Gargantuan Panama Canal Gates Take Shape in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh 92 massive gates for the Panama Canal rise to nearly six stories, 65 feet wide and seven feet thick. Weighing 66,000 tons of steel, they dwarf the Eiffel Tower in scope. The $5.5 million project ships 60,000 tons of steel from Baltimore with 400+ Pittsburg builders. first work slated for 1941.
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Eiffel Tower
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Panama
Tragic Deaths Haunt Adelaide Cumming Family
In New York a member of the Adelaide Cumming family faces further tragedy as her sister, on her thirty second birthday, falls downstairs in a new hobble skirt dress after tripping. The fall results in a broken bone and complications that may prove fatal, continuing a pattern of misfortune said to haunt the family through generations.
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Mins
Adelaide Cumming
Boston
Ale
Miss Cumming
City volunteers rally for Armourdale clean up event
In Armourdale Kansas City district a coordinated effort led by Mr Dean mobilized lawyers doctors ministers and business leaders along with 14 000 school children to clean streets and parks. Wagons from city and business firms collected the debris as youths with brooms aided the effort with plans to expand citywide.
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Dean
Mr. Dean
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Refusal of Water Endangers Life in Philadelphia Hospital
Albert Maxwell, 51, gravely injured by a streetcar in Philadelphia, refuses all water for thirty years claiming he is an abstainer. Doctors and nurses struggle to feed him as he rejects water with medications and meals, risking dehydration despite his condition.
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Garretson Hospital
Albert Maxwell
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Valuable Advice Conversation Snapshot
A dialogue contrasts giving and taking advice. One speaker notes repeated requests for guidance while admitting skepticism about applying it. The other admits frequent doubt before seeking counsel about what not to do.
Gubbins Invents a Funnel to Silence Neighbor's Talk
In Omaha a man named J Montgomery Gubbins showcases a tin funnel as a contrivance to absorb a chatty neighbor's talk. He claims he used it to trap and return her words, causing her discomfort and a visit from a doctor after a heated exchange over repeated requests for sugar and milk.
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J. Montgomery Gubbins
New
York
Gubbins
J. Montgomery
Gabbins
Omaha
Plumage law blocks sale of aigrettes in New York
New York state will ban the sale of aigrettes and other wild bird plumage for millinery after July 1, per a state law noted in the National Audubon Society report. New York, Paris and London are major centers for aigrette trade, which harms mother birds and their young, and the law aims to end most wild bird plumage usage in the state.
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New York State
National Association “of Audubon Societies
Paris
London
Teen runaway Isabel Embrey gives up stage life in St Louis
Miss Isabel Embrey of Meridian Miss ran away to seek stage work. After two nights in tights in a St Louis chorus she quit show business for a department store job. She reunited with her parents at police headquarters and agreed to return home.
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Isabel Embrey
Meridian
Lynne
Starship
Cincinnati
Morgan Street
Jefferson Hotel
Tramp Steals Chicken Dinner in Brookfield Township
A tramp cried Fire in the home of Rev. Thomas Barnes in Brookfield township near Sharon Pennsylvania. The family rushed outside as he vanished. Another man entered the back door and stole the chicken and two pies before escaping unseen.
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Thomas Barnes
Brookfield Township
Atole
Dogs Help Seek Cancer Clues At Portland Hatcheries
A U S government test bureau at a Maine fish hatchery starts cancer studies using six dogs in a labeled cancer squad. Dr Harvey R Gaylord leads trials to see if cancer in fish can pass through water to dogs and, by extension, humans.
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United States
Flah Hatcheries
Uttler
Charles G. Atkins
Harvey R. Gaylord
United State
Rome Move on Telephonists Marriage Rule Sparks Debate
A movement in Rome targets an old regulation banning marriage for telephone girls before age twenty eight. Italian women seek to reach their prime earlier and reassess marriage prospects under the government rule.
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Rome
Congress In China to Convene First Imperial Parliament
An official edict states China will convene its first imperial parliament in 1913 at Peking. The historic move marks a new legislative step in the imperial era.
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China
Peking
Offense Weighs In On Championship Contenders In Football
The article argues teams with strong offenses win titles, noting Michigan under Coach Yost focuses on defense but struggles offensively. Minnesota Victoriously emphasizes new plays and a strengthened line, while Chicago and others show that a powerful forward line enables backfield success and longer execution times for plays under new rules.
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