Muscle Shoals Hydraulic Project and Wilson Dam Overview
A detailed account of Muscle Shoals along the Tennessee River, its wartime nitrate plants, and the Wilson Dam. It explains dam construction, power generation, navigation locks, and village infrastructure, plus potential peace-time uses for fertilizer production and the debates over government ownership versus sale.
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Uscle Shoals
United States
Tennessee River
Alabama
America
Chile
Muscle Shoals
Wilson Dam
Congress
War Department
Secretary of War
President Coolidge
Florence
Ohio
Wilson Dan
Wilson
Waco
Gorgas
Alabama Power Company
Ala
Tennessee
Kentucky
Mississippi
Cairo
Theennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Paducah
Alabana
Gutun
Assuan
Hugh L. Cooper
New York
Chicago
Corps of Engineers
Lansing 4. Beach
Harry Taylor
George R. Spalding
Cooper
Iliary
William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
J. K. Crain
Ordnance Department
Muscle Shoals Dam
Man shoots mower prospect in burglary claim
Police find a dead, shoeless man on a house steps after a homeowner says he hired no one to mow the lawn. The householder explains he did the terrace work himself and shot the visitor who returned at 6 30 a m seeking yard work, thinking burglary was afoot.
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Kansas City Star
German Surgeons Adopt New Lisp Cure Methods
German surgeons begin employing operative methods to treat lisping, cutting away a section of the tongue as a corrective procedure.
End of Tongue Aids Speech in Bend of the Tongue
A discussion notes that the tongue's length can hinder pronunciation of sibilants like S. It argues the tongue can be trained to place itself properly behind the teeth to end the defect of speech when the tongue is too long for correct sibilant sound.
Definition of History as Narrative of Distant Events
A reflective definition describes history as a narrative of events by someone who did not witness them, assembled from others writings and possibly misinformed sources. It emphasizes secondhand portrayal and the uncertain accuracy of historical recollection.
Out of sight out of mind giraffe shoe shine quip
A playful exchange features a hippo and elephant joke about why the giraffe never has his shoes shined. The hippo notes the distance from the giraffe’s feet makes shining impractical, a remark told with whimsy.
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Hippo
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John Dickinson Sherman
Washington, D.C
Department of Agriculture
Major Crain
Winkie
Jiminy Gees
Blinkey
Lisper
FaNny
Dempsey
Wim & Wigor
Were
Dioja
Mike
Acrobatic Feat
Reggy
Frank
Maude