Water maps for desert southwest guide travelers to scarce watering spots
A year after Congress funded desert water surveys, the U S Geological Survey deployed four geologists to map and sign 570000 square miles across southern California and western Arizona. Guides will detail routes, distances, and water analyses with plans to publish water source papers and push further development of watering places.
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Southwest
United States Geological Survey
California
Arizona
Colorado Desert
Mohave Desert
Death Valley
Tucson
Phoenix
Wlickenburg and
Parker
Washington
Tinajas Atlas
Sierra Nevada
Cascende Mountains
Oregon
Salt Lake City
Santa Fé
Pecos River
Picturesque St Marks In the Bowery Church in New York
The church of St Marks in the Bowery sits amid a colorful part of New York on Second Avenue. The avenue now shows garden views and angle perspectives of the church as pedestrians walk up the street. Cafes, restaurants, and foreign residents color the scene while Finglish is rarely understood. In summer Fifth Avenue empties and Second Avenue rivals Broadway in a gaudy, bustling boulevard atmosphere.
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New York
Second Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Nelen W. Sfenderson
Remembers Great Statesman and Dickens Poster Runner
Frederick Edrupt, a former Temple office boy in London, retires after 40 years. He recalls posting notices for Dickens era works and meeting a man later identified as prime minister Benjamin Disraeli near a bookshop in the sixties.
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Frederick Edrupt
Charles Hickens
the Temple
London
Dickens
Fedrupt
Benjamin Disrnell
England
Edrupt
Marines Make Hit Names In Brest Town
A U S Marine, newly arrived in France, wanders Brest and discovers every shop and cafe carries de la Marine in its name. He jokes the town has been renamed to honor the marines, marveling at the pervasive marine branding.
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United States
France
Brest
Brasserie de la Marine
Patisserie de la Marine
Cafe de
Hidden Age and Bold Words in Quirky Prose
Dialog hints a girl’s age around ten as a playful estimate. The piece muses on optimistic and pessimistic views of the world, praises Dr. Peery’s Dead Shot for worm expulsion and digestion, and remarks on judgely presence despite small stature.
Name Mystery in the Ladies Confidant Column
A dialogue reveals a husband at a fast pace by a punch bowl and a wife delaying a quarrel to avoid displacing her dress. The exchange hints at a tea substitute praised by a correspondent signing as Adv in the Ladies Confidant.
Not Ear Drums Scoutmaster Shoe Horns
Scoutmaster claims the phrase Not Ear Drums refers to instruments making font notes. He asserts shoe horns are the correct analogy, framing the discussion around unusual instrument metaphors.
Traces of Greatness Spoiled by Kicking Over the Traces
A concise reflection notes that many capable men ruin potential by breaking from norms while penury often comes as an unexpected wage of the pen. It comments on discipline, wealth, and consequence in moral terms.
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Cansaia
Graparen
Zeon
Canada
Gabiy
Ottawa
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