Current Encyclopedia, a Monthly Record of Human Progress, Volume 20International Magazine Company, 1911 |
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... Four large , beautiful pictures 10x15 inches , in 15 colors , that everyone will prize- Hiawatha and Minnehaha Maud Muller and the Judge Priscilla and John Alden Evangeline and Gabriel This charming calendar depicts the courtships of the ...
... Four large , beautiful pictures 10x15 inches , in 15 colors , that everyone will prize- Hiawatha and Minnehaha Maud Muller and the Judge Priscilla and John Alden Evangeline and Gabriel This charming calendar depicts the courtships of the ...
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... four of the officers and then turned the ships ' guns on the city and other vessels of the fleet . Three of the latter joined the mutineers under the leadership of Joas Candido , one of the sailors . A wireless message was sent to ...
... four of the officers and then turned the ships ' guns on the city and other vessels of the fleet . Three of the latter joined the mutineers under the leadership of Joas Candido , one of the sailors . A wireless message was sent to ...
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... four miles from the Swiss end has already been bored , and in about five months it is expected that the workmen from the two ends will meet . The first trains are to commence running in 1912 , according to present plans . 14.
... four miles from the Swiss end has already been bored , and in about five months it is expected that the workmen from the two ends will meet . The first trains are to commence running in 1912 , according to present plans . 14.
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Photograph by M. E. Verkin , Galveston , Texas The four - masted schooner Holliswood , bound for New York from New Orleans , with a cargo of cypress wood , was towed into the port of Galveston without masts or crew and with eighteen ...
Photograph by M. E. Verkin , Galveston , Texas The four - masted schooner Holliswood , bound for New York from New Orleans , with a cargo of cypress wood , was towed into the port of Galveston without masts or crew and with eighteen ...
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... four kinds of potatoes , a row being allotted to each kind . All the potatoes received ex- metical problems in profit and loss based upon it , and were made to prepare a syn- optical table of a similar experiment in which each parcel of ...
... four kinds of potatoes , a row being allotted to each kind . All the potatoes received ex- metical problems in profit and loss based upon it , and were made to prepare a syn- optical table of a similar experiment in which each parcel of ...
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Page 294 - Pacific shores, and virtually a part of the coast line of the United States. Our merely commercial interest in it is greater than that of all other countries, while its relations to our power and prosperity as a nation, to our means of defense, our unity, peace, and safety, are matters of paramount concern to the people of the United States. No other great power would, under similar circumstances, fail to assert a rightful control over a work so closely and vitally affecting its interest and welfare.
Page 166 - And we concur with the court below in holding that the value of the property is to be determined as of the time when the inquiry is made regarding the rates. If the property, which legally enters into the consideration of the question of rates, has increased in value since it was acquired, the company is entitled to the benefit of such increase.
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Page 387 - Money Bill means a Public Bill which in the opinion of the Speaker of the House of Commons contains only provisions dealing with all or any of the following subjects, namely, the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration...
Page 294 - An interoceanic canal across the American Isthmus will essentially change the geographical relations between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, and between the United States and the rest of the world.
Page 623 - I speak of cannot be thoroughly removed by drugs, but even if it could the effect of these drugs on the functions is very unnatural, and if continued becomes a periodical necessity. Note the opinions on drugging of two most eminent physicians: Prof. Alonzo Clark, MD, of the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, says: "All of our curative agents a""e poisons, and as a consequence, every dose diminishes the patient's vitality.
Page 228 - He must do at least one good turn to somebody every day. 4. A scout is friendly. He is a friend to all and a brother to every other scout.
Page 387 - Parliament or not), and, having been sent up to the House of Lords at least one month before the end of the session, is rejected by the House of Lords in each of those sessions...