Irrigation for Homes Appeals for Government Aid
Colonel Myron EH McCord of Phoenicia Arizona addressed the National Irrigation Congress in Missouri urging federal action to reclaim arid western lands. He argued for land sales at maximum price to fund irrigation projects and warned that railroads and rivers cannot match irrigation's potential to create homes and transform deserts into productive farms. McCord, former territorial governor of Arizona, emphasized irrigation as essential for balanced national development.
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Myron, EH. McCord
Phoe Tis
A. T
Missouia
Mon
McCord
Salt River Valler
Waller
Calovel McCord
West
Colonel McCord
Territory of
Arizona
Irrigavicen
Mayor Swartz Faces Ouster Proceedings In Columbus
Items of interest note Mayor Swartz of Columbus will fight ouster proceedings. Other briefs include a Buffalo apartment fire with $30 600 loss, a jealousy murder suicide by Walter Cigait of Albina Oregon, and fires at Holstein & Company planing mill in Duluth Minnesota with unspecified losses. Admiral Dewey may cross Ohio with the presidential party en route west. A California forest fire near San Diegoy Cal reports $500 losses. General Julio Rengifo, ex Colombian minister, drowned at his home.
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Swartz
Columbus
Buffalo
Walter Cigait
Albina
Admiral Dewey
Ohio
Holstein & Company
Duluth
Minn
San
SupRead about Turrets and Admiral Sampson Patent
The article credits Lieutenant Joseph Strauss with conceiving the superimposed turret later adopted for ships like the Kearsarge and Kentucky. It details the dispute over the design, its approval, and its presentation to Rear Admiral Sampson. Also noted is D. W. Krider of Ohio as a severely wounded artilleryman from Manila. The piece blends technical history with a poetry section on Indian Summer.
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Strauss
Anvy
Sampson
Joseph Strauss
Virciman
Philadelphia Leager
Teresa
Amnapels
Bor Ordnance
Mmventoo
Sharss
Addaal Sauceen
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Lipton Cup Race and Women Builders Highlight 1900 Era
A discussion on the yacht competition notes Sir Thomas Lipton and Mr. Fife as sportsmen expected to contest the cup again in 1900. It predicts a yearly challenge if defeated and American design excellence. California women fund three UC Berkeley buildings with two for mining and a memorial to Hearst.
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Boptom
Getober
Ota
Aiden Cai
United States
Aibnervans
Lefauiy
Eure
Thomas Lipton
Fife
Lord Dunraver
Thomas
Sir Thomas Lipton
California
University of California At Berkeley
Jennie Flood
Phoebe Flearst
New York Tribune
School of Mines
Hearst
Riches of South Africa Diamonds and Gold Attract Global Attention
The piece notes Kimberley diamond mines in British territory near Cape Town supply most world diamonds, with $370 million in rough diamonds produced since 1565. The Witwatersrand goldfields near Johannesburg show rapid expansion, prompting global interest and speculation that Africa holds the fabled Ophir treasure.
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Africa
Treasury Bureau of Stnistics
Iren
South Africa
Kimberley
British Territory
Orange Free State
Cape Town
Witwatersrand
South African Republic
Johannesburg
White Water Range
California
Tim Coll
Rand
Rheresia
Ophir
Solomon
Eziongober
Eloth
Red Sea
Ejilom
Hiram
Office Cat Walks Forty Miles Back Home
Former night operator Tom Pressnell moved Old Tom the office cat to Seeleyville. The cat reportedly walked about forty miles from Sullivan, Indiana, back to the Vandalia station where Pressnell now works, arriving dirty but apparently pleased. No trains were due, so the feat seems to be a direct return journey.
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Tom Pressnell
E. and
T. II
Sullivan
Ind
Old Tom
Seeleyville
Vandalia
Tom
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
New Era in Freight Cars Seen in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh repair yards like Pitcairn’s Pennsylvania Railroad shop are overwhelmed repairing disabled freight cars. Many old style cars are worn, with 59.00 report to be out of service within 12 months. Cars with broken sides are patched only to be burned later, and via air brake strain wrecks occur.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pitcairn
New York Sun
Railroad Manavers
World map project eyed as giant scale nears completion
The Berne exhibit highlights a world map at 1 to 1 090 000 scale with 16 feet width for the US, exceeding current maps and testing long term accuracy. Explorers note rapid advances since 1891. Babylonians formed earliest world view on a baked brick. Ex Mayor Grace defends protective tariffs as key to Americas growth.
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Berne
Chicace Tribune
United States
Geographical Society
Babylon
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Third Artillery
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Utah
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Bowera
Kinals
Remy
TRE Great Yacht
Lipton
Riches
Diamonas
William R. Grace
New York
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