Will Straighten River to Correct Boundary
A convention signed in Mexico City proposes straightening the Rio Grande for 87 miles below El Paso Texas to fix the boundary between the United States and Mexico. ratification by US and Mexican senates is required and engineering details must be agreed. The Chamizal issue is reserved for later consideration.
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Washington
United States
Mexico City
Rio Grande
Paso
Texas
Mexico
National ‘Geographic Society
el Paso
New Mexico
Old Mexico
United States Supreme Court
Chamizal
Trade Figures Show Upturn in Philippines Exports to Japan
Trade figures released here show 1982 lumber exports from the Philippines to Japan rising to 36,019,648 board feet valued at 722,737 pesos, while exports to the United States and other nations declined. US shipments fell to 5,315,688 board feet valued at 346,275 pesos from 20,318,080 board feet valued at 1,290,723 pesos in 1981.
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Manila
P. 1
Philippines
Japan
United States
Missouri to pay long‑owed bill to veteran Earnhart
William Frank Earnhart will receive $18.45, owed for about 35 years since his service in the Missouri volunteer guards during the Spanish‑American War. He noted the lack of interest on the state’s claims and expressed mixed feelings.
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Missouri
Mont
William Frank Earnhart
Earnhart
Missouri Volunteer Guards
Boundary redraws would shift banks along Rio Grande near Fabens
The United States and Mexico plan to create artificial bancos to straighten the river and set a new international boundary. Large bancos become national property, with a pegged channel, levees, and protected curves. Flood control improves with Elephant Butte reservoir.
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Mexico
Texas
el Paso
Fabens
United States
Rio Grande
Bancos
New Mexico
Improvised incubator aids shipborn Pacific infant
Two babies born aboard the Liverpool bound Pacific liner Orcoma arriving from Valparaiso. One infant weighed three pounds at birth and survived with an improvised incubator made from an old sugar box by Chips the carpenter. The makeshift device had a glass top and constant temperature, and the baby was fed with milk drawn from a fountain pen filler before landing at Santander, Spain.
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Liverpool
Orcoma
Valparaiso
Tropics
Santander
Spain
Indian Prince Tops World Wealth List Says European Survey
The Nizam of Hyderabad reportedly leads global wealth with bullion and coins worth 500 million dollars and art valued at a further 1 billion. Sir Basil Zaharoff and Senator Agnelli are among Europe's mega fortunes, with English and British families like Ellerman and Westminster also listed among the wealthy.
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Europe
Nizam of Hyderabad
India
Basil Zaharoff
Senator Agnelli
Italy
England
Sir John Ellerman
Duke of Westminster
London
Coats and Wills
Largest Fat Man Joe Raggio Revealed as 750-Pound Philadelphia Native
Joe Raggio of Philadelphia is described as the world’s largest fat man at 750 pounds. He has not left his home in fifteen years due to size, consumes vast daily amounts including 12 pounds of spaghetti and 7 pounds of hot dogs, a gallon of coffee, 83 quarts of ice cream, and 60 to 70 hard boiled eggs. It takes 8 yards of cloth for his pants and 5 yards for his shirt.
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Joe Raggio
Philadelphia
Presidents by Voters Nation: Who Reached the White House
The article lists which presidents were elected or succeeded to office, noting seven of eighteen candidates failed, eleven succeeded, and the distribution of presidents by state. It highlights roles, professions, and dates of death, including presidents who died in office and locations.
Notable U.S. leaders linked to major wars across eras
The list spans figures from the Mexican War through the Civil War era to the Spanish American War. Ulysses S. Grant appears in the Civil War context, Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield also figure in postwar administrations, Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley lead late 19th century milestones, and Theodore Roosevelt emerges from the Spanish American War era as a naval officer and later president.
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Mexico
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Spain
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Long Beach
Adeline Angove
U.S
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Baron de Rothschild
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John Quincy Adams
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