Inland Waterway Will Take Eighteen Months to Build
The United States plans the longest inland waterway system from New York and Pennsylvania through the Ohio and Mississippi to the Gulf, linking with the intercoastal canal from New Orleans to Brownsville Texas. Congress appropriated 35.6 million to begin a test section 800 miles from Donaldsonville to Brownsville, with several navigable tributaries in Louisiana and Texas, promising lower freight costs and extensive water transport along the Gulf Coast region. The project also envisions possible pleasure trips through a landscape rich in resources and history, with January travel feasible due to favorable climate.
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Congress
New York
Pennsula
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf
New Orleans
Brownsville
Tex
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Texas
Southwest
Donaldson Wile
Mississippi River
New “‘Orleans
Rio Grande
United States
Florida Peninsula
Sabine River
Sabine
Sabins Lake
Noches
Beaumont
Guaigés
Houston
Trinity River
Tallas
Tidewater
Galveston
Brazos
Igh
Fur Seals Doomed By Poachers In Behring Sea
An American warning argues that Canadian poachers and British inaction threaten Behring Sea fur seals. The piece notes Alaska's purchase granted exclusive rights to Pribilof Islands, but migratory seals are hunted off-shore, wiping out breeding females and pups. It cites declines from about 5 million to 175,000 in two decades and urges government action.
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United States
North Pacific
Alaska
Russia
Behring Sea
Pribylov Islands
Pribyov Group
San Francisco
Isure
Pribylov
Great Britain
England
Bohring Sea
Isslands
When to Go to Alaska Advice from Dr Henry Gannett
Dr Henry Gannett of the United States Geological Survey offers surprising guidance on travel to Alaska. He says older travelers should go now, while younger people should wait to avoid dulling the sense of grandeur with premature exposure to the finest sights.
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Henry Gannett
United States Geological Survey
Alaska
Unnamed beast skull and rare relics at Kansas City museum
The Kansas City museum houses an enormous claimed prehistoric beast skull and bones including a rib fragment and teeth from mammoths and mastodons found in Cherokee Strip and near Little Bear Creek. Exhibition also features Egyptian, Indian artifacts, numerous birds and insects, Wyandotte and Shawnee relics, a Seth Thomas wooden grandfather clock, and carved ivory items.
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Kansas City Museum
Little Bear Creek
Cherokee Strip
R. HB. Phelps
Wichita
Kan
Otdahome
Second Street
Lydia Avenue
Musaunt
New York
San Francino
Kansas City
Indiana
West
Seth Thomas
Plymouth
Clark Salmon
Orient
Leo XIII
Rude carving hints at exile figure on horse exhibit
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a carved figure and a smaller emblem of a horseman. The text references exile and tight lacing effects, suggesting a historical display or illustration without full context. No clear names, dates, or places are readable to specify attribution.
Foster Mother Dog Adopts Kittens In Surprising Bond
A Delaware city dog adopts two newborn kittens after their litter of four died. The mother dog initially cared for the kittens with tender licks then found them lifeless. She seized a rival feline's two healthy babies, but later adopted the kittens herself, guiding them back to her box and later supervising their playful climbs with gentle reproach. The scene illustrates a surprising cross species maternal instinct.
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Delaware
Del
Ameriga
Rainmaking Device Invented by Ussukuma Thief
A thief from Ussukuma has devised a rainmaking contraption. At village entry, a flat stone is hollowed to form the base of a weather-raising device, signaling an ancient belief in rain control and village luck.
Rainmaking Rite of Ussukuma Chief Described
A reported ritual details two stone balls and two buried pots used to beat sacred herbs. The magician places the mass in the hollow of the stone, transfers it to the pots, and the Ussukuma chief asserts the process always attracts rain.
Queer Welsh Wedding Invitations Warn of Gift Returns
A Wales wedding notice shows formal invites asking guests to give donations and promising to return gifts on the date, with a remark that all favors will be gratefully acknowledged. The language reads businesslike and unusual for a wedding invitation.
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Wales
Two Strange Trees Mojava Yucca and Monterey Oak
A historic note describes the Mojava Yucca as a unique California plant with mixed characteristics from multiple species. It also details the creeping oak of Monterey, a sprawling, root-branching tree that covers five acres and spreads as a single living organism.
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Monterey
California
The Devil's Spout gun described and its deadly speed
A detailed description explains the Maxim automatic machine gun touted as capable of killing 700 men per minute. The piece covers its design, water jacket cooling, tripods, feed mechanism, and firing cycle, noting its fearsome efficiency and the nickname "the devil's spout" used by soldiers.
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Vickers Sons & Maxim
Sam
Japanese Library at Imperial University Models Boston Pages
The Imperial University library in Tokyo borrows heavily from the Boston Public Library, with a central interior court, arched windows, and a reading room resembling Bates Hall. Situated in Uyeno Park, it collects 180,196 Japanese and Chinese books and 46,583 foreign works, totaling over 226,000 volumes.
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Boston Public Library
Imperial University
Teikoku Daigaku
Tokio
Witl
Bates Hall
Japan
Boston
Uyéno Park
National Department of Education
Textio Library
Imperial Library
I. Tanaka
America
Europe
Tanaka
Harvard
Rusala
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Pittsburg
Kanbar City
Springkell
Ecclefechian
Dog
Demon OF
Japanese Library
Tokio Library
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