Prehistoric Niagara in the Grand Coulee Mystery
Government geologists argue the Okanogan glacier erased Niagara like grandeur by damming the Columbia at the Grand Coulee. The Moses Lake map shows old and new river channels as ice filled valleys, with black basalt cliffs at Coulee City and Crab Creek valley as remnants of the ancient stream.
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Okanogan
Washington
Columbia River
Grand Coulee
Great Canyon
Indianapolis News
Niagara
Moses Lake
Cascades
Okanogan Highlands
Columbia
Big Bend
Coulee City
Crab Creek Valley
Little Crab Creek
Lincoln's Inventive Patent Model of Bellows Boat
The article discusses Abraham Lincoln's 1849 patent No. 6469 for a bellowsed lifting device to raise flatboats over shoals. The model, housed in the national museum, shows a windlass-driven system though it was never used in practice due to practical flaws and river navigation improvements. The model’s construction is partly Lincoln’s but not fully his hand, and later rivermen avoided its use.
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Patent Office
Washington
America
Railroad Man’s Magazine
Abraham Lincoln
National Museum
Lincoln
Mississippi
New Orleans
Denton Offutt
House of Representatives
Illinois
Robert T. Lincoln
Pullman Company
Richard C. Gill
Blackin's Royal Pills advertised as versatile tonic
An advert promotes Blackin's Royal Pills as a combined tonic and blood purifier for constipation biliousness and stomach liver and bowel trouble. Sold in 10¢ or 25¢ packages at any reputable druggist.
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Blackin
Glacial Gravel Marks Ancient Columbia Channel Change
Glacial gravel were laid down where Ephrata now stands and near Moses Lake. As the glacier retreated from the Columbia canyon and moved up the Okano gan valley the river resumed its former course.
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Ephrata
Moses Lake
Canyon of the Columbia
Okanogan Valley
Letter Defends City Engineer Pancoast and San Antonio Sewer Work
A reader defends city engineer Aaron Pancoast against an editorial call to hire a sewer expert. The letter details Pancoast’s career from Swarthmore College through municipal and international projects in Mexico and Brazil, praising his cost-saving designs for San Antonio and noting his long service to the city.
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Pancoast
San Antonio
Towit
Panceast
Aaron Pancoast
Swarthmore College
Pennsylvania
Aransas Pass
Comfort
Fredericksburg
Llano
Tex
Paschal
Elmendorf
Mr. Gray
Henry Elmendorf
Providence
R. I
Gray
Mr. Pancoast
Coahuila
Mexico
Saltillo
Mackin & Dillon
Messrs. Mackin & Dillon
Thomas C. Nelson
Citizens’ Committee
William Cassin
Bexar County
Judge Green
Panecoast
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
F. S. Pearson
Medina Dam
Nichthesay
City of
Rio
Investigated Factory Conditions Expose Child Labor In Canneries
The report cites Miss Chamberlain’s undercover work in several New York canneries revealing harsh conditions for young workers. It notes involvement of the state factory commission and engineers Pancoast and Fuller in assessing sanitary sewer pipe specs and public spending, while defending Mayor Jones’s administration and critiquing perceived waste.
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New York State
Miss Chamberlain
State Factory Commission
Rector Turns Mecha Nic
The Rev Karl Heyne a Protestant Episcopal minister and protégé of the late Bishop Frederic Huntington has left the ministry to work as a wood finisher He cites low pay and wishes to support his four children stating he does not wish to be known by titles or degrees from past achievements He is described as an accomplished musician and chemistry student in Syracuse New York.
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Syracuse
Karl Heyne
Frederic D. Huntington
Beca
Riverside Restaurant Seeks Diners With Bargain Turkey Dinner
The Riverside Restaurant announces today a big turkey dinner and chicken supper at 25 cents per meal, urging patrons not to wait until Xmas or New Year. Ed Steves & Sona promote Feltoid Castors Ball-bearing and noiseless while buyers of antiques note it is nearly impossible to find genuine antiques locally.
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Riverside
Ed Steves & Sona
Texas Wonder Cures Kidney and Bladder Troubles
Patent medicine advert reads Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and urinary irregularities in men women and children. Offers mail sale for $1 with two months treatment per bottle and invites testimonials from users. Dr BE Hall St Louis Missouri lists druggists as sellers.
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Texas Wonder
BE. W. Hall
FS Street
St. Louis
Druggtet
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E. L. Dennis, Jr
C. M. Stone
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Callaghan
Prospect Hill
Beacon Hill
A. H. Jones
Clay Manufacturers’ Association of the
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el Paso
Clay Manufacturers’ Association
Alamo Collateral Bank Orpor
Houston Street
Kansas City
George W. Fuller
New York City
Rudolph Herring
Mayor Jones
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Mary Louis Chamberlain
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