Current Encyclopedia, a Monthly Record of Human Progress, Volume 11International Magazine Company, 1906 |
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Page 695
... river to burn Richmond . For some time in the Civil War it was occupied by General Pope . The home was originally built by and for Colonel William Byrd , the foun- der of Richmond , whose library was the best in Virginia , and who ...
... river to burn Richmond . For some time in the Civil War it was occupied by General Pope . The home was originally built by and for Colonel William Byrd , the foun- der of Richmond , whose library was the best in Virginia , and who ...
Page 703
... River and that it therefore enables the manu- facturing industries of Detroit to expand in the direction of good shipping facili- ties . Founded by the Sieur de la Motte Cadillac , about two hundred years ago , it was the first French ...
... River and that it therefore enables the manu- facturing industries of Detroit to expand in the direction of good shipping facili- ties . Founded by the Sieur de la Motte Cadillac , about two hundred years ago , it was the first French ...
Page 706
... River ice have cozabined , at times , to make it extremely difficult for the transfer barges to get their loads across the Detroit River ; but when the tunnel under the Detroit River , now happily under way , is completed , there will ...
... River ice have cozabined , at times , to make it extremely difficult for the transfer barges to get their loads across the Detroit River ; but when the tunnel under the Detroit River , now happily under way , is completed , there will ...
Page 707
... river front that will give employment to several hun- dred men . The remarkable industrial growth of the past five years has been more than a mere expansion ; it has been a reaching out into new fields . Detroit was almost unheard of as ...
... river front that will give employment to several hun- dred men . The remarkable industrial growth of the past five years has been more than a mere expansion ; it has been a reaching out into new fields . Detroit was almost unheard of as ...
Page 708
... river side , occupies 221 acres , and is 11.6 miles long . Altogether , according to the last annual report , the sum of $ 4,507,764 has been expended on the Detroit system of parks and boule- vards . Detroit has the distinction of ...
... river side , occupies 221 acres , and is 11.6 miles long . Altogether , according to the last annual report , the sum of $ 4,507,764 has been expended on the Detroit system of parks and boule- vards . Detroit has the distinction of ...
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Page 1123 - The provisional government hereby established by direction and in the name of the President of the United States will be maintained only long enough to restore order and peace and public confidence, and then to hold such elections as may be necessary to determine those persons upon whom the permanent government of the Republic should be devolved.
Page 1306 - Resolved: That in accordance with article X, section 1662, of the school law of California, principals are hereby directed to send all Chinese, Japanese, or Korean children to the Oriental Public School, situated on the south side of Clay Street, between Powell and Mason Streets, on and after Monday, October 15, 1906.
Page 1285 - could eat hog a solid hower"; old Master Gammon in "Rhoda Fleming," with his dumplings and cheering immutability; and, like every one else, I should add Mrs. Berry, too, but for one impossible scene between her and Lucy. Yet he belongs by right to another region, the region of the comic spirit, which, as he says in "The Egoist," deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and women...
Page 1123 - Alejandro Rodriguez, in command of the Rural Guard and other regular Government forces, and General Carlos Roloff, Treasurer of Cuba. "Until further notice, the Civil Governors and Alcaldes will also report to me for instructions. 'I ask all citizens and residents of Cuba to assist in the work of restoring order, tranquillity and public confidence. "(Signed) "WM. H. TAFT, "Secretary of War of the United States, "Provisional Governor of Cuba".
Page 1205 - The weight of this mercury is sustained by and exactly balances the downward pressure of the air upon the surface of the mercury in the cup. The height of...
Page 1123 - The courts will continue to administer justice, and all laws not in their nature inapplicable by reason of the temporary and emergent character of the Government will be in force. "President Roosevelt has been most anxious to bring about peace under the constitutional government of Cuba, and has made every endeavor to avoid the present step. Longer delay, however, would be dangerous. "In view of the resignation of the Cabinet, until further notice the , heads of all departments of the...
Page 1306 - Trustees shall have the power to exclude children of filthy or vicious habits, or children suffering from contagious or infectious diseases, and also to establish separate schools for children of Mongolian or Chinese descent.
Page 899 - ... the imperfections of the fundamental laws, which can only be modified by our imperial will. In short, the representatives of the nation have undertaken really illegal acts, such as the appeal by the Duma to the nation.
Page 1086 - Party politics, whether they be Democratic, Republican, Socialistic, Populistic, Prohibition, or any other, shall have no place in the Conventions of the American Federation of Labor.
Page 1166 - the utility of both iron and beton could be greatly increased for building purposes through a properly adjusted combination of their special physical qualities, and very much greater efficiency be reached through their combination than could possibly be realized by the exclusive use of either material separately in the same or in equal quantity'.