New York Citys Great Aqueduct From Catskills to Staten Island
A historic overview of the Catskill aqueduct project notes Ashokan reservoir as its centerpiece and compares it to Suez and Assuan works. It details gravity driven siphons under Wallkill and Hudson, Olive Bridge dam, labor conditions in Camp City, and the 92 mile underground course to the High Service reservoir, with the system extending through Manhattan to Brooklyn and Staten Island.
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New York
Catskills
Ashokan
Suez
Panama
Assuan
Egypt
Western America
Catskill
Rome
Imperial City
Manhattan Island
Olive Bridge
Esopus Creek
Wallkill Valley
Roundout
Hudson
High Service
Yonkers
Catskill Mountains
Bonticou Crag
Moodna
Hudson River
Breakneck Mountain
Highlands
Foundry Brook
New York City
Lower Manhattan
East River
Brooklyn
Narrows
Staten Island
Bibles in Persia and the Presbyterian Mission
The American Bible Society has operated in northern Persia for 70 years and, for 17 years before 1896, used its own agent until collaborating with Presbyterian missionaries in Arabia and major cities. Despite political disruptions and occasional import bans, Scripture circulation continues with 778 copies distributed in Resht and Teheran. Rev. Doomboorajian reports selling 6,400 copies in 17 languages over ten years, totaling travels of over 2,500 miles and meetings with about one thousand people annually.
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American Bible Society
Persia
Presbyterian Church
Arabia
Tabriz
Teheran
Hamadan
Resat
Resht
Customs From Crusade Days And Sword Etiquette
London Chronicle recounts historic sword customs in the army. Officers draw and sheathe swords level with the lips to honor the cross hilt. Sergeants keep sashes on the officer's shoulder in past action, now worn at the waist. Rifle officers avoid hooking swords. battalion sergeant major keeps sword in its scabbard. The old joke: sergeant major draws his sword at the trooping of the color.
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London Chronicle
Character’s Commercial Value and Social Virtue
The excerpt argues that honesty used for political or polite reasons betrays virtue. It calls such men handmaids of covetousness, lacking moral content and self-respect. Yet true character remains noble whether valued by market or inner worth, as people often cloak themselves in appearance without seeking substance.
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Charles H. Brent
Poor Excuse for Missing Work Cited in Banter
A dialogue shows She fumbling an excuse for not going to work on Friday and He pressing for a reason. She claims no clothes to wear, while He retorts that the boss would object to such reasons.
Suit Long Delayed Delivers First Big Luxury for Deserted Mother
Mrs. Ernest B Case, mother of eight, pursued a long awaited divorce after decades of single parenting. Deserted by her husband years ago she devoted herself to children and farm life before moving to Chicago and finally filing in the Superior Court.
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Chicago
Ernest B. Case
Talking Monkeys in a Geography Lesson
In a geography class a pupil astonishes with a claim about talking monkeys in a South American section. The student reads from a geography text that the region is inhabited by a species of monkey that is properly an ape.
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South America
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