Newell Devotes 22 Years to Irrigation Reward is Discharge
Frederick Haynes Newell spent 22 years advancing from a young mining engineer to chief engineer of the geological survey and to the reclamation service. Despite public ridicule and offers from private interests, he persevered as Congress funded projects that turned desert into productive land. Now he faces dismissal amid a clash of political interests, with his legacy in irrigation at stake.
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Newell
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
Geological Survey
Frederick Haynes Newell
Congress
Taft
gan-Guegenheim
Hallinger
Ballinger-Lawler-Hammond
Ballinger - Hitchcock - Morgan
Babylon
East
Garden of Eden
Egypt
South
Pueblos
Southwest
Mexico
Texas
Arksona
California
Utah
Greeley
Colorado
West
United States
Maj
John W. Powell
Smithsonian Institution
Maj. Powell
Clumay
Irrigation and Civilization in American History
The narrative traces irrigation from ancient pueblos to Western expansion, noting how government reclamation began after debates on federal vs state roles. Major Powell and the 1901 appropriation enabled initial projects like Roosevelt dam, Truckee Carson, North Platte, and Milk river, with growing returns and vast reclaimed land ahead.
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Rio Grande
Reclamation Service
Roosevelt Dam
Salt River
Arizona
Truckee Carson
Senator Newlands
North Platte
Wyoming
Muk River
Montana
Society Girl of 19 Not Too Big To Be Spanked
A Green county judge ruled corporal punishment legal and effective even for a 19-year-old society belle. Richard Ewart was found not guilty of assault and battery after his daughter Beas testified her father spanked her for going to a skating rink. The 19-year-old lived with an uncle since the whipping.
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Waynesburg
Green County
Richard Ewart
Beas
Discovery of a New Star Named by Boston Transcript
A dialog notes a man praising Mise Bright as the star of an event, and proposes to name the new star after herself. The Boston Transcript is cited as the source of the remark.
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Mise Bright
Boston Transcript
Vancouver Round Trip Fare Listed for Weekend Travel
Weekend rail fare offer from Vancouver to nearby points by Princess Victoria and Princess Charlotte. Departure times include Saturday morning and 11 30 p m Saturday with return Sunday night. Details reference Canadian Pacific Railway and contact numbers.
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Vancouver
Plier A
Princess Victoria
Princess Charlotte
Canadian Pacific Railway
Passion Play in Altdorf Draws Patrons for William Tell
Altdorf in Uri, Switzerland gears up for the annual Tell Auffuhrung or William Tell production. Rehearsals fill the Tellaplethaus as locals and visitors alike anticipate a summer of performances. Since 1896 the festival has boosted tourism and changed the town’s fate.
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Altdone
Switserland
Altdorf
Uri
Obersammergau
Upper Bavaria
Tellaplethaus
Hehiller
Tell
Tour Fata
Switzerland
Tell Theatre
Long secretly marries divorced wife in Butte
State Senator Thomas D. Long, Democratic leader of the Montana Senate and former candidate for state office, secretly wed his divorced wife in Kali pel with their children present. The divorce was granted last year on grounds not made public, and the marriage follows months of courtship.
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Butte
Mont
Thomas D. Long
Kali«pel
Ocratic
Montana
Senate
Coneters
Longs
Long
Vera Prosser
Beattie
Huehand
Postal Savings Bank Bill Passes House by Wide Margin
Washington June 10 The postal savings bank bill passed the House 196 to 161 with no Republican opposition. Democratic substitute failed before final passage. If approved by the Senate it would create postal offices as banks for public savings amid Taft administration goals. Insurgents supported the bill with regulars abstaining.
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Washington
Postal Savings Bank
House
Peoples Savings
Senate
Taft
Veasey's Victory Conceded in South Dakota Nomination
In Bioux Falls and across the state the gubernatorial race narrowed to Governor Veasey with Warren Clavet as his progressive Republican opponent. Clavet ran competitively while Veasey held a strong lead in the contest and the outcome appeared determined for the party nomination.
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United Press
Bioux Falls
Veasey
Warren Clavet
Customer Outraged by Doughnut Hole Fish Balls
A Boston Transcript reader complains about high prices and a restaurant serving fish balls with holes in the center like doughnuts, prompting the writer to quit patronizing Skinn's restaurant. The note reflects consumer dissatisfaction with menu item quality and pricing.
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Marke
Skinn’s
Baoston Transcript
Freckles banished by new ethine drug claim
A vintage ad touts ethine double strength as a cure for freckles. It promises clear white skin for even sensitive skin types and offers a money back guarantee from Raven Drug Co.
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Ethine
Raven Drug Co
Dumbfounded at Poslam’s Skin Cure
A Philadelphia man after ten years of eczema reports being cured in one month by Poslam, claiming rapid relief from itching and a full recovery. The ad notes Poslam treats many skin ailments and offers free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York, with Quaker Drug Co carrying two sizes at 60 cents and 2 dollars.
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C. B. Thornton
Philadelphia
West Twenty-fifth Street
New York City
Quaker Drug Co
Tell Legend Statue and Rustic Theatre Near Dorfipaty
A steep crag near Dorfipaty hosts a legendary Tell statue said to mark the spot where he shot the apple. The nearby theatre, barnlike and wood built, uses local neighbors as actors and supports a simple early 14th century style ambiance.
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Dorfipaty
Tell
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Quaker City Lye
United Frees
Wm. Tell
Canton
Schiller
Poslam
London
Star Shoe Store
Westlake
Alhambra
Theatre
Pike and Pine
H. L. Klein
the Shoemaker
James Street
M.a.gottstein
Fdr Furniture.com
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Maine
Seattle
Hood Canal
Colman Dock
Brinnon
Puget Sound
First Ave
Hall Safe & Lock Co
Herring Hall-Marvin Safe Co
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America
Northwest
Purcell Safe Company
Prefontaine Bldg
Prefontaine Place
Yesler Way
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