Nothing Doing on the New Ditch Said Varilla
Panamas Oct 11. Philippe Bunau Varilla, engineer for the Panama Canal Company under the French regime, arrived to witness the blowing of the Gamboa dike. He denies ties to a Colombia sea level canal and says a sea level route is impossible now but may be feasible in decades due to water limits. He praises the canal’s completion and operation.
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Panama
Phillippe Bunau-Varilla
Panama Canal Company
Gamboa -Dike
United States
Colombia
Panama Canal
M. Bunau-Vearilla
Chagres
M. Buna-Varilla
Anti Semitic Kievlianin Attacks Beiliss Case in Russia
The Kievlianin, an anti Semitic paper, denounces the Kiev court handling Mendel Beiliss murder case. It mocks the indictment as weak and calls for lawful, unbiased proceedings while warning against using Beiliss as a “living object” in trials. The piece condemns ritual murder claims and urges fair justice.
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Kiev
Russia
Kievlianin
Mendel Beiliss
Andrew Yushinsky
Beiliss
Chaplinsky
Taking Toll of Babies
The ad urges parents to monitor babies for seasonal colds and keep Foley's Honey and Tar Compound on hand to prevent serious respiratory symptoms. It claims the remedy is free of opiates and safe for young children, warning against substitutes and citing Van Antwerp Drug Corp. adv-x.
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Foley
van Antwerp Drug Corp
Bad management of Memphis bank exposed in fraud trial
J M McDonald former president testifies that American Trust Company of Memphis operated without proper books and without officer elections or stockholder meetings. He says Sims conceived the plan and underwrote 200000 in stock while the bank later merged with the Bank of Memphis. Trial in U S district court covers postal law violations and misused mails.
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Memphis, Tenn
American Trust Company of
Memphis
J. M. McDonald
McDonald
C. E. Helton
Concern
E. L. Hendrey
E. R. Odle
United States District Court
Helton
Odle
J. M. Sims
Trust Company
Sims
United States
Atlanta
State Comptroller
Pittsburg
Chicago
Bank of Memphis
A Who
Willce
Kansas City
Three Trainmen Dead In Head On Collision Near South Bend
Three railroad workers died when Chicago Indiana and Southern freight trains collided head on at Ginger Hill ten miles southwest of South Bend Indiana late last night. The dead include Thomas Jefferson an engine man and A H Smith a brakeman with an unidentified third victim.
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South Bend
Ind
Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad
Ginger Hill
Here
Thomas Jefferson
Kankakee
A. H. Smith
Kanka
Two Men Die in Saw Mill Boiler Explosion
J. W. Light and Thomas Garner were killed at Sewanee Franklin county after a boiler exploded at a sawmill engine. A dispatched report says the safety valve was screwed down to gain power, the mill halted for minor repairs, steam accumulated and the boiler burst.
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Nashville
Tenn
J. W. Light
Thomas Garner
Sewanee
Franklin County
Winchester
Dividend Will Suffer If The Melon Is Sliced
New York Oct 11 Robert Lovett chairman of Union Pacific board said any distribution of the railroad's 90 million dollar surplus would be accompanied by a cut in the regular dividend.
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New York
Robert
Lovett
Union Pacific Railroad
Pape's Diapepsia Claims Quick Relief for Indigestion
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsia and Diapepein as fast, safe relief for sour stomach and indigestion. It promises five minute digestion, candy like taste, improved appetite, and a clean feeling in stomach and intestines. The copy notes many will become fans, while some may mock the product.
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Pape
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Doctor Adams
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Henry Spencer
James Burke
Mildred Allison
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Memphis Bank
American Trust Co
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