Tehuantepec railroad viewed as rival to a canal link
The Tehuantepec line, operated by S Pearson & Son under Mexican lease, is touted as a cheaper, quicker ocean link from Atlantic to Pacific. Proponents argue it saves thousands of miles, boosts freight capacity, and could outperform any future canal system.
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United States
Nicaragua
Washington
Mexico
Atlantic
Pacific
National Railroad of
Tehuan
Tspec-Which
Coatzacoalcos
Satina-Graz-on-the Pacific
S. Pearson & Son
Essons S
Weetman Pearson
M. P
New Orleans
San Francisco
Cape Iforn
Panaina
Liverpool
Cape F of Good Hope
Panama
New York
Yokohama
Cape Horn
Suez
Voice from the Philippines on Luzon Affairs
Antonio Fernandez reports from Manila on life under American protection. The piece praises Taft and notes tensions with influential natives as calls for home rule grow. It argues Filipinos are liberty loving and that autonomy could follow pacification and reforms.
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Luzon
Taft
No Hope Quote From Prison Clerk Parody
A jocular line frames a judge asking why sentence should not be pronounced. The prisoner quips that many reasons exist but his lawyer has exploited them for all their value, reflecting a wry police court moment via Puck.
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Puck
Not Wholly Debarred Dolly and Kitty Feud Rumor
A playful exchange from the Chicago Record-Herald notes Dolly and Kitty no longer friends while Polly reports that Dolly still receives compliments, suggesting social tensions without a formal estrangement.
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Dolly
Kitty
Polly
Chicago Record-Herald
Interruption sparks laughter at church service
A church audience broke into laughter when the preacher declared "we shall sleep, but not forever" and an absent-minded attendee whispered a question about the call time, causing a light moment in morning services.
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Tlewitt
Jewett
Clark
Four-leaf clover luck noted in Chicago column
In the Chicago Record-Herald humor column Pantorni muses on luck and hunting four-leaf clovers. The joke suggests a man already lucky who finds such leaves.
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Pantorni
Chicago Record-Herald
The Sunday School Lesson on Abraham and Isaac
A Sunday school lesson outlines Genesis 22’s test of Abraham offering Isaac, the ram substitution, and the Mount Moriah setting. It explains birth of Isaac, Ishmael, and lessons on faith, obedience, and God’s provision.
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Abraham
Isaac
Moriah
Isaae
Angel of the Lord
Sarah
Hagar
Ishmael
God
Abimelech
Gerar
Egypt
Tsagge
Beersheba
Abraaham
William
Under the Union Jack and British Empire Facts
A compilation notes Australia’s 170 daily papers, Bengal widows under ten, large British landowners average 153000 acres, Ireland’s horses drop to 507641 from 610415, British shipping capacity at 30300000 tons, Welsh coal coke efficiency 91 percent, French Marseilles coal 41 percent, and the Trifish islands rivers. It also mentions the Order of the Thistle as the sovereigns and 16 knights, oldest of the three great orders.
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Australia
Bengal
Britain
Ireland
Marseillés
Trifish Islands
Order of the Thistle
Primitive Turkish bath in Finnish snow country
A New York Herald report describes northern Finlanders in extreme winter bathing. Hamlets have windowless bathhouses with central stone heats, birch-branch benches, and weekly sessions on Saturdays. Men steam up, switch and splash each other until laughter and red bodies. A snow roll finishes the ritual.
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Norway
Lapps
Paul du Chailly
Perseria
N. Y. Herald
Endless stairways reinvented as moving chain conveyor
The Louisville Courier Journal describes an enhanced moving stairway concept featuring low treads and an endless chain conveyor. The design forms stairs automatically at the lift’s bottom, bending the conveyor to create treads and risers while a free hand rail aids balance.
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Comies
Louisville Courier- Journal
Provisions for an Atlantic liner voyage revealed
A statistics minded petitioner lists the Deutschland cargo aboard the New York to Hamburg run. The 40 tons of ice support a vast supply of livestock, poultry, fish, dairy, produce, bread, beer and wine, plus 12 500 quarts of wine and 15 000 quarts of beer, all to sustain a liberal margin beyond immediate needs.
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Peticieman
Nese Yorke
Wamburg
The Electric Eye and Its Wireless Telegraphy Promise
The article explains the electric eye as a glass tube with silver filings that detects electric waves, enabling wireless telegraphy like Marconi’s. It describes construction details, operation, and the claim that waves pass through seas and buildings, suggesting future devices that could receive ocean-spanning signals.
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Mateon
N. Y.herald
Weather Heat Inspires Bizarre Reading Anecdote
A couple at a summer resort endures a torrid spell while reading an African tale. The man imagines blazing sun and snow as he frets over the contrast to the cool veranda. The scene shifts to an Adirondacks setting as they recall various literary tales and insist the day feels cool.
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Ptcrome Comite
Africa
Adirondacks
War memories move judge to seek solace in veteran tales
The judge reflects on war time sacrifices and the burden of civilian life. He recalls a former soldier with both arms lost who now guards a building and teaches acceptance, noting how family pride and humble work sustain him and many others.
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Chicago
Ian
Nesucia
Lnter
T. Meights
Entanté Sioners
Charles EE. _Ayoker
Mississippi
Flooker
Randle
Vicksburg
Washington Post
A War Timy Romance Amid Civil War Echoes
An old minister recalls a Civil War home front tale of split loyalties, a Confederate spy alias the Chevalier, a federal officer, and a late war marriage. The story follows a town torn by conflict, a spy’s escape, and the intertwined fates of former classmates now on opposite sides.
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Chicago Tribune
Cross
United States
Stonehcirt
Sterlin Price
Selvel
Ilewis
Alain
Improving the Potato Plant Method From France
The article credits M Miccalet with a French method to enhance potato yield by stripping blossoms. It states blossoms are unnecessary and that flowering drains starch from the plant, increasing tuber quantity and quality. It also mentions a Kansas industry related to frog hunting with lightning flashes to stun pond croakers before nets.
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M. Miccalet
France
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