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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1900
Page
8
Controversy over the proposed 823 million plan to connect Lake Michigan with the city’s drainage canal prompts questions about feasibility and costs. Proponents cite flood control and sanitary benefits while opponents warn of environmental and financial risks.
A Chicago drainage canal now diverts sewage from Lake Michigan through the Des Plaines and Mississippi rivers to the gulf, marking an eight year, 33 million dollar project. Despite grandiose plans for deeper waterways to connect the gulf and the Great Lakes, tangible progress remains limited to eliminating discharge into the lake.
The article describes controlling works at Lockport to guide sewage from Chicago into the Mississippi via an artificial canal. It details seven sluice gates and a bear trap dam, the 28 mile canal length, and the Des Plaines flow. It compares the project’s scale and expense to Kiel, Manchester, Suez, Nicaragua, and North Sea canals.
A detailed look at ancient battle chariots from Egypt to Greece, describing construction, harness, wheels, how chariots moved from battlefield to hippodrome, and noting variations among cultures while referencing the Riga di Frassito in Florence. Also cites a critique of chimneys and fireplaces as obsolete in modern homes.
In a Chicago Record style snippet readers hear sensational lines about a dramatic bat tie in South Africa and a mock slaughter debate. The fragment also references tobacco wincherg and epidemics affecting nonhabitual srokers, leaving unclear facts and many garbled terms.
A poem by Mary Norton Bradford in the Boston Globe extols a one dimensional damsel, praising her restraint while critiquing beauty standards. It contrasts slender form with notions of fullness and notes the speaker’s fear of transformation and loss of charm.
A woman attempted to surprise a friend with a special lunch while the servant was off. She forgot fruit, delayed errands, and the day spiraled with missed timing as preparations went awry. The tale blends domestic mishaps with broader notes on premonitions discussed in the Nouvelle Revue.
A Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post piece recounts a lecturer presenting "freaks" with two boys billed as wonders. A burly farmer, Jim Byang, disrupts the show crying foul, saying he knows the lecturer and his troupe are frauds. The incident spirals as the man pockets money then spends it on whisky, draining the event.
Fragmented ad excerpt touts Electric Bitters as a universal cure from rheumatism and insomnia to stomach weakness and sexual vigor. It cites testimonials and claims, including aging reversal, urging readers to buy at local drugstores. The copy imitates era quack prose with bold promises and dramatic anecdotes.
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