Great Mississippi Bridge Opens at Long Last
Memphis dispatch reports the eastern pier of the Harahan bridge spanning the Mississippi River at the Tennessee Arkansas line. The three mile structure cost 8 million dollars, uses 23 000 tons of steel, and will be completed this winter with dedication planned for next April.
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Memphis
Tenn
de Soto
Father of Waters
Great Harahan Bridge
Mississippi River
Tennessee
Arkansas
Low River Bank
Arkansas & Memphis Railroad Bridge and Terminal Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
St. Louis Iron Mountain & Southern
St. Louis & Southwestern Railroad
Mississippi Valley
Good Pay and Short Hours At Circus Show
A Western town house improves so much that a visitor suspects the son has changed. The mother explains he now has a job earning little money by going twice daily to the circus and placing his head in the lion's mouth, leaving the rest of his time free.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Churches Unite to Petition for Rain in Kansas
In a drought stricken Kansas region churches join to petition for rain. A woman jokes about a husband who went to church asking for rain with raincoat overshoes and umbrella. He returns with a better umbrella though no rain falls.
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Kansas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Theoretical March Misunderstanding Delays Hospitals
Four field hospitals return from a planned march to Landa's park after a verbal order creates confusion at headquarters. Written orders were not issued yet officials claimed verbal orders carried the same weight. Hospitals will instead camp at Nine-mile Hill then resume a park visit later. Artillery to Leon Springs. brigades move between camps as drills continue.
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Landa’s Park
Department
Park
Illinois
Wisconsin
Landa's Park
Fredericksburg Road
Nine-mile Hill
Illinois Field Artillery
Leon Springs
Theft charge after jeweler reports $1500 missing
City detectives Ruhnke and Guer ra arrested a white man and woman at a dwelling on French Place charging them with theft from H Jacobs jeweler at 717 East Houston Street. The man 38 a printer and woman 26 will be sent to county authorities. Jacobs loaned him 1500 in currency for a plan to buy 50000 in Carranza government money. money missing. The couple deny involvement.
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Ruhnke and Guerra
French Place
H. Jacobs
East
Houston Street
Jacobs
Carranza
United States
Normal conditions resumed at Tampico
Felix E. Wilson reports Tampico returning to pre crisis activity, with business and oil-field work restarting. He notes laborers facing short-term unemployment but predicts broad revival as returning workers boost merchants and local commerce.
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Tampico
Felix E. Wilson
Menger
United States
Mexico
Tepahui
Wilson
Wilcon
Mexican Wireless Plant Enlarged and Rail Return Reported
A message to Mexican Consul General Beltran says Chapultepec wireless plant now has a 300 kilo meter radius and 1850 mines, linking all Mexican wireless stations and in service. It notes new French minister plenipotentiary Fernando Couget to be received by Carranza, customs officials arriving with gold and silver, the mint coining, and a planned transfer of the railway to English owners as inventories are made and postwar peace grows.
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Chapultepec
Mexico City
Mexico
T. R. Beltran
Senor Beltran
Fernando Couget
France
Carranza
His Mistake
A boy spins his top outside a suburban house as a canvasser asks for his mother. The boy denies residence, explaining he does not live there, after the canvasser fails to reach the mother at the door.
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New York Times
Willie gets a math lesson in a playful pun
A teacher asks Willie how much six and four is and he answers in sequence Eleven Twelve Thirteen. He finally realizes five plus five makes ten, but insists thirteen fits because it does not make ten.
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Willie
Ladies Home Journal
Words and Phrases Coined in Politics
A survey of political coinages from 19th to early 20th century campaigns. It traces terms like pacifist and pacificist, mugwump, boodle, boondoggle, and carpet baggers to their origins, naming figures such as Nast, Jefferson, and Harrison, and notes their evolving use in American public life.
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Noahh ‘Webster
Doctor Johnson
George Washington
Patrick Henry
George Harvey
Theodore Roosevelt
Blaine
Cleveland
Tilden
Tom Nast
New York
Tammany Aldermen
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Adams
Jefferson
van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Tippecanoe
Tyler
Fremont
John ©. Fremont
W. H. Seward
Daniel Webster
Great Britain
West Side Quiet After Soldier Rowdyism Arrests
Negro soldiers caused minor disturbances on the West Side Tuesday night with ten arrests by police and provost guard. A street car skirmish at Pine and Carson was quelled and the ringleader detained. Guard strength increased after threats to "clean up" police.
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West Side
Government Hill
Pine and
Carson Streets
Trans
San Pedro
Hyatt and Speer
Burglary Warning Sparks Heated Exchange in Home
A Chicago Blade excerpt shows a couple arguing after claiming a burglar is inside the house. The wife urges the husband to investigate while he resists fearing danger. The scene ends with tension over risk and blame.
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John
Chicago Blade
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XAS Refining CO
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Atune
Houston
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Bluebird
HC Rey
Mansfield
Ohio
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