Panama Canal Sparked by Electric Illumination and Dams
The Panama Canal will stretch about forty three miles from ocean to ocean and be electrified along its entire length. Construction costs are estimated at 145 million dollars with an 15,900 laborers expected, and tolls will fund revenue after completion. Dams on the Chagres River will create reservoirs to store floodwater and power the locks and lighting, while basins at Colon and Panama provide ship access and mooring tied to the Panama Railroad.
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Pacific Ocean
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Owever
Uncle Sam
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Suez Canal
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Bohio
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Alhajuela
Chacres
Colon
Panam
Panama Railroad
Proposed Isthmus Canal Through Mountain Passes
The plan envisions a sea level Atlantic approach and a higher Pacific end connected by a system of locks and cuts. A central mountain range necessitates a pass and extensive excavations including a 164 foot rock removal. Locks double basins will raise and lower ships for a transit under a day.
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Chagres
Treat Fee
Adgantic
laeHie
Colen
Bohio
San Pablo
Motnebin
Pacific
Pavite Ocean
Atlantic
Comradership in the Senate and House Debates
Joe Mitchell Chappie notes in the National that Senate and House debates resemble cross examination as speakers seek to supply material for the Congressional Record. He cites Alison, Jillinga, Aldrich, Quay, Penrose, Frye and Elanna, observing cordial gestures and applause that ease partisan tensions.
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House
Alison
Jillinga
Aldrich
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Tillnimw
Semiror Quay
Joe Mitchell Chappie
National
A Peculiar Nawe and Mule Ping Pong Reference
A Washington Star excerpt recounts Erastus Pinkley explaining why his mule is named Ping Pong. He says the name recalls happy days with gentlemen at the club and that driving the mule requires talking to it as if addressing players. The passage ends with a wry note on dressmakers and a “lucky doz.”
Should a man marry in the modern age and nation differences
An essay reflecting on marriage economics and social norms contrasts German alimony standards with American attitudes. It discusses officer pay and mating prospects, noting incomes, societal expectations, and the influence of immigration on U.S. cities and urban life.
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Cupid
Germany
United States
Harper’s Weekly
The Dangers of Ambition in Modern Life
A Philadelphia Times opinion piece warns that excessive ambition harms individuals and society. It urges moderation, urging people to balance will with capability, value contentment, and focus on duties rather than chasing unattainable goals.
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Cardinal Wolsey
Shakspeare
Philadelphia Times
New Problems of Immigration
Immigration statistics compiled with European data indicate a record year ahead with 600000 expected arrivals, up from 487915 last year. The notable shift lies in the changing character and nationality of incoming migrants, with 1882 seeing 250630 immigrants of a new profile.
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Europe
America
Conviction of Women Criminals Signals Shifting Attitudes
The St Paul Dispatch notes two recent sentences in Minnesota and Kansas showing harsher punishment for female criminals. Mrs Tanke receives life with hard labor for murder, Miss Morrison twenty five years, after three trials. Authors argue crime is not gender based and that equal guilt could improve crime control, though prisons filled with women are unwelcome.
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Minnesota
Sisera
Borgia
St. Paul
Money Made in Gambling and Stock Speculation
The Cincinnati Post argues that vast fortunes in stock and grain speculation and horse racing flow to brokers and bookmakers who take commissions rather than to investors. It notes the odds and fees, warns most would fare better saving, and laments the public’s lure to gambling over prudent investment.
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Cinciunni Post
The Business of Executing Ends in Public Resentment
An 1899 will case from New Haven reveals executors including Judge Lynde J Harrison received 161625 for three years of services, about 350000 a year in modern terms. The widow and Plant’s sons now manage the estate, sparking debate on executor pay and family succession.
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Enry BL Plan
Jyne
Lynde J Harrison
New Haven
Plant
Chicago Record-Herald
Archbishop Croke Death Reflects Land League Era
The death of Rt Rev Thomas W Croke archbishop of Cashel marks the end of a pivotal figure in Ireland s Land League era. Born May 1523 in County Cork he urged landlords to end rents during the no rent manifesto and later led a movement for a public testimony drawing wide attention.
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Ireland
Thomas W. Croke
Cashel
Land League Diys
County Cork
Michael Davitt
Land League
Shreland
Parnell
Thurles
League
Croke
Archbishop backs Irish movement amid Parnell split
The aging archbishop offered his support and blessing to the current Irish movement after the Irish Parliamentary party broke up following Parnell's death. He defended the Land League or its policies and showed interest in the new effort at the time MIT.
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Canada
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Russia
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
National Life
Denver Post
Monial
Parnell
Land League
Leo Mit
Irish Parliamentary Party
Abnormal Development Linked Brain Malformity to Genius
A Paris psychologist claims brain malformation causes genius. He cites Milton as an example, arguing blindness narrowed his mind and enabled Paradise Lost, suggesting deformity or disease can trigger exceptional intellectual development.
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Paris
Milton
Opium and Pain in Eminent Writings
The article notes how Thomas de Quincy and Samuel Taylor Coleridge suffered opium effects from laudanum, and claims Byron's lyric power declined due to a club foot. It also suggests Sir Walter Scott produced his best work while ill and claims Mozart and Wagner had deformed brains from childhood disease.
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Thomas de Quincy
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
de Quincy
Byron
Walter Scott
Mozart
Wagner
Flour Popularity in Manchuria and Circus Parade Anecdote
American flour gains popularity in Manchuria. A farmer returning home from circus day after unsatisfactory parade hitches up and leaves town.
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Far East
Manchuria
Rocky Ford Giant Watermelon Sets New Local Benchmark
The King of watermelons grown at Rocky Ford Colorado measures 5 feet in length weighs 386 pounds and has 3 feet in circumference. Exhibited at Watermelon Day and Struit Festival the fruit demonstrates the area's soil favors melon growth with growers predicting a future record breaker of 6 feet.
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Rocky Ford
Col
First Lady of France Emile Loubet’s Simple Life
The article portrays Mme Emile Loubet as a plain, middle class figure and steadfast wife of the French president. She hails from Montelimar, born Marie Denis, and remains modest and charitable throughout her rise from provincial lawyer’s wife to national figure. She has three children and embodies restraint, courtesy, and practical dress without chasing Paris fashions.
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Emile Loubet
French Republic
Mme, Loubet
Faubourg St. Germain
Mme. Loubet
Montelimar
France
Marie Denis
M. Loubet
Paris
Insect Visit At Anglo Indian Dinner
Anugio Indian life described with nightly dinners where insects gather around the lamp. Anglos and Indians watch plates and glasses as pests swarm. A flat brown odor-emitting insect ruins food and renders the room uninhabitable after a single crush.
Amusing French Visitor Misstates English Weather
A refined French visitor in the city becomes the source of humor as she attempts to speak English. Nervous about errors she carefully chooses words and ends up saying that she sat with her feet over the trees in the chilly day.
Pleasant Thoughts Offer Escape from Grim Realities
A reflective piece argues that pleasant thoughts are the world’s finest things and the wisest habit is to cultivate them, though some people seek out morbid sights, claiming freedom in a dead man.
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