Mississippi river dams aim to make upper channel navigable
Government engineers have constructed wing or spur dams along the Mississippi from St Paul to St Louis to straighten and deepen the main channel. The system aims to maintain a six foot depth, enabling freighters to reach the Twin Cities. Since 1907, about $13.9 million has been spent with 58 percent complete. Bulls of brush and stone form the dams, which discourage spreading waters and gradually build a deeper, navigable river bed.
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St. Bol. Mine
Mississippi
Chicago
Twin Cities
Uncle Sam
St. Paul
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Upper
Ani Morte
Robert & Lee
War Department
Winona
Mica
St.Louis
Army
Missouri
Harrower
Minnesota
St Paul
Mississippi River
Alton
Davenport
Muscatine
Ford
Benty Ford
Roveromest
Rock Island
Congress
Tt Ig
Upper Mississippi
Tiwin Cities
Lake Superior
Gulf of Mexico
New York Limes
Glenville curfew ordinance bars minors on streets after eight
Weston, W. Va. under an ordinance by the Glenville town council minors under eighteen are forbidden to remain on streets after eight o'clock unless escorted by parents or traveling to or from church. Public gatherings require written parental permission. A curfew bell will ring each evening at eight.
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Weston
W. Vo
Bright
West Virginia
Glenville
Glenvilly
Will provides $1,000 for parrot care in Whitney estate
In Portland Oregon and California the will of the late Thomas B Whitney leaves $1,000 for the care of his parrot. G W W Bern states the executor will provide funds for the bird’s upkeep after the widow’s death.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas B. Whitney
California
Oregon
G. W W. Bern
Steel Ring on Neck His Good Luck Piece
Tacoma seaman Ah Ding on the schooner Tseng Tai wears a steel ring around his neck, placed by his father at birth as first-born luck charm. He claims the ring brings work, luck, and protection from typhoons, pirates, fevers, and disasters, while observing global customs.
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Tacoma
Wash
Ah Ding
Ab Ding
Save California Forests of Redwood to Posterity
California’s redwoods are saved for all time through the Save the Redwoods league formed less than four years ago. Donors and corporations have contributed lands valued at $500,000 and state, Humboldt county, and citizens have raised $475,000 for further purchases as the movement advances.
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Save
California
San Francisco
Save the Redwoods League
Humboldt County
Radio to Teach Africans Farming through Kenyan plan
British officials in Kenya propose radio sets with loud speakers in every village to stream daily musical programs and agricultural lessons in local languages. Trade Commissioner R A Nay at Alexandria notes the project aims to blend culture with modern farming instruction across African villages.
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Washington
Africa
Kenya
R.A. Nay
Alexandria
Egypt
Commeces
Bill targets pacifist groups over government support
Washington reports a new measure by Rep Clarence McLeod to curb pacifist and antiwar advocacy. The bill would bar mailing displaying or distributing propaganda that supports overthrow or violent opposition to US laws, aiming to curb actions by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and other groups. It cites leaders like Jane Addams and Aletta Jacobs at a Chicago peace school opening with a notable roster of international figures.
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United States
McLeod
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
Vrotzky
Chicago
Jane Addams
Aletta Jacobs
Anita Augspurg
Germany
Mile. Lucie Dejardin
Belgium
Mme
Epiash Yousseff
Turkey
Rosika Schmimmer
Switzerland
Gertrude Woker
Berna
Young—slim
Dorothy Wong
China
Jacobs
Hanihara Highly Liked in Washington Despite Nationalism
ASANAO HANIHARA the Japanese ambassador is personally popular in Washington. His fluency in English and mastery of American idioms helped him charm reporters and social circles. He has served in Washington since 1901, with roles at the embassy, as consul-general in San Francisco, and as secretary general at the Washington arms control talks. He remains nationalist despite western-style diplomacy.
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Asanao Hanihara
Washington
Hanihara
Capital
Hanzibara
Tokyo
Diplomatic Service
Henderstands
Portsmouth
Japan
Pacific
San Francisco
Viscount Ishii
United States
Hanthara
America
Tms
Harding
Sidehare
Occidentals
Norfleet to be paid for aiding Denver bunko case
Norfleet known as the boomerang sucker in Denver will receive 17000 by congressional appropriation if a bill by Representative Marvin Jones of Texas and supported by Representative William M. Vaile of Colorado passes. The bill reimburses Norfleet for expenses in the roundup of four confidence men who fleeced him of 45000 four years ago. Norfleet aided Denver District Attorney Philip S. Van Cise in tracking the Furey gang and helping convict more than thirty bunko artists nationwide. In Denver he supplied key testimony to break the local ring, leading to the capture and removal of several gang members to Canon City.
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Frank Norfleet
Hale County
Texas
Marvin Jones
William M. Vaile
Colorado
Norfleet
Denver
Philip S. van Cise
Jones
Congress
Joe Furey
Furey
Bunko
van Cise
Fleet
Lon
Bronger
Gow
A. W. Duff
Dapper
Jackie French
Artfur Artie Cooper
Louis Afushnick
Aviation plans hinge on Central American air power for canal safety
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett says air strategy defends the canal and Caribbean islands may serve as air bases. Guatemala and Nicaragua show interest in Central American aviation, while a Senate-passed bill to train local flyers faces House inaction.
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Central
South
North America
United States
Guatemala
Nicaragua
America
Wiliam A. Moffett
Caribbean
Central America
Senate
House
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