Great Divide of Panama Canal Culebra Cut Chronicles
The article recounts the Culebra cut as the canal’s daunting central task. It credits steam shovels and American labor for carving a nine mile passage through the Andes foothills amid landslides and tropical heat. It notes diversion channels, pumps, and ongoing concerns of slide danger while praising national effort and engineering triumph.
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Elesseps
Suez Canal
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Central America
Panama Canal
de Lesseps
Culebra
Uncle Sam
Culebra Cut
Panama
Animals Their Own Doctors Provided by Nature
A Nature inspired note describes how animals self medicate using herbs, soil, dust, and sun. Mon goose bites, dogs dirt baths, and cats grass feature as instinctive remedies. It cites chimpanzees dressing wounds and animals bathing for hygiene.
Exploding Flowers At Algiers Palm Attracts Attention
A rare floral event occurred in the animal garden at Algiers when a palm tree spathe about three feet long exploded and hurled blossoms skyward. Heat roasted the spathe to rust color while intense dryness and a sirocco wind caused fermentation inside. Reports note similar explosions and even an ostrich egg may explode under similar conditions.
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Algiers
New York American
The Alphabet In a Sentence Briefest Pangram
The briefest known pangram asks for a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet. An eight word example given is Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Gossip of the Sport World Chooses Columbia Schedule
The Columbia University baseball schedule lists nineteen games managed by Roland A. Hillas. Opponents include Yale Harvard Princeton Cornell Penn Wesleyan NYU Fordham Lehigh with matches set in New Haven Ithaca Philadelphia Southfield and Fordham and mentions prized hitters and notable players like Harry McCormick and Otis Crandall as examples of valuable two way players.
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Columbia University
Roland A. Hillas
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Cornell
Pennsylvania
New Haven
Ithaca
Lehigh
Southfield
Philadelphia
South Field
Wesleyan
Fordham
Harry McCormick
New York Nationals
Giants
Otis Crandall
Kuhn Chosen Princeton Hockey Captain Replacing Baker
Wendell Speers Kuhn named captain of the Princeton hockey team for next season. Baker will remain on the squad but not seek re election. Kuhn, a two year Tiger, has formed the team's backbone at center alongside Baker.
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Wendell Speers Kuhn
Princeton
Giants White Sox Pacific Trip Plans Revealed
Chicago White Sox president Comiskey confirms a fall tour with the New York Giants. The trip will cover three countries Australia Japan and China with twelve players plus three pitchers and an advance agent.
Football Pays at Chicago
The University of Chicago reports football is the only profitable sport with a net of 52 000 dollars last year. Total athletic receipts amount to 67 026 dollars and expenditures 66 484 dollars.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Pinch hitting and Mathewson captivate baseball fans
The piece recalls early pinch hitting as rare and costly, noting its rise alongside pitching and fielding. It also extols Christy Mathewson as a dominant figure, calling him the grand old man of the mound and highlighting his celebrated World Series struggles and expected workload this season.
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Christy Mathewson
New York Giants
Cy Young
Mathewson
Matty
American Press Association
The Favored of the Gods and a Bit of Wit
A collage of humorous quotes from Punch New York Globe and Boston Transcript.Dialogue touches on schooling marriage singing and old age with playful misunderstandings and witticisms. Notable lines include a widower proposing marriage a quip on clothes and a singer praised by a suitor.
The Van Million Divorce Case And The Pug Controversy
The Louisville Courier Journal notes the Van Million divorce case where the couple split $25 million amicably and then fought over custody of a pug. The report mocks the light seriousness of the disputes and the quirky custody dispute.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Notable Exchange Sparks Between Benham-Man and Benham-You
A brief humorous squabble surfaces with playful lines about worth and dust as a Chicago News item features Mrs. Benham-Man and Benham-You. The quote tangle hints at wit surrounding value and perception in a city setting.
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Benham
Chicago News
A Plea For Charity and Street Car Accident
A courtroom dialogue unfolds with a victim labeled an ambulance chaser by a caller's card. The lawyer counters with a claim of being a settlement worker as the judge weighs the exchange in a street car accident case.
Kissing Question Dramatized In Tit Bits Snippet
A playful exchange questions kissing dangers as doctors warn. The dialogue suggests romance may push many into bachelor life, reflecting a lighthearted, era-typical column tone from Tit Bits.
A Few Years Hence Politics Among Suffragists
A humorous Pittsburgh Post snippet mocks suffragist campaign chatter. The exchange jokes about long kisses for their candidate Mrs. Wombat, and notes the playful tone in early political theater.
No Alternative Clare Dialogue Sparks Social Satire
The London Opinion quotes a sharp exchange between Clare and Lydia on marriage choices and intellect, reflecting class and gender tensions in contemporary social debate. The fragment hints at satire of match expectations and intellectual parity within marriage.
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Clare
Lydia
London
Maud and Jack in a Quiet Betrothal
A light dialogue exchange centers on marriage and a cautious partner. Maud asserts affection for Jack while Marie voices certainty, and Jack prefers to avoid change or risk, favoring the status quo.
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Maud
Jack
Marie
Boston Transcript
No Hot Air About That Letter From a Fresh Air Mission
A brief item reports a letter from a fresh air mission begging a contribution. The piece mentions a magnate and a plan to bend them a draft, naming Rostan Tranecerinte as a figure referenced in the seeking effort.
Blink’s Last Book Evokes Mild Enthusiasm From Reader
The quotation notes a reader praising Blink’s final book while confessing they did not actually read it. The exchange satirizes reader enthusiasm and irony inTit Bits style.
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Blink
Barber Seeks Fiddler Like Performer in Comic Sketch
In a humorous exchange a barber debates his look with a world famous violinist figure, noting that insufficient styling could make him resemble a fiddler, as portrayed in The Sketch.
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van Blinkbottle
Thirteenth Guest Brings Luck At Dinner Table
A witty exchange suggests thirteen guests can be lucky when the thirteenth pays for the dinner, as cited in Tit-Bits.
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Mason
Brown
Seeing and Believing in Love at First Sight
A brief fragment notes a discussion on belief in love at first sight with a quoted exchange. The text includes stray words and possible names or places, but the readable portion centers on romance and perception themes.
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Eames
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