Five Rivers Scheme Aims To Equalize Punjab Water
The British government in India considers linking the Idi Jhelam Chenab Beas Ravi and Sutlej rivers to equalize irrigation flows. Water from flood-prone rivers would be diverted to needy areas, aiming to secure reliable water supply across Punjab.
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India
Idi Jhelam
Chenab
Beas
Ravi
Sutlej
Punjab
Philippine Journal of Science
Philippine Islands
Philippine
Simon Flexner
Flexner
A. C. Lane
Lane
United States Army
Harper's Weekly
Cavary
Coast Artillery Corps
Porto Rico
Philippines
London Police Impartial Despite Poor Pay Says Royal Commission
A royal commission report praises London police as incorruptible despite low wages. London magistrates including Mr Plowden back the force, noting they do their duty without succumbing to bribes. Police magistrate Logan of New York lauded London methods and honesty.
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England
London
Sér“Geant
Royal Commission
Tonday
Logan
New York
Iverybody
Mr. Plowden
Somaliland
Dundee Advertiser
Cement school building proposed after Collinwood fire
Following the Collinwood Ohio school fire disaster 169 children lost their lives a new cement construction idea is offered in the Cement Age The plan centers on a circular central citadel from basement to roof an independent fireproof core surrounded by connected classrooms with fire doors and heat smoke protected exits Firemen would access via a stand pipe and holes in the walls for hose operation to combat future blazes
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Collinwood
Ohio
Striking an Average Smell Scuffle In A Kitchen Doorway
In a domestic scene Mrs Slarwoon confronts children Ethel and Tommy caught sniffing odors from a kitchen doorway. Tommy protests fairness as he pleads he has had fewer smells and claims he is unwell and unable to sniff as well as Ethel.
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Ethel
Mrs. Slarwoon
Tommy
An Army Contract Shocks a Scots Boot Black Boy
A dusty soldier in Edinburgh seeks boot polishing services from a young boot boy he proclaims an army contract. The boy shouts to a fellow bootblack inviting him to see the unexpected opportunity. The scene unfolds with street humor and a boastful claim.
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Edinburgh
Life of a Woman With a Husbands Quiet Habits
A Toledo Blade snippet notes a husband of seemingly faultless behavior and hints at a dull life for his wife. The remark contrasts idealized virtue with a stagnant home, suggesting gendered expectations and quiet frustration in marriage.
Ex President Cleveland Birth to Post White House Years
The obituary outlines the life of Grover Cleveland born March 18 1837 in Caldwell Essex County New Jersey. It tracks his move to Fayetteville New York his early work as a clerk teacher and legal clerkship. It notes his 1881 Buffalo mayoralty 1882 New York governor 1884 U S president and 1892 reelection run. It mentions his veto record Frances Folsom marriage 1886 and Venezuela boundary settlement in 1895.
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Caldwell
Essex County
N. J
Stephen Grover Cleveland
Fayetteville
N. Y
New York Institution For the
Buffalo
New York
United States
Frances Folsom
White House
Venezuela
Princeton
Commissioners General Named for 1912 Tokyo Exposition
Three men were tapped as U S commissioners general for the 1912 Tokyo exposition. Loomis, ex Assistant Secretary of State, heads the commission and will receive 8000 dollars yearly for five years starting 1909. Millet, an artist, and Skiff, tied to the 1904 World's Fair, will earn 2000 dollars a year in 1909 and 5000 dollars a year for four more years. Millets and Skiff will advise on the U S building and exhibits costs and character.
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F. B. Loomis
United States
Tokyo
Loomis
Ile
F. D. Millet
Rooseveltt
Skiff
Field Museum
Chicago
Millet
Roosevelt
Congress
Debs Nominated Again by Socialist Party for President
Eugene V. Debs, twice the Socialist Party presidential nominee, led the 1908 campaign with a record 402,536 votes nationwide and 69,225 in Illinois. Born in Terre Haute, he rose from locomotive fireman to city clerk, state legislator, and Union leader who spent six months in jail for opposing a federal injunction. He remains a prominent socialist orator and editor.
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National Social‘dant Party
Eugene V. Debs
National ‘Socialist Party
Illinois
Charles Winter Corregan
Socialist’ Labor Party
Eugene’ ‘Vs
Debs
Terre Haute
Terre Traute
Chicago
American Railway Union
Stake
French Military Athlete Lifts Heavy Weights in Morocco
The French army in Morocco kept fit with sports and games. Soldiers trained in heavy lifting and demonstrated feats such as lifting a cannon and equipment weighing many hundred pounds, carrying it easily as shown in a photograph.
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Morocco
Parrot Quip and Prayers Feature in Busy Card Talk
In London Punch a joke about Reverend Gravely warns against card playing while a parrot offers quips about gaming. A Kansas City strip of humor shows a deaf and dumb boy asking how he prays with a sore finger, reflecting playful column snippets.
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Joseph Gravely
Tam
Parrot
London Punch
Tommy
Kansas City
Independent
The Main Thing and Backing of an Angel
A friend extols a woman as “the face of a seraph” while a manager questions if she has backing of an angel. The piece urges standing up for rights and notes that people may resist at first but adjust to the new order as women assert market influence.
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Baltimore American
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Senco
Toledo
Cleveland
New Jersey
Erie County
Grover Cleveland
Arabella
Gwendolin
Rupert
J. Skiff
Eugene Y. Debs
Hoyle
Lucky
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