Plan for Colorado River dam project to power southwest
Southern California Edison engineers project a massive Colorado River dam system to generate about 4.35 million horsepower at peak, with four developments from Glen Canyon to Cottonwood Valley. The plan claims flood control irrigation for 2,250,000 acres, 300 miles of navigable river, and wide regional power coverage across Arizona Nevada Utah California and parts of New Mexico Idaho Wyoming and northern Mexico. The estimated cost reaches 80 million to 800 million dollars depending on scope.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Southern Californian Edison Company
Colorado River
Edwin O. Wolgerton
California State Railroad Commission
Glen Canyon
Arizona
Colorado
Fremont
Little Colorado
Kanab Creek
Arizona Boundary Line
Diamond
Southern California Edison
Arizona Boundary
Cottonwood Valley
Nevada
Utah
New Mexico
Idaho
Wyoming
California
Mexico
From tribesman to bishop in Liberia church career
The article chronicles Rev. Dr. Theophilus Momolu Gardiner rising from African tribesman to bishop suffragan of Liberia. Ceremony held at the Church of the Incarnation on Madison Avenue with Bishop Daniel Tuttle of Missouri officiating and assisted by other clergy.
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Newy York
Protestant Episcopal Church
Theophilus Momolu Gardiner
Liberia
Church of the Incarnation
Madison Avenue
Daniel §. Tuttle
Missouri
Music During Surgery Cheers South Boston Man
Os car J. Kelley of South Boston Massachusetts preferred his own music to ether during surgery. As doctors prepared to induce anesthesia he grabbed a harmonica and played while surgeons removed a bullet fired by his stepson in a family quarrel.
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Oscar J. Kelley
Boston
Mass
Kelley
Quartet of officials named in international trade list
The report lists Gailor of Tennessee Manning of New York Matthews of New Jersey and Overs of Liberia as members of a new diplomatic or trade delegation.
Leopard Escapes on Pacific Mail Steamer Granite State
A leopard escaped its cage on the Granite State after a storm, causing excitement among passengers and crew. It was captured and confined in the officers’ messroom, later returned to a cage. The ship carried a large collection of wild animals valued at over 90,000 dollars to be distributed to American zoos and motion picture firms.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
Granite State
Calcutta
India
Ancient Chaco Canyon City of 10 000 Revealed by Santa Fe Experts
Archaeologists under the School of American Research in Santa Fe report a vast Chaco canyon complex in New Mexico housing about 10,000 inhabitants in an apartment system with 1,000 rooms. Excavations reveal a 50,000,000 stone wall structure spanning two city squares, with a labyrinth of kivas and cists and evidence of advanced construction and agriculture. The civilization, dating back around 1,000 years, apparently abandoned the valley gradually, leaving no burial grounds behind.
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Santa Fe
Chaco Canyon
New Mexico
School of American Research of
Nine Year Old Girl Foils Burglar With Father’s Revolver
Alba near Fort Worth Texas Rose Breedlove a nine year old girl stopped a burglar by firing her father’s six shooter after he had gathered silverware She ordered him to surrender and pursued him in her nightgown but the intruder escaped The family later found her still armed and disappointed at the failure to capture him In Pittsburgh Harold Bauer the pianist returned a draft and refused to finish a concert when children in the audience were restless.
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West Town
Thierry van Castile Phillips
Squire” Phillips
Sakrovolask
Phillip Moro
America
England
United States
Moro de Moro
Fort Worth
Tex
Rose Breedlove
Alba
Rose
Rosen
Pittsburgh
Harold “Bauer
Judge Orders Public Flogging in Santa Ana Case
In Santa Ana California Juan Torres pleaded guilty to beating his wife and requested corporal punishment. Judge J B Cox administered three lashes on Torres back in open court creating three welts as the sentence.
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Santa Ana
Cal
Juan Torres
J. B. Cox
Torres
New Defense Plans For Honolulu Unveiled By Army
Army headquarters announce formation of a railway artillery battalion to deploy twelve inch mortars along Oahu. Tracks on the Oahu railroad will bear spurs to move heavy guns to coastal points rapidly. A new fort at Pearl Harbor is contemplated to command the harbor entrance. Mortars have a 15 000 yard range.
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Island of
Oahu
Honolulu
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Warning to mothers about Castoria counterfeits
A call to all mothers to beware of imitations of Fletcher's Castoria. The notice warns against the so called Just-as-good products and urges trust in the thirty year old remedy used for babies. It condemns adopting unproven alternatives for infants and urges continued use of Castoria.
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Fletcher
Desert Isle in Big City by Katharine Haviland Taylor
Novelist Katharine Haviland Taylor says she found a desert island of peace in central Philadelphia after renting an apartment with two limousines outside. She misses social obligations, works hard, and plans to stay despite the Hell’s Half Acre district name and odd neighbors.
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Katharine Haviland Taylor
Philadelphia
Hiladel
Hell's
Lasf Acre
Taylor
Bragley’s Long Winded Tales Averted
A brief anecdote notes Bragley’s stories were avoided after a sequence of small favors. The speaker recalls lending $25, recounting the baby’s clever sayings, and giving cigars from a birthday present, then losing contact with Bragley.
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Bragley
Lazy men gripe about fools and their absence
A compact remark notes that lazy men complain more about the supposed absence of fools than about their own effort. The quote underscores a perception that laziness fuels irritation with others.
Backbiters in Theater Spark Silent Snubs
A witty quip contrasts gossip with stage life as a character laments backbiting. The remark notes theater folk and audience alike dislike whispered judgments and public chatters behind backs.
Red Cross Ball Blue Laundry Bleach Ad
An old advertisement proclaims Baby’s little dresses will dazzle using Red Cross Ball Blue in laundry. It invites readers to try it themselves with a price of 5 cents at all good grocers.
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Baby
Child frets over bad man and ashes in simple home talk
A Petersburg superintendent reads his paper while his six year old daughter Mary questions whether a bad man burns people and where they go afterward. The child muses that the job of carrying ashes seems terrible, reflecting on a simple life philosophy.
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Anson Mount
One Button Factory
Petersburg
Mary
Indianapolis News
A Sweet Young Thing Tries to Write Hidden Note
In a New York Sun item a Sweet Young Thing writes a hidden note about why Dot broke an engagement to Terry. A man beside her reads over her shoulder, then exits as she hints the engagement ended due to undisclosed reasons.
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Dot
Terry
New York Sun
Neighbor's Daughter Receives Flowers and a Lesson
A gardener describes giving Grace, neighbor's daughter, sprays from his varied flowers. He recalls teaching her the names of blooms, including forget-me-nots, as Grace enthusiastically announced the scene to her mother on the lawn.
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Grace
Life for Sick Man Promises Relief from Indigestion
A reader advertisement proclaims Eatonic as a modern remedy for acid stomach bloating and indigestion. It claims immediate relief and natural stomach function with a big box priced to be affordable, backed by a druggist guarantee.
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Hatonic
C.o.frappir
Eatonic
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