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Why Daylight Saving Time Began and How It Spreads
The piece traces daylight saving time from Benjamin Franklin's candle joke to William Willett's push in 1905, Germany's WWI adoption, Britain and the United States follow, and today about 70 countries use it. It notes postwar local control, transport costs, and a chaotic countrywide pattern before a federal mandate.
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Benjamin Franklin
Paris
Britain
William Willett
Bryner
David Prerau
Germany
United States
Iowa
West Virginia
Prerau