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Bill Taft: “The very satisfactory progress made on the Panama Canal last year has continued, and there is every reason to believe…”

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The very satisfactory progress made on the Panama Canal last year has continued, and there is every reason to believe that the canal will be completed as early as the 1st of July, 1913, unless something unforeseen occurs.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Taft reports on the progress of the Panama Canal's construction.

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