The Panama Canal Dream and the French Debacle
A historical survey traces early Panama canal fantasies from Balboa to the 19th century, detailing De Lesseps and Wyse schemes, the Universal Inter Oceanic Canal company, and the 1888 crash. It notes yellow fever and malaria, lavish finance, and the transfer of assets to the United States in 1902, with French dredging and Culibra cut aiding early American efforts.
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Balboa
Darien
Atlantic
Pacific
Philip III of Spain
Patterson
Caledonian Bay
Panama
Nicaragua
von Humboldt
Latin America
Spain
Central American and
United States Atlantic and Pacific Canal Company
DeWitt Clinton
United States Senate
Bogota
Panama Canal
Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Albert Edwards
de Lesseps
Suez Canal
Paris
Comte
Wyse
Count de Lesseps
Universal Interoceanic Canal Company
Congress
le Grand Francais
United States
France
Colon
Corp
Mr. Edwards
de Lessers
Banks Respond to Official Call Indianapolis News
The Indiana banking department requires reports from 846 state banks and 134 trust companies as of August 9, the largest response yet. In total, 684 banks and trust firms are under state supervision, with private and savings banks reporting separately. Auto tax revenue is projected at 350 000 to 400 000 dollars annually, to be allocated to counties for road use, and secretary of state offices work to issue thousands of new number tags amid high demand.
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Indianapolis
Banking Department
Office of the Auditor of State
Indiana
State Banking Department
State Department
St. Joseph Valley Bank of
South Bend
State Treasury
Secretary of State
Water charges challenged by Terre Haute Paper
The Terre Haute Paper company petitions the public utility commission against Terre Haute Water company over a flat $300 yearly water rate. The mill, insured for $160,000 and using 70 tons daily of straw for strawboard, seeks a reasonable rate and demand determines charges by actual use.
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Terre Haute Paper Company
Public Utility Commission
Terre Haute Water Company
Paper Company
Indians to Push Claim at Boyed Park Picnic
A Miami and Pottawatomie Indian picnic near Peru drew 150 attendees from Miami Grant and Wabash counties. Susan Pym, 94, was the oldest. The 90 foot dinner table underscored a renewed effort to seek $100,000 from the U.S. government for an 1848 treaty claim, with Congressman George Rauch having introduced a bill two years prior.
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Pottawattomie
George Rauch
Big class at Muncie marks 150 graduates
The Muncie Normal Institute, housing 1400 students from several states and foreign countries, will graduate more than 150 young men and women. Some graduates earned credits from the Marion Normal College, now merged with Muncie. The school is a consolidation of normal and manual training institutions.
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Muncie
Preliminary dissolution notice for News Printing Co of South Whitley
Notice filed announcing the preliminary dissolution of News Printing company of South Whitley Indiana. The filing lists directors and capital while noting they will cease operations following dissolution steps.
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Wild Cat Utilities Company
Cutler
J. T
R. F
J. Johnson
Club Bazar
Gary
S. L. Jackson
H. H. Hayden
C. Jackson
St. Antinia (Pa.) Society
Hammond
I. Purdy
J. Kaezer
W. Robak
News Printing Company of
South Whitley
Ind
Study of Vocational Education Planned by State Leaders
Charles A. Greathouse and William F. Book plan an eastern trip to study vocational education results in eastern states. Book supports establishing a general system under the new law. They note growing interest in the state's educational enterprise and warn authorities to beware of suppliers pushing specific equipment before needs are known.
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Charles A. Greathouse
William F. Book
Greathouse
State Department
Mr. Greathouse
Governors Aim to Attend Prison Conference in Indianapolis
Governors Cox of Ohio Hatfield of West Virginia and McCreary of Kentucky say they expect to attend the American Prison association meeting in Indianapolis October 11 to 16. Others Dunne Clarke Ferris Major and Eberhart report it is too early to know attendance.
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James M. Cox
Ohio
H. D. Hatfield
West Virginia
James B. McCreary
Kentucky
Ralston
American Prison Association
Indianapolis
E. F. Dunne
Illinois
G. W. Clarke
Iowa
Woodbridge N. Ferris
Michigan
E. W. Major
Missouri
Adolph O. Eberhart
Minnesota
Death Prompted Child Labor Complaints in Logansport Bakery
Edgar A. Perkins and John Walsh filed six affidavits in Judge H. L. Foust s court at Logansport charging George A. Strecker a baker with child labor law violations. Two similar charges were brought against George Mulcahey, cigar maker, following the death of 13 year old Leland Warner who was crushed by an elevator in the Strecker bakery.
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Edgar A. Perkins
John Walsh
H. L. Foust
Logansport
George A. Strecker
George Mulcahey
Leland Warner
Strecker
Ng Poon Chew Opens Winona Lake Citizenship Institute
Ng Poon Chew, longtime American representative for Dr Sun Yat Sen, opened the ninth annual Christian Citizenship Institute at Winona Lake addressing delegates from around the world. He is in the United States on a mission to explain to Americans the aims of China’s rulers and is a near relative of Wu Tingfang, the former Chinese ambassador.
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Winona Lake
Ng Poon Chew
Sun Yat Sen
Christian Citizenship Institute
United States
America
China
Wu Ting Fang
Eleventh Annual Indiana Rural Carriers Meet in Greencastle
The rural carriers of Indiana will hold their eleventh annual session in Greencastle from August 30 to September 1. About 200 carriers are expected with welcoming addresses by Mayor J R Miller and Postmaster W B Vestal. Former State Senator F C Tilden and Ralph W Moss are among speakers.
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Greencastle
Indiana
F. C. Tilden
Ralph W. Moss
J. R. Miller
W. B. Vestal
J. R. Babcock
Senator Tilden
Court House
Locust Street
Millar Parrott Baking Plant Ceiling Collapse Injures Many
Terre Haute Alma Furnas Emma Rutley seriously injured as second floor ceiling at Miller Parrott Baking plant collapses. Seventy five women and girls buried under debris with panic in the street. Fire and police rescue workers pull them from windows. two remain hospital bound.
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Terre Haute
Alma Furnas
Emma Rutley
Miller Parrott Baking Company
Lutheran ministers set wage and watch laws committee
In Fort Wayne a committee was named by Lutherans from the Central district to monitor Ohio Indiana and Kentucky laws for church impact. Revs. Biedermann Indianapolis Bohn Columbus and Pretorius Louisville serve. A minimum salary of 600 dollars annually with free housing was established for ministers and mission school teachers.
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Fort Wayne
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Misouri Synod
Biedermann
Indianapolis
O. H. Bohn
Columbus
I. M. Pretorius
Louisville
Plans for Improved City Street Car Service in Crawfordsville
H G Jeffries, manager of the T H I L E Traction company, appeared before the city council to outline plans for a near term city street car service. The proposal includes adding curves to the current lines and offering a thirty minute service to residents. It also aims to connect the two interurban lines in use, initiating a permanent system for future development.
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Crawfordsville
H. G. Jeffries
T. H. IL & E. Traction Company
Grant County Pioneer Noah Harris Dies at Jonesboro
Noah Harris aged ninety died in Jonesboro. He witnessed Grant County grow from a forest to a modern area. He married Nancy Osborn twenty years after the first white settler arrived, at the Deer Creek Anti-Slavery Monthly Meeting, which had seceded from the Indiana Yearly Meeting over slavery.
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Grant County
Fairmount
Noah Harris
Jonesboro
Grant
Nancy Osborn
Deer Creek
Anti-Slavery Monthly Meeting
Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends
Lineman Electrocuted During Storm Work in New Harmony
New Harmony electrician Nolan Richards, 35, was killed while trimming streetlights in a heavy rain. Although the city utility reportedly shut off power, a short circuit sent 2300 volts through Richards, who died instantly. He was unmarried and lived locally.
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New Harmony
Nolan Richards
Devry Talks on Commission Plan After Ohio Study
Evansville progressives hear Bernard Devry Progressive mayoral candidate report from his Ohio visit where he studied the commission form of government.
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Devry
Evansville
Bernard Devry
Ohio
Teen Struck by Past Reveals New Albany Stay
In New Albany a seventeen year old boy, George Munsch, living under the alias George Mason, has been claimed by his Indianapolis parents after two years in the city. He had come to work at a street fair side show and found a job with William Wiles, owner of the Royal motion picture show, who housed him.
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Sen
New Albany
George Munsch
Raymond Munsch
Indianapolis
Munsch
George Mason
William Wiles
Royal Motion Picture Show
Wiles
Casino profits at Monte Carlo hover at five million
The Casino in Monte Carlo reports an average yearly profit of five million dollars. A wartime style ad segment touts Mrsa Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children as a teething aid that soothes gums reduces inflammation and eases wind colic. An unrelated line references a man who places his heart at a girl's feet after she kicks a goal with it.
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Mrsa.Winslow
Does Gubbles Move at Club Meetings?
A brief line notes Gubbles making frequent moves at club meetings, highlighting his influence and presence within the St. Vi tus circle.
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St. Vitus
Eczema Relief Marked By Cuticura Soap Ointment Use
A Roxbury Ohio mother recounts her two week old son’s eczema outbreak spreading across his body and disfiguring him. She reports rapid improvement after bathing with Cuticura Soap and applying Cuticura Ointment, noting relief from itching and sores. The ad promotes Cuticura products and requests responses via Cuticura Dept. L Boston.
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Roxbury
Ohio
Early notions of flight and automata through history
The article surveys ancient and early modern ideas from Archytas of Tarentum’s automaton pigeon around 394 BC to medieval and 19th century marvels. It notes submarines, winged flight concepts, switchback railways, looping the loop in Paris 1833, and roller skating as early as 1829.
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Archytas
Tarentum
Paris
Spelling of Bohemian spa name sparks letterhead confusion
A New York woman asked how to spell a Bohemian watering place, prompting a resident to explain that both Karlsbad and Carlsbad are correct. The amusing exchange noted business people’ s indifference to spelling and was muddled by a letterhead showing Karlsbad with English spoken.
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Bohemia
New York
Spa
Charles
Carl
Karl
Carlsbad
Karlsbad
Ragman Seeks Bottles as Supply Dry in Town
A brief spoken exchange notes scarce bottle supply. The woman directs to Mr Soakem’s shop next door where his wife is returning from the seashore tomorrow.
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Mr. Soakem
Old Nurse Persuades Doctor to Drink Postum
An experienced doctor credits an old nurse with introducing Postum as a tea and coffee substitute. He reports insomnia relief, weight gain, and improved health after switching to Postum, noting many patients also adopted it. The ad promotes Regular and Instant Postum by Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and urges trying The Road to Wellville booklet.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Ferdinande de Lesseps
le Grand Francaie
New French Canal Company
Cristobal
Ancon
Uncle Sam
Isthmus
Chicago
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Culibra
Golumbus
Gristobal
Casino
Monte Carlo
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