Things Unusual from the Ashokan Reservoir Project
A detailed description of the Ashokan reservoir in the Catskills planned for New York City water supply. Notes include dam length and height, lake dimensions, capacity, land and population displacement, cemetery relocations, railroad and highway changes, construction scales, labor force, and the water delivery system from the reservoir to New York City via gravity and subterranean tunnels and aqueducts.
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Ashokan
City of
New York
Catskill Mountains
Esopus
Catskills
Hudson River
New York Harbor
Mount Lassen Emerges From Dormancy In Historic Eruption
Lassen Volcanic National Park in Shasta County California is described as a dying volcano with a history of rare eruptions. In 1915 Mount Lassen exploded violently, sending ash and lava dust over nearby areas as gas plumes escaped the crater and melted snow into torrents.
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Shasta County
California
Lassen
Sierra Nevadas
Cascades
United States
Caught in Passing At Church Festival Oyster Edge
A fragmented line notes busy workers with little time for sleep and a church festival scene where the oyster is mentioned alongside themes of fairness and injustice. The text juxtaposes fatigue, aversion to telephones, and a rural or community event setting.
Gillett Leaves Speaker Role to Seek Senate Seat
Speaker Frederick H. Gillett of Massachusetts announces candidacy for the Republican nomination to the U S Senate seat held by Democrat Walsh. After long service beginning March 4, 1893, and a 1919 speakership, his exit would realign the Massachusetts Republican leadership amid broader party shifts.
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Frederick H. Gillett
House
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Walsh
Gillett
LaFollette
House clash erupts as Blanton and Hammer duel in DC affairs panel
Texas Democrat Blanton and North Carolina Democrat Hammer fought in a District of Columbia affairs committee meeting. Chairs were thrown and spectators fled as the pair shouted insults, traded blows, and were finally separated by colleagues. The session adjourned amid the melee.
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Thomas L. Blanton
Texas
William C.hammer
North Carolina
House Committee
District of Columbia
Blanton
Hammer
William F. Ham
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Zihlman
Maryland
Will Vast Stinnes Fortune Endure Amid New Leader
Dr Edmund Hugo Stinnes becomes head of the Stinnes empire after his father's death at a young age. Aged twenty eight he trained at Charlottenburg Technical School earned a Doctor of Engineering and served as a World War I aviation lieutenant. He will run Rhine land properties while Hugo Hermann Stinnes handles Berlin headquarters shipping and foreign interests.
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Edmund Hugo Stinnes
Charlottenburg
Stinnes
Rhineland
Hugo Hermann Stinnes
Berlin
President's Oil Commission Recommends Navy Oil Reserves
A portrait of Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones and colleagues George Otis Smith and R. D. Bush frame a report urging no more navy oil trades for new reserve tanks. Congress must fund Hawaiian and strategic tanks, stressing saving public oil for future needs over current expenditures and noting costs for tankage filling and testing.
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Hilary P. Jones
Special Commission
President Coolidge
George Otis Smith
Geological Survey
R. D. Bush
California State Bureau of Mineralogy
Doheny, Sinclair
Hawaiian Islands
Congress
Treasure Library Found Beneath Kish Excavation Site
A brick throw revealed a hidden Sumerian cuneiform library at Kish near Baghdad during the Weld-Brunzel expedition. Langdon, leading Oxford Assyriologist researchers, uncovered 20 rooms of tablets with more to explore, a find surpassing earlier city histories and rivaling pharaonic libraries.
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Langdon
Oxford
Professor Langdon
Nebuchadnezzar
Kish
Babylon
Tree Planting Yields Long Term Profit Beyond Land
An elderly man on an Interurban ride past Dunreith recalls planting two bushels of walnuts on his eighty acre farm years ago. When the land sold, the walnut timber matched the land’s value, illustrating reforestation can pay off beyond mere ownership.
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Dunreith
Indianapolis News
Black Magic and Its Place in African Belief
A short excerpt discusses black magic as a long standing belief across Africa and among African descendants in America. The author suggests the potential value of rigorous study, citing Captain Haselden’s experience in Africa and his view that fundamental truths may emerge from a mass of superstitions.
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Africa
Captain Haselden
Central
California
Henry Huntington
Ransome Sutton
San Francisco Chronicle
Nightcaps and warming pans urged for better health
Sir James Cantile, a 73 year old English physician, argues nightly head warmth and foot heat improve health and happiness. He claims he can dance like a 17 year old and mocks modern hygiene, citing grandmothers and damp climates as reasons to sleep with a nightcap and warming pan.
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Sir James Cantile
England
Sir James
Man seeks wage-less job for board and room in Portland
A Lynn Massachusetts man asks the Portland Maine Chamber of Commerce for a job paid only by room and board. He has a fixed income tied to not earning wages, and lack of work has driven the unusual request.
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Lynn
Mass
Portland
Chamber of Commerce
Boston Globe
College Student Writer Sees Classes Lacking Vim
A Minneapolis Daily student editor argues that college classes are dull and unengaging. He says professors wear long faces and deserve pity for trying to lecture morose crowds. Students should smile at jokes and show more professional irony to spark instructor vitality.
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Minneapolis Daily
Lineman's Ingenious Rescue Prevents Train Collision
Albert Cornish a Bath Maine lineman chased a runaway horse to a trestle and freed the sleigh. He then placed the sleigh across the track with runners on the rails creating an electrical signal that would stop an approaching train. He avoided disaster and earned lasting praise.
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Albert Cornish
Bath
Cornish
A Few Last Words Public Service Warnings from Philadelphia
Public Service Information Committee of Philadelphia warns readers about dangerous actions and risky behaviors. The quotes depict individuals contemplating loading a gun, manipulating wires, testing ropes, touching live electricity, racing a vehicle, swimming beyond lifelines, and driving in traffic with confidence.
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Public Service Information Committee of
Philadelphia
Haunted flat sparks landlord remedy exchange
A prospective tenant says she likes the flat but hears it is haunted. The landlord replies he handles such matters personally and notes apparitions only appear to tenants who do not pay rent or refuse to move out.
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London
King Tut Relic Impresses Graveyard Curio Dealer
A playful exchange contrasts a courteous Mr Glimper and a curio dealer as they admire an ancient artifact. The dealer notes the relic remains pristine with no wormholes or damage, while the other speaker questions its age and significance.
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Mr. Glimper
As Usual First Thomas Cat Campaign Stance Questioned
In a playful exchange Thomas Cat asks how the other will stand in the upcoming campaign. The response shows ambivalence and a cautious leaning to stay on the fence.
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Thomas Cat
Thomas Cat—O
Age 31 Has Tragic Meaning for Average Man or Woman
An old advertisement discusses life expectancy at age 31 and warns against stimulants, urging readers to try Postum cereal as a healthier alternative. It touts Postum as a roasted wheat drink and offers a free week's supply with instructions from Carrie Blanchard.
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United Life Tables
Carrie Blanchard
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Union
Lassen Volcanic National Park
The
President’s Oil Commission
Tee Trak
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Rb Hay
Rn College
Sharples Separator CO
West Chester
America
Lineman
U. S
WNU
Cincinnati
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