bartell Drug Co and apply at night for fading or complete removal. The product guarantees money back if it fails to remove freckles and promises a beautiful, clear complexion.
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Bartell Drug Co
Newark Visitor Dies After Big Catch in Portland
Nathan Grotta aged 69, a Newark New Jersey summer visitor, died of heart disease in Portland after a deep sea fishing trip. The event followed a day of heat and excitement as his party tried to land the largest fish.
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Nathan Grotta
Newark
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Father Uses Sensational Kidnapping to Take Own Son
In Alameda California Dr. J Emmett Clark former Alameda health board president kidnapped his seven year old son Franklin Edwin Balthasar in broad daylight. The abduction occurred as the boys played on a porch near their grandmother when Clark in a masked rush seized the child and fled in a waiting automobile. Leslie Clark alerted relatives and neighbor Lewis McGlaulin but Clark's car had already disappeared.
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J Emmett Clark
Alameda Board of Health
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Franklin Clark
Leslie
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Airman Harry Atwood Aims New York to Chicago Flight
Washington July 20 Aviator Harry Atwood hopes to fly from New York to Chicago following a route through Albany Utica Syracuse Buffalo and across northern Ohio and Indiana He expects to complete the journey in seven flights averaging about 120 miles each barring accidents.
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Boston
Harry Atwood
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Chicago
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Buffalo
Ohio
Indiana
Rattlesnake Bite Accounts and Other Briefs
Rush Bitter of Fowlereville recovered from a rattlesnake bite after days of swelling and gas in the stomach region. In Washington, the Bull Run semicentennial drew veterans en route to Manassas. Charles Dougines, labeled a sober drunk, claimed leg pain. a medical check revealed a broken limb. Lake Washington strawberry fields opened to the public at 15 cents per gallon.
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