First Pacific to Atlantic oil pipe line tested across Isthmus
In 1906 1907 Union Oil of California laid and tested a crude oil pipeline across the Isthmus of Panama linking Pacific shipments to Atlantic refineries. The project used 800 psi tests, employed about 70 men per gang, and included pumping stations and storage tanks on the Canal Zone. The venture promised substantial fuel savings for the Isthmian Canal Commission and Panama Railroad.
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Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Panama
Great Canal
Union Oil Company of California
Oceans
Tropics
California
Pennsylvania Oil
Los Angeles
Lyman Stewart
New York
Philadelphia
R. W. Fenn
A. 8
C. E
United States
Fenn
Colon
S. T. McElfresh
Pittsburg
Jemateans
Haustice
Isthmian Canal Commission
Commission
Isthmus
Panama Railroad Company
Union Oil Company of
Pacific
Government of
Secretary of War
Canal Zone
Union Oil Company
Santa Barbara County
Cal
Port Harford
Oregon
Washington
Hawaii
Chile
Guatemala
la’ Boca
Pacific Entrance
Mt Hope
Mt Ope
Culebra
Rio Grande Reservoir
la Boca
Mt. Hope
Woman's era in Austria opens careers for girls
Vienna reports from the Boston Post correspondent that Austrian girls and young women are training for higher paid professions previously dominated by men. Training schools open to women encourage pursuits in electricity engineering and bridge building while factories may face labor shortages in tailoress and lingerie work.
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Vienna
Boston Post
Ballinger Lacked Fitness in Interior Dept Dispute
Washington hearings on the Ballinger Pinchot investigation featured Brandeis and Pepper arguing Ballinger was not vigilant against special interests and lacked public fidelity. Veetrees countered that Ballinger is a conservationist of public care but not aligned with the Pinchot school of zeal.
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Washington
Ballinger
Interior Department
Lee Garfield-Pinchot
Ballinger- Pinchot
Brandeis and
Pepper
Veetrees
Pleas of Guilty Entered in Sugar Underweighing Trial
In New York three defendants connected to the American Sugar Refining Co dock frauds on the Williamsburg docks pleaded guilty after the prosecution closed its case. The men, under dock superintendent Oliver Spitzer who was sentenced to two years in an Atlanta penitentiary but pardoned, face later sentencing.
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New York
Williamsburg
American Sugar Refining Co
Oliver Spitzer
Atlanta
Harry W. Walker
Jean F. Voelker
Prof Koch Dead World’s greatest bacteriologist dies at 67
Berlin professor Robert Koch, famed for tuberculosis and cholera germ research, died in Baden Baden from heart disease at 67. Born December 11 1843 in Clausthal Hanover he influenced modern bacteriology with work on anthrax and traumatic disease etiologies. Big Swindle Nipped in Bud. Chicago federal indictments arrest FE A Starkloff and George W Fost in Philadelphia mark first major green goods case in Chicago in over a decade.
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Koch
Berlin
Robert Koch
Baden-Baden
Klausthal
Hanover
University of Goettingen
Wollstein
Chicago
FE. A. Starkloff
George W. Fost
Philadelphia
Federal Grand Jury
Tobacco market steady with small offerings in Louisville
Louisville on May 27 reported little activity on the tobacco breaks. Offerings totaled 12 hogsheads of burley and 70 of dark with prices flat at 7.75 to 9.50 for burley and 3.90 to 10.75 for dark.
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Louisville
Live stock market report from Cincinnati cattle hogs and sheep
May 27 cattle prices range from 5.10 to 7.50 per hundredweight with bulls and milch cows down. calves and hogs show strong to mixed figures with packers paying up to 9.50 per hundredweight. sheep and lambs quoted with standard grades and premiums noted for spring lambs and clipped lambs weaker.
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Cincinnati
Bologna
Grain market prices in Cincinnati report
Wheat prices range from No. 2 red 1.12 to No. 3 red 1.06. Corn figures show No. 2 white 65 to 66 cents, No. 3 white 65 to 63 cents, and mixed ears 59 to 61 cents. Oats list No. 2 white 42 to 48 cents, No. 3 white 41 percent, and barley and rye prices complete the market snapshot.
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Cincinnati
Observation in the last Pullman car prompts warning
In a railway scene a child points out a man with a wig in the last car of a through Pullman. The mother hushes him and scolds the observation as improper while the boy repeats his question about observing. The dialogue captures a tense household moment on travel.
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Archibald
The Real Wrench Smith It’s Hard to Get a Wife
A comic punchline about marriage trials contrasts a man who struggles to find a wife with another man who easily gains one but cannot keep it. The quip reflects social humor likely from a theater or entertainment feature.
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Smith
Baby healed by Cuticura remedies after eczema on scalp
J Fish and Ella M Fish of Mt. Vernon Kentucky report their infant daughter suffered severe scalp eczema. After trying doctors with no success they used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Within two weeks the scale vanished and new hair grew. The girl is now healthy at sixteen.
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J. Fish
Ella M. Fish
Mt. Vernon
Unusual Attribute Inattentive Child Speaks Of Attic Ghost
Narrator notes six year old Little Johnnie cannot pronounce words and fears a ghost described by his nurse. He is overheard telling a friend about “an old ghost up in our attic” and the friend asks, “Do he butt?”
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Johnnie
Cures for Catarrh Promised by Hales Remedy
An advertisement claims Hal's Catarrh Cure destroys diseased tissue and rebuilds the health system. It touts testimonials and a constitutional treatment with a $100 reward for proof otherwise. The pitch urges readers to buy from J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Lear Saat Nate
A J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Hal
Dialogue Excerpt Between Father and Daughter on a Checkbook
A terse exchange has a daughter asking about a dated photograph and a father revealing the checkbook on a table. The dialogue centers on family roles and a hint of financial matter within a domestic scene. The lines suggest a stage-like conversation with loaded implications about trust and privacy.
Doctors tout soap with borax and cocoanut oil
A pamphlet claims doctors endorse Easy Task soap made from borax coconut oil tallow and naphtha. It asserts the soap cleanses sterilizes and antiseptically protects against contagion beyond common soaps.
Unclear Ad Sowing Eye Remedy Claim
Fragmentary ad text promotes a marine eye remedy from Chicago with garbled phrases about eyesight and personal infidelity. It includes an odd slogan about truth and being true to oneself, and mentions a product name Murine.
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Marine Eye Remedy
My Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
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