Panamanian Canal Plans Detail Excavati on and Water Management
The report outlines the Panama Canal route from Chagres to Miraflores and Isla de Naos with depths, widths, and the need to raise the summit level. It explains Culebra hill obstacles, proposed lock system, and the flood control strategy via Bohio and Alajuela reservoirs feeding the summit level, plus dam and channel work and Colombia's concession terms.
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Oblapo
Chagres
Paraiso
Miraflores
Isla de Naos
Panama
Culebra
Chagres River
de ~Eseps
Atlantic
de Lesseps
Colon
Bohio
Alajuela
Obispo
Gamboa
Bahio
Pedro Miguel
Alajueta
Hohio
Pacific
Obiepo
Mirattores
Bolle
Pedro Milguel
la Boca
Colombia
Government of
France
United States
Nicaragua
Railroad and Canal Part Company
Uses of the bath in health and treatment
A detailed guide on cold, tepid, warm, hot, sponge, shower, Turkish, and sea baths. It explains benefits and risks for different constitutions, stresses temperature control with a thermometer, proper timing, and cautions for heart conditions, fatigue, and post meal baths. It notes sea bathing advantages, and the Turkish bath as a powerful but not universally safe remedy with physician guidance advised.
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Europe
Commere
St. Vitus
A Song of Love by Staney Lanier
A short verse lyric titled A Song of Love by Staney Lanier contrasts love and pain. The speaker notes a born rose and thorn, sweet eyes fading to tears, and longs to love again despite scorn and hardship. The poem blends themes of affection, sorrow, and resilience.
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Rose
Staney Lanier
Library Superfluities and a London Museum Storage Plan
The piece notes a need to sort useful books from junk while reporting that the British Museum may exhaust its storage by year end. A treasury shortfall spurs proposals to halt new acquisitions and build a dry country storehouse for seldom used volumes. Wembridge and Bodleian libraries also face space limits hindering expansion.
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New York Evening Post
Chamber of Horrors
Athenaeum
British Museum
Treasury
London
University
Wembridge
Bodleian
Our Part. God wills our share in shaping thought
The excerpt presents a view that God does not need our aid yet desires humans to freely participate in shaping destiny. It compares divine plan to a mother's care molding a child's future, emphasizing free will within a purposeful, benevolent design. Names suggest Margaret Tennant and a note on good housekeeping.
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Byorova
Margaret
Tennent
Gunshot Wounds and the Changing Face of Battle Casualties
The Philadelphia Record discusses how modern gunshot wounds are less deadly to individuals yet more soldiers die from wounds in earlier wars. It cites Sir William MacCormack and British surgeons, noting improved antiseptic care and abdominal surgery save many wounded who would have died previously. It also observes Boer War outcomes and the shift in fatality ratios due to better treatment and weaponry.
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Philadelphia
British Medical Association
William MacCormack
Royal College of Surgeons
Spain
Sir Whitam
Beess
Visitors at chess congress cause frenzy in Detroit
A visitor mistakes a crowd at a downtown chess congress for lunatics and warns guards are absent. An attendant clarifies the group consists of leading chess officials and players at the convention.
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Detroit
Chess Congress
How and Home by Naen Waterman
How and Home contrasts house building with the enduring value of home built by living deeds. It notes men construct houses while women build the home, suggesting paradise resides in love and daily care rather than bricks and beams.
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Conservatory
Conservatory of Music
Middle West
Earth
Paradise
Natal day note on Robert Green Ingersoll born in Dresden NY
Ingersoll born in Dresden NY, son of a Congregational minister, later a lawyer, soldier, and orator. He rose as a Republican, led the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry, and became famed for his Lexington defense and a speech nominating Blaine in 1876. He died in Dobbs Ferry NY two years ago after a long career in law and lectures.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
Dresden
N. Y
Dobbs Ferry
Shawneetown
Peoria
Isa
Eleventh Illaels Cavalry
Lexington
Tenn
Blaine
Kis
The Confiding Ueifer and Atlantic Monthix
Two heifers approach a stranger at the barn door with curious calm. Their gentle, mechanical eye contact conveys peaceful satisfaction as a cud offers quiet solace, while the scene hints at an entry into a world of temperament and unseen journeys.
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Atlantic
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