Utah Plans Expansion and Irrigation Growth
Millions in Utah's expansion efforts target irrigation and land development. Projects include improving artesian basins southeast of Salt Lake City, a $5,000,000 expenditure in 1931, and a proposed rail link from Salt Lake City through the Uintah Basin to Craig, California to connect with the Moffat line. The Boho rail project in Weber Canyon by the Reclamation Bureau costs $3,000,000 and aims to bring arid lands under cultivation, alongside the Hyrum unit of the Great Basin development program.
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Unclear OCR fragment hints at regional project costs
Fragmentary text references summer start cost 1 600 000 for a Deer Creek reservoir project in Provocanon and a 10 million expenditure next year. Mentions department reports on commerce showing 650 factories employing about 4 000 people, Governor Gear, fuel and power products, and seed crops including alfalfa.
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Entombed For Years Toad Stil Lives
Nantucket workers uncover a toad embedded in cement from 1916. The creature, sealed off from air and light for 21 years, leaped free when the wall was broken. Local report notes the toad remained apparently healthy during entombment.
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International News Service
Nantucket
Mass
Benjamin Taylor
Chicago
Safety vault reveals secret in Chicago
A security vault opened to show a random mix of objects found inside. A dance program a wedding cake piece a baby spoon and an army ID tag were recovered. O C Lan golf president of the association said tracing the tag showed the owner was a woman.
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Chicago
O. C. Langolf
National Safety Deposit Convention
Discovery of Roman Egyptian grain storage in Karanis
ANN ARBOR June 19 Discovery of a huge official grain store used by the Roman government of Egypt in the second century A D to collect grain as taxes is described by Professor B E Peterson of the University of Michigan excavating at Karanis Egypt. More than 3000 mud jars probably used for sealers sacks were found in the store long and tall. The granary was associated with Caius Julius Appollinaris a Roman police officer at Karanis. The find shows daily life then and the value placed on grain by authorities 400 years ago.
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Tional News Service
Ann Arbor
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Egypt
B. E. Peterson
University of Michigan
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Caius Julius
Beets Lettuce Praised. Brother Remains Deprived of Pig
An oddly phrased letter describes beets and lettuce received as excellent and expresses annoyance at not receiving a pig. The writer mentions ancient transport by carts and trains, and notes the vast granary at a corner where two avenues meet, seven yards wide.
Hard Money Sought In Washington's Day
Washington era citizens rejected paper money for legal exchanges and demanded hard money in gold silver and copper says the George Washington Bicentennial Commission. They note Continental currency deflated, with Washington remarking a wagon load of mangy to buy wagons of provisions. Coins named include quarter eagles half eagles and eagles echoing the national bird symbol.
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George Washington Bi-Centennial Commission
Continental Congress
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Scottdale Uses Unique Battery in Local League Hat Trick
Scottdale Pa June 19 An almost unique baseball battery is claimed by the borough in a bespectacled pitcher and catcher who work regularly with the local club of the Middle Atlantic league. Burton Bruckman at backstop and Pitcher Anderson wear glasses yet still chalk up victories with regular effect.
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Boy Speaks After Eight Years of Silence
Eleven year old Joe Erolan, mute for eight years after diphtheria damaged his throat, can now speak again after doctors removed a metal tube placed during treatment. His family in Anternaueca awaits his return from Philadelphia where a specialist treated him fourteen months ago.
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Unusual Corpse Walks Back Home in Philadelphia
Louis Grot, 49, long declared dead, returned to his sister in law’s Philadelphia home a month after funeral. He greeted relatives, asked for food, and tossed his hat on a chair. Mrs. G W Lance identified a Delaware corpse as Louis, citing Newark visitation.
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Chaernanional News Service
Philadelphia
Louis Grot
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Louis
G. W. Lance
Delaware
Newark
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Period Furniture Keynote Of Exhibit
In Chicago on June 19 a keynote exhibit on period furniture highlights baronial halls and castle courts. The scholarly focus frames antique pieces within historic rooms, tracing design through eras and regions.
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International News Service
Chicago
Revival of Classic Styles Shapes Pocket Sized Furniture
The vogue favors compact editions for apartments and small homes and returns to New England farmhouse patterns. Buyers seek formal Georgian, Sheraton, Heaglewhite and Chippendale designs, or French Provincial. Furniture aims for period authenticity across eras.
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