Waterways and ice cream prices in a changing economy
The piece discusses shifting transportation priorities from river to rail and back, praising the Mississippi and Great Lakes systems. It considers cheaper ice cream amid price cuts in two border cities and questions whether home refrigerators will curb future prices. It also notes Mexican military reductions under Calles as a sign of peaceful development and smiles on prospects for better U.S.-Mexico relations.
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Mississippi
America
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Pres Calles
Mexico
Uncle Sam
Decoration Day and Primary Returns in West Virginia
The Sentinel notes Memorial Day honors for fallen soldiers and explains this year’s Decoration Day observance was disrupted by primary election coverage. It reflects on commencement celebrations, graduates, and the everyday burden of news deadlines after election results, while touching on public utilities and the value of rivers to expansion.
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Sentinel
West Vizinta
Mob violence ends life of Black man in Missouri
In Marshall Missouri on May 30, Odie Wilson, a Black man, fatally harmed Romeo Logan, also Black, in a gambling dispute at Slater yesterday. Wilson was seized by a mob on the highway between Marshall and Slater and found dead hanging beside the road three miles south of Slater.
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Marshall
Odie Wilson
Romeo Logan
Slater
Here
Troma Tres
Women’s Club Leader Denies Allegations of Commercialism
In San Antonio on May 30, Mrs John D Sherman, president, denies charges that commercial interests drive the general federation of Women’s Clubs. Her report to the biennial convention calls the federation the world’s largest network of practical homemakers and labels critics as “barnacles that always sing to any great ship.” The report urges establishment of a state endowment fund to permit investigation of attacks on the federation and to continue defending its work.
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San Antonio
Tex
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
John D. i Sherman
Federation
Itate
American War Dead Honored in Paris Cemeteries
A May war era piece recalls Americans interred in France with reverence noting grave markers at Suresnes and Meuse-Argonne fields. It quotes tribute to soldiers from the Great War and mentions nearly 10 thousand dollars connected to memorials and over 100 graves in Prairie and surrounding sites.
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Paris
Maype
Prarie
Sresnes
Mont Valerien
Meuse-Arconne
Sontagne-Sous-Montfadéon
U. S. Flood Control: Greater Task Than Building Canal
Washington reports that the government has launched, perhaps the greatest engineering undertaking, to control floods on the Mississippi River. The effort aims to avert flood damage and safeguard communities, with federal agencies coordinating design, construction, and operation across multiple states.
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U. S. Flood Control
Washington
Altes Issip
Pi River
Wit
Flood control plans for Mississippi River revised
Engineering authorities back a mixed plan to curb future floods by abandoning levees only and adding diversion channels. Major features include the Birds Point New Madrid Bonnet Carre and Atchafalaya floodways, with artificial river basins and low tuze-plug levees to relieve peak flooding.
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Panama Canal
Mississippi
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River Commission
Taw
Gulf of Mexico
Bocaf Basin
Arkansas River
Arkansas
Louisiana
Red River
Atchafalaya Basin
Louiana
Birds Point
New Madrid
Missouri
Bonnet Carre
New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Borgne
Gulf
Mississippi To
Commission
Rock Island
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Fairmont Times
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Bay Early
F. Friedman & Son
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Grafton High School
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