Mississippi Centennial Exposition to showcase Plantation Electrical
The Plantation Electrical exhibition will display electrical processes that bring Mississippi products to market during the Mississippi Centennial Exposition in December. Hazleton Pennsylvania follows a trend of developing the Great White Way with lighting. Sixty four standards each holding a 400 candle power Mazda lamp lit the main thoroughfare.
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Plantation
Mississippi
Hazleton
Kitchin’s Naval Idea Then and Now
Three years ago Claude Kitchin urged building light craft to counter submarine threats, a plan now adopted as vital. The shift from dreadnoughts to destroyers, mine sweepers, and torpedo boats is credited to his foresight, despite initial political backlash and criticism from major papers. The piece notes Kitchin’s consistent logic on submarines shaping U S policy and mentions a Rochester high school project building a tiny gasoline electric generator.
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Washington
Claude Kitchin
Kitchen
Congress
Kitchin
Thomas J. Pence
Driscoll
Tom Pence
Claud Kitchin
Tom
Wilson
Pence
Rochester
N. Y
Bell Receives Civic Forum Medal for Public Service
The article notes Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, famed inventor, receiving the Civic Forum Medal of Honor for distinguished public service. It also mentions Thomas A. Edison holding the medal in 1915, and discusses large U S theater revenues, projection equipment value, and lighting plans for the Kansas State Capitol dome in Topeka.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Civic Forum
Thomas A. Edison
Kansas State Capitol
Topeka
Electric Industry Outlook and Applications Across Regions
Electrical experts forecast 1917 American electrical manufacturers will exceed 750 million dollars in business. Memphis reports 300 electric vehicles with 245 passenger cars. the rest are commercial. Britain’s prewar electrical imports were largely German produced, now absorbed by U S makers. Montevideo cooks with electricity at 2 cents per kilowatt while coal stays at 25 to 30 dollars a ton. An electric cotton baler compresses 100 bales in 100 minutes using five cents worth of electricity per bale.
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Montevide
Uruguay
Huge World Hotel Project Chooses Electric Ranges
In a major hotel development, the property under construction will use electric ranges costing thousands of dollars to handle cooking needs.
U.S. share of UK electrical imports tops 60 percent in 1916
In 1916 the United States supplied over 60 percent of Britain's imported electrical goods, totaling an estimated value of 13,656,000 dollars. The figure highlights the strong U.S. role in wartime British electronics trade amidst global upheaval.
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United Kingdom
United States
Five Course Dinner Cooked by Electricity in Buffalo
A five course dinner was prepared by electricity and served to 20 centralisation employees in Buffalo. The total cost for the electrical energy consumed was 15 cents.
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Buffalo
Power from Central Station Drives 3000 Looms in Salem Mill
Central station power operates 3,000 looms in a Salem Massachusetts cotton mill. Each loom uses a GE electric motor rated at a half to three quarter horse power.
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Erate
Salem, Mass
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Otis E. Glidden
Waukesha
New York
Germany
U. S
Canada
Memphis
Tenn
Great Britain
Electric Motor
Tively
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