Calumet Ditch Critics Question Drainage Board Plans
A Citizen of Blue Island denounces the Drainage Board on Calumet Canal work. The piece recalls the Sanitary District acts from 1892 to 1905, compares proposed channels, and questions tax use and proposed street vacations for sewerage. The author urges city council scrutiny and cautions against promises to boost property values.
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Blue Island Standard
Calumet Canal
Drainage Board
Ilinois and Michigan Canal
Calumet River
Cheese Ages and Family Feasts Across Alpine Cantons
Scientific American notes Alpine cheese makers in Vaud and Valais age cheeses for years to honor family feasts. In Les Ormonts special cheeses bear labels and may be eaten at weddings funerals or other gatherings years later. A 1785 cheese hidden in Sea Orments required a saw to be cut but was reportedly tasty.
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Vaud
Valais
Les Ormonts
Scientific American
Japan's Toy Shops Its Bright Market Of Children's Toys
The article describes Japan's abundance of toy shops in towns and villages with crowded temple areas hosting stalls of amusements for children. It notes religious festival crowds and itinerant street shows employing hundreds who earn livelihoods from toy entertainment, including theatricals, storytellers, song-singers and conjurers.
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Japan
Wide World Magazine
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