Magnitude of Panama Canal Work Described
The article outlines the scale of Panama Canal construction with 20000 to 40000 workers anticipated. It notes labor origins from around the world, wage expectations around 50 cents daily, and the need for family accommodations for black workers. It discusses sanitation, staffing, commissariat, and transport infrastructure under U.S. oversight.
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Panama Canal
United States
New York
Colon
Panama
New Orleans
Springfield Republican
Why Be Good Inmates? A Prison Reform Parable In Modern Civilization
The piece argues that societal systems reward delinquency over steady virtue, using two urban youths to critique education and reform. It contrasts the good boy trapped in limited schooling with a bad boy steered toward truancy, reformatories, and ultimate fate, urging targeted manual training and expert pedagogy.
Strikes and Settlements
A Philadelphia Press editorial discusses strikes and settlements as warlike yet public eye catching yet notes rising use of settlements. It argues compacts to avert strikes are more common and fair now with capital sharing earnings and labor well paid.
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Philadelphia Press
War on Consumption Promotes Prevention and Care
A Montreal Star opinion asserts tuberculosis is curable and preventable through simple precautions. It argues keeping consumptives isolated via hygienic care can prevent spread, citing Swiss towns with sanitariums showing TB declines after centralized treatment.
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Europe
Montreal Star
Cheerfulness as Virtue Under Adversity
Milwaukee Journal argues that true cheerfulness is proven not in easy times but under hardship. It praises those who remain joyful despite poverty, illness, and ruined prospects, calling such restraint a real heroism beyond military valor.
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Milwaukee Journal
The Fountain Pen It Taught a Lesson
A young clerk Davis argues with a cashier over returning a borrowed fountain pen. The cashier apologizes and discusses borrowing ethics, noting honesty saves the trouble of excuses. Davis exits, later thanked by the cashier who moves packages to the drawer. The scene ends with the note that larger towns age people.
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Davis
Bor
Star of Bethlehem debated by astronomers
The New York Tribune notes efforts to explain the Star of Bethlehem as a celestial event. Theories span a temporary star, Tycho’s 1572 sighting, and a Halley’s Comet match. Davies Forbes suggests the star could be Halley’s comet seen in 1862 and predicted to appear again in 1911.
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New York Tribune
Perseus
Bethlehem
Tycho
Davies Forbes
Halley
Forbes
Hialley
The White Hat of John Burns at Gettysburg
A Bret Harte retelling of John Burns at Gettysburg shows a practical farmer amid the 1863 battle. He stood on his cottage threshold with a long rifle and a blue coat, while villagers cheered and shells burst around.
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Burns
Gettysburg
John Burns
General Lee
Home Guard
Daddy
Navarre
Bret Harte
Tobogganing into a bear described in polar tragedy tale
A fragment notes Paul Bjoering, member of Walter Wellman’s polar expedition, 1898–99, as a man of superior courage in A Tragedy of the Far North. The source hints at an incident involving a bear and a toboggan, but details are incomplete.
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Paul Bjoering
Walter Wellman
North
Bear and hunter duel on ice ends with mutual rescue
A hunter chained to a bear encounter on a snowy slope ends when a companion fires a rifle saving both. The bear charged as the man slid into a snow pocket. The pursuer Bjoervig leaped down with an oak staff but could not stop until a shot diverted the attack and both men survived their peril.
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Bjoering
Sax
Bjoervig
Money in Railroading Ten Dollar Bill Delays
A New York boulevard car jolts passengers as the motorman and conductor rush to reboard. After the car jerks and backs, they crawl under it and return with a mud stained ten dollar bill the motorman says he nearly ran over, apologizing to passengers.
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New York Boulevard
New York Times
Jacksons wary of infant prodigies in public life
The New York Times reports a meeting with Wilkins who jokes about his four year old daughter claiming Jackson is the handsomest man she knows. Jackson brushes off the boast and suggests shopping for gifts for the child before an engagement.
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Jackson
New York Times
Wilkins
Dodd's Kidney Pills Claim Global Cure Fame
Mrs Dunlop reports a dramatic recovery after years of pain using Dodd's Kidney Pills praising the medicine to friends and associates. The notes say others like Mrs Garrett of Beazils credit the pills for saving them from cerebro spinal trouble and rheumatic relief.
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Garrett
Beazils
Dodd
No, He Slipped on Mashashoo Setts
A clever home joke features Bigler unable to name the New England States after a late return. His wife tests him with a geography prompt, exposing his fatigue with a humorous twist about Mashashoo setts.
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Bigler
New England States
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Oriental Dream Cream Promises Beauty For Ladies
Landor quotes a sonnet on beauty and explains Gouraud's Oriental Dream as a harmless cosmetic that removes specks and blemishes, leaves a pearly complexion, and surpasses herbs and minerals in achieving beauty. Aimed at ladies, it invites use to attain Nature’s intended loveliness.
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Landor
Gouraud
False eyes and Pa glass in playful quip
A brief exchange on false eyes made of glass with a humorous pun about Pa-Glass and an instruction to go to bed. The piece ends with a market note praising Mrs. Austins pancakes and a nod to grocers supplying them.
Not All Servant Leaves in Dishonest Exit
A fragment shows a servant leaving amid accusations of dishonesty. The speaker warns the mistress that she will miss him, while the narrator claims she won’t. The terse dialogue hints at deceit and social tension in a domestic setting.
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