Royal tour plans outline calls to Europe
London April 19 The king and queen will spend time abroad this year visiting Paris and Norway and then Denmark with King and Queen, the czar, and possibly the Kaiser. Sir Edward Grey may join to discuss European fate at Fredensborg Palace.
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Levees to Prevent Floods by John A. Fox
The Mississippi River main trunk from Cairo to the Gulf requires levees to hold back floodwaters from 44,000 miles of tributaries and 31 states. Estimated costs show levees at 58 million dollars with 80 million more to rivet banks and create a navigable channel. reservoirs are deemed impractical due to rainfall patterns.
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Arizona
Ohio
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United States
Flint knapping in Brandon preserves Neolithic craft
In Brandon, Surrey, workers continue the island’s oldest industry making gun flints and rinder flints believed to descend from Neolithic flint makers. They quarry chalk with a single pointed pick resembling prehistoric deer antler picks from Grimes Graves, while distant demand exists in Africa and Asia.
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Britain
Suffolk
Brandon
North Africa
Congo Basin
Asia
South America
Grimes Graves
Texas Saengerbund 10 Meet May 7 in Houston
The Texas Saengerbund annual meeting will be held in Houston May 7 after the state Saengerfest May 6 to 6. Delegates stay in city hotels with meal tickets, meals, and concerts planned, plus a Kommess and a streetcar excursion to Rice Institute. A reception committee aids at rail stations and Saengerbun Hall. Greek Catholics in Philadelphia begin missionary work for negroes led by a negro priest.
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Main Street Park
Rice Institute
Texas Singing Societies
Twe
Saengerbund Hall
Philadelphia
Storing Wheat at Fort William Elevators Surpasses Chicago Giants
A Chicago engineering firm added a Fort William annex to the Grand Trunk Pacific elevators, creating a four-tower system with ten million bushel capacity per unit. Sixty six bins and fifty interspace bins form the heart of winter storage as lake traffic halts by ice, with spring unloading restoring movement. The vast investment spurred ice crushing tug upgrades to maintain navigation through winter.
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Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Grand Trunk Pacific
Fort William
Prairie
Lake Superior
Canadian
Ice consumers win in Providence price cut campaign
The 1913 ice wars end with Providence residents triumphing as the local ice company agrees to reduce its price. The Providence Journal calls the company’s attempted price gouge an outrageous, indefensible act and a contemptible raid on the public.
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Providence Journal
Proposals Rejected By Wife Across Years
A humorous Detroit Free Press quip shows a husband recounting that his wife accepted once on a first proposal but has scornfully rejected every proposal since, illustrating enduring wit about marriage.
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