Desert Irrigation Tale Aboard An Imperial Junction
Rickard rides into Imperial Junction awaiting new labors in the Riverside valley. He hears talk of the Desert Reclamation project, Hardin, Sather, and the D R B, while a companion extols aridity as a western creed. The valley's future, farmers and a regional university mingle with stark desert imagery and ambitions.
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Synopeia
Eric Rickard
Marshall
Arta
Rickard
Colorado River
Thomas Hardin
Desert Reclamation Company
Hardin
Eastern College
Gerty Ploimen
Overland Pacife
Wessling
Wien Rickwed
Anpertal Junction
Imperial Junction
Micka
Prometers
Miquiren
Estenda
Ram
Mexico
Richard
Kost
California
Wyoming
Colorado
Arizona
Riverside
Schol
South Amerea
Egypt
Damascus
Todin
Piper
Utah
Imperial
Ann Arbor
Palo Alto
Wickard
Desert Irrigation and City Life in a Border Valley
In a desert town near the border analyst Richard and a practical engineer discuss irrigation as a social force. They compare small farms to Riverside style living, noting cooperative effort, reduced drought risk, and the charm of agrarian towns. The scene follows a train, a hotel, and the first impressions of a reclamation project amid canals, soil color, and new town sights.
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Pethi
Brawley
Yelthis
Paclle
Gtah
Rand
Richard
Jes Flats
Riverside
Teach
Imperial
Brandon
Rickard
Desert Reclamation Company
Marshall
Hardin
Tucson
Ieckard
Bank of Calexico
Desert hotel and makeshift ward in Calexico described
An OCR fragment depicts a two story desert structure with a hanging gallery and bagged wire to keep out mosquitoes. It portrays Calexico as a desert hotel scene with beds in the street like hospital wards and a hotel lobby reconfigured with a soda-water bar and marble counter as Richard surveys the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calexico
Richard
Questions on Hardin’s reception and past love stir Rickard
The passage probes how Hardin will greet the man aiming to replace him and how Hardin’s wife will react to the suitor who once professed love but fled. Rickard waits for the sequel to reveal the resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin
Rickard
Binningham Age-Herald
GOT WEARY OF FLU TALK AT INDIANAPOLIS MEETING
L B Andrus of Grand Rapids Michigan chief of the Merchants Heat and Light company faced a flu conference in Indianapolis and fled to a Turkish bath after overhearing influenza talk a sick visitor claimed baths could cure and another worried man asked if baths would prevent illness. Worry spoils work and strength. Do not let minor fears ruin honest effort.
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L. B. Andrus
Grand Rapids
Mich
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Mr. Andrus
Andrus
Indianapolis
Indianapolis News
Humorous Anecdotes From a Military Office
A brisk sampling of Army stories and aphorisms. A major general known for strict discipline tells a tale of saluting a car with two stars, the private’s witty retort about the stars meaning sons in the army, and a light note on bending habits. Also includes brief thoughts on mental exercise and daily duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.B. FP
Str
Weill
Stat
Burglary Hot Spots Across States Spark Crime Wave
The article notes West and Midwest states show higher burglary rates than the East, based on 1,150 random burglaries from over ten times that many robberies. It highlights Iowa, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and New York as key players and suggests a Western influx of crooks into New York City amid a rising crime wave.
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West
Middle West
Timois
Misart
Obie
New York
New York City
War Era Wit From The Trenches A Commuter Joke
A World War I style vignette contrasts kitchen woes with battlefield life. An American asks a French soldier about home, learning he visits a nearby village about twice weekly, joking that the Frenchman commutes on the war. The humor blends digestion woes with wartime dispatches.
Boschee's Syrup and Other Quotations in One Column
An assortment of pasted ad lines and short quotes on Boschee’s Syrup for coughs and lung troubles, Hall's Catarrh Medicine testimonial, Cuticura soap shaving claims, a cartoonish dialogue fragment, and miscellaneous brand notices. Includes references to Senator Sorghum, Frank J. Cheney, and Fletcher's Castoria among scattered snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boschee
United States
Nature
America
Adv
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas Tye
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Frank
iSeal
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public
Hall
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Therm Bert
TDRB
Tellroad
Tad Bard Jork
D. I
St Sather
Riehard
Estrafig
Rivka
Tao
Islm
Loiely
Theo
Wiekard
al Salle
Demert
Hickord
Extrada
Emma
Cnt
Bartoo
Bast
Stickard
Hickard
Wien
Mwehard
Imperial Valley
By Ednah Aiken
Emencin
Katifor Seas
Darky
A. ¥. Hirst
Alt Mien
Canada
Western
Dominion
Manitobe
Alberta
Spohn
Spoon Medical CO
Mira
Goshen
Ind
Man
Toledo Blade
Pape
Ady
Boschee’s Syrup
Sorghum
Anna
Louisville Counter-Journal
Fletcher
Garfield
Marine Eye Remede CO
Chicago
Lete
American Saw & Tool Works
Jain ST. & Western Ave
Westend A. Addresa
Adella Avene
West Newson
Les Cascara
Mr. Hull
Miles
Trregniat Pulse
Ieee
Doung
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