Has The Great American Desert Become No Longer A Desert
A long column notes irrigation advances under the act, tracing U S westward settlement from Atlantic shores to the plains and Mississippi valley. It critiques past water scarcity, praises recent policy shift, and muses on future agricultural expansion and settlement patterns.
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Congress
United States
Atlantic
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Great American Desert
Government irrigation law pledges vast arid lands reform
A new reclamation measure aims to store and distribute water for irrigation in arid areas within states and territories. It promises to redeem land equal to Illinois and Iowa for farming, restricts sales to actual settlers, and limits single-owner areas. The piece contrasts private progress with public aid and notes social debates on gentility and justice. It also touches on Ras Makonnen and imperial ambitions, urging better global knowledge and shared progress through science and discovery.
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Ilinois
Iowa
Ras Makonnen
Menelek
Adowa
Batte
Abyssinia
Kas Mankonnen
Paris
Lis
Bertha
Ilia
France
Hannibal
Africa
Oura
Brotherhood of Man
Excursion Into Bird Land And Botanical Observations
Mrs Jenks Smith describes bird study trend in The Garden of a Commuter's Wife. She jokes about bird boxes failing due to drafts and imagines a spring bird class guided by a professor. She recalls a European Cook’s tour style lunch in woods with twenty ladies and a quail sighting. She mentions a blue lane and a red eyed virago as birds observed during lunch.
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Mrs. Jenks Smith
Europe
Penny X-ray Instruments in London Street Sales
Penny X-ray Instruments are advertised for sale in London streets. The device, noted for revealing bodily details, is demonstrated as a novelty in shop windows while a couple walks by, the man continuing while the woman pauses to look in.
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London
Sleepwalking Bank Heist Solved by True Sleep Detective
A detective recounts tracking a banker who lost securities from a safe at home. Through stealth monitoring, the thief was revealed to be the sleeping banker himself. The twist shows the culprit as a sleepwalker, recovered securities, and a cautious cure in a near sensational mystery. The tale blends crime, psychology, and medical diagnosis with a twist.
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Philadelphia Ledger
William Suively
Shady Grove
Carl
Lts Crafehires
Bin
Brain mapping effort praised in ape studies in medical history
Eminent surgeons have long sought to locate brain regions governing muscles aiming to treat nervous diseases. The London Leader notes privately conducted ape experiments aided by British scientists, acknowledging their fatal toll yet praising their contribution.
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London
Te Well
Rolando
Balliol Men and an Othello Mine Fracas
A dinner debate at Balliol pitted a judge against a bishop, with the master noting a judge’s verdict can hang, while a bishop can damn and must still be obeyed. Sir Henry Irving recalls a Washington Territory audience heckling Othello with a miner’s shout. Frank Reilly’s rail siding accident in Port Costa left him with severe injuries after a freight train struck him while he gestured to a passerby. The New York Herald discusses the Mackay Meissonier portrait controversy, noting mixed artist opinions, public indignation, and the painting’s final placement in Carlton House.
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Balliol
Henry Irving
Washington Territory
Frank Reilly
Port Costa
Reilly
John W. Mackay
New York Herald
Mackays
Paris
Meissonier
Mackay
Cabanel
Nevada
The Knocker in Yonkers Statesman
A limerick like poem traces a lively woman with a small hammer who knocks at everyone and everything. After her death the husband visits a spirit show and hears a knocking from the afterlife claiming his wife is still knocking, a humorous final twist.
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Hobby
Yonkers Statesman
Many Uses of a Banana in Jamaica Trade
The article notes diverse banana uses including leaves for packing, tannin ink, shoe blacking, leaf wagging, Manila hemp from stems for mats and lace, and banana flour. It discusses ripening via warm gas jets and cautions against overripening, highlighting Jamaica as a source of large crops.
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Manila
Island
Jamaica
Hidden Speech Echoes in a Family Bible Tale
A fragment hints at family lore and biblical references as voices debate truth and affection. A man questions a woman’s claim of never being kissed, weaving doubt with scripture and memory across generations.
A Case Notes The Scarlet Thread Leads Holmes Clues
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson recount the Stangerson and Drebber murders with Lestrade and Gregson. A new clue emerges as a poisoned pill test and a dog trial point to the killer, tying together evidence from Stangerson’s room, a bedsit, and a late suspect.
A Miscellany of World Facts and Oddities
A jumble of items notesEurope deaths language work hours women in New Zealand profit sharing schemes in Britain a Viennese swimmer training for the English Channel murder rates in Turkey long train routes and world geography a Calfornia orchard heat energy in work Portuguese matrimonial law emigration shifts to America Athos monks and princely payments whaling industry Milton biography and a farm anecdote on money values and courtship cautionary observations reflect a late 19th or early 20th century miscellany of curiosities and statistics.
Light In the Darkness Sparks Fresh Sherlock Holmes Case
Lestrade reveals a new lead in the Drebber/Stangerson mystery as he tracks Stangerson’s movements from Euston to Halliday's Hotel. A door to a private room yields a disturbing red ribbon of blood, signaling a grisly clue and widening the plot.
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Holmes
Drebber
Brixton Road
Charpentier
Gregson
Lestrade
Lestrede
Sherlock Holmes
Mr. Lestrade
Joseph Stangerson
Halliday
James Stangerson
Stangerson
Cleveland
J. H
Europa
Euston Station
Yesteray
Little George Street
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Browning
Martha Baker Dunn
Carlyle
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Harry Tracy
Hera Wainwright
Sampson- Bedley
Respect For the Office
New York
Gates
Uncle Sam
Admiral Dewey
Albania
Greece
Miss Stone
Messrs. Rockefeller
Carnegie
Haschwann
Haschmann
Blackstone
Brooklyn Engle
Great Central Telephone Exchange
Great Power House
Stella—Tes
Kella
A. Conan Doyle
Herrick
Editom
Monty Ny
New Zeland
Madame Isacescn
English Channel
Christiane
Turkey
Worl
Cagadisa Pacific
Halifax
Vancouver
Santa Barbara
Cal
Lord Kelvin
Portugal
America
Germany
England
Italy
Asstria
Russia
Athos
Selves
Amercan
Yast
Milton
Farmer Jones
Hiram
Jook
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