Sarriman Plans Great Road To Open Rich Lower California
The plan envisions a grand road to the bottom of Lower California to unlock a rich peninsula. The region is described as mineral rich with land capable of blossoming once irrigation expands.
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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
3
The plan envisions a grand road to the bottom of Lower California to unlock a rich peninsula. The region is described as mineral rich with land capable of blossoming once irrigation expands.
Col Fesper Randolph reports Harriman intends to start a 1200 mile railway from San Lucas Cabo to coast points across the peninsula. The line will branch to La Paz and Santa Rosalía with steel rails ordered from Russia and ties from Japan, Mexico and British Columbia.
A relief fence forms after coffee ends and Postum replaces it as the hot drink at meals. The piece argues caffeine harms drinkers and Postum offers nourishment from hard wheat with bran and natural phosphates for brain and nerve tissue, claiming real comfort and a slogan “There's a Reason.”
Morgan's Comedians appear at the Nelson with a week of acts including Madame Gertrude mental telepathy demonstrations. Nightly shows feature Midnight in Chinatown An Orphan's Prayer Ten Nights in a Bar Room and Big Hearted Jim. The Honeymooners a George M. Cohan musical comedy plays one night March 19 with a Vermont village satire plot and a large cast of songs and dancers.
Golden-voiced Al H Metz Wilson will perform at the Nelson hall for an audience in both afternoon and evening on Tuesday March 17. He will feature Fairest Flower of All in a repertoire praised for its sympathetic fit to his voice.
Boston printer deaths reveal typographical union funeral support and charity. Local officers arrange Christian burials, cover expenses from international death benefit, and ship effects to England or forward property to relatives. Auxiliary members comfort victims and attend services, proving unions aid beyond wages.
The project will commence at both terminal points to expedite completion. Officials say work begins promptly from the north and the south.
Mr and Mrs Clifford Baker of Elwood are seriously injured in a runaway accident. The first state meeting of the Order of Owls will be held at Elwood on March 15. Rev W M Elliott pastor of the Third Presbyterian church at New Albany has resigned his charge.
A mixed local items recap shows polo season closing in New Castle after a match with Richmond. Incidents include a broken jaw in a party prank, a Chicago detective jailed for theft, and a fatal railroad accident near Osgood. A Warsaw shooting injures two, and a humorous vaudeville exchange closes with a comic on stage.
Pittsburg holds second day of the first international convention of the young people's missionary movement in Ex position hall. Speakers included Joseph E. McAfee of New York Syngman Rhee on Korea Takejiro Ishiguro on Japan S P Devasahayam on India C T Wang on China and Rev Dr E Brown on The Bible a Missionary Book.
A humorous dialogue shows Edwin begging for candy while adults debate sweets and lore. The exchange riffs on candy types from gum drops to taffy and rock candy as a parent reads aloud and dismisses the requests.
A brief reflection on the phases of the fraternal spirit that trade unions daily practice and preach, highlighting solidarity, mutual aid, and collective action within the labor movement.
Eastern Stars chapter No 58 invites members to a big meeting hosted by Charles Updegraff of Killian and McCloskey. Updegraff is ill with grip, the notice states.
The event will be held at ePro on March 23 with Joseph Lin Vill in charge. Interested individuals should leave their names at the Pacific Express office to join a specially chartered car.
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