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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1912

Page

19

Mississippi Floods Highlight Levee Strain and Costs

Col. Russell details flood causes and the government's heavy spend to hold the Mississippi. He notes record-high water, multiple breaks from Cape Girardeau to Arkansas, back-waters flooding Yazoo bottoms, and the need to raise levees to the commission gauge despite vast past investments.

Mississippi United States Mississippi Commission Ohio Minnesota Northwest Middle West Ohio River Mississippi River William T. Russell Cairo New Orleans Times Memphis Col. Russell Col. Rosell Mississippi Banks Cape Girardeau St. Francis Helena Hickman Arkansas City Arkansas River Panther Forest Arkansas Salem Red River Yazoo Vicksburg New York Chickasaw Bluffs Wolf River Louisiana Bonnet Carre New Oreans Jape Girardeau Col Rosselli Board of Engineers Washington

Gutenberg Bible’s Buyer Ties to Widener and Harvard

A report from Bernard Quaritch of London links Harry Elkins Widener to the purchase of the Gutenberg Bible in Part II of Hoe sale. Quaritch denies sole American buyer claims, noting Widener’s agent Dr. A. Rosenbach and a Philippines trip, with the Bible destined for Harvard’s Widener Library.

Bernard Quaritch London Harry Elkins Widener Philadelphia Quaritch Widener Anderson Auction Company Quanitch Great Britain Quantch Ferguson Mr. Widener W. Rosenbach van Antwerp Rosenbach Dr. Rosenbach Henry E. Huntington Huntington Gutenberg Harvard Peter A. B. Widener Levant Mercier John Vlieghest Utrecht Ad Castrum Amersford Lord Ashburnham Quantet Sir Thomas Malony Caxton J.pierpont Morgan Quantel

Kindness in Prisons Becomes Campaign Issue in California

Sacramento reports a state election topic centered on humane prison treatment after an uprising at San Quentin. The June 9 riot left one dead and two wounded as inmates protested the honor system, prompting harsher discipline and solitary confinement for ringleaders.

Sacramento Cal San Quentin Nevada Oregon Utah Arizona San Francisco Gov. Johnson Uison Folsom Hoyle Pacific Coast

Scientists Eye Nevada Desert Lake Fossil Find

West scientists show strong interest in a big tropical lake site near Mina Nevada. Prof Lawrence Baker and an assistant report fossils eighteen feet high and large desert fossils including a three toed horse a dog and a Miocene camel. Smithsonian and universities may send investigators while an Eastern magnesia bed prompts prospecting for gold.

Reno Nev West Nevada Desert Mina Smithsonian Institution Lawrence Baker University of California Baker Prof. Baker State Penitentiary Carson City Nevada

Private boarding houses listed in Staten Island area ads

Seaside and country boarding options across New York and New Jersey are advertised. Listings include THD Gables in Castleton Ave, Yonkers river views, Long Island seashore residences, Bay and Ocean cottages, and Sea Cliff rooms with modern amenities. Also notes Whitestone and Far Rockaway options, plus Dover Plains farm lodging and Allenwood country home details.

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