Isthmian Canal Fight Shapes U S Choice of Route
Congress debates new Nicaragua path versus long debated Panama route. Advocates warn of costs and benefits for trade, Allied security, and Central American stability as U S policy emplaces Hay Pauncefote treaty changes.
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Council America
Congress of the
United States
Panaia Canal
Frenchmillin
Teles
Agieccan
Montreal
Tie Dam
berMeutral
Sitito
Panamanian canal plans stir shipping rate debates
The article discusses the impact of canal and railroad competition on US and global trade, noting cheaper water transport and increased coastwise freight. It describes plans, surveys, and debates around the Panama route, including figures, surveys, and expert opinions from the era, with reference to shipping to San Francisco and New York.
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Amdeclyn
Transcaucuerial
New York
Alleghenies
Cape Horn
San Francisco
New Cure for Consumptives Proposed by The Times
A letter to the London Times from a reader proposes a motorized treatment concept for consumptives. The writer claims rapid speed limits and administration methods for a hypothetical opemedic therapy, citing potential cures.
Observance of Sunday Varied Across English Colonies
A study contrasts Sabbath strictness in New England and Virginia, noting laws enforcing church attendance and no secular work. It cites early colonial discipline, Puritan churchgoing, and later laxities as causes for shifts leading to religious custom and church building. The piece references an 1890s Scribner excerpt and includes testimonials for St Jacobs Oil with customer letter claims.
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North
Connecticut
Colony of
Virginia
Othe
Cock-Flehbtinge
Parsons Witto
Tinnover Presbytery
Patrick Lienry
Parson Davies
Princeton College
Thomas Nelson
Page
Scribner’s. Oy
Western girl scene on Mel Winney trip sparks flirtatious chat
A Western California encounter in Los Angeles between a presidential party member and a witty local woman fuels a tale of hospitality and flirtation. The pair discuss illness and the playful notion of joining a fictional “Boh. de Whatton earth” brigade as a punchy cultural vignette.
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Mel Winney
Los Angeles
Westlake
Tea Drinking in Russia
Russians consume enormous quantities of tea and suffer no ill effects. They pour a small amount of brewed tea into a glass, add boiling water, and let it stand briefly. A teaspoon of sugar and a splash of milk complete the pale amber drink, a refreshing and piquant beverage.
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Russia
Laughing Jackass Bird Joke From London Spare Moments
A man carries a laughing jackass as a gift from a sea captain and meets a brawny Irish navvy who asks what kind of bird it is. The owner explains it is a laughing jackass, prompting the Irishman to reply with a witty retort about the burrit mane.
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Phwat
London
The Unappreciated and Unlucky Author
A humorous exchange where an author laments lack of recognition while noting he would have faced rejection if his 22 000 word original story had been sent to Congress. The comments reference the Cleveland Plain Dealer in a satirical tone.
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Congress
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tenants' Rights in Holland Explained
The text notes that in Holland a landlord cannot raise rent or evict a tenant. It adds that typically only letters worth reading are those that should not have been written.
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Holland
Origin of the Garter Legend in Medieval England
The Detroit Journal recounts a tale of King Edward VI or William II addressing lords and rewarding them with knighthood in the Order of the Garter after a witty exchange. The account frames the knights as loyal supporters of the crown.
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Order of the Garter
Edward VI
William II
Knights of the Garter
Hhose
Detroit Journal
Diary Entry on Dress Order and Payment Dispute
A Boston couple debates a dress order and payment after the wife claims she countermanded the order. The husband presents the dress and bill, while the wife asserts she wrote to the firm and that the letter is with other letters in his coat pocket.
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Boston
Boston Herald
Americans Buy Land in Saskatchewan Western Canada
Michigan farmer Mr Lenot reports Americans traveling from Winnipeg to Edmonton to assess land prospects in Saskatchewan including Saskatoon and Regina areas. He notes rich, deep soil, high crops with wheat yielding 5 bushels per acre, oats 100 bushels per acre, high grass, and parties from Minnesota buying 12 and 20 sections to develop immediately. He traveled twenty-three states and praises the region as a superb stock and farming country.
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Michigan
Saskatoos
S& KK. Lenot
Allegan County
Canada
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Wettiskiwin
Lacombe
Macleod
Regina
Prince Albert
Getting On A Harvard graduate jokes about prospects
A gentleman recently met a Harvard graduate from last June. The young man says things are booming though he has no pay yet, claiming to be the best oiler of machinery in New England.
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Leorge Mo Potten
United States
Paineiua
Universale Interves
Panama Canal
de Lesseps
Harvard
Hail's Catarrh Cure Promoted by Ohio Notary
A Toledo firm claim a one hundred dollar reward for any catarrh cure not helped by Halls Catarrh Cure. The document sworn by Frank J Cheney in 1831 notes the firm F J Cheney Co as centor partners. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and other notices including Italian railroads purchase in 1889 and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
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State OF Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Frank Jd. Cheney
A. D
Hail
F. I. Cheney & Co
Sam
Hall
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