Klamath Basin Awakens With Irrigation Push
The Klamath basin in California and Oregon, once remote and barely developed, is seen rising as a new agricultural hub. Federal irrigation plans begun 1901 and construction 1906 transform hamlets into towns, with canals, power, and industry expanding as settlers flock in.
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California
Oregon
Klamath
Klamath Basin
Commonwealth
Reclamation Service
Klamath Lake
Ewauna
Klamath Falls
Klamath River
Lost River
Clear Lake
Tule Lake
Suoply
Avill
Snco
Con
Manchuria Overland Route From Pekin to Mukden
The 1100 mile overland path from Pekin to Mukden runs via Kalgan and Dolon Nor, then east through southeastern Mongolia to southern Manchuria. The terrain is rolling to 200 miles north of Jehol, then generally level and grassland with Mongolian herds. few mountains, rivers, forests, or obvious minerals but strong agricultural and stock-raising potential.
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Manchuria
Pekin
Mukden
Kalgan
Dolon Nor
Mangolia
Jehol
Woman Driver Becomes England's First Motor Omnibus Operator
Miss Biss C de H Benest, first woman to drive a motor omnibus in England, was the sole female candidate in a recent London motor engineering exam, earning both the driver's certificate and the Royal Automobile Club mechanical proficiency certificate. She reportedly tested her skills in her own car on the Isle of Wight and is noted for machinist talent.
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Biss
C. de H. Benest
England
London
Royal Automobile Club
Woman's Short Skirt League Formed in London
A London group named the Woman's Short Skirt League binds members to wear dresses not sweeping the floor leaving five inches of space between skirt and floor to prevent gathering dust and microbes. A similar American movement called the Five-inch league is mentioned as a parallel.
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London
America
Elevator Operator Foils Lunatic in High Tower Attack
In Chicago a maniac, J. F. Shilling, attempted to dash his daughter Marie Shilling from a tower ledge. Elevator operator John Richardson restrained him after a 15 minute struggle atop the observatory. Marie was injured. Shilling, recently released from Kankakee asylum, faces return to the asylum.
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Chicago
Marie Shilling
Saake
J. 4. Shilling
la Grange
Auditorium Tower
John Richardson
Kankakee
Ters
Alice
Marie
Lake Front
Shilling
Richardson
Trance Keeps Bloomington Child in Sleep Thirty Days
Elizabeth de Groot a five year old of La Salle County has been in a trance like sleep for thirty days after meningitis attack. Doctors report she is otherwise healthy though unable to wake. The case is described as unique for a child so young.
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Bloomington
Elizabeth
George de Groot
la Sallie County
Plans for Greece Hotel Company Formation
A new European firm is formed to build and run first class hotels in multiple Greek cities and towns. The venture aims to develop a network of upscale properties, signaling a major investment in Greece's hospitality sector.
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Plan Hotels For
Greece
Europe
Young Girl Walks Sleepless Night Dream To Llandulas
A nearly six foot tall young girl, Amy Parker of Oakengates, slept in her nightdress on a railway embankment near Colwyn Bay after a early morning walk. Plate-layers found her near Llandudno, then P C Rowlands and station-master Lane helped, as she recalled nothing of the walk from Old Colwyn. A Bible and a letter pointed to Old Colwyn address and a somnambulism tendency is noted.
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London
Old Colwyn
Llandudno
Colwyn Bay
P. C. Rowlands
Llandulas
Lane
Amy Parker
Oakengates
Salop
Colwyn
Shel
Rattlers Infest Barclay Mountain Homes in Towanda Pa
In Barclay Mountain district Towanda Pennsylvania several rattlesnakes multiply after mild seasons. Mrs Michael McMahon killed a five foot snake behind the stove. A neighbor encountered a four and a half footer at the henhouse. Mrs Jenkins found a three foot rattler in a bedroom. A berry picker in Lamokg district killed five rattlers in one day. Munson lost 11 ducks and many chicks as rattlers were found under a smokehouse with a dozen snakes hidden. three were lethargic after gorging on poultry.
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Towanda
Barclay Mountain
Michael McMahon
Michael Jenkins
Barclay
Lamokg
Munson
Poulry
Elsie Janis Turns Interviewer In New York Visit
An amused press encounter sees Elsie Janis interview a visiting journalist in New York. She quizzes him on journalism, clothes, and family while noting his pretzels and smoking preferences. He reveals he longs to write a tribute poem and jokes about his Broadway walk.
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Elsie Janis
New York
Miss Janis
Bharley Bigelow
Broadway
Dancer Leonard Comments on Minstrel Act Dynamics
The article notes Wddle Leonard, a soft-voiced dancer in the Cohan and Harris minstrel show, meeting a brother of burnt cork performers outside the Honey Boy group. The exchange touches on invitations and perceptions of the act, with Leonard admitting one performer is “bun.”
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Leonard
Cohan and Harris
Social Strata in Stageland A Barrymore Dining Car Tale
Charles Belmont Davis recounts a Western tour anecdote about Miss Ethel Barrymore and two leading men. Across the aisle two stout women gossip about tickets and stage life, with one claiming Miss DeVere and Miss Pongtingford as part of a burlesque troupe, challenging aristocratic pretensions.
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Stageland
Charles Belmont Davis
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Barrymore
Barrymore
Frohman Company
Miss DeVere
Mumm de Pommerty
Twentieth Century Widows Burlesque Company
Pongtingford
Notes of the Footlights Highlight 1910 Broadway Names
Dustin Farnum stars in The Squaw Man and Thomas A Wise leads A Gentleman from Mississippi. Belasco to work on a Frances Starr play while John J McNally completes Bonnie Bell of Scotland with Alice Lloyd to star. Annie Blanche enters vaudeville with Robert Hilliard sketch. Nella Bergen shifts from vaudeville to concert stage. Frank Craven in Tisey Gillette's new production. Mrs Juessie Carter to appear in Washington play with Edward Fielathy supporting Grace. Olga Nethersole linked with Edna May Spooner in Mountain Boy. Marlon Short and Pauline Pheipa authored the Kentucky Life drama.
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Dustin Farnum
Thomas A. Wise
Mississippi
David Belasco
Frances Starr
William Collier
Atlantic City
John J. McNally
Scotland
Alice Lloyd
Annie Blanche
Robert Hilliard
Nella Bergen
Frank Craven
Tisey
Gillette
Frederick Thompson
Juessie Carter
Edward Fielathy
Grace
Geo
Olga Nethersole
Edna May Spooner
Wilay
Kentucky
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