Deep Well Irrigation Trial Aims to Alleviate Dust Bowl
Liberal Kansas businessmen funded five thousand five hundred ninety dollars to irrigate one hundred fifty acres with deep wells. A 750 gallon per minute well fed fields growing sugar beets and corn while nearby dry plots showed stark contrast. Former Oklahoma Governor William Murray advocates expanding wells to two hundred fifty thousand sites to end drought, estimating costs around two hundred fifty million dollars.
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Liberal
Kas
William H
Alfalfa Bill) Murray
Oklahoma
Kansas
Murray
Dust Bowl
Willard Mayberry
Confession of Larceny by Italian Leaders on Ethiopia
General Emilio De Bono’s writings reveal Italy's planned seizure of Ethiopia as a grand theft, framed as a crime of conquest rather than civilizing mission. The narrative, drawn from his 1932 Eritrea visit and 1935 mobilization of 300000 troops, shows Il Duce backing the raid and emphasizes predatory aims and ruthless European power dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilio de Bono
Harper’s Magazine
Italy
Ethiopia
Africa
Larciny
Eritrea
de Bono
East Africa
Il Duce
General de Bono
Tl Duce
Europe
Hay Fever Relief Fantasies and Odd Remedies
A venting editorial notes hay fever sufferers face elusive cures and broad causes from pollen to feathers. It cites William Stevens of Daw son Neb and his room fumigation method, then muses on belief, power, and oddly mixed reflections on Columbus and Soviet precision, ending with a fragment about a danger signal and reminder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dawson
Neb
William Stevens
Rae
Anniversaries and birthdays featured in today’s history notes
The page lists notable anniversaries and births from 1800 to 1869 including Willard Parker Lucretia Hale James Wilson Henry George Eugene Field Jeremiah Jenks Hiram Maxim and more. It also marks today in history events from 1782 to 1936 and lists several today’s birthdays and a brief horoscope note urging literary development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Parker
New York
Hillsboro
N. H
Lucretia P. Hale
Boston
James Harrison Wilson
Union General
Wilmington
Del
Shawneetown
Henry George
California
New York City
Philadelphia
Euugene Field
Mid-West
St. Louis
Chicago
Jeremiah V. Jenks
Cornell
St Clair
Mich
Hiram Percy Maxim
Connecticut
Brooklyn
N. Y
Local draft quota for mobilization camp at Chillicothe
The local draft board announced the first quota to leave Thursday for the national army mobilization camp at Chillicothe. The group will be 16 men, 11 volunteers. Miss Fannie C. Smith began her role as superintendent of Elyria Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Army
Chillicothe
Fannie C. Smith
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Board of Health
Overcome the Tendency to Indolence and Procrastination
Instructional text urging reform of conduct to overcome laziness and delay, aiming to cultivate discipline and moral principles through purposeful action and steady effort.
Antichrist and Faith in Early Christian Teachings
A devotional piece discusses the term antichrist, defining it as one who denies the Father and the Son. It contrasts theological denial with practical disowning through unworthy social and political loyalties, urging living by Christ’s rule and eternal life promises. It cites theological works and author W. H. Boddy on transforming lives from acquisitiveness to contributive being.
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Aretay
Jesus
Christ
Harnack
W. H. Boddy
Lorain County News Briefs Highlight Local Growth and Elections
Ten years after pollution concerns a report notes no infantile paralysis cases recently and schools are expected to reopen on schedule. Elyria issued permits for 23 new houses and 18 garages as Eastern Heights sees 30 homes under construction. Oberlin resident C E B Wighton is elected president of the Lorain County Teachers Institute for the year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Eastern Heights
C. EB. Wighton
Oberlin
Lorain County
Teachers’ Institute
Elyria Civil War Vet Alfred Taylor Dies at 88
Alfred Taylor, 88, Civil War veteran, died Wednesday after a brief illness, leaving only five veterans in Elyria. Lorain County residents witnessed a solar eclipse, with totality in New England and no total view in the eastern U.S. for 31 years. Elyria grade schools will end half year divisions after the first semester, a result of the district’s promotion policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Taylor
Elyria
Lorain County
New England
United States
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Chronicle-Telegram
Geuser
SS Aur Publishers
Clare George
Ie Ware Rete Secu Shere Ba Diraege
Nad Aaty Ceuton Gf
Ivan Ote
Hitler
Christopher Columbus
Bom
Getere
Odos
Congress
France
America
Treasury Department
Samuel F. 3. Morse
New York University
Frederick Douglass
Baltimore
Sherman
Atlanta
National Temperance Convention
Spain
French
U. 8
Hiram W. Johnson
Sacramento
Herbert T. Wade
Edna May
England
Syracuse
Allen B. Kanavel
Sedgwick, Kang
Victor M. Cutter
Dracut
Mass
Prof
Frederick Soddy
Amherst
Avon Kipton
Saars
Lyear
Goodyear
Aca Rhea Standard
Eet
Leet
Patteest
Kek
Coopvean” Speedway
G.m.marsh & Son
East Ave
The
Amherst Ol Company
LA Grange
M. Sheldon
Maurice Shubert Spencer Wolf Brothers
Wellington Franklin MW. Jones Motor Cn
Pote
Allen Wales Adding Machine Corp
G. J. O'Connor
Wilmot Printing Company Etek
Anita
Broad Street
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