Canal across the Alps by slanting-tube locks proposed
The Italian engineer Pietro Caminada proposes a Genoa to the North Sea canal using slanting locks and interconnected tubes. The plan envisions open canals, galleries, and a major tube network passing the Alps with a projected cost around £60,000,000 and potential annual traffic near 15 million tons.
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Italy
Pietro Caminada
Genoa
Basia
North Sea
Signor Colombo
Julesre
Wien
Teestine
Aneninves
Alps
San Pier d’ Arena
Mediterranean
Pocevera
Secca
Anennine
Giovi
Milan
Adda
Ous
Lake of Coine
Splaven
Ithine
San Giacomo
Switzerland
Thesia
Lake of Constance
Rhine
Gasle
Leavine
London Daily Mail
Drunkenness in Scotland Ties to Industrial Centers
From Scotland’s judicial statistics drunkenness and disorder cluster in industrial hubs where money is in the hands of low wage workers. The report notes 105,452 cases of drunkenness and related disorder with most episodes from intoxication. If funds spent on alcohol, penalties, and policing were directed to poverty relief and employment, overall costs could be reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
London Bridge vainly sought sovereigns in old tale
A relic story notes a man offering sovereigns on London Bridge for nothing, while more than £21 worth of Ahsey Prizes went unclaimed in the last distribution.
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London Bridge
Jewish intellect and Jesus hailed in Commons debate
In a vivid Commons exchange a speaker defends Jews’ civilizational role, listing philosophers, scientists, artists and statesmen such as Spinoza, Mendelssohn, Disraeli and Heine. He argues Jesus was a Jew and notes Jewish contributions shaped literature, religion, science and politics despite persecution.
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Behjamt Digragh
House of Commons
Socrates
Herodotus
Israel
Draper
Cabanis
Babylon
Nineveh
Ttameses
Heyy
Pharaoha
Drug
Romulus
Varda
Philosphers
Setos
Greece
Carthazo
Halevy
Heine
Maimonidés
Spinoza
Paul the
Moses
United States of Israel
Jesus
Kant
Jacobi
Strauss
Renan
Miners Rescued After 45 Days Entombment at Ely Nevada
Three miners A D Bailey I G Brown and Fred MacDonald survived 45 days buried in the Alpha shaft of the Giroux mine Ely Nevada after a December collapse. Rescuers supplied air food water and bedding by pipe and improvised blankets cut into strips. The men reported comfort conditions improved with time and one described the stay as a rest cure.
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Giroux
Ely
Nevada
New York
A. D. Bailey
I. G. Brown
Fred. Macdonald
Brown
Macdonald
Bailey
Bhue
Christmas Call Sparks Frenzied Mining Town Revival
A rustic Nevada mining district buzzed with excitement as a dramatic Christmas morning call to a trapped husband touched the hearts of residents. News spread quickly after a heroic rescue, drawing attention from seven neighboring states and leaving townsmen cheering in awe.
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Nevada
Postmaster General targets Tattersalls sweep tickets in Tasmania
In a drive against lotteries, Ir Mauger enforces the Postal Act by blocking Tattersall related mail. Tasmanian banks and Victorian firms are told to refuse and return such letters. Detectives have named about a dozen ticket suppliers. missing evidence will be supplied to ban postal items to these individuals. Many named are reputable Launceston and Hobart businesspeople.
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Ir Mauger
Tasmania
Tattersall’s
Wast
Launceston
Hobart
Brain and Bedge in February Windsor offers neuro insights
The February Windsor features a paper arguing brains drive mind and learning. It traces history from Galen to modern science, explains brain lateralization and language development, and links education to brain change, ending with a note about Stock's Boot Store footwear.
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Windsor
Aristotle
Galen
Christ
Cemres
Rst
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