Panama Canal plans hospital service growth
Thomas Cook, collector of revenues in the Panama canal zone, visits the United States to arrange supplies and discuss plans with Washington officials. He outlines health status, ongoing hospital expansion, swamp drainage, water systems, street paving, and new housing for 12 000 expected residents by June 30 1906 with ambitious educational and employment provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cook
Panama Canal Zone
United States
Washington
Canal Zone
New York Tribune
Charles EB. Magoon
Panama Commission
Panama
Colon
Magoon
Uited
Chinese Money and the Tael System Across China
Emile Bard explains Chinese money in China Life in Town and Country. The tael is a weight of silver used as currency with various city taels. Canton tael weighs 37.58 grams while Shanghai tael and revenue taels differ. Spanish dollars and silver ingots circulate. banks store money in boxes moved by coolies. Currency is complex with city stamps and partial payments in ingots. Cash coins with a square hole date to 2300 B C and vary in value. in Henan counterfeit money coexists with genuine coin, and some goods have two prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emile Bard
China
Canton
Shanghai
South China
M. Bard
Henan
Landscape design gaps in American estates noted by Architectural Record
Architectural Record observes that American landscapes, even on large estates, lack cohesive planning and massing. It notes a preference for ready made features and a tendency for placing decor without consideration of planting, with women often pushing for mass bloom over foliage for depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Architectural Record Magazine
The River Kongo Peculiar Flood Patterns Explained
The River Kongo, largest in Africa, shows small rises and falls year round. Commander Cameron explains that its basin spans the equator, so while tributaries on one side flood, those on the other are at minimum, accounting for the river's steady volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Cameron
Equator
Smallest European bird the golden crested wren
The golden crested wren is the smallest bird in Britain and Europe. It weighs about eighty grains troy, needing seventy two birds to make a pound. Its feathers measure about three and a half inches, wing span around five inches, body length under one inch without plumage.
Spontaneous Combustion as a Kitchen Lighting Topic
An exchange speculates on spontaneous combustion as a sensational lighting solution. The dialogue contrasts surprise at fires with the idea of using spontaneous ignition for kitchen use, framed in a witty, era-tinged style.
The Hundredth Man Wins Happiness At Home
A crowd of ninety nine storms out seeking joy while the hundredth man remains home and secures happiness instead.
Borrowed Smiles from a Knoxville Rabbit Editor
A Washington Post correspondent reports Sam Jones describing a rabbit’s antics after whisky, noting the animal will stand on its hind legs and spit in a bulldog’s face, contrasting Molly Cotton Tall as not the docile bird she’s seen to be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Molly Cotton Tall
Knoxville
The
Post
Sam Jones
Kentucky
Tennessee
Three businessmen arrested for tongue in cheek Kaiser remark
On Broadway three men of business were admonished by a policeman after one joked that the Kaiser was a fool. They argued the remark as a joke but the officer proceeded with an arrest citing disrespect to the Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Success Magazine
Broadway
den Linden
Kaiser
Aentleman
Astinar
Mussia
Kaiser Menelik
Abyssinia
West Side Barber Shop Dialogue On Handling a Wife
In a west side barber shop a negro bootblack recounts to a customer how to manage a wife. He suggests talking to her to avoid beatings and claims that he uses this approach with his own wife, while another man questions the eye injury and the method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side
Huh
Sheep and goats misread in a preacher’s example joke
A darky preacher repeats a pleading text about sheep and goats as a metaphor for souls. An Irish listener interrupts, joking that he will be the goat, prompting a light moment in the dialogue captured by Lippincott's.
Bus Service During Chautauqua Offers Home Pickup
A bus will run during Chautauqua calling at homes for parties of five or more at ten cents each and return them home. Orders left at McElhinney drug store. Rh. W. Bear also offers pasture for cows at one dollar for the season. 50-tf
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McElhinney Drug Store
Rh. W. Bear
Notice on baggage and freight transfers
Notice stating baggage express freight and transfers to any depot or part of town should be attended promptly. Contact F. W. Bandy by phone W A Turner 289.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Bandy
W. A. Turner
Round Trip Fare to Colorado Cities From Milwaukee
A round trip fare of $20.65 to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo via the Milwaukee is offered from Aug 12 to 14 with return by Sept 26. Special travel window noted as augl5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Milwaukee
Public Aroused by Electric Bitters Claim Benefits
A Columbus Ohio woman Mary H Walters of 546 St Clair Ave Testifies that Electric Bitters cured fever and ague nerve weakness insomnia and stomach weakness after doctors failed She says relief came quickly and she was eventually cured The tonic is sold at J H Stewarts drug store for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary H. Walters
St. Clair Ave
Columbus
Ess
J. H. Stewart
Social News Roundup From Ainsworth to Davenport
Local residents and visitors travel for Chautauqua shows, fairs, and race meets. Names include Pearl White, Mrs Moriarty, Mrs DeLong, Mrs Eckerman, H Bell, Wilson Dougherty, Prof Daugherty, Fred Franklin, J A Jones, Miss Zada Patton, A J Donovan, Fred McFarlane, Ainsworth baseball, and many others moving through Columbus Junction, Winfield, Davenport, Keokuk, and Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moriarty
Haskins
M. E. DeLong
Winfield
J. B. Eckerman
Havre
H. Bell
Rubic
Wilson Dougherty
Columbus Junction
Prof. Daugherty
Wyman
Fred Franklin
Crawfordsville
W. Roberts
Columbus Junction Chautauqua
Thomas Chilcote
Milwaukee
Zada Patton
Centerville
A. J. Donovan
Davenport
Laudie Kos
Phil Bratton
Frank McFarlane
West Chester
Keokuk
Geo. Stewart
Minneapolis
Lakes
Elizabeth Bailey
Dwinnie Rankin
Frederick Decker
New York City
Geo. Dye
al McCandless
Rock Island
A. White
W. Cherryholmes
Buffalo
Patsy Wilson
Montpelier
G A R and W R O Social at Mrs Riley's Home
Attention to all G A R s and W R O s with spouses and friends. A ten cent social will be held at the home of Mrs R A Riley on Thursday evening the 10th. A program will be given and a general good time promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Riley
Chickamauga
Chattanooga
Chickamauga National Park
South
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisville & Nashville
K. K
Louisville & Nashville R. R
H. Miuiken
Louisville
F. D. Busa
Cincinnati
J. E. Davenport
St.Louis
H.C
BarLey
N.W. P
Chigago
Money to Loan on Farm Land at 5 Percent Rate
Notice statesW H Butterfield offers loans on farm land totaling 850000 at 5 percent and 25000 at 44 percent. The brief financial placement lists terms and lender name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Butterfield
A Warning to Mothers About Summer Bowel Care
Advice urges immediate use of castor oil for infant bowels during hot months. If needed, give Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, then castor oil. keep both ready for instant use. Claims it may prevent cholera infantum and is sold by Stewart's Pharmacy Cook Herman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart’s Pharmacy
Cook & Herman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Panama Canal
Canal
England
Continent
Kongo
Emas
Lippincott’s
Chautauqua
Colorado
Pearl White
Ainsworth
H. B. Downing
P. C. Mererett
J. A. Jones
Arthur Young
Pawnee Hill
Harry Gray
Richland
Chas. Cunningham
Burlington
J. W. Maxwell
John Springer
Keota
Henry Lovelett
Cone
Jennie Steele
Ethel Tillotson
al Robpins
Conesville
Hannum and
Lane
Junction Chautauqua
Eliza Meacham
Lucy
Mt. Zion
Harriet Carlcote
Dora Clapper
Portland
Oregon
Paul Jugenheimer
H. C. Bower
Dad McNurlen
Hochstadtler
Malcolm
Chicago
Wm. Fitzwilliams
W. H. Mohr
Fairfield
8. B. Dewey
Iowa Gas & Electric Go
Lion Coffee
Grocers Everywhere Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
M. Lombardo
North Side Square
Chickamaugaa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!