City power plant judged in good condition with upgrade plan
The report notes Logansport's power plant overall in excellent shape aside from aging 133 cycle arc equipment. It recommends adding a 300 kW cross compound generator driven by a Corliss steam engine, a 250 HP water tube boiler, a tall brick stack, and upgrading to 744 ampere AC closed arc lamps to improve efficiency and free water power for day load.
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A. C
Logansport
Corliss
Carless
Indiana
Estimates for electrical plant costs in 1908 report
A dated 1908 estimate by consulting engineer J Walter Esterline reviews projected costs for first class standard apparatus. Figures show prices for arc lamps and electrical equipment, with caveats about market conditions and bid competition before July 1st to ensure sharp competition.
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Walter Esterline
Likley
J. Walter Esterline
Seweee Pense Eates
Rescind Action on Delegate Pay in Brotherhood Meet
Indianapolis and Chicago argue for headquarters as Cleveland faces competition. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers rescinded a $7 day delegate pay plan and returns to local pay by subdivision. Officers elected include Ed Corrigan and Harry Murray with next convention city decision due. Headquarters likely remain in Cleveland as discussions continue.
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Associated Press
Columbus
International Convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
General Office
Ed Corrigan
Hillsboro
Texas
Harry Murray
Sey Luis Postosi
Mexico
J. C. Curies
Jersey City
Cleveland
Chicago
Indianapolis
Wem
W.eveland
Strenuous Day for Bryan on Nebraska Swing
Alliance Neb June 1 W J Bryan began at Chadron 7 am and ended at Alliance 11 pm after eight speeches four set addresses. Large crowds greeted the train route with two talks at Chadron and others at the City Rink and an open air platform.
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Associated Press
Alliance
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Chadron
Nebraska
Mr. Bryan
City
Odd Use for the Tongue on the Eye Injuries
A brakeman endures a cinder in his eye and a conductor offers to remove it with his tongue. He explains the tongue can sweep particles from the eye more effectively and painlessly than instruments, noting the pleasant sensation for the eye owner and justifying the method as a willingness to endure nastiness for good.
Logan Lodge Odd Fellows Initiates New Members
At the lodge meeting last night Logan Lodge of Odd Fellows initiated one candidate and conferred first degree on four and second degree on six.
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Logan Lodge of Odd Fellows
Cup Plates Reveal Old Tea Etiquette and Antique Value
An antiquary explains that these 100 year old cup plates certify the china as genuine and illustrate changing table manners. Cup plates were used to hold a dripping cup after pouring into the saucer to prevent cloth stains.
Private Patient’s Quinine Cure in Morphine Case
A trained nurse describes a private patient who is morphine dependent and being treated with quinine capsules to curb the habit. The patient believes he takes morphine and sleeps most of the time, a fact the nurse notes with inner conflict and hints it may interest Christian Science circles.
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Christian Science
Prayer of a Good Indian
Prayer asking for sufficiency to face life with restraint. It seeks guidance to observe rules, stay quiet, mind one s own business, endure suffering with dignity, win if possible, and be a good loser if not.
Boxing Gloves And Dinner Remnants At Home
In Illustrated Bits a domestic scene shows Mrs Stubb-John juggling boxing gloves and leftovers while Mr Stubb-Maria notes a tramp claiming to seek scraps downstairs. The exchange hints at comic domestic mischief and a curious visitor.
Brain in the Muscles Speech at Manual Training Teachers Meet
Sir John A. Cockburn told the National Association of Manual Training Teachers at Caxton Hall Westminster that brain power builds through muscular effort. He claimed memory resides in the muscles and urged teaching children by involving physical activity to engrave lessons.
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Sir John A. Cockburn
National Association of Manual Training Teachers
Caxton Hall
Westminster
Eny
The Excitement Plan and Collector Catch Phrase
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet captures a buyer quote about simple terms insisting a dollar down and a dollar when the collector catches me indicating easy payment terms amid local shopping chatter.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Verdi and Bulow Meet Boston Opera Anecdote
Edward Rice recalls a humorous Boston encounter with Herr von Bulow at the Boston theater Napier Lowthian introduces him claiming Rice knows little about music yet has written two operas. Von Bulow counters comparing Verdi to a similar European gentleman with many operas.
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Verdi
Edward Rice
Herr von Bulow
Boston
Napier Lowthian
Boston Theater
Mr. Rice
von Bulow
Europe
Substitute for milk from soybeans spreads via China and Japan
Francis Marre notes in La Nature that Chinese beans produce a vegetable milk by boiling and pressing seeds of Soja hispida. The product coagulates with mineral salts to form a cheese, sold in three varieties. Soy cheese is very cheap and soy milk has a nutritive value close to cow’s milk, containing tegumin similar to casein.
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China
Francis Marre
la Nature
Paris
Roquefort
Gruyere
Li Yu Ying
France
Monument Erected by Chicopee Mfg Co for Faithful Employee
The Chicopee Manufacturing Company placed a granite monument over the grave of David Michael Houlihan who died after 52 years of uninterrupted service. He worked for the firm from 1834 to 1907 and was to be pensioned at death. The inscription notes the company’s grateful recognition and the value of loyal workers.
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Chicopee Manufacturing Company
Michael Houlihan
Houlihan
David Michael Houlihan
Chicopee Mfg. Co
Springfield Republican
Waste of Artesian Water in Indiana Drains Wells
Millions of gallons of artesian water are wasted daily in Indiana with Madison County alone able to supply a city of 10,000. Farmers ignore hydraulic rain or small windmills to lift groundwater to homes, lowering well head heights and dropping the local groundwater level by over ten feet in a decade.
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Indiana
Madison County
New York Beauty Misreads Ibsen Definition
A prominent New York woman with literary aspirations asked guests whether Ibsen was a psychological and pathological writer. When pressed for meaning she admitted she could not recall the term, leaving the luncheon in graveyard silence.
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Ibsen
New York
Hardening Drill Points with Sulphuric Acid
A method described by Compressed Air details hardening a drill point by heating to a dull cherry red and dipping into a flat-bottomed vessel with sulfuric acid to a depth of about one eighth inch. The treated tip becomes extremely hard while the remainder stays soft for toughness. If the point breaks it can be rehardened with slightly less acid.
Knickerbocker Tales On Books That Shaped A Life
Knickerbocker reflects on guidance from books not bought with college funds. Bocker recalls how the texts chosen without his father’s money influenced his path and outlook.
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Bocker
Deaths and Funerals Local residents reported
Lux Edward H. Lux age twenty died at home on Shultz street from Brights disease hastened by a dog bite. Funeral today at two from the residence with Woodmen of the World in attendance. Martha Wilson widow of William Wilson died Sunday night at 10 30 at 416 North street age seventy eight. Survived by a daughter Mrs Gardiner and three sons. Funeral at Mount Hope. Three month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Kline died Saturday night. Funeral today at ten from grandparents residence. Frank Berndt died Sunday afternoon at 1 30 at the home of his daughter 931 Twelfth street. Funeral this afternoon conducted by Rev White.
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William Wilson
North Street
Gardiner
William
Indianapolis
Byron
Lincoln
Nebraska
Mount Hope
Kline
Jacob Kline
Scott Kendall
Berndt
Frank Berndt
Twelfth Street
White
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I U. T
Ohio
Southern Michigan
Nick Klein
Porter's
C. O. Heffley
Fourth St
S Acres
Fairhouse
Good Street
Troom New House
James Reid
Justice of Phones
4Th Street
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Sport, Tad
Charles
Elizabeth Wipperman
Cass County
Silas Storer
W. T. Wilson
J. Ek
Crain Architect
Masonic Temple
Ind
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Geo. H. Gise
F. & M. Bank
Tribune
Westinghouse
Eads
H. P. Corliss Cross
Heet Eng
K. W
Eer
Brotherhood
Bryan
ODD Fellows
G. W. Cogley
Broadway
Foley
Kroeger
Strain Dertakers
Strain
Trusler
Porter
T. F. Trusler
Huntington
6Th Street
White & Son
F. M. Bozer
Fourth and Broadway
City National Bank
Hendricks Bros
Market St
J. M. McKinsey
Natl Bank
Chas. Demerly
Kraut’s
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Lux
Edward H. Lux
John Lux
Shultz Street
Satur
Bright
Simon
Martha Wilson
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