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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
3
In Puornix Arizona on April 2 a defense of Roosevelt stands against a looming disaster as 1,000 workers rush construction of a giant monolithic dam on Salt River. The plan aims to store waters from Tonto Creek and Salt River, creating the world’s greatest pond behind the structure.
Indignation grows in Seoul over a French consul general’s notice opposing condolence to the Stevens family. The club planned a cable of sympathy but the consul’s hostile board message drew protests from natives and foreigners. The British consul demanded removal, and the committee voted to remove the notice. The grievance against Stevens dates back three years.
In Curiaco on April 2 Bishop Samuel Fallows preached on "The Psychology of Doubt" and unveiled publicly his autosuggestion system to reunite estranged married couples. He stated the method is simple and has been used successfully to create belief by shaping the subconscious will.
The Salt River Valley near Roosevelt is planned to become the world’s largest artificial water body, with a 205 foot high stone wall, a dam at Roosevelt, and a lake spanning up to fifteen miles up the valley. The project costs about 6% million and aims to water 160,000 acres for farming, transforming exposed desert into rich agricultural land while providing a town at the lake’s bottom and potential future settlements atop surrounding hills.
Engineers unveil a massive gravity dam rising 265 feet above river bedrock, 800 feet canyon span, and 165 feet thick at base tapering to sixteen feet top. Spillways cut rock ends. Water would take ninety miles of canyon to threaten downstream farming towns, even if the structure failed.
Mrs Harriet Chalmers Adams and her husband Franklin Adams, connected with a government bureau, returned to Washington after a 40,000 mile expedition. The piece discusses using auto-suggestion to rekindle love in troubled marriages, urging reflection on past devotion and sacrifice to revive conscious will.
Mrs Harriet Chalmers Adams and her husband journeyed into unexplored South American regions traveling a thousand miles over the Andes. She climbed a 19200 foot Andean peak and visited Inca tombs sharing hardships with her husband and sometimes lacking equipment. The Baltimore American features a lighter note with a child’s remark about his father’s cat naps.
A brief Vale Record note expresses deeper affection for Mhyllis, gratitude for a lively personality named Phy, and a realization of stronger love beyond chatter. The concise item highlights personal sentiment and a playful tone.
Mrs. Quincy Adams Shaw of Boston funds a self supporting settlement house program to span Boston and extend to Massachusetts towns. Prof. Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago is chosen to lead the effort, with a multi million to five million dollar trust backing the plan.
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