Panama Canal Progress Report Shows Rapid Work
Panama canal progress is advancing rapidly the Isthmian canal commission reports for the fiscal year ended June 30 last noting quick excavation despite slides work on oak gates in Pittsburg and improved health conditions laborers praised as best paid in the world by Taft Goethals predicts completion long before the opening date officials express satisfaction with the progress of the great project.
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Isthmian Canal Commission
Pittsburg
Taft
Goethals
Hog
Panama
Panama Canal
Progress in Samoa Leading Native Product in Copra
In Samoa, Doctor Solt notes ongoing coconut dairy experiments and a range of rubber plants. He describes volcanic activity from Saynit impacting Apia, with lava flows damaging farmland and forcing relocations. The governor, popular and English-speaking, lives in Watlins, Stevenson’s former home, now the government house.
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Mada
Aleo
Doctor Self
Robert Louis Stevenson
Watlins
Vallima
Stevenson
Doctor Solt
Samos
Saynit
Boig
Upolu
Cocoa Nut Product From Apia Moves Forward
A fragmentary note describes an OS project developing rapidly in Apia. It mentions a product made from coconuts with stringent manufacturing standards. Further readable text is limited, but suggests a growing effort in local production and export potential.
Louisville Bans Fireworks Citywide After New Year
Louisville, Ky will prohibit sale of all dangerous fireworks after January 1, 1911, ending a era of public displays. The new ordinance forbids toy pistols cannons and roman candles, taking effect next year.
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Louisville
Most Healthy City Lacks Doctors in North Carver
In Most Healthy City North Carver Massachusetts a town of 800 people there are no doctors and no undertakers. The last funeral was held two years ago. The town once donated a physician but he moved away eighteen months ago.
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North
Carver
Mass
Bel
Athletics to check talk society girls who engage in them
Miss Marie Lea of Brookline, cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, argues that athletics give society girls clearer minds and reduce scandals. She organized a Boston group of 60 society girls who summered on the north shore and formed a baseball team led by captain Alice Thorndyke. Other players included Clara Winthrop, Catherine Breed, Susanne Thayer, Mary Armory, and Gladys Myrin. She asserts society girls foster athletic interest more than college girls, shaping a healthier social standard.
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Boston
Marie Lea
Brookline
Mra
Theodore Roosevelt
Lee
North
George Lee
North Shores
Misa Lee
Alice Thorndyke
Clara Winthrop
Catherine Breed
Susanne Thayer
Mary L. Armory
Gladys Myin
Fur trade outlook softens for Canadian trappers this season
A London market report signals a weaker Canadian fur harvest with lower prices and reduced profitability for local trappers in Fredericton and across New Brunswick. Dealers warn settlers to temper expectations as demand cools and seasonal catches may fall short of prior years.
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Fredericton
N. B
London
Illinois Shows Population Gain Across State Cities
Illinois adds 817041 people in ten years with Chicago accounting for 486708 of the rise. The census shows Illinois at 6658591, about 16.9 percent higher than 1900, keeping it the third most populous state behind New York and Pennsylvania. Forty-nine counties declined, while twenty gained less than 2000, and Chicago holds about two fifths of the state population.
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Washington
D. C
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Chicago
Piers i Oas
Alexander
Boune
Good
Christian
Clark
Eve Ratt
Crawford Ie R
Cumberland
de Kalb
Abe
Dewitt
Douglass - du Page
Edgar
Effingham
Fayette
Eacveee
Illinois State News Roundup: Fires, Trials, and Trade
A sweeping Illinois page prints varied items from Moline where Dr. T J Lamping was arrested for allegedly extorting 35000 from Deere & Co president William Butterworth by threats to shoot him. Other notes include a Europe bicycle trip return, land surveys, a smallpox quarantine, a wild bear death, and a city fire on Arsenal Island.
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Moline
T. J. Lamping
Rock Island County Medical Society
Wiliam Butterworth
Deere & Co
Dizon
Europe
United States
Peoria
Kaskaskia Valley
Bloomington
Country Recorder
Mount Vernon
Rock Island
Arsenal Island
Davenport
Rainier-Heinly Chemical Company
Wes
Carlinville
Here
Mattoon
Park Hotel
Guesta
Hespera
Mount Sterling
Leon Steward
Morrisonville
Morrison Hills
H. G. Estabrook
Beatrice Adams
Freeport
Springfield
Nicholas Kuumans
Berlin
A. T. Petera
Illinois _ biological , laboratory
Chicago
Katharine Berger
North Ied
N. Ger
Berger
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promoted
A Minnesota reader claims Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound helps women with female troubles and urges others to write for testimonials. The ad cites testimonials about relief and predicts the product restores health, urging immediate correspondence.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Gufferer
Lydia Pinkham
Jom G. Ae
North
Minnesott
Pinkham
Bhomen
Hesha’ Tate
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