Chicago's Municipal Light Plant Costs vs Private Contracts
The Chicago municipal electric system is the largest in the U S yet its reported cost per lamp is misleadingly low. Auditor findings show true costs exceed private contracts and rate comparisons ignore taxes depreciation and office rents. Service is unreliable with frequent outages and low current, inflating true expenses and diminishing lighting quality.
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United States
Chicago
Thy
Reform Club of
New York
Cicnga
Ita
Aeryica &É
Sioux City Council to Advertise Bids on Light Plant
A city commission in Sioux City Iowa studied a municipal electric light plant but reported against it. The council will seek bids to erect the plant after the current contract ends.
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Sioux City
Tax Rate Drops in Lakewood Tax Shift to Electric Plant
The Cleveland Leader notes a tax rate reduction for Lakewood Ohio, attributing the change to the gate of its municipal electric plant Upht. The rate will be about 2.75 instead of 3.50 in 1906, reflecting a substantial drop in local levy and impact on city finances.
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Cleveland
Municipal Electric
Lakewood
Municipal ownership vs private profit in city utilities
An editorial from the Minneapolis Tribune argues municipal ownership often shifts costs to taxpayers. It contends cities overpay through higher debt and depreciation while private firms profit, citing Philadelphia gas works as an example of underpriced public service benefiting non taxpayers.
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Phiadelphia Gas Works
Minneapolis Tribune
Unwarranted Milwaukee City Council Action
In Milwaukee the city council acted without public input by approving a bond issue tripling an estimated $500,000 municipal lighting project to $1,300,000 after the council’s agent the city bought property for $13,000 though a $4,000 quote. The comptroller balked but was overruled by the attorney, highlighting alleged abuses of delegated power.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Why Kirkwood Shut Down
Kirkwood Missouri halted its electric plant and sought private current but the deal stalled as not in good faith. Mayor Ochterbeck says the municipal plant built around 1901 is outdated and costly, failing to meet needs after depreciation and interest on investment.
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Kirkwood
Ochterbeck
Two Estimates On Hancock Lighting Plant Cost
Hancock Michigan aldermen consider installing a municipal lighting plant for five years. An engineer’s estimate of 15000 sparked debate, as another disinterested engineer estimated the cost at 33000.
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Hancock
Mich
Feast
Interest Goes Right Along in Greenwood Bond Issue
In 1898 Greenwood & C issued 6 percent bonds totaling 57 858 for a water and light plant. The last report shows none paid, the generating plant shut down, and buying current cheaper. A ten year contract exists, after which the plant will likely be obsolete, yet the interest on the bonds continues.
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Greenwood, &. C
Municipal Overflow Ballad of the M. O. Era
A verse by Thomas E. Burka railing at a hypothetical municipal takeover of every aspect of life. The lyric imagines MB O bake shops and mortuary services, doctors and crowns, bars and whiskey funded by the city, and a life overwhelmed by municipal control from birth to death.
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BM. O
M. O
Thomas E. Burka
The Hercules Beetle Biggest Bug in the World
A South American giant, the Hercules beetle, claims the title of the world’s largest insect. It inhabits portions of Central and South America and Dominica. Harmless in nature, it feeds on tree sap, features massive larvae, and can enter homes, causing alarm with its loud wings. locals roast its grub as a delicacy and myths claim it can saw trees, though horns lack power for such feats.
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Central
South America
Dominica
British West Indies
West Indian Islands
Doublers and Bubbles of Olden Tablecloths Through Time
The article traces medieval tablecloth fashions from the twelfth century doubling long cloths to cover floors, through Charles V's lengthy linens and embroidered pieces, to a sixteenth century shift to two cloths with a flowing linen upper layer. It notes the undulating sea of folds and bubbles, then a return to flat cloths touching the floor on all sides as fashion changed.
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Charles V
France
Not the Same Bill in Lincolnshire Campaign
Sir John Astley, a reluctant Conservative candidate, faced voters in Axholme and grappled with a liquor bill question. He admitted little political knowledge, then quipped that while he could not judge Wilfrid Lawson's liquor bill, his own last year was a deuced sight too big.
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John Astley
Lincolnshire
Isle of
Axholme
Wilfrid Lawson
Wilfrid Lawson's Liquor Bill?” For A Moment Sir John
Crown of Thorns plant legends across nations
The piece surveys diverse folk legends naming different plants as the crown of thorns. Germany claims Christdorn the holly, France hawthorn, Spain bramble, Scotland thistle, and England the climbing rose as the plant chosen by persecutors.
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Germany
France
Spain
England
Enthusiasm and the Allegory of Orpheny’s Fate
A compact meditation on enthusiasm as the real engine of sincerity and truth, echoing Bulwer Lytton’s claim that zeal drives achievement. The note muses on human failings and the pleasure in exposing others’ faults, invoking Rochefoucauld as a corrective.
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Bulwer Lytton
Rival of Whistler Faces Bold Pastel Bet
Otto Bacher recounts a Venetian scene where Volkoff the Russian challenged Whistler pastels. A mixed international jury in Venice compares Whistler’s work to Volkoff’s forged pieces, with Whistler’s originals finally spared from dismissal as the crowd boos the Russian counterfeits.
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Bauer Grunwald
Whistler
Volkoff
Venice
Spain
Martin Rice
England
Henry Woods
R. A
America
Frank Duyenee
Otto Bacher
Veracity and Tyrone Lobster in Cable Parody
A cable from New Zealand mixed a Gladstone remark on Marching through rapine with a horse race showing winners Veracity Tyrone and Lobster. The next day the paper ran a spoof accusing Gladstone of denouncing Parnell as marching to the dismemberment of the empire while praising Tyrone and Lobster.
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Gladstone
Arnel
Rapine
Empire
Tyrone
Lobster
New Zealand
Gladatone
Parnell
Trish
Sorting and Packing Eggs for Market
Eggs must be sorted by size shape and color before packing. Do not mix different shell colors or vastly different sizes in one package. Clean eggs to remove soil. wipe with a damp cloth if needed. Heavily soiled eggs should be discarded or washed for appearance. Pack in shipping cases or small boxes according to market. G. A. Bell.
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G. A. Bell
How to Keep Furs and Summer Care Tips
Advice on cleaning brushing and airing furs before storage to prevent moth damage. Include wall airing sunning dust removal and occasional gun shine and beating. Also notes removing worn parts before packing and a stray insertion about asparagus bed and DeWitt's Little Risers pills from a local ad.
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DeWitt
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