Visitation Report on the Panama Canal Zone’s Sanitation Drive
The narrator details a November inspection of the Panama Canal Zone aboard the Louisiana, meeting Panamanian leaders and canal commission officials. He notes weather adversity, railway and dam progress, hospital and housing inspections, and the ongoing sanitation campaign led by Dr. Gorgas, highlighting deep health improvements and the canal’s overall viability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ican
Isthmus
Colon
Louisiana
Navy
Rixey
Isthmian Canal Commission
Shonts
Stevens
Gorgas
Bishop
Ripley
Jackson Smith
Pierd
Rogers
Culebra
Panama
Congress
Nicaragua
Darien
Free Diet Course for Rheumatics Offer
An advertisement offers a Diet Course on rheumatism previously sold for £5.00, now free. Readers are instructed to mail cutout to the Athlophoron Company in New Haven, Connecticut with a short letter naming their druggist to receive the free prepaid booklet and diet course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athlophoron Company
New Haven
Conn
Athlophoros
Unjust Criticism of the Isthmian Commission and Labor
The commission is praised for steady progress and careful preparation, balancing speed with safety. It notes about 200 police, mixed white and black personnel, and schools for workers’ families. White Americans perform skilled roles, while many laborers are West Indian, Chinese, Spaniards, or Italians, with wage and housing arrangements described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
Shanton
O'Connor
United States
la Boca
West India
West Indies
Jamaica
Barbadoes
Colon
JT Am
Panama
The Stomach as a Churn Analogy in Health Remedies
An allegory compares the stomach to a churn and argues that a foul stomach taints the body. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for sour stomach, biliousness, and related ailments, inviting readers to request a free medical booklet by mail from Buffalo, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Public Sale at Eli Warfe Farm Southwest of Washington
Teeter and Lathrop auctioneers announce a public sale at the Eli Warfe farm three miles southwest of Washington on Thursday January 3 1907 at 10 oclock a.m. Items include two horses one mule colt one jack thirty six cattle fifteen brood sows one Chester White boar ten tons timothy hay in barn six dozen chickens three geese incubator 264 egg capacity and assorted farm machinery with terms 12 month credit on sums over ten at 7 percent interest cash under ten with six percent discount lunch provided on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teeter & Lathrop
Eli Warfe
Washington
Brighton Road
Chester
Timoth
John Deere
Hightshoe Bros
J. A. McCoy
Also Mentioned on This Page
President Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Senate
House of Representatives
iIn
Canal Commission
Wolch
French Canal Company
Cristobal
Canal
Ancon
Constabulary
Zone Police
Amador
Tivoli
Mallet
British West Indies
Gey
Sosa
Front Street
Colon Hospital
Amer
W. C. Gorgas
Marine Hospital Service
Health Department
Waring
New York
Sol. Rich & Co
D. A. Chalmers
Hay
Columbia Pharmacy
John Shields & Son
Boone County
Iowa
R. R
L. D. Higgins
Stuart’s
Baltimore
R. Stuart & Son
the Royal Meat Market
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