Canal Record Reflects Government Role in Panama Zone Life
Leroy T. Vernon argues in the Chicago Daily News that the Panama Canal Zone operates under extensive government sponsorship. The Canal Record shows the state fixing prices for food hotel rail and electricity and providing churches schools clubs and amenities to employees, with social life and Fourth of July events orchestrated by officials and workers alike.
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Panama Canal Zone
Canal Zone
United States
Leroy T. Vermon
Chicago Daily News
Congressional
Co Rross
Panaima
Barrites
Canal Record
Sthminn Can Commission
Canal
Panama Railroad
Treasury Department
Christ Church
Colon Beach
Panama Railway Company
Lotel Tivoli
Commission
Canal Commission
Sand Gp. m
Commission Club
Culebra
Empire
Gorgona
Gatun
Panama
Last Man's Banquet Marks First Minnesota Veterans Tribute
In Stillwater Minnesota the last man’s banquet for Company B First Minnesota was held. Eight veterans attended while twenty three vacant seats wore black draped coverings. A cedar chest with a bottle of champagne rested on the table the wine to be opened by the final survivor at a future gathering.
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Stillwater
Minn
Minnesota
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Louis Hospes
Interior Secretary Seeks 50 000 for Land Appeal Backlog
Secretary Lane requests Senate and House committees approve a 50000 appropriation to expedite 2200 land appeal cases accumulated in the Interior Department. The move aims to improve efficiency in processing the backlog.
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Lane
Department of the Interior
Senate and
Eerse Committees On
Missouri Governor Proclaims Good Road Days
Governor issues a proclamation designating Wednesday and Thursday August 20 and 21 as good road days. All able bodied men in rural districts and cities should work on public highways and suspend ordinary business. Women are asked to supply lunches and encouragement while volunteers undertake road improvements valued at about 1.5 million dollars.
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Missouri
Osbourne Urges Columbus Bones Move Via Papame Canal Ship
Assistant Secretary of State Osborne returns to Washington from the West Indies and Dominican Republic trip. He proposes placing Columbus bones at Santo Domingo aboard the first ship to pass through the Papame canal.
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Osborne
Washington
West Indies
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Christopher Columbus
Santo Domingo City
Papame Canal
How a Motor Talks The Sympathy Between Man and Car
A suburban resident describes sensing mutual sympathy between a driver and his automobile. He recalls driving himself after a chauffeur’s illness and later buying a family car. The car seemed to “sing” and “purr” and respond to touch, yet refused to go toward an unlit ditch, a mystery he could not diagnose.
Instinct in Plants and Perceived Perception
The London Standard notes plants show seeming reasoning, citing Darwins rootlet that avoids stones it cannot sense. It cites the mimosa known as the sensitive plant reacting to footsteps, contracting leaves during transplant with visible fear before recovering.
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Charles Darwin
London Standard
Disraeli’s Dinner Party Reply on Gratitude
At a dinner party a witty exchange is recalled where Disraeli answers to the blunt question of why he married his wife. He says he married for a reason “which you could never understand gratitude.” The anecdote is cited from Lord Beaconsfield and Other Tory Memories.
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Disraeli
Dean of Salisbury
Bernal Osborne
Wagner Bach and Strauss in a Masterpiece Testament
San Francisco Call argues that Wagner holds an eternal truth and detects counterfeits. It links Bach and Die Meistersinger to Wagner, Beethoven and Tristan und Isolde to shared genealogy, then contrasts Strauss Salome and Gotterdammerung to illustrate the powerful modern music drama lineage.
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Bach
Wagner
Bonn
Salome
Strauss
San Francisco
The Coach and Four Came
A Harrow pupil, mocked for poverty, vowed to ride in a coach and four before death. He rose to become Dr. Part, renowned scholar, whose preferred transport became a coach and four.
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Harrow School
Blarrow
Dr. Part
London Mail
Near Miss Reflects Mercy on Aging Farm Horse
A New England farmer recounts describing his old horse to a humane observer. The observer says you should have killed him, to which the farmer dryly replies we did—almost. The exchange captures a dark humor about mercy and the horse’s long decline.
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New England
Engagement Ring Gift Sparks Mixed Feelings In Talk
Estelle recalls returning a cherished engagement ring from George as Myrtle comments on its beauty. The exchange reveals tense emotions over a romance and a costly token.
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Myrtle
George
Estelle
Grant, Mrs Will wed in San Diego amid family rift
A. S. Grant Jr. and Mrs. America Will marry at Justice Puterbaugh's home as relatives oppose the match. Grant vows to disinherit his children over their refusal to accept the second marriage. The couple embarks on a year and a half bridal world tour from Sydney to Cape Town and Buenos Aires.
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San Diego
Cal
A. S. Grant, Jr
America Will
California
Justice Puterbaugh
Grant
General Grant
BATTLES IN THE BLOOD ANTITOXIN DISCOVERY
An explanation of how antitoxins form in diseased animals and how serum can immunize or treat diseases. It describes two serum production methods, notes limited cures by medicine, and predicts rapid discovery of antitoxins for more diseases. The piece cites the New York World.
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New York World
Frisky Senate Pages Mock Real Lawmakers in Page Session
In a playful Leslie's Weekly vignette, pages imitate vice president clerk and various senators in a solemn session. They mimic greetings and debate topics, including baseball legislation promising season passes. A proposed bill would raise page salaries and shorten hours.
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Senate
Robert D. Steine
Leslie’s Weekly
Si the Quixotic Gardener Ends in Tragic Light
A Chicago Record Herald item recalls Si, the station master’s odd character from Seekonk last season, who died by his own hand about a month ago. He reportedly bought gasoline, drank, and lit his pipe before turning to self destruction, leaving only a torn vest fragment caught in a tree.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Handfed pet trout recovers and remains Estes Park favorite
Estes Park Colorado hosts Sunbeam a three year old eleven inch speckled trout in a hatchery. The hand fed fish returned to health after a stomach or rheumatic ailment and now seeks human contact, rubbing against hands and enjoying gentle stroking as the only pet trout in captivity.
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Estes Park
Colo
Checking It Up to Father
A North avenue resident learns parents should guard family secrets around children after a four year old questions his stout maiden aunt about ashes in bed. The child’s innocent query reveals the perils of adult topics in front of youngsters.
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North Avenue
Myrtle
Youngstown
Hen Is Nursing Sorrow Foster Mother Pheasants
A pheasant hen abandons her nest in a New Jersey grainfield between Pitman and Richwood. Harry Landers finds a brood of English pheasant fledglings thriving in his barnyard with a foster hen guiding them after the original mother fled.
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Pitman
N. J
Harry Landers
Richwood
Landers
Pheasant
Fun In Space Comic Dream At Committee Meeting
A playful dream unfolds with celestial figures debating fears at a sub earth committee. The earth, sun, moon, and comet trade quips about the hemispheres atmosphere and missing duties in a whimsical space scene.
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Sub
Earth
Men
Stars
Two Serious Matters from Fog Asks About Life After Exit
The London Opinion quotes a reflective remark by Fog noting two mysteries: how the world existed before his birth and how it will proceed after his departure. The quip frames a meta view on existence and time.
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Fog
London Opinion
Quote on health moral duty by Spencer
A saying on health as a duty frames physical morality. The note highlights personal responsibility for well being and discipline, attributed to Spencer.
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Spencer
Mrs. Mary Jane Tatum Held for Assault on Sister
Mary Jane Tatum of Great Neck New York wife of cotton broker John C Tatum is held for the Delaware county grand jury on second degree assault charges after allegedly beating her sister Kathryn MacArthur who refused to marry Peters son of a New York manufacturer. Bail set at 2000. Case to be heard at October grand jury session.
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Tatum
Mr. Peters
Miss MacArthur
Peters
Friends
Grand
New York
Weather Forecast for Year Chicago By Professor Frost
Weather experts credit Professor Frost of Yerkes Observatory with advances in predicting a year ahead. His work on sun radiation shows variability, suggesting a new forecasting system may help agriculture prepare for droughts and wet seasons and reduce climate fears.
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Chicago
Frost
Yerkes Observatory
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