Rural electric expansion approved in Davidson County
Lexington January 24 extension of electric power lines to rural Davidson County areas was authorized by the Lexington board of city commissioners after a citizen petition. The line from Lexington to Tyre will extend to Linwood and serve the airport Tyre and Churchland areas with large consolidated schools. Cotton Grove Southmont groups seek a seven mile extension from Junior Order Orphans Home to Southmont to be built once petitions are filed. A further extension from Reedy Creek toward Ar- is proposed.
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Junior Order Orphans Home
Reedy Creek
Cadia
Enterprise Rural Communities
Duke Power Company
Lexington Expands Electric Lines into Rural Areas
Lexington accelerates rural electrification as lines extend from the city. Duke Power supplies bulk power while Lexington handles distribution, a policy in effect since transmission lines reached the territory.
Flashes Of Life and Franco Irish Football Plans
Reports from New York quote Columbia’s Herbert Hawkes predicting athletic hysteria shifts from eastern colleges to western institutions and eventually to the Pacific. Paris footballers gear for a Belfast match against Ireland with four eight gallon kegs of wine, hoping for advantage. Quebec posts a government surplus of 4,001,795 dollars for last year.
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Herbert EB. Hawkes
Columbia University
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Quebec
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Miscellaneous items from New York and beyond
A jumble of brief notes covers varied figures and places. McMaster as treasurer discusses a budget speech, Lil Artha labors for fried chicken, a jurist notes a $25 speeding tax, and a jazz orchestra runs on. Chaplin eyes a possible sound film, while a US cigarette ad faces FTC action over misleading slenderness claims. Mule incidents, a mule’s death, and bridge-iron work on a Hudson crossing are noted. Comskey heads to Florida as a Sox owner. Norway’s agriculture is sparsely viable.
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New York
Lil’ Artha
Charlie Chaplin
Josef Sués
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