Europe electrification mirrors American progress in rail systems
European railways rapidly embrace electric power with double decked streetcars and elevated trolleys in England, extensive suburban electrification near London, and notable Swiss lines with high grades. Open top freight cars, tarpaulins, and winded mountain routes appear in war era practice. Italy France Germany Norway and Italy push electrified lines with locomotives leading in Italy and France testing heavy motor cars. American built motors and control gear already enter European service.
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Europe
J. W. Dobson
F. E. Wynne
Westinghouse Company
Christiania
Norway
England
London
France
Germany
Sweden
Switzerland
Italy
Lotschberg
Pennsylvania
Altoona
Gallitzin
St. Gotthard
Federal Railways
Erstfeld
Bellinzona
Simplon
Alps
ThesState Railway
Western Railway
Should Not Stop Cotton Growing in the South
The Georgia Farm Congress and southern groups urge ending cotton for one year to wipe out boll weevil. They warn this would ruin many farmers who rely on cotton, note returns in Texas despite pest damage, and advocate diversifying with other crops while maintaining cotton as the main money crop.
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Georgia Farm Congress
South
Texas
AIF
Co-Operative Trading Days Bring Saturday Bargains to Iola
The M Advertising Club of Iola Kansas promotes a weekly Sale and Auction Day each Saturday. Merchants publish full page ads with two to four deeply discounted items per business, while different stores cover a wide range of household goods. The event includes farm product auctions at a livestock pavilion with a 2 percent auctioneer fee. Early reports call the scheme a howling success and praise its attraction of rural shoppers and sustained low costs.
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Iola
Kansas
Athens
Cb de Fea Oo Ae
Birdsong and Dance Across a Joyful Path
A poetic voice sings of hearing a bird’s song and choosing a bright, carefree rhythm to dance along. The speaker embraces a gleeful mood, moving with spirit and light, inviting a playful, musical journey.
Concerning Wicked Communities By Dr WM E Barton
A reflective piece on Tia Juana near San Diego arguing it is no more wicked than home. The author, after visiting, describes ordinary border townness, sober travelers, open gambling, and orderly conduct, noting sensational impressions are overblown and officials enforce limits on liquor transport. He portrays a calm, lawful border city rather than a den of vice.
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Wm, E. Barton
United States
San Diego
Tia Juana
Lower California
Old Mexico
Ulysea
Jane
Sam
Tia Juans
Common Sense Ways to Keep Well for Babies
Dr. R H Bishop cautions that hot weather quickly weakens babies whose heat regulation is underdeveloped. Emphasizes light clothing, avoiding overbundling, frequent changes, clean dry garments, and avoiding tight waists. Recommends minimal embroidery, barefooted development, and water intake. describes a simple year round lavette with four abdominal bands of soft flannel.
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R. H. Bishop
Feeding 5000 hogs by a five mile miniature railroad
A five mile standard gauge miniature railroad on the Diamond Bar ranch in California feeds 5000 hogs in under an hour. A 16 ton steam locomotive hauls feeding cars to paired hog yards with front gates triggered by trip releases and a 1500 gallon tank mixed by paddies to flood troughs. Two attendants operate the feed valve and gate releases as the train advances with continuous agitation and precise delivery.
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Diamond Bar Ranch
Inalifornia
Unemployment In France Decreases Across Nation
Paris reports continued decline in joblessness with total unemployed at 47 566. Of these 31 429 are in Paris and Seine, 16 137 elsewhere. The rate stands at 0.1 percent of the population, signaling improvement after the recent crisis.
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Paris
France
Department of the Seine
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