New York Water Supply Threat Alarmed by Seepage
The New York City water supply faces a threat from underground cracks draining the Ashokan reservoir in the Catskills. The 160 million dollar reservoir, described as an engineering feat, is reported to be leaking gallons into adjacent streams despite ample rainfall. Chief engineer Merriman attributes the shortage to low snow and minimal summer rainfall, not seepage.
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New York
New York City
Catskill Mountains
New York Herald-Tribune
Panama Canal
Esopus Creek
Great Basin
Thaddeus Merriman
Board of Water Supply
Ashokan
Salivary Glands Hold Mystery for Physiologist
Battle Creek Michigan reports on Dr. W. N. Boldgreff findings about salivary response. Pleasant foods reduce saliva while acids and alkalis double or triple flow. Disagreeable substances may suppress secretion, an effect not yet explained. The study shows different gland stimulation routes yield varied results.
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Battle Creek
Mich
W. N. Boldgreff
Boldgreff
Petrified Deer Tracks Found in Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Park observers report petrified deer tracks in silica hardened riverbank rock. Ranger Philip Martindale explains shallow impressions about half an inch deep, likely formed hundreds of years ago as water deposited silica and cooled rapidly in a warm, active area near an extinct geyser or spring.
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Yellowstone Park
Wyo
Theyser
Yellowstone Nationa Park
Philip Martindale
Indian Hard Up Despite $70,000 Income
Washington report on Jackson Barnett Creek Indian seeking Interior Department guardian approval to access part of his estate. Assisting official Edward hopes arrangements can advance funds to Barnett while estate funds remain tied up in New York litigation.
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Washington
Jackson Barnett
Interior Department
Edward
Barnett
New York
Science Looks to Observe Baby Gurgle Development
Scientists plan a three year study in New York to trace how normal and gifted children develop speech and behavior. Dr Mary Cover Jones Miss Edith Burdick and Dr Harold K Jones will monitor home life day and night in a controlled environment with six babies including two of the doctors children.
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New York
Mary Cover Jones
Edith M. Burdick
Harold EK. Jones
Columbia University
John Watson
Jones
Fake German student duels fool tourists in Rhineland
Police uncover staged bouts marketed to visitors with roadhouse duelists posing as students. Six roadhouse operators near Heidelberg and Cologne were arrested for charging admission fees as high as one dollar. Blood on jackets proved to be chicken blood, with no medical reason for bandaged heads.
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Berlin
Rhineland
Heidelberg
Frankfor
Cologne
Alaska to Ship Reindeer Meat to U S Markets
Alaska to export 5000 reindeer carcasses as Alaska firm ships meat from Nome through Seattle to the United States. The Agriculture Department said rein deer meat would appear on sale soon and denied that Santa Claus team members were among the killed animals.
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Alaska
U. S. Washington
Agricultural Department
Nome
Seattle
Real Life London recounts wolfish Romulus and Remus tale
An India sourced, apparently verified account describes two young girls adopted by a she wolf. Found at ages two and eight, they ran on all fours and barked. The younger girl died while the elder, now in an orphanage, grows toward speech and favors dog company over children.
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London
India
Romulus
Remus
Experience of Western Girl in Oregon Cannery
A Salome Oregon factory worker Julia Schmidt describes five years of weakness from canning work and how Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her health She shares her address and urges other factory girls to try the product for better health outcomes.
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Oregon
America
Julia Schmidt
Lydia B. Pinkham
North Front St
Salome Oregon
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Relief
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound for fast nasal relief and headache cure. It urges dosing every two hours for three doses and claims quick breathing ease, reduced feverishness and sore throat with a five cent price at any drug store.
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Pape
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