Power Control Is Stake In New Electric Era
Washington dispatch outlines a government driven push to expand electricity through Muscle Shoals Boulder Dam St Lawrence and Columbia projects totaling about 2 billion dollars. The plan aims to use power sales for return and set a standard for regulation as it broadens access and reshapes the industry.
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Willis Thornton
NEA
Washington
United States
Muscle Shoals
Boulder Dam
St. Lawrence
Canada
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Northwest
Columbia River
Pacific
Columbia
George W. Norris
Geological Survey
Seattle
America
George B. Cortegou
Edison Electrical Institute
Lafayette Receives Land Grant near Tallahassee 1825
General Lafayette obtained title to a township of land containing 23 028 50 acres near Tallahassee Florida on July 4 1825 through a special act of Congress.
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General Lafayette
Tallahassee
Fla
Nervousness in Children Highlighted by Dr Cameron
The British specialist Dr Hester C Cameron notes that nervous behavior in children can stem from simple sources. Recurrent refusal to eat or sleep may signal developing mental disorders requiring long term treatment. Parental attitudes often influence a child’s mental habits.
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Hester C. Cameron
Flapper Fanny Advises Parenting Through Crying
The piece discusses tolerating a child's crying as a route to growth. It cites Dr. Cameron on how letters from unhappy children affect parents, the shift from obedience in past eras to a cooperative modern dynamic, and the role of the small family. It urges building a child's self confidence by celebrating successes and strengths.
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Cameron
Moonlight and Pineapple Cans Factoids Survive History
A note compares moonlight brightness to noon sun, stating moonlight equals about one fortieth of a foot candle and bright noon sun around 10 000 foot candles. It adds Hawaii’s annual pineapple can output, 216 million cans, laid end to end would span half the globe.
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Hawaii
Oldest US learned society roots traced to Franklin group
The American Philosophical Society, the United States' oldest learned society, traces its origin to the Junto club Benjamin Franklin organized in Philadelphia in 1727.
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The
American Philosophical Society
United States
Junto
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Stop Chills and Fever Malaria remedy ad
A vintage notice promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a remedy for malaria and a general tonic. It claims to kill the infection in blood with quinine and enrich blood with iron, promising relief from chills and fever and safe use for children. It urges readers to buy at any store.
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Grove
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