Colorado River Dams and Cooperation Over Politics or Litigation
A writer argues the first Colorado River development should be a high dam at Boulder or Black Canyon to meet irrigation flood control power and domestic water needs. They urge federal leadership, note California’s failed water compact delays, and warn Northern states oppose authorizations without protections. Cooperation is essential. politics or litigation won’t build dams.
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Los Angeles
Colorado River
Boulder
Black Canyon
California
Congress
A Realistic Literature of Hope Warns Against Optimism
The piece contrasts a literature of hope with mere optimism. It argues only qualified thinkers can craft a usable anatomy of hope and warns that optimism without action hampers progress. It urges social engineers to spark a practical renaissance by harnessing civilization’s health resources.
Windmill Grid Powers Electrolysis and Gas Storage
The country will be covered with rows of windmills driving electric motors that feed high voltage mains. Surplus wind energy will power electrolytic water splitting to oxygen and hydrogen, stored in large liquid reservoirs, then recombined in engines or oxidation cells to generate electricity again.
This Verse Is the Very Negation of Whitman Poetry
A critique argues that contemporary free verse rejects Whitman by praising disgust and repulsiveness. It contrasts Whitman’s view of dirt as healthy with today’s poets treating things seen as clean as dirty.
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Walt Whitman
Whitman
Federal Government Strayed From Its Legitimate Business
A critical editorial argues the federal government has overstepped its constitutional role by funding state expenditures, creating double taxation. It urges the people to realize that federal and state finances are misaligned, weakening the constitutional form and demanding restraint.
Fall Coats Pass In Review In Tailored Modern Styles
Julia Bottomley notes a surge of fall coats and dresses in tailored, fuller silhouettes. Fur borders, plaits and flares update coats for street to semidress, with wool broadcloth and satin fabrics dominating, including a sports coat in natural kasha with opossum fur trim.
Master of Minds and the Power of Eloquence
An analysis of rhetoric versus action from a Philadelphia Public Ledger piece. A speaker who relies on eloquence can captivate, sway, and mislead while those who use words like a sledge hammer push for decisive action. The text contrasts mellifluous oratory with genuine deed, urging work over talk.
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Bismarck
Philadelphia Public Ledger
German Biography of Lincoln Gains Press Favor
The German book market sees a new Lincoln biography by Count Albrecht Montgelas. Reviews praise thorough research yet note the work reads like a compelling short story and highlight Lincoln's historical importance to educated Germans.
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Abraham Lincoln
Carl Schurz
Count Albrecht Montgelas
Vossische Zeitung
Count Montgelas
Lincoln
Cats Survive Electrocution At City Pound
Detroit News reports feline inmates defy the electric chair as cats bitten and ordered executed leap to freedom just as current starts. Attendants now knock senseless cats first to ensure execution proceeds.
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City
Detroit News
Stolen Money Recovered After Bakery Window Escape
Police investigate a report that a thief rifled bakery employees clothing and escaped via a window taking $50 in bills. Officers found the jump to ground, recovered the money, and returned it with no further incident.
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Lynn
Mass
The Grand Duchess Cyril on Wise Women
The Grand Duchess Cyril said during her American visit that the women most successful with men are not the beautiful but the wise ones. She added that the wise are those who know men are free only babies with beards.
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Cyril
New York
Pure Aluminum Nearing Commercial Quantities
Popular Science Monthly notes a new refining process will soon place pure aluminum in commercial quantities. The metal is praised for its silver color and strong luster that endures over time.
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Popular Science Monthly
Woman Credits Pinkham’s Compound For Avoiding Operation
An L A woman says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her from an operation after back pain heart spells and fatigue. She used it during pregnancy and for months before and after birth and believes it restored her health. She notes doctors warned of surgery but she recovered in two months and now requires only occasional medicine. She also praises Pinkham’s Sanative Wash.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Lydia E. Pinkhanes
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Longed For Laugh Finds Its Way Through Card Game Incident
A Detroit News reader recalls a 15 year absence of a true hearty laugh. A card game mishap when a partner hit a window frame produced a painful, laughing moment. The piece muses that adults rarely laugh heartily at jokes and instead laugh at others' discomfort.
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Detroit News
Unsurveyed and surveyed lands in Utah totals stated
The text notes 15 847 760 acres of valuable unsurveyed land in Utah and 11 698 796 acres of surveyed but unappropriated lands. It adds much of this land is desert, unsuitable for agriculture, and lacking known mineral deposits. It ends with a proverb about bachelors and marriage.
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State of
Utah
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Western Newspaper Union
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