Roosevelt Dam Makes Desert Bloom As Water Saves Farmland
In Arizona's south central region a vast sandy loam area, once barren due to seven to nine inches of annual rainfall, became productive after the Roosevelt Dam stored floodwater and distributed it via a canal system. The 1920 crop report shows 4,200 farms, 31,600 people, eight towns, 41 schools, 45 churches, with barley, corn, wheat, sorghum, cotton, alfalfa hay, and fruit flourishing. plus livestock, poultry, bees, and thousands of tons of produce.
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Arizona
Roosevelt
U. S. Reclamation Service
Hidden cigars in West Point room reveal Sherman habit
A Civil War anecdote recalls General Sherman inspecting West Point barracks and finding cigars hidden behind a brick in the fireplace. The scene, told with humor, notes Sherman’s habit of not reporting contraband and his familiarity with such tricks. A separate note mentions India’s pearl export policy and Asia’s fisheries.
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General Sherman
West Point
Sherman
Pearl oyster beds found in Gulf of Manor near India
Government inspector in Madras reports twenty miles of pearl oyster beds located in the Gulf of Manor between Ceylon and India's southern coast. The beds are young and not yet mature, with earliest maturity projected for 1926, though the 1926 harvest is described as extensive.
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Government Inspector of
Madras Fisheries
Gulf of Manor
Ceylon
India
Far Eastern
Department of Commerce
Roughest Game on Earth and a Robbery Near Piqua
In Chicago a football talk turns to the roughest game on earth, with a witty exchange about marriage as an exception. In Piqua, Ohio, Joe Heckman helps a motor car driver only to be robbed by a pistol wielding bandit who steals 85 dollars before escaping in a damaged car. Earnest men and lessons from failure are noted as enduring themes.
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Chicago Athletic Club
Packer
George Ade
Mr. Ade
Piqua
Joe Heckman
Heckman
Laws and Discrimination Against Women Highlighted
A survey summarized by Harold Redfish in The New Republic reports pervasive gender discrimination across the United States in 1848 and beyond. It notes that in most states a wife’s services are treated as her husband’s property, wives are paid less than men, fathers gain custody or control in many cases, and wives’ earnings often belong to husbands or may be seized for debts. It also notes leniency in divorce for husbands in Kentucky and Texas, and broader patterns of inequality in education, property, and guardianship.
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Harold Redfish
New Republic
Georgia
Maryland
Alabama
Vermont
Florida
Kentucky
Texas
Lake Superior iron ore docks number twenty seven
The Lake Superior iron ore docks, a total of 27 active facilities, handle ore transfer to ships with a combined potential storage of 1,748,000 gross tons and a major emphasis on despatch of trains and boats. Initial docks appeared at Marquette Escanaba and L Anse with the first modern design in 1872 at L Anse, built 146 feet long and 36 feet wide.
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Lake Superior
Marquette
Escanaba
L'Anse
Tl’ Anse
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America
T. T. Maxey
Roosevelt Dam
Eche
E. A. Proteau
Bessemer Steam Laundry
Madras
Mergul Islands
Burma
W.B
Studebaker
Studebaker Light
the Geevum
Beau
Gus
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