Wing Dams and Mississippi Navigation Issues
Col. A McKenzie of the chief engineer’s Mississippi work discusses low water conditions, river comparisons, and wing dam effectiveness. He notes annual fears, defends current practices, and explains limited four year congressional funding and the impracticality of English bank-building plans.
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A. McKenzie
Burlington
Mississippi
McKenzie
Iowa
Elca
MacKenzie
Missouri
Kenzie
Col. McKenzie
Misalsippi
Europa
Snake survives long hunger in Arkansas rat hole
A New Orleans Times-Democrat reader recalls a rattlesnake he trapped in a henshouse southeastern Arkansas. He starved the reptile for over a year, discovering it alive and lank months later, challenging the notion that snakes can last only short periods without food. He emphasizes snakes may endure extensive fasts, noting the earlier experience and the survivor’s demeanor.
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Ian
Arkansas
New Orleans
General Wallace Randolph and the hot ice water hoax
General Wallace Randolph, famed artillery officer at Fort Wadsworth, lured officers and reporters with a glass pitcher of supposedly ice water. A Tampa sidewalk fragment disguised as ice betrayed the prank, revealing the water was not cold at all and the scene a staged ruse by his orderly.
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Wallace Randolph
Fort Wadsworth
New York Harbor
United States
Cuba
Florida
Randolph
Tampa
Port Tampa
Hfe
Flaes
A Typical Western Girl Mrs Alice B Gossage in Rapid City
A description of Mrs Alice B Gossage of Rapid City 3 D portrays her as a capable editor printer and paper worker who often handles Rapid City Daily Journal duties. She is a skilled typesetter writer and cook and active in the Women's Christian Temperance union and the Current Events club serving as Sunday school superintendent for nearly twenty years.
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Alice B. Gossage
Rapid City
3. D
Rapid City Daily Journal
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Roosevelt Helps Kittens From Sewer In a Capital Ride
President Roosevelt and Secretary Root paused a horseback ride on Sixteenth Street near Henderson Castle to rescue kittens trapped in a sewer catch basin. Two boys crawled in to assist while the President directed the operation and later thanked a nearby butler who offered care for the rescued brood.
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Roosevelt
Root
Chevy Chase
Sixteenth Street
Henderson Castle
United States
Secretary of War
Will Game
White House
Cosmopolitan Mme. Patti’s Global Marriages and Residency
Mme Patti, said to have recently taken out naturalization as a British subject, could claim cosmopolitanism. Born Madrid, her father Sicilian, mother Roman. raised in the United States. She married a Frenchman, then an Italian, and is now wife of Swedish Baron Cedarstrom living in Wales.
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Mme
Patti
Madrid
Sicily
Rome
United States
Baron Cedarstrom
Wales
The Village Blacksmith in Blazing Chestnut Shade
A rustic poem vignette portrays a village blacksmith, strong and steady. The smith toils from dawn to dusk with brawny arms, sweating brow, and honest labor. His bellows, sledge, and steady work echo like a sexton at dusk. The piece centers on pride in craft and steadfast character.
A Matter of Diplomacy in a Witty Exchange
A matri monial philosopher notes he aims to face the wrong side of small disputes. He explains the aim is to let his wife prove him wrong, a dynamic he finds makes her agreeable in more serious matters. The quote underscores playful diplomacy in marriage as a strategy.
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Chicago Post
Seasick misadventure on a long voyage with two sly patriots
An anxious buyer recounts a London bound trip, facing seasickness fears aboard a liner. He assumes two British travelers are dull, but they reveal seasoned sea experience after they adapt gracefully. The narrator learns humility and defers the rest of the voyage to his two seasoned cabin mates.
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London
Fen
F&f
New York
Money for Moving Crops Displays Silver Shipments
The article explains how a $2 billion crop payment could be carried as silver dollars and bank notes, weighing about 60,000 tons and requiring 100 locomotives, with vast money-moving operations run by express companies. It contrasts ancient coin transport with modern credit and details packing, sealing, and safety measures for currency shipments, plus regional money flows and the role of sub-treasuries.
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United States
New York
Wall Street
Interior
Washington
Partic Life
South
San Prancisco
Express Company
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
Internal Revenue and Customs
Hanks
Pacific Coast
Crolps
San Francisco
Notable figures and far flung lives in brief glimpses
A survey of varied personages and claims from different regions. French scientist M De Saint-Aignan warns of volcanic activity in November and February near Martinique. Congressman Galusha Grow declines to write a memoir, deeming Blaine's work sufficient. Rev Charles A Tuckingham resigns from a New Jersey Baptist church and becomes a Pennsylvanian road ticket agent. Queen Amalie of Portugal is praised for energy and medical philanthropy. An Ene attorney Slocum touts thirty seven days on water as cure for chronic ailments.
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Blaine
Connecticut
Charles A. Tuckinham
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Road
Pittsburg
Slocum
Ene
Intelligent Dog in River Rescue Fights Terrify Torresdale Crowd
A water spaniel and a bull terrier battled by the river in Torresdale, illustrating canine intelligence as the spaniel dragged the bulldog toward water provoking a retreat. The struggle ended when the bulldog was rescued by its owner, while the spaniel secured a win by blocking its foe’s escape.
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Torresdale
Stix
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
Blasts From Ram's Horn and Church Critique
A fragmentary devotional critique asserts that enmity reveals envy and contrasts pride with humility. It condemns praying as vain if not answered, warns against viewing churches as creators of Christianity, and mocks a church focused on reputation over piety. The text laments worldly fame over heavenly virtue.
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Atar Alnger
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Ike
M de Saintaignon
Martinique
Galusha A. Grow
Pennsylvania
Republic Hi
Grow
Amalie
Portugal
Europe
Portugese
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