The River of Colorado Versus Imperial Valley Saga
Richard Rickard, a rising engineer, is sent by Ted Marshall to take control of the Salton break and salvage the Colorado river project. He faces Hardin, Estrada ties, and a tangled web of corporate power as he votes to save the valley, confronts risks, and moves toward a high-stakes battle.
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Colorado River
Imperial Valley
California
Ednah Aiken
Marshall
Richard
Huwan
Casey
Mekand
Todt Morviielt
CIA
Geton
Marakall
Overland Pacifc
K. C. Rickard
Musien
Goverland Pacffc
Van
Mir
Morelall
Walt
Anne
Ariscoa
Gofuror
Balfttocen
Ander Strattan
Ole Rickerd
Bist Gratel
Lit Engineering
Tod Marshall
Rickard
King
Patute
Tucson
Claudia
Tom Hardin
Marebull
Cranty
Lawrence
Gerry Holmes
Tursen
Threadbace Areverl
Pacific
Ant
Smythe
Rykard
Engraeer
Sey
Colorado
Salton
Brainerd
Hardin
Laguna
Faraday
Suve
Estrada
Genend
Powell
Turing
Daly
Edantelo
General Estrada
Gunadainjara
Broadway
Desert Reclmation Company
Desert Project
Holmes
Mexico
Salton Sea
O. P
Reclamation Service
Valley Die
D. R
American fighters fed by a sea of rations at front
The article notes American supply services supplied hot meals under fire using sealed containers for 25 men per ration, weighing 107 pounds and camouflaged for firing lines. An emergency ration similar to the British iron ration included ground meat and wheat cake with chocolate. The U S Army relied on large U S food stocks, including 16 million pounds of dehydrated vegetables, from Thomas F. Logan in Leslie's.
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America
United States
Thomas F. Logan
Leslie
French Clubs Eyed To Boost Farm Skills For Youth
France studies Uncle Sam style boys and girls clubs to train youth in farming and home making. Delegates from the French high commission review U S methods used by the department of agriculture and state colleges, hoping to implement national clubs that spur production through contests in farming and home crafts. The plan aims to revive soil, livestock, wool, and garden output with young participants. Also included is a light excerpt from Kansas City Star featuring a humorous rural anecdote about a man’s long run of misfortune.
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France
Uncle Sam
French High Commission
Department of Agriculture
America
The Coal Shortage Heard By Government Official
A government official warns scarce coal this winter yet promises no freezing deaths. He counters exaggerated scarcity reports as his office humorously debates hauling an office boy over the coals, who quips there is none to haul.
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Con
Muskrat Stops Train and Other Readers’ Vignettes
Muskrat shoots in marshes near Boston and Milne yards disrupts switch, a yardman earns over $100 yearly from muskrat fur. A boy misreads a hat story, and aviators' sport is banned by Gen. Kenly for firing on birds with machine guns, risking lives and wasting ammunition.
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Boston & Milne
Boston
Charley Brown
Brown
Signal Tower
William L. Kenly
Army Aircraft Service
Good and Bad Men Virtue and Vision
Good men can see through bad men but bad men cannot always see through good men. Perhaps because goodness is absent in the bad man and present in the good man. Virtue can be overdone. Selflessness and complaisance are beautiful, yet excess becomes an irritating failing.
Western Canada prospers with agricultural and industrial revival
The piece argues that after favorable war outcomes Western Canada can resume rapid agricultural growth and spur new industries. It highlights rising crop and livestock production, expanding dairying and wool sectors, and signals restrained building and railway activity but anticipates large future gains as settlers arrive. It notes opportunities in sugar refineries canneries mining and clay products, with residential expansion and municipal work ahead.
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Canada
Prairie
Bulldimz
Western Canada
Great West
Western
Danderine Promises Dandruff and Hair Rescue
An old advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as restoring hair thickness and stopping dandruff within ten minutes. It claims results include new hair growth after weeks, improved luster, softness, and a glossy appearance, with instructions to apply a small strand by strand wash using a cloth.
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Knowlton
Ady
Proud Words On Public Carriages And Tramcars
In a playful exchange a bride laments past cabs while her groom defends the tramcar as a public display of pride. He argues riding the tram allows them to be seen by more people, contrasting with private cab rides. The dialogue highlights social display and vanity in a light domestic moment.
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Father
Bobby
Mother
Come-back Man Fights Tone Inside Outburst
A fragment from a 20th century page shows a comeback narratives with references to strength and stimulus. It mentions Red Cross Ball Blue and household items, plus a flourished remark about ministers and a joke about wives keeping rods. The text blends sport sentiment with wartime and domestic product notes.
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Imperial Valley of California
By Ednah Aiken
Wevenaary
Old Town
Noomty
Ugbte
Recresti
Frownia
Barrancas
Sam Gorle
Marshall Bicwelf
Tutson
Dizzy Hwlehte
Jerry Maryon
Wyomley
Marsha
Winn
Ted Marehall
Ben
Tol Mashall
Jung
Arizona
Marshill
San Francisco
Ted Marshall
Lis Claudia
Sam
Inolcom
Pany
Paradis
Mariaa
Tom Marshall
Rivers
Joshow
Railroads
Hickard
Iean
Tye
Marshall Oratory
Tod Starshall
Walken
I Am
Brother Shook
Brother Bobshy
Kansas City Star
Opportunity
James Whitcomb Riley
Japan
Montana
Stefansson
Arctic
Haarlem
Holland
Department of Housekeeping
Mother Gray
Grere
Soma
Olser Eytupe
Ihey Lally
Medacen Feers
Emipir Strataedon Guarana
Metcal Company
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