Draining the Yazoo Basin Delta Lands Tale
The Yazoo basin in Mississippi between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers is being drained in a major U S Geological Survey project. The initial survey covers 800 square miles with state and federal funding, totaling about 9.7 million dollars over 24 years for levee building and maintenance. Engineers battle snakes mosquitoes and malaria as they reclaim land once thought swampy but now seen as a network of lakes bayous and rivers with deep banks.
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United States Geological Survey
Yazoo Basin
Mississippi
Yazoo Rivers
Delta
van Norden
Women and the Gallows and the Jury Dilemma
Opinion argues juries spare women from death due to chivalry and weakness, urging law to treat female murderers fairly without shifting them to lighter crimes. It warns against manipulating verdicts to obtain milder sentences. The piece decries prejudice in capital cases and calls for consistent justice.
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Hall of Justice
The Lawyer's Function and Its Social Cost
Donald R. Richberg argues that a lawyer should aid fair play and social progress by pursuing rights beneficial to society. He warns that advising to exploit technicalities for personal gain harms justice and shifts costs to society at large.
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Donald R. Richberg
The
State Variation in Public School Spending Highlighted
The article notes vast differences in per pupil spending across states from 6.37 in South Carolina to 72.15 in Nevada, with New York and Montana also high. It argues education funding shows states asserting budget autonomy, as the Commissioner of Education mainly compiles figures and has no enforcement power.
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South Carolina
Nevada
New York
Montana
California
West Virginia
South
Toledo
Jury Hears burglary case of Miller and Wiener in Bowery
In a Bowery incident detectives arrested Joseph Miller and Abraham Wiener just after midnight for robbing the cloakmaker's loft at 87 East 20th street. Miller’s brother, a U S government official, appeared in court and urged for family news before the judge committed the pair to the Tombs. The brother warned Miller not to tell their parents what he has seen.
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Bowery
New York World
Judge Crain
Joseph Miller
Abraham Wiener
Miller
Wiener
United States
Joseph
Duggan
Kinsler
O'Farrell
Fast 8Th Street
Herman Schloss
East 20Th Street
4Th Street
Joe
Jew as a Partier To Producer in Changing Role
The article discusses a shift in Jewish identity from banker and middleman to producer. It notes a long association with money and barter but highlights a transformation as the Federation of Jewish Farmers convenes in New York for a convention and fair at the Educatio...
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Witherto
Traer
Midas
Federation of Jewish Farmers
New York
Educa
Origin of the rod and its land measuring use
The rod or perch origin traces to urging oxen on plows and feudal land allotments. One rod by four poles formed a quarter acre. furlongs and chains evolved into the present acre. Gunter's chain, sixty six feet, aided decimal land calculations. builders adopted the rod for brickwork hedges ditches and fences.
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Gunter
Edmund Gunter
Gresham College
London
Prize Essay Offer Spurs War Abolition Debate
A Louisville Courier-Journal note quotes a question about society’s progress toward abolishing war and mentions a $25 prize for an essay on the topic, signaling public interest in pacifist discourse.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Highway Advertising in Pompeii Sets Societal Tone
A fragment from a colonial-era essay compares Pompeii wall and tomb ads with modern public appeals. It notes political posters on private walls, tombs, and monuments, citing reactions against vulgar promotion and praising brave claims by candidates and merchants, illustrating timeless street campaigning.
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Abbott
New York
Princeton
Pompeii
Wall
Rome
M. Cassellius Marcellus
Kansas
Q. Bruttius Palbus
Julius Polybius
George Blank Weather Debate In The Rain
George Blank, a stage manager who loves nature, argues with his mother during a heavy rainstorm about exposing himself to the rain. She warns of pneumonia while quipping that he has not been a flower for a long time.
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George Blank
George
Success Magazine
Ida Aims to Entertain with Upright Oddities
A Scranton Times verse sketches Ida performing odd rhythmic acts at night on an upright, her strange sounds and wild muscle movements drawing attention as a playful contest unfolds between top bureau drawers and salad.
Chronicles of industry and travel from late 19th century notes
A collage of facts and anecdotes covering global industry, transportation, and culture. It notes French billiards origins and Siberian crown lands, New York militia size, cooperative Holland cities, oil drilling in Rosemary California, the Salvation Army's origins, Italy rent signals, a future Athens tuberculosis congress, Napoleon’s Corsican birthplace, rising private schools in America, White Star liners Olympic and Titanic amenities, London land ownership and value, Austrian genealogy, and tales of Drury Lane quirk and Uncle Billy the mail car driver.
New York Rival: Buena Vista Springs Also Runs Horse Car
A Maryland resort town touts its two mile horse car line linking Buena Vista station on the Western Maryland Railroad with the Buena Vista Springs Hotel across the Pennsylvania line. Run by “Uncle Billy” Hevis for five round trips daily, the car hauls passengers and sometimes freight, with a mysterious origin and claims of antique routes from Washington or Pennsylvania avenues. The piece also notes a sales-boosting advertising convention and a tale of cross country familiarity among advertisers from distant locales.
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Billy
Sam
Bill
Nick
New York
Buena Vista Springs
Washington County
Pennsylvania
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hagerstown
New York Herald
Billy” Hevis
Buena Vista
Western Maryland Railroad
Pensylvania
Washington
R Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Victor Hugo Exile Home in Guernsey Remains Intact
The Hauteville House in St. Pierre Port Guernsey, Victor Hugo's exile residence, stays exactly as he left it. The house, held by descendants, contains his inscriptions on walls and ceilings, priceless art, tapestries, and furniture. Highlights include Delft papered dining room, a Mi chael Angelo salt cellar valued at £600, and rooms with views of Sark Herm Jethou and the harbor.
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Hauteville House
St. Peter Port
Victor Hugo
Sunday School Chronicle
Michael Angelo
Sark
Herm
Jethoo
Castle Corner
Garibaldi
Nox
Mors
Lux
Pater
Filius
Amatus Amat
Charles II
Francis J
Mme Pompadour
Louis Philippe
Reforming Mimturst cheese confuses Cleveland crowd
A nature doctor pushes reform methods on Mimturst cheese to create a smell and taste, claiming better nature's plan. He passes the reforming substance around as onlookers sample nibbled bits until a man challenges the result as scentless and tasteless limburg cheese.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Naturalistic flair mars play despite steady performances
In the Louisville Courier-Journal critique the reviewer notes the production adopts an uncomfortably natural style. Dialogue is blunt and minimal, while pacing drifts as the housemaid delays tasks over six months of the show.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Intelligent Steam Pipe Rupture Disrupts London Play
Actor Bob Footlite reports a steam pipe burst at the end of the final act causing a Mayhem moment on stage. Critics remark the scene spoiled the performance as the hiss drowned lines and audience reacted.
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Bob Footlite
London
Relations by Friendship. Helena Finds Understanding
Helena plans simple gatherings to repay kindness shown in Hillsover but frets over hosting without a maid. Mrs Sedgewick encourages her, saying hospitality should burn bright, calling them relations by friendship and urging Helena to press on with warmth.
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Helena
Paul
Hillsover
Bickfords
Smiths
Truemans
Sedzgewick
Mrs. Bickford
Mrs. Sedgewick
Mongoose Fights Cobra In Lively Duel
A Times of Ceylon writer describes a dramatic encounter where a mongoose nicknamed Rikky Tik battles a cobra di capella. The fight features feints, rapid dodges, and the mongoose delivering decisive bites to the cobra’s neck and body, then eating parts of the snake while avoiding the fangs and poison glands.
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Times of Ceylon
Rudyard
Kipling
Rikkitik
Mongoose
Rikki
Burial practices and vault legends in Jerusalem history
The article recalls ancient burial customs in Jerusalem for Christians and Franciscans, noting coffins were once uncommon and the hooded face sewn shut. It cites old Catholic sites near the Cedron valley and Mount Zion, and recounts a legend of a forgotten vault with fiery guardians repelling workers who tried to enter.
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Jerusalem
Cedron
Garden
Gethsemane
Mount of Olives
Mount Zion
David
Finn of Many Limbs and the Centipede Question
An elderly colonel recalls Civil War charges at Chickamauga and Gettysburg then Seven Pines, each time claiming a leg was lost. A boy asks if he was a centipede, prompting a humorous moment as smoke and memories mingle with bravado.
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Chickamauga
Gettysburg
Seven Pines
Kansas City Sailors Embrace Inland Rivers For Adventure
Kansas City sailors led by Donald E. Rust pioneer craft on the Missouri and Kaw using a seventeen foot canoe with lee boards and a lateen sail. Rust and Dr. E. H. Skinner cruised from Forest Lake to Argentine then along the Blue River, praising Kaw scenery and warning of sandbars.
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Kaw
Missouri
Donald E. Rust
Kansas City
Rost
Rust
Missouri River
Forest Lake
Bonner Springs
E. H.skinner
Argentine
Main Street
15Th Street
Mr. Rust
Prayers and Iron Gates Narrow for Fat People
A witty exchange unfolds as a lady asks Mr. Canning why Spring Gardens iron gates are so narrow. Canning replies with his famed playful absurdity noting that very fat people used to pass through.
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Canning
Spring Gardens
Bangkok ideal for motor boating city described
The article extols Bangkok as an ideal motor boat city built along the river with many canals leading to all parts. It claims the waterways provide access for all kinds of craft to every district.
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Bangkok
Coroner Probes Railroad Crash as Engineer Questioned
A railroad accident prompts a coroner to investigate causes while the engineer faces questions about whistle use. A bystander quips in an aside that he did not blow because he saw it.
Mine at stake shines yet grim buyer sees doom
A witty Baltimore American quip centers on a sunny lot that cannot be sold. The speaker notes a bright property facade while the buyer remains grim, underscoring the irony of a sunlit tract with poor market appeal.
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Baltimore American
Scrappy Try Dodges Scrat Sit Down Hope for Best
A fragmented line shows a contestant attempting to dodge a scrat while seated, hoping to optimize outcome amid uncertain odds. The garbled text hints at a scene of cautious risk and improvised strategy.
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