Irrigation Bill Moves to Reclaim Great American Desert
Washington letter summarizes Congress passage of a sweeping irrigation bill to create a reclamation fund from public land sales. It notes Senate and House actions, key supporters like Reeder Warren Newlands and Hansbrough, and the projected reclamation of up to 2000000 acres across arid states, with forests and storage works essential to water conservation.
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Washington
Sahara
Omaha
Kansas City
Great American Desert
Golden Gate
Great Lake Region
Mississippi River
Jordan
Solomon
Lebanon
Jordana
Esdraelon
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Henderson
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Kansas
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Reclamation Fund
North
South
Dakota
Cascade Range
Warren
Hansborough
Newlands
Congressman Reeder
Inc
Hansbrough
Senator Clark
Montana
Dubois
Egypt
Assyria
India
China
Household Talks on Cookery and Stain Removal
Practical period piece detailing chicken paprika as a luncheon dish and chafing dish use, a crown roast method, fruit drying for bonbon substitutes, preserving green color in vegetables without soda, laundering stained table linens with boiling water and lime chloride treatments, all with emphasis on timely kitchen tips.
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New York Tribune
Philadelphia
Morning Dew Bath Fashion Hits Chicago Fad Scene
A Chicago trend called the dew bath gains local fame promising a natural complexion boost from grass and morning dew. Reports describe women kneeling on lawns at dawn to apply dew, with doctors cautious yet curious about the beauty claim.
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Chicago
East
Atlantic
Illinois
Elgin
Evangeline Brush
Tare
Paris
New York
London
Chicago Tribune
The Soprano Who Sings Souls To Heaven
Mrs. Alice Schwarz of Carthage Mississippi uses her contralto to comfort dying patients in hospitals and prisons. She sings familiar hymns with hypnotic calm, described as uplifting and soothing, aiding peace in the dying, a rare gift she shares selflessly.
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Alice Schwarz
Carthage
Miss
Peculiar Sleep Habits Explained by Family Doctor
The article notes that most people unconsciously adopt a nightly, immutable sleep posture. Hands, arms, feet, and legs settle into familiar positions from infancy, resisting deliberate changes and often forcing a return to established arrangements for comfort.
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Land of Nod
Grocery clerk offers canned lobster in exchange for brainy fish talk
Reggy Sapp jokes about brain foods while a grocery clerk touts canned lobster in a brief Chicago Daily News exchange. The lighthearted item captures the shop humor and local flavor.
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Reggy Sapp
Chicago Daily News
Sister Lou Marries and Takes Flat in Kensington
In St. Louis Republic dialogue, Mabel notes sister Lou's marriage and new Kensington flat, while Miss Jellus confirms the flat but not the location of her husband, reflecting a social chatter item.
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Mabel
Lou
Kensington
Jellus
St. Louis Republic
Calico washing tips from the Cincinnati Inquirer
The Cincinnati Inquirer offers household guidance for calicoes including grease spot removal before washing, avoiding hot suds, rinsing in fair water, drying in shade, and using beef’s gall to set colors. It notes potato water and vinegar can aid black and colored calicoes and warns against soap on calicoes and lawns.
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Cincinnati Inquirer
Seasonable beauty hint for arm redness
The article advises troubled girls to treat redness on the arms between the elbow and shoulder with daily soap washing using a soft flannel each morning. In the evening, bathe with a warm thin gruel of equal parts starch and oat meal, dry, then apply camphor ice or cold cream and sleep in soft white sleeves.
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W. A. Reeder
Alice Schworz
Mississippi
Washcalicoes
J. McNair
Attorney AT Law
Kline Block
Batavia
Ohio
P. Breeding
Bavap
Oflee
Py. Roudedush
BavAavia, Jenk
Ames B. Ewing
Cincinnati
Carew
Np West Corner
Fifth and Vine
Hamilton and
Clermos
Avid K. McDonald
Will
Clermont
Ing Counties
Appeaiaty
Forny
G. A. Frasier
Hicks
Louis Hicks
Fona Ines Engon
Wm. O. Bishop
Geo. W. Haulick
Olice & Bishop
Lisaravia
Omce
Dennison
Ite Court House
PWARD
Crane
Ioan
Oppoete Public Building
Elson B. Cramer
East Fourth Street
Bente
R. Woodlief
Iwin C. Ely
Kline Building
Main Street
Has. H. Wooi Mansee
WM. R. Walker
Court House
San Francisco
San Joaquin Valley
The
Yosemite
Grand Carton
Santa Fe
Atchison, Topeke & Seata Fe Ry
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