Po River Highway Project Aims To Turn River Into Trade Route
Italy begins a vast plan to convert the Po from Milan to Venice into a navigable highway for commerce. The project, nearing a 300 million lire budget, would add dams and reservoirs to control depth, enabling larger boats and longer-distance travel along the 416 mile axis.
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Washington
Italy
Milan
Venice
National Geographic Society
Bulletin
Adriatic
Alps
Great
Connecticut
Rome
Lan
Turin
Peompen
Ceyterg
Maey
Lead plaque used for bullets in old Louisiana claim tale
A Louisiana Historical Society story recounts a voodoo doctor melting a lead claim plaque into bullets. The relic, once valued up to 1 million, marked La Salle’s 1682 claim of Louisiana from gulf to Rockies. The lead plaque was later melted and destroyed, with its rediscovery tied to Vilgere Dinet.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Territory
Louisiana Historical Society
Frank H. Wagaill
the Historical Society
Waddill
Hunter
Rene Robert Cavelier’ de LaSalle
Louisiana
Gulf
Canada
Rockies
Alleghenies
Louis XVI
Louis the Great
Vilgere Dinet
George Lee Hays
Hays
Dinet
Educated Mule Walks on Snowshoes North of Sherridan
In Sherridan Manitoba an educated mule trained by Bill Klnowick now travels with snowshoes on his hooves guiding a toboggan. The animal, about 18 inches in diameter snowshoes, speeds across heavy drifts as locals tire of airplanes trains and dog teams.
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Sherridan
Manitoba
Bill Klnowick
Klnowick
Here
Secret Gold Rush Rumors Sparks Megantic Excitement
Megantic Quebec residents surge with excitement over unconfirmed reports of a secret gold rush in the Great Bear region. The mood intensified after a mystery plane landed nearby with Harry Hayter piloting the craft.
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Megantic
Que
Great Bear
Color
Harry Hayter
Fuse Saves Man Life in Middlesburg Electric Incident
In Middlesburg, Pennsylvania, a fuse 20 miles away is credited with saving Thomas Mitchell, a local laborer, when an iron bar he carried touched a high tension line. The contact blew the fuse and cut power, but Mitchell suffered leg and arm burns.
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Middlesburg
Thomas Mitchell
Middleburg
Mitchell
Bulgarians Living Close to Nature in Mountain Villages
The Bulgarian mountains shelter villages with pastoral life and hardy peasants. Shepherds roam with dogs to guard flocks, living modestly on self produced food and coarse homespun clothing. Despite material modesty, the people maintain simple, honest values and a deep connection to nature.
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Bulgaria
Earth
Quote on duties of a leader in politics and statesmanship
A woman with a notebook asks if a man in his position must be both politician and statesman. Senator Sorghum agrees and notes there are times when he must forget divisions and act as a plain patriot.
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Sorghum
Vatican City Railroad Embellished with Private Chapel Train
A short Vatican City railway is 600 feet long with a tunnel half its length and double tracks. It features an elaborate station and a unique three coach train for the pope, including a private chapel and a dining sleeping car. All coaches are steel and marble painted with bronze pontifical coat of arms.
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Vatican City
Marbon
Cite
Thrift Confusion Reflected in Random Times Quips
A fragment from a Times page shows dialogue about thrift and spending, revealing a puzzled speaker torn between hoarding and rashly spending. The line hints at financial prudence versus carefree consumption amidst a chaotic, introspective mood.
Eagle Brand Infant Formula Proclaimed Easy to Digest
An advertisement extols Eagle Brand as the easiest milk for babies to digest next to mother's milk. It claims superior digestibility, rapid assimilation, and strong bone and tissue development supported by a 50-baby clinic test. It invites readers to try Eagle Brand and request a booklet with feeding schedules and care guidance.
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Eagle Brand
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Brazilian
St. Peter and St. Paul
Make River PO
Apennines
Abelive
Ates
Europe
Netherlands
Fuse Saves
Man
Ralph McKee
Department of Chemical Engineering
Columbia University
The
Pope’s Railroad
Vada
Borden Company
Dept
WN-2
Borden Building
Madison Ave
New York
N.Y
Veky
Stet
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