Subduing the Desert Preliminary Steps Toward Irrigation
Washington dispatch explains federal irrigation plans using storage reservoirs. Congress provides 6 million dollars plus annual land-use revenue to fund early works as object lessons for the West. Geologic surveys pick sites, aiming to prove irrigation creates homes, wealth, and balanced expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
West
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Act of Congress
Geological Survey
Friends of the Irrigation Movement
Roosevelt
East
Guy E. Mitchell
Stories of Women Doctors
Experiences with night calls and dangers faced by women physicians in Philadelphia. A veteran recounts courage under threat, detailing a midnight pursuit after a patient on Alaska Street, the tense walk to Broad Street, and a narrow return to safety near Pennsylvania Hospital. The tale highlights patient care amid urban peril.
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Philadelphia
Ike
Umnae Association
Women's Medical College
Alaska Street
Broadstreet Station
Shelay
Eighth Street
Pennsylvania Hospital
Chestnut Street
Fifteenth
Arch Streets
Ancient cosmetics traced from prehistoric art to Rome
A compact survey traces face painting from ancient times through biblical references to Egyptian and Chaldean practices to Roman indulgence. It notes antimony and vermillion use, poppoean paste, and the cultural persistence of cosmetics in history and myth, linking ancient habits to modern fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Herodotus
Jezebel
Jehu
Jezreel
Jeremiah
Azael
Max Beerbohm
Rome
Lucian
Arabia
Poppoea
Nero
Priest and Statesman in Life of Archbishop Ireland
A profile of Archbishop John Ireland of St. Paul detailing his strong frame, optimistic nature, and dual roles in church and state. The piece notes his Americanization, leadership of the Americanist wing, influence in civic arbitration, wartime chaplaincy, clashes over Americanism, Rome encounters, and pivotal role in U S diplomacy with the Vatican and the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ireland
St. Paul, Minn
Meximieux
France
Grand Army of the Republic
New York
Erson
St. Paul
Catholic North America
Hanna
McKinley
Archbishop Ireland
Civic Federation
Ireland
Washington
Rome
Mazzella
Dante
Epec Anastasious
Irving John Ireland
Vatican
Monsignor Ireland
St. Joachim
Leo XIII
Biary
America
Holy See
Quirinal
Spain
United States
Lord Beaconsfield
Nigel Penruddock
Neighbor Chickens Cause Garden Turmoil In Lexington
A Lexington reader asks what to do about neighbors chickens that scratch gardens and graze on blue grass. The reply humorously suggests boiling and baking fried chicken, with odd tips like boiling six hours and using a corn sheller, and notes soaking in nitric acid for chewiness.
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Lexington
Mich
The Haunted Fox Chase on Rock Hill Creek
Richmond writer recalls a legend of a ghostly fox eluding a large multi-pack hunt led by Jim Carey as eerie fog rolled over the creek near Temple Place and Rock Hill graveyard. Speed the dog is blamed for sensing spirits, supposedly running hants and whimpering through Miss Jimne Powell’s graveyard before the chase ends in legend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Jim Carey
Speed
Old Temple Place
Rock Hill
Jim
Jimne Powell
Haunted hounds and frightened hunter tale from Dock Davis field
An elder recounts Speed the hound fleeing from a ghostly hant near the graveyard while Jim explains how hants trigger a bristling, wary dog. The men trail the pack, struggle to separate the dogs from the eerie spot, and witness Speed’s haunted reaction before the pursuit ends unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Hyar
Dock Davis
A Lawyer's Story in New York Times
A lawyer, Abraham Levy, recalls a district client who sought his defense in Special Sessions but could not pay the fee. The man borrowed ten dollars and later claimed he was discharged after Levy returned from General Sessions. The anecdote illustrates the financial strains in legal work.
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M. L
Ninth and
Race Streets
Thompson Street
Fifteenth Street
Areh
Broad Street
Uocket
Philadelphia Times
James Robinson
Wayne Avenue
Germantown
Express
Robinson
United States
Haat
Gettysburg
New York Tribune
Ham
New York Times
Abraham Levy
Criminal Court
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Miss Simple
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Hants
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Sander & Becker Furniture Co
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RAND
Indianapolis
Ind
the Journal Atlas Department
Sheldon
Chicago Tribune
Frank N. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
Simpson
Mrs. Austin
Mammars
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