Taft sees canal near completion in Panama report
Washington describes the Panama Canal construction progress with 93 percent excavation done and Gatun Dam nearing full height. It notes planned July water flooding, October through navigation, and a 1915 dedication aligning with Balboa’s discovery anniversary.
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Panama Canal
Gatun
Miraflores
Washington
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Taft
Isthmian Canal Zone
Nset
George W. Goethals
Pacific
Balboa
Goethals
Culebra
Gatun Lake
Bas Obispo
Atlantic Entrance
Gatun Dam
Cristobal
Atlantic
Isthmus
Pacific Entrance
Solons Map Inauguration Week and Social Events
Des Moines awaits the thirty fifth Iowa General Assembly opening on Monday with Lt Governor Clarke presiding in the Senate and Rep Shankland in the House. Gov Clarke to appoint a temporary senate president. Tuesday features a joint session and Carroll’s farewell address. Thursday marks inauguration with Clarke’s address and a grand state reception in the Capitol rotunda.
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Des Moines
Thirty- Fifth
General Assembly of
Iowa
Senate
Clarke
House
Shankland
Polk County
WW. KL. Harding
Jt Ig
Smith
Mitchell
Savage
Mattes
Allen
Francis
Jarrabee
Carroll
B. F. Carroll
Geo. W. Clarke
Adel
General Assembly
Degas Gains Fame From $86,000 Painting Sale
Paris reports Degas at 69 has become famous after selling Les Danseuses a la Barre for $86,000, though he remains a hermit with poor eyesight. He shuns painting talk, prefers Montmartre, and treasures Ingres drawings, labeling rivals sharply.
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Paris
Degas
Neuilly
Montmartre
Ingres
Watteau
Raphael
Mrs A R Tabor Finds Relief With Chamberlain Tablets
Mrs A R Tabor of Crider Missouri suffered five years of sick head aches caused by a disordered stomach. After taking two bottles of Chamberlain Tablets she was cured. The ad urges others to try them for stomach disorders and headaches. Sold by all druggists.
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W. H. Chapman
Winnebago
Neb
Foley
A. R. Tabor
Crider
Memorial Hall site debate in Waterloo and Cedar Falls
Discussion centers on securing Soldiers' Memorial hall site after millage approval. Cedar Falls donors offer a fountain pledge of 6000 dollars, with funds not available until 1934. Waterloo residents favor central location. court house grounds debated for site. committee from G A R and board to select location.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Hall
Court
Court House
Sycamore Street
Associated Doctors Institute chief to visit Waterloo for two days
The president and chief consulting physician of the Associated Doctors Institute will be at The Ellis Hotel in Waterloo for two days Friday and Saturday January 17 and 18 to examine patients free of charge and select only curable cases for treatment. The institute touts a combined medical system using allopathic homeopathic and electric therapies, with a focus on home treatment and minimal patient disruption.
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Associated Doctors Institute
Ellis Hotel
Waterloo
Associated
Centary
Minneapolis
Minn
Alarm over pneumonia deaths from neglected colds
Experts report about half of pneumonia cases end in death during the cold season. Neglect of colds and use of cough syrups or medicines with sedatives can invite pneumonia. Father John’s Medicine is advertised as a non alcoholic, non narcotic remedy that strengthens the body and helps prevent pneumonia.
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Foley
Father John
Father Jotn
Plot Details Adumbrated in Fairview and Elmwood
A fragment notes a burial plot in Fairview and reports Elmwood has no further Traum. The text hints at local plots and an absence of further Traum in Elmwood.
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Terment
Fairview
Elmwood
Traum
Six Cylinder Cars Rise in U S Auto Market
Waterloo Auto & Supply Co. notes the shift from fours to sixes in American car manufacturing. Many top makers now produce only six cylinder models, claiming better flexibility and steadier power, with some firms reverting from sixes to fours earlier.
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United States
Fackard
Peerless
Pierce-Arrow
Winton
Franklin
Logler
Hmit
Waterloo Auto & Supply Co
Jefferson &J
Not Quite Sure He Is Himself In Newport
Newport Ore January 10 John i Granberg chief engineer of the Abbey house is not himself. He admits Granberg descended from Vikings wore a mustache two feet long joined friends and added another variety of spirits. The details are not plain as they appear Granberg smooth shaved
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Newport
Ore
John i Granberg
Abbey
Jt. Granberg
Granberg
Mystery intruder freed after mistaken identity in jal
A night marshal found an unfamiliar prisoner in Jal. The man claimed to be Granberg but could not prove his identity. After wandering in by mistake and snapping a lock, he was held briefly and then released as there were no charges. He roams the streets, remembered by many as Granberg yet now a stranger to all.
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Jal
Eee
Granberg
Elae
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Gatun Locks
Atlantic Ocean
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Sime
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Gatua
Veesele
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Gold Hill
Miraflores Lake
Pedro Miguel Lake
Miraflores Locka
Mira Flores
Panama
Denver
Colo
Ben B. Lindsey
the Good Shepherd
Lindsey
Wemrsie
Uffer
C. Aitken
PRI
W. 4Th St
Palmer’s Grocery
Fifth Street
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