Sahara inland sea project aims to turn desert into garden
Boston engineer Dwight Braman convinces French government to create an inland sea in the Sahara fed by canals from the Mediterranean. The plan includes a port at the Gulf of Babes and vast irrigation to raise crops, potentially making the Sahara France’s future granary. A French company named Compagnie Sahara will pursue parliamentary approval in Tunis. The article also notes Ricciolo’s 1650 moon map and crater naming plan.
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United Preas
London
Dwight Braman
Boston
Sahara
Eden
England
Sudan
Egypt
Braman
Mediterranean
Gulf of
Babes
Bra- Man
Puc
Tunisia
Gulf of Gabes
Aures
Atlas Mountains
France
Compagnie Sahara
Tunis
Ricciolo
Colorful Life of Pulitzer Prize Novelist Julia Peterkin
New York May 31. Julia Peterkin, the South Carolina author honored as a leading American novelist, is profiled with details of Lang Syne plantation life near Fort Motte. The Bookman article describes her as a robust farmer, hunter, and horticultural hobbyist, balancing literary stature with practical farming and family roots. A second note from Beverly Mass reports what is believed to be the first reindeer calf born in the United States.
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Times
New York
Boston
Julia Peterkin
South Carolina
Lang Syne
W. G. Peterkin
U. S
Beverly
Mass
United States
Sugar tax to cost heavily in Indianapolis
The proposed 2.4 cent per pound Cuban sugar tariff could cost Indianapolis about 1 409 580 dollars yearly, with the city facing 477 500 dollars in increased costs. American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages based the estimates on current population figures and a Wisconsin university analysis by Commons Hibbard and Perlman.
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Indianapolis
Congress
Trade Journal
University of Wisconsin
John R. Commons
B. H. Hibbard
Selig Perlman
The Hoover Beats Germs with Three Cleaning Principles
A historical promotion extols The Hoover vacuum as conquering invisible germs. It claims the machine uses beating sweeping and suction to remove dirt from floors, highlighting the exclusive beating principle as the most remarkable factor.
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