Folly of Floods and the Mississippi Valley
MOBILE ALABAMA APRIL 6 1913 Flood Control Problem The Folly of Floods is discussed in World’s Work raising whether Congress should consider plans to control Sacramento river floods and improve navigation while urging similar action for the Mississippi valley The article contrasts watershed sizes discharges and populations and argues Mississippi valley reclamation is a colossal national task needing a systematic public effort.
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Congress
Sacramento River
California
Mississippi
New Orleans
Sacramento
Mississippi Valley
St. Louis
Nile Valley
America
Nile
Egypt
Great River
Great Valley
West
Floods prompt call for national river protection plan
The article argues floods on the Ohio and Mississippi demand federal action, urging a five to ten year reconstruction plan led by top engineers and using Canal Zone forces after the Panama project. It notes local schemes fail and cites Holland as a model, while stressing relocation of industries like Mobile to safer grounds.
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Middle West
Ohio
Mississippi
Panama Canal
Mississippi River
Canal Zone
Isthmus
Holland
Louisville
Dayton
Board of School Commissioners
Mobile County
State Department of Education
State Superintendent of Education
Montgomery County
Montgomery
Mobile
Texas to replace county judges with professional superintendents
Washington notes from April reports on education discuss Texas plans to appoint real county superintendents for rural schools. The move aims to free judges and sheriffs from supervision duties, prioritize educational expertise, and reduce political influence. The Richmond Conference will gather farmers, business leaders, and educators to tackle rural credit marketing and school improvements.
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Victor Elliott
Washington
United States Bureau of Education
Texas
Country Board of Education
Bulletin
Richmond
Education
South
Virginia
Mann
A. ©. Monahan
A. P. Bourland
Washington, D. C
Bureau
South Carolina
Cincinnati
Mississippi
Tender Sympathy for Gooch Over Lost Spring Vegetables
Friends of Editor Gooch of the Dallas Times Herald unite in sympathy after his early spring vegetables perished in a frost. Rows of wax beans, mustard greens, lettuce, and ley died in the Goochlan yard, yet he holds hopeful faith in a future reunion with his crops.
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Gooch
Dallas Times
Herald
Goochlan
The Black Pearl Mystery in Aden
A traveler recalls meeting Consul Pujol of Aden and his wife Madame Pujol a charming Marseilles woman. The group visits Mulud the Arab admirer, uncovers a violet scented water and a black pearl linked to a secret, and a servant’s clever scheme to profit from bath water.
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Consul Pujol
Aden
China
Madame Pujol
Marseilles
Mme. Pujol
Hotel de l'Univer
Champagne
Mme
Pujol
Mecca
Mulud
M. de Tinseau
Institute de France
Mulu
England
France
Mme. Pajol
Jer
Muludden
Boule
French Society of Science
Morgan's lasting role in American finance and industry
A survey of Pierpont Morgan's influence from the post Civil War era through the creation of United States Steel. The piece highlights his reconstruction of railroads and industries, his navigation of greenbacks and gold standards, and his shift toward cooperative models guiding the new era of U.S. economic power.
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New York
West
Prairies
South
United States
Europe
Morgan
William K. Vanderbilt
London
New York Central
Mr. Morgan
Vanderbilts
West Shore
Buffalo
Vanderbilt
Southern Railway
Capita
United States Steel Corporation
Holland
Proof and late jury note sparks newsroom chatter
An Evening Post reporter recalls a stout juryman urging coverage after 10 o'clock if the jury was out that long. The exchange hints at pressure for details while the judge and jury have separated, prompting questions about reporting timing and personal stakes.
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Evening Post
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