Chicago Drainage Channel Turned Landmark of Water Supply
The lengthy drainage canal project near Chicago is described as a monumental work costing 33 million dollars with potential 10 to 15 million more. Engineers diverted the Des Plaines, built sluice gates and a bear trap dam, creating a 40 mile channel to Lake Michigan and a cleaner Chicago River system with potential electric power and renewed fish habitat.
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Oral
Mlinois
Minnetonka
White Bear
Minnesota
Nicaragua Canal
Avas
Suez Canal
Panama
Erie Canal
Desplaines
la Salle
Hennepin
Joliet
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Chicago River
Summit
Willow Springs
Lemont
Lockport
Romeo
Lake Joliet
Illinois River
Mississippi
St.Lawrence
St. Lawrence
Lake Michigan
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Lemont Rock
Great River
St. Louis
The
Old State Canal
Ilinois Central
Victoria Cross awarded to four at Khartoum battle
Four Victoria Crosses were awarded for the Khartoum battle. Capt. Kenna Lieut. de Montmorency Private Byrne and Capt. Smyth of the 21st Lancers and 2d Dragoon Guards are named. Accounts describe Kenna saving Major Wyndham Grenfell and de Montmorency rescuing Grenfell’s body amid Derivish fire.
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de Montmorency
Khartoum
Omdurman
Kenna
Byrne
Twenty-first Lancers
Smyth
Second Dragoon Guards
London Graphic
Loudon
P. A. Kenna
21St Lancers
Crole Wyndham
Wyndham
R. G. Grenfell
de Montmomecy
Grenfell
Swarbrick
Lieutenant de Montmorenecy
Viscount Raymond Harvey Frankfort de Montmornecy
Battle of
R. F. Molyneux
Royal Horse Guards
Molyneux
721St Lancers
N. M Smyth
2D Dragoon Guards
Hunter
Macdonald
The Female Mosquito Feeds Humans While Males Are Harmless
The article explains that only female mosquitoes bite humans while males do not. It notes the female’s feeding habit, then describes the life cycle from eggs laid in water to larvae, pupae, and eventual adult mosquitoes. The piece includes curious details like a “little boat” shaped egg raft and air-breathing larvae.
Uruguay Plans $15 Million Montevideo Harbor Upgrade
The Government of Uruguay intends to spend at least 15 million dollars on harbor improvements at Montevideo to modernize port facilities. A second note mentions a humorous saying about a woman who cannot sing but is said to have a sweet voice.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
It is an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Good
A promotional note extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the cure for all ages and both sexes. It claims a small ailment signals the need to purify blood and promises the entire body benefits as purified blood reaches every organ.
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Hood
Education changes aims of colonial youth in Caribbean
The piece notes that in British colonies creole youths increasingly abandon agriculture for professions like clergy, law, or medicine. A judge recalls a Caribbean conversation about sons choosing nonfarm careers, humorously highlighting legal trouble in the family and the ample law present at home.
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Berbice
Massarini
Sea-Wall
Cascarets Candy Cathartic Ad Promises Gentle Relief
An advertisement touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a safe effective remedy for constipation and liver cleansing. It contrasts harsh mercurial pills with a “gentle” natural action and urges readers to buy from druggists or mail order. It highlights the product as genuine with the CC monogram and warns against frauds.
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Sterling Remedy Co
Chicago
Montreal
Can
New York
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Ilinois
Bear Trap Dam
Calumet Terminal
John R. Bentley
Buffalo
N. Y
Jules Verne
Verne
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Lieut. DE Montmorency
Blosquito
Cannon Ball
CTU En
Yarters Ink
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