sanitation in a swamp colon hospital notes
The writer discusses health efforts in Colon including a sea level canal to sea, a planned extensive sewer system, and a large new hospital near completion expanding capacity. He praises reduced yellow fever cases, critiques truck farming and market access, and laments road and water infrastructure delays impacting colony life. The piece reflects resident views on government progress and local conditions in Colon.
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Health Department
Udewater
Colon
New Jersey
canitary de_partment
Health Office
Chiname
Wihe
Pia
Panama
Ope Thon
Hedin
Love in School Top Floor Report Alarms Teachers
Teachers charge principal A I Gardner at McKinley School with lax supervision and permissive dances on upper floors. They describe lights low, couples embracing in window recesses, and after hours unsupervised presence, urging a full public inquiry and sworn testimony.
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McKinley School
A. I. Gardner
Wormley Manual Training School
Liege
Board ' of Education
Stuart
Board of Education
Gardner
Wwe
Cme
McKinley Schack
H.L. Weat
Industrial Committee
SSS
White Defends St Elizabeths Head. Grips Inmate Welfare
Superintendent Dr White of St Elizabeths Hospital critiques Medico-Legal Society charges amid calls for a Congressional inquiry. He emphasizes safeguards for 2600 patients and 500 staff, notes occasional abuse, and argues sensational reporting harms patients and families. He cites past staff removals and prosecutions as necessary checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Elizabeth's
Unbiased Tribunal Questioned Over Institution Charges
Richard Evans acts as attorney for the society which keeps its membership secret. Officers maintain secrecy while persistent charges are claimed to aim only at bettering conditions, with the attorney denying ulterior objects.
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Richard Evans
Burglar Bathes in Beer in Harlem Saloon Cellar
Harry Johnson, described as a burglar with a “souas,” was arraigned in Harlem Court after being found asleep and soaked in beer in the cellar of John Raueria’s saloon at 22 Third Avenue. Police carried him to the station house for drying out.
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New York
Harry Johnson
Harlem Court
John Raueria
Third Avenue
Sauer
Johnson
Last Coupon Sunday Ends April 22 in Washington Post
The Washington Post Piano contest closes at 12 o clock Sunday April 22. Last deliveries accepted until that hour, clerks stay 7 a.m. to midnight to receive subscriptions. Subscriptions for one year gain 2000 votes, daily only 1200. certificates count toward final results. The Council of Jewish Women hosts a Kaffee Klatsch next Wednesday. attendees must present Sunday Post coupons for admission.
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Washington Post
Eelock
Council of Jewish Women
Sunday Post
Harvard Man Honored Visiting Professor at Berlin University
Harvard University reports Prof. William Theodore Richards of the physics department has been named Harvard visiting professor at the University of Berlin for the 1906-07 academy year. His term begins in the second semester. Richards, a German-born American, is a Harvard alumnus with S. B. and A.B. degrees, later A.M. and Ph.D. He received an honorary Yale doctorate in 1906 and has taught at Harvard since 1894. Movements of ocean steamers note Tryndam arriving from New York to Rotterdam on April 19.
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Harvard
Isis
Yale
Snake in a Dead Letter Package Stamps Girls
A dead letter case in Washington exposes a mischievous snake in a tin box addressed to a Martin Smith in New York. The reptile emerges as clerks scream, skirts flutter, and chaos erupts in the office, as workers herd the serpent back to its quiet duty.
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Snake
Martin Smith
New York
Adiron- Gacks
Washington
Martin
Feen
Reuben Reptile
Hood's Sarsaparilla Claims Unparalleled Public Endorsements
The ad extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as surpassing all medicines in sales and testimonials over two years, boasting 40,000 endorsements. It asserts blood purification, curing humors and emotions, strengthening the stomach, and rebuilding the system to banish fatigue and weakness.
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Hood
Famous Caramels and Eastern Novelties Display
An unusually large and varied showing of Eastern novelties features baskets chickens rabbits and a new marshmallow caramel confection inviting tasting and sales.
Silk Petticoat Sale Offers Bargain Assortment
A reader notices a seven dollar silk petticoat offered for five and describes a varied collection in plain, black and changeable fabrics. The item mentions deep pleating and circular flounce designs. The text also includes scattered references to a school board petition and testimony by students and staff amid local faculty support debates.
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Tsngtha
The
McKinley ‘Sch
Sanaernes
Algo
Brands Igi
It. Ie
Eage
Unclear fragmentary report from a Friday event
A garbled OCR noting Friday the 13th incidents, mentions contact, drunkenness, and unclear references to places and people, with fragmented phrases such as Menequasters Pe and War de, conveying no coherent event or outcome.
Weather conditions forecast from April 8 1906 storm data
The Weather Bureau reports a northern moving Western storm with rain centered over Minnesota the Dakotas and the Upper Mississippi Valley. Temperatures drop well below seasonal averages across the West Great Plains and Lake regions with showers likely Saturday in the Lake region and the Mississippi Ohio valleys. Cold spells continue in the Northwest and lower Lake regions with warmer trends in the South and Atlantic regions and brisk winds along the coasts. Local notes list temperatures, tides, and a long table of city readings, followed by a note on Gunboat Gloucester being requested for use by Massachusetts authorities.
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Dent
Washington
Waleht
Southeastern
Minnesota
Tyatley
Ake
West Gulf’ ‘States
Teather
South Dakota
Towa
Lake
Ole Valley
South Atlantic
States
Ohio
Val Eye
Thes Enat-Gulf States
Susilay
Atlantic States
Wil
Ojo
Nis
Slope
Sundas
Mississippi Valley
Middle Atlantic
Galtenant
Briak
Stermers
Porta
Great Lakes
Pop
Pam
Bop
Asheville
Atlanta
Bisuerck
N. Dakerre
Boston
Mitedeeccesne Cee
Bullato
N. Yee
Chicago
Aulande-City
Cinchurati
O. M
Cheyenne
Wyo
Davenport
Beaver
Col
de Des Moines
Galveston
Tex
Helena
Mont
Indianapolis
Jacksopville
Marquette
Mich
Btemphla
Tenn
New Orleans
New York
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Cristobal
San Tas
Elere
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Americcan
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McKinley
Chamberlain
Tae Wagumarat Gor
White Raps
Gritics
Griffin
Rupl. White
St. Elizbeth's’ Asylum
Post
Medco-Legal Society
Committee On Rules
House of Representatives
Spencer Herbert
Dr. White
Thornton
Regium
Dr. Winte
St. Eliza
House
Boulogne
Apel
Tryndam
New, York
G St. N.W
St. Lansburgh & Bro
Foster Hook
Batiste
Warner
Igh Bast
Tong
Nene
Patiste
Oe Bute
Ong Dip
Suppo R.& G
Mad Fish
Lone Bip
Lansburgh Cs Bro
Air Washington
Peter Grogan
HandIs
Ee Weber Piano
Sanders & Stayman CO
F Street N. Ww
Percy S. Foster
American Security and Trust
Company
Fifteenth and
Pennsylvania Avenue
Eifo
Massacusetts
Gov
Curtis Guild
Navy Department
Gloucester
Neval
Mirtia
Navy Yard
Pensa Gola
Fla
Sabicet
Charles
J. Be
Iat Sloan’s
G “St. Near
V. S. Treasury
Washington, D.C
Swann Sale
ST. John's Church
Gov. Swann
Maryland
Wm. M. Sloane
Bayard Stockton
Francis Larkin, Jr
Christian
Xander
Ecuric Lighting
Gaddea
Potomac Electric Power Co
14Th & Uw
Tharp
Berkeley Rye
Steinway
N. W
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