Rail link to Panama would transform cotton trade and routes
Official paper argues the United States should build and control an interoceanic canal to lower freight costs, boost southern cotton to Pacific markets, and sever railroad price power. It cites potential Gulf port links to Asia and cites a cotton manufacturers pact tied to rail rates, noting strategic military and economic gains.
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United States
South
Nicaragua Canal
Pacific Coast
New England
Sunset Land
California
Mississippi Valley
Gulf
Asia
Far East
Japan
Paville Railway
Amurriea
Overman Wheel Co Advertises Victor Bicycles
Prominent maker Overman Wheel Co lists Victor bicycles and athletic goods with locations on the Pacific coast from Los Angeles to Chicago, highlighting its New York base and distribution network.
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Overman Wheel CO
Victor Bicycles
New York
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Debate Over New Mexico Normal School and Territorial Institute
The article argues against expanding new colleges in New Mexico noting a single national canal demand and asserting existing institutions like the Territorial University Agricultural College and one Normal College, with gradual improvements, could educate a million people. It criticizes funding new professors without sufficient classes and stresses improving common schools.
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New Mexico
Territorial Military Institute
Territorial University
Agricultural College
Normal College
Democracy and oil, port Cleveland clash in rhetoric
The Atlanta Constitution rails at Port Cleveland as a base for moneyed power and democratic peril. It notes US per capita oil use at about 60 pounds, with three hundred million pounds produced domestically. G D Baner? of Silver City is named judge of the third judicial district to replace the resigned ALB Fall.
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Atlanta Constitution
Port Cleveland
Cleveland
United States
Hiox. G. D. Bani
Silver City
Third Judicial District
Alb. Fall
Rock Island aims at Mexico route amid Pacific push
The Times notes a possible Rock Island expansion toward Mexico, driven by growing U S Mexican commerce and opportunities for American investors, especially Chicago interests. It argues the railroad will seek a southwest link to the El Paso plan, bypassing Fort Stanton to tap White Oaks instead, to reach Pacific coast traffic.
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Mexico
Rock Island
Chicago
Exane
Fort Stanton
White Oaks
Port Stanton
Don t Stop Tobacco How To Cure Yourself White
An advertisement touts a cure for tobacco habit claiming a scientific Berlin physician formula. It promises a complete cure without will power, offering 1 box for 1.00 or a 30 treatment set with refunds and samples. Eureka Chemie & Manufacturing Co advertises mail order options from Wisconsin.
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Berlin
Willis & Fiilire
Sucka
AIX
Eureka Chemie & Manufacturing Company
Manufacturin
Lit Croshe
Wisconsin
Rock Island Extension Plans Reach Toward West Texas
The Rock Island railroad press claims ongoing track expansion across Nebraska and into the southwest. A Kansas City Zion note says a Kansas extension will push south from Liberal to Port Sumner and Port Stratoo, connecting to El Paso via a westward link. The plan aims to create a continuous network through Oklahoma and Texas with near-term connections to major routes.
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Davenport
Gb & Q
Nebraska
Rock Island
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas City Zion
Liberal
el Paso
Gut Paper Patterns Promote Modern Ladies Wear
The Republic offers paper patterns for ladies and children at 10 cents each, much cheaper than 25 to 40 cents elsewhere, with a call to subscribe to The Twice a Week Republic. Sample patterns are mailed on request. readers praise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy via a note from a Salem Oregon advertiser, touting its effectiveness.
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Deviene
Girmentento Paib
Republic
Spelling, Shaves, and a Turbulent City Oddities
A humorous collage of mispronounced words and misadventures in a city. A professional man visits a busy firm to offer help as partners bungle spelling and trade talk. A barber shop anecdote follows with a poker tale and a salmon of miscommunication, ending in a parade of curious misreadings and small-town wit.
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Mick
Mon Jan
Old Bay
Chateliveld
A Great Lecture Sets Out Painful Moral Lessons
The audience views images of Niagara Falls Alps and Napoleon with mock lectures by a performer. He argues the falls symbolize plain water and sobriety, the Alps test endurance, and Napoleon warns against vanity and ambition while urging perseverance and prudent self brand. The piece satirizes spectacle shows and moralizing lectures with colorful dialect and comic instruction.
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Niagary
Alps
Ealkerlashun
Switzerland
Napoleon
Foyer Aumpenit Napoleo
Fronen
Uist
Anweien
Jesus
Ani
Lee
Leh Enterprises
Postgrad fantasies and a Chicago maiden’s musings
An American abroad at table with Britons recalls flirtatious talk and fashionable pretexts about study and love. A Chicago Tribune reader notes a morose, ironic mood about postgrad yearnings, fashion, and social circles, reflecting on youth’s delusions in a humorous, era voice.
Unsigned Chorus on a Landing of Columbus and Liberty
A fragmentary reminiscence depicts a crowd debating patriotism and discovery. Voices claim missed opportunities, a Landin of Columbus figure, and a plan to unveil a shared destiny while characters quarrel over risk, fortune, and the cost of conviction.
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