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Newspaper
Kennewick Courier
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1905
Page
2
Big interurban railways plan to supply electric power to farmers via existing trolley lines. Farmers install motors and receive current at meter rates for plowing, pumping, washing, and other farm chores. Some pioneer farms in Ohio and Indiana already use electricity, improving efficiency and output.
The Clinton residence of Secretary Root sits on a hill near Hamilton College. The area is described as quiet and cultured with attractive homes, well kept lawns, and architecture reflecting comfort and refinement.
The article describes farmers adopting electric power for plowing, harvesting, and other tasks, reducing horse labor and costs. It highlights an Ohio farmer who added a small motor on a wagon to replace five men, noting electric lines and Interurban power as driving forces. It also references Elihu Root and his rural upbringing near Clinton, linking environment to his public service vigor.
A National Educational Association report condemns high school secret societies as factional and harmful, arguing they promote snobbery, dissipate energy, and undermine study. Parents, teachers, and older supervision are urged to curb these fraternities to protect pupils’ maturity and school efficiency.
A New England policy holders committee urges sweeping changes at Equitable Life of New York. They call for policy holder control, limits on surplus, lower premiums, and legal safeguards to protect funds, comparing New England practices favorably with past New York failures.
A Jersey City Journal opinion asserts the telephone service, while imperfect, relies on a human operator. The piece calls for respectful treatment of female Central operators as part of the service, noting their personal responsibility and dignity despite remote interactions.
A tale of methodical search shows five minutes of steady, attentive scanning beating random frantic hunting. In Dowie’s A Girl in the Karpathians a lost heirloom watch is recovered after a patient, disciplined search by a young artist who follows a dog like method.
An Ohio engineer proposes a new elevated railway design using rigid cemented tubular posts with collars and sockets. The system carries upper and lower tracks on horizontal arms, with parallel dual rails and lateral side arms, claiming rigid structure and no expansion provisions required.
A description extols an elevated road design that is tubular throughout to obscure light less and please the eye while allowing any speed to be attained with perfect safety.
The piece honors a longtime bookkeeper who served a banker twenty five years earning a modest wage while the banker grew wealthy. The banker honors him with a photograph in a sealed envelope, a gesture the keeper finds touching though bittersweet.
A garbled column offers assorted references to Japan demy also mentions American tourists and a beef industry fix. It cites the Carnegie commission, life presidents dying poor, a French dinner by James Hazen Hyde, and indictments amid political demurs.
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