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Newspaper
Canton Daily News
Location
Canton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1922
Page
8
Morning Caller and Homemaker discuss electric appliances in a breezy, domestic chat. They tour an electric shop to demo a pressure cooker, savor meals cooked at table, and plan future breakfasts while sharing tips on table settings and negligees. Morning Caller gifts appliances to Homemaker.
An electric washer fits any laundry tub and draws water directly. It cleans and wrings by electric power and costs about 2 cents per week. Summer use rises with lighter clothes, and advertising on Fifth Avenue may still use electricity in ads. London pushes smoke-letter ads a mile high, using a secret chemical process from Major J. C. Savage.
A compiled Q and A style list presents questions on baseball errors tundra vs steppes trunk lines and dye effects. It includes answers noting one error by Roger Peckenpaugh and that Prussian blue can yellow clothes if rinsing is imperfect. Also covers fish oil in paint and a sun preserved strawberry recipe.
The text cites the H. C. Frick burnings and a July 1 shutdown tied to a strike and lockout in 1892. It also mentions a November 20, 1892 return to work with new workers. It includes trivia on American history dating to 450 A D and cancer versus tuberculosis deaths from the 1920 census.
Information Bureau offers to answer questions on any information subject. It cannot give legal medical or financial advice. Send a plain question with names and two cents in postage for return postage to Washington DC address. Do not contact Canton Daily News office.
Excerpts cover electing a congress member and oath, three water meter types with explanations, and a note on the Homestead strike of 1892 noting a planned strike and management awareness. The text presents a Q and A style discussion with brief factual points and historical reference.
In Sistersville West Virginia Maude a maiden mule died after a storm when lightning struck her owner moved her to a barn for protection. The bolt ignited the barn and Maude was killed by the ensuing fire.
A German gas company begins producing gas from leaves of trees heather sawdust and vegetable waste. The process yields cheap safe gas that burns with a brilliant white light.
A new electrician known as the electragist brings enhanced ventilation to theaters. He blends electrical engineering and science to design cooling systems, promising cooler air every ten minutes. His work aims to improve comfort in big movie houses this summer.
In a New York Capitol theater interview F. Rothafel predicts the next decade will see major advances in color-lighting driven by electricity. A single operator in the orchestra may manipulate a piano like keyboard to vary color shades and intensities to match the mood of the action.
The passage notes an envisioned fusion of screen action with orchestral music to create a unified spectator impression. It mentions Mrs. Mary Halleck Greenwalt and others who for years have worked on electrical color keyboards akin to the idea proposed by Mr. Rothafel.
John C. Kidd of Cincinnati publisher was fined $1,000 by Judge J. W. Peck for sending improper literature in interstate commerce. He was charged with shipping expurgated copies of Boccaccio and Rabelais by express, with the judge noting the volumes were not fit for the average reader.
Classified note urges readers to use the Daily News want ads to market goods and services. Encourages quick placement and broad reach for selling items and promoting offerings.
A Philadelphia paper in a nature and science series asks readers if they have seen the yellow billed cuckoo. Replies flood in mentioning habitats including restaurants and meals for gold diggers. The note adds that Mr. Cuckoo is described as a shiftless father and husband.
About 30,000 Biscay mine workers reportedly strike in protest of a 20 percent wage reduction. German builders test concrete ships using iron shells instead of wood forms.
A Swiss engineer employed by Greece estimates five Macedonian water falls can be developed to produce about 350000 horsepower and generate 120000 kilowatts annually.
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