Word: tehuantepec
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...earth's crust, uncomfortable in other places, twitched some more. It twitched under Maine for the twelfth time in two years, causing little damage. It twitched in Mexico, terrifying peons in Tehuantepec, who, instead of realizing that a mild earthquake now and then is really a good thing for mankind as it safeguards against catastrophic shocks, moved sullenly toward the hills muttering about the return of Quetzalcoatl, the bird-serpent, and other ancient gods. . . . Also, the earth twitched sharply last week in Greece, in Chile...
Mexico. From Vera Cruz to Jalapa, more than 100 miles, were "hordes" of grasshoppers, gaily munching crops, stopping trains and stridulating with much gusto. It was said that the Isthmus of Tehuantepec was virtually covered with the insects. Although the Department of Agriculture was busy fighting the plague by issuing instructions to farmers, who waged an energetic war upon the hoppers, the latter were reported to be getting the better of the encounters...
...meeting of the Civil Engineering Section was held in Walter Hastings 25 last night at 6.45. Mr. D. L. Turner spoke on the subject of the "Tehuantepec Ship Canal as proposed by the late James B. Eads." The lecture was illustrated with stereopticon views...
...There will be a meeting of the Civil Engineering section in Walter Hastings Hall, No. 25, at 7.45 this evening. Mr. D. L. Turner will talk on "The Tehuantepec Ship Railway as proposed by the late James B. Eads." All students of civil engineering are invited to be present...
...Tehuantepec ship railroad would be cheaper and shorter