Canal Zone progress noted as ships near opening
Reports from Colon Panama describe rapid canal work with Gatun Lake rising and Culebra Cut deepening. Colonel Goethals aims to complete the canal with ships passing before the formal opening. Dr Hearne surveys zone sanitation and the effort to maintain health and safety amid ongoing construction. Foley Kidney Pills are advertised for kidney health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlow Tearne
Whdes
Culebra
Gatun Lake
Janney
Goethals
dJanuney
Bob
Ojansetne
Tleaene
Ental
Pastor Considered for Colombo English Speaking Church Call
The Rev J C Abels may accept an offer to become associate pastor of an English speaking church in Colombo Ceylon India. The church, organized in 1729, is Dutch Reformed with 1000 plus members mostly Dutch and Scottish descent. Colombo is a major port with 160000 population and the post offers substantial salary and six years service with half salary during a one year leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Abels
Colombo
Ceylon
India
Mr. Abels
Robert J. Speer
Board of Foreign Missions
The
Presbyterian Church
Mission Boards of America
Abels
McClure
McCormick Theological Seminary
Two Men Guilty of Selling Liquor in Justice Riley Court
Ray Peters and Dick Worley admitted selling liquor in Justice Riley's court. Worley received fifteen days and Peters ten days in the county jail. Peters claimed Rock Island origin and wore a union barber's card. The pair were arrested by Sheriff McCarty yesterday afternoon about four. They were caught in the act of selling a bottle and had two quarts remaining. two suitcases appeared full when they arrived. They are likely to face federal penalties for license violations after serving their jail terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Peters
Dick Worley
Riley
Worley
Peters
Rock Island
Union
Sperson
Muscatine
McCarty
Borrowed Smiles in a Humorous Department Store Sketch
A newlywed wife strolls through a department store seeking oil for her dining room. The floorwalker politely parses her request as she maintains a cool pose, weighing options between salad oil oil cloth oil paintings or sardines in a playful exchange. The scene opens a domestic satire on marriage routines.
Barbed Wire Pocket Patent Wins Fortune
A husband claims a patent after inventing a barbed wire safety pocket for children. His wife initially doubts, then celebrates the news as his breakthrough. A separate joke defines futility with a teacher and a boy about tickling a turtle.
Trade Secrets in Century-Old Chinese Vermilion Craft
Old texts suggest enduring trade secrets in the Chinese vermilion industry, guarded for centuries and not understood by outsiders. The note hints at guarded techniques and the mystique surrounding this traditional craft.
Modesty Hinders Treatment of Womanly Diseases
The instinct of modesty in women often blocks medical care as they avoid intimate questions and exams. This leads to silence about ailments that typically worsen without diagnosis or treatment by a local physician.
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Shovefer
Hughes
TIN
J. A. Cunningham’s
Tramping Lake
Houghton Lake
Saskatchewan
Canada
St Paul
Great Northern
Luse Land & Development Company
Lid
St. Paul
Minn
Southwell & McCulley
Mars
Southeastern Tows
DR. Hearne
Prom CoLog
Dan, T
Boley
Foley
All Drugsister
Vacuum Insulating Company
TE Auyal
ST BE
Frey
Mcitihinneys
Baseball
Nicola
Harmon
Bright
Lemmon’s Pharmacy
McElhinney Drug
REV
I. C. Abels
Church of
Treal
Justice Rileys Court
Tan
Aik Yi
Oxford
Atchison & Finne
Thomas C. Davis
Blair Ridg
S. E. Cor
Square
Tommy
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