Nicaragua Canal Project Seen As Great American Enterprise
A detailed discussion of a Nicaragua Canal as the next great engineering feat describes using American skill and machinery to cut a waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific. It covers route features, summit level, locks, dredging, dam construction, labor challenges, and coffee-farming implications in Matagalpa with U.S. investment potential.
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Nal
North
South America
Nicaragua Canal
Americana
Atlantic
Pacific
Nicaragua
Mexico
United States
Europe
Pacific Ocean
San Juan
Central American Plain
England
Bach
Atlantic Ocean
Cnbie
Tola
Ochoa
St. Louis
St. Paul
Caribbean Sea
Department of
Matagalpa
Manzane
Does It Mean Separation A Stir Caused by an Act
A great stir in Norway and Sweden follows the Storthing's decision that Norway will fly a flag without the union jack with Sweden. Debate centers on whether King Oscar will veto and how quickly the flag change takes effect. Norway and Sweden share a king but have separate parliaments and governments.
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Norway
Sweden
Christiana
Oscar
Absent minded men in anecdotal tales
The text recounts two comic incidents of absent mindedness. Peter Burrowes, an Irish barrister, shaves with his face to the wall to look in a missing glass that his servant later reveals had been broken weeks earlier. A Cambridge professor, while discussing with a friend, absentmindedly nicks grapes from a fruit basket and forgets to offer any to his sick guest, then reminds him the fruit will do him good.
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Peter Burrowes
Burrowes
Cambridge
New Yorker Patents Hair Drying Apparatus
To dry the mail a New Yorker has patented an apparatus for drying the hair after washing or shampooing. It features a metallic casing with a heating stove at the bottom, air inlet holes, air drawn upward and blown through a funnel by a revolving fan.
Children consume toys costing forty five million dollars yearly
The article notes that each year U S children spend about 45 million dollars at retail on toys, reflecting consumer patterns and market size among families and retailers.
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United States
Dangers Faced Shooting Klondike Rivers to Dawson City
The White Horse rapids and Miles Canyon on the Klondike route from Lake Bennett to Dawson present perils even for seasoned steamers. The Goddard narrowly avoided rock clashes under full steam as it navigated steep canyon walls, rapid turns, and unknown shallows, yet the captain kept steerage with precise judgment through fifteen minutes of suspense.
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Klondike
White Horne
Miles Ganyon
Lake Bennett
Dawson
Goddard
Dawson City
Lake Lebarge
Pelly River
Pacer Charged High Price After House Mixup
A Comedic dispute arises over a Mulberry square house mixup. Ferguson mistakenly paid a cleaner for Pacer’s house duties and offers $1.50. Pacer demands $1,560 for one day’s occupancy, claiming the excess makes them even.
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Pacer
Mulberry Square
Ferguson
Chicago Tribune
The Value of Exercise in Health and Mind
Exercise strengthens the body and resists illness, just as intellectual training strengthens the mind. A sound, healthy body underpins life success, with daily brisk varied activity resting the tired brain better than anything else. If not exercised, the body and mind deteriorate and rust.
Wilhelmina to Wed Prince of Wied in royal match
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland plans to wed Prince William of Wied in a love match. The prince, born March 26, 1876, would be the first gentleman in the kingdom, sharing income and throne succession, occupying the consort role once held by Prince Albert.
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Wilhelmina
Wilhelmina of
Holland
Prince William of
Wiest
Wied
William Adolphus Maximilian Charles
Neuweid
Rhenish
Prussia
Prince of
Kingdom of
Prince Albert
England
Victoria
Noss Bridge Sheep Move On Noss Isle Far North Sea
A vivid tale of the Noss, a cylindrical 160 foot high rock off Bressay in the Shetland Islands. Local legend describes a rope bridge built by a bird hunter and later a wooden cradle chair used to ferry sheep to pasture, with danger if crowds exceed a dozen. The feat underscores rugged island life and dramatic terrain.
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Shetland Islands
Bressay
Noss
Josephine's Birthplace and the Island of Martinique
A fragment notes Martinique as the birthplace of Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie known later as Empress Josephine. It describes the island as the pearl of the Lesser Antilles and recalls its historic shift from Venus to Mars as a cultural reference.
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Josephine
Martinique
Lesser Antilles
Venus
Mars
Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie
The Isle’s Statue for Empress Josephine Guarding Fort de France
The childhood of Marie Joseph Rose Tascher de la Pagerie known as Josephine is sketched. Her father’s house perched on a hill above Gross Islets overlooks Fort de France Bay. Islanders honor their famed daughter with a statue that guards the bay’s sparkling waters.
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Napoleon
Josephine
The
Frenteh
Marie Joseph Rose Tascher de la
Empress Josephine
Fort DE France
May Bring Leprosy to this Country
Harlem Life notes that U S soldiers in Hawaii may contract leprosy and bring it home upon return. While leprosy is feared, headaches and stomach disorders, blood diseases affect many. Hostotter's Stent nob Bitters claimed to cure them. Other ailments such as malaria fever and ague allegedly respond to the bitters, sold at drug stores. The Walde-Door saloon owner uses a double entry system.
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United States
Hawaii
Hostotter
Startled Congregation At Short Dissenting Service
A church in the Hadsworth district faced a humorous mishap when the vicar hurried from a mission service to preach. The verger, unaware of an announced second hymn to buy time, nearly blew out the gas as the organ faded, startling the congregation during Why should I fear the darkest hour.
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Hadsworth
Birmingham Dally Mall
Two Grateful Women Mrs Patrick Daveny Writes
Mrs Patrick Daveny of West Winsted Connecticut details a recovery after illness and abdominal symptoms from using Mrs Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes improved sleep, energy, and relief from discomfort after years of female weakness and displacement symptoms.
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Patrick Daveny
Weat Winsted
Conn
Dean Mus
Pinewam
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